6/26/2021

We value our diverse community. At St James Episcopal Church we welcome and celebrate diversity in age, race, nation of origin, citizenship status, gender identity, sexual orientation, social status, political view, background, ability level, marital status, and anything else that makes us unique. We strive to be an inviting safe community for all.

Watch our previously premiered 6/6 Worship service video on YouTube or Facebook any time to help celebrate Pride Month!

St James Weekly for 6/27

In addition to items in this email, the attached St James Weekly PDF includes a variety of other announcements, weekly Vestry Notes, and our weekly prayer list.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ST JAMES WEEKLY

Video Discussion Series "A Year in the Life" - Sundays 8:30-9:30AM

We meet on Zoom from 8:30-9:30AM so those who wish to attend Worship in the church have time to get to church by 10AM. We will take July 4 off.

Amma Diane writes: We sometimes use our Sunday morning study/discussion time to view short videos. The Episcopal Church (TEC) provided us with the short series The Way of Love a couple of years ago that we watched and found very fruitful. There is a new series that TEC has put together that I think will meet some of what I hear people in our bible study asking for: ways to learn about what it means to be an Episcopal Christian, the St James Manitowoc community in the Diocese of Fond du Lac, and sharing our stories in our 2020-2021 context.

"A Year in the Life" Video Storytelling is a new web series from TEC. It documents how Episcopal churches, schools, and ministries have navigated a very contentious and difficult year. The series covers topics like food insecurity, education, worship through restrictions, clergy calls, and more. Each episode includes reflection materials to help the viewer consider how the last year or so has affected them and their neighbors. What I have seen of these videos so far is very good. They range from 1 minute to 9 minutes, so we may watch more than one on some Sundays.

We will also add some Episcopal Church basics to these discussions, using the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) as a reference. If you do not have a BCP, please let Amma Diane know and she will make sure you have one. (We are also retooling our Episcopal 101 class into a series that we’ll plan Sunday mornings this coming October.) This will be a program that people can join at any time, so if you have to miss a session here or there, all will be well. If you would like a BCP or have other questions, please contact Amma Diane at 920-860-5152

Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device:

go.mysjec.com/biblestudy

Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799

When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 580 876 932 then press #

When prompted for Participant ID, press #

When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero]

If you need to mute your phone for any reason, use your phone's mute button or press *6 to mute/unmute.

Sunday Worship (Holy Eucharist) - Sundays at 10AM

In the church and online!

Per diocesan guidelines, those who have been fully vaccinated may choose to not wear masks for worship and other church activities; those who are unvaccinated should continue to mask.

6/27: 5th Sunday after Pentecost

7/4: Pentecost 6 -- Independence Day *

7/11: Pentecost 7 -- Becoming Beloved Community series wk 1

7/18: Pentecost 8 -- Becoming Beloved Community series wk 2 *

7/25: Pentecost 9 -- Becoming Beloved Community series wk 3

* indicates The Rev Deacon Jerry Molitor is preaching

View and interact during our Sunday Worship services on Facebook or YouTube on Sundays at 10AM Central:

go.mysjec.com/facebook OR go.mysjec.com/youtube

Most of the words and song lyrics for the service appear in the videos, or you can download the bulletin:

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE 6/27 BULLETIN

You may need to refresh the page if you arrive before the live stream begins. If you 'Like' and 'Get Notifications' from our Facebook page you'll receive a notification each time we start a new live video.

If you 'Subscribe' to our YouTube channel and then click the bell icon you'll receive a notification any time we post a new video. If you can't watch live, you can watch at the same links at a later time/day on Facebook or YouTube.

Mid-Week Worship - Wednesdays at 4PM

Join us for a mid-week Worship service on Wednesdays at 4PM.

Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device:

go.mysjec.com/wednesday

Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799

When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 670 567 006 then press #

When prompted for Participant ID, press #

When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero]

Everybody is encouraged to read/pray/sing at appropriate times during Mid-Week Worship. If you need to mute your phone for any reason, use your phone's mute button or press *6 to mute/unmute.

St James Book Group meets Wednesday 6/30 at 7PM

This month the St James Book Club will meet one week later than usual, on Wednesday, June 30, from 7-8PM, meeting via Zoom or the telephone. If you would like to borrow a book from the inter-library loan, please contact Anne Schuette at 920-242-2819. This book is also available on Kindle and in audiobook format. Please feel free to come to our group even if you have not read the book. Invite a friend. If you have technical difficulties Amma Diane Murray 920-860-5152 will try to help you with these.

This month's book is The King of Confidence by Miles Harvey. A review quote from the New York Times describes this book as, "A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch. Miles Harvey’s jaunty, far-ranging history of the 19th-century con man and prophet James Jesse Strang. Despite the frontier setting, there is something eerily contemporary about Harvey’s portrait of a real estate huckster with monarchic ambitions, a creative relationship to debt and a genius for mass media. Until his assassination in 1856, Strang ruled over a breakaway Mormon colony on Lake Michigan’s Beaver Island, where he was crowned “King of Earth and Heaven.” King Strang, as the press delighted in calling him, tried his hand at various roguish trades — lawyer, newspaperman, prophet, pirate, state legislator — but his true gift was for the pure flimflam of American celebrity."

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

Longlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

Finalist for the Midland Authors Annual Literary Award

A Michigan Notable Book

A CrimeReads Best True Crime Book of the Year

Book Group usually meets the 4th Wednesday of the month, except in November and December we meet one week earlier.

Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device:

go.mysjec.com/bookgroup

Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799

When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 873 5481 2492 then press #

When prompted for Participant ID, press #

When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero]

Morning Prayer - Fridays at 7AM

Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device:

go.mysjec.com/friday

Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799

When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 831 5230 0483 then press #

When prompted for Participant ID, press #

When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero]

Everybody is encouraged to read/pray/sing at the appropriate times during Morning Prayer. If you need to mute your phone for any reason, use your phone's mute button or press *6 to mute/unmute.

CLICK HERE FOR 6/25 FRIDAY MORNING PRAYER READINGS

Thanks for your support!

We appreciate your continued financial support while we are being the church in this different way. Checks can still be mailed to the church, and are regularly counted and deposited. You can also set up payments through your bank (most offer this for free). Online options are available with the link below. We know that these are difficult times for some, and we understand if you are unable to support the church financially. Please contact Amma Diane if you need help connecting to assistance or resources.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS SECURE ONLINE GIVING THROUGH OUR WEB SITE

Our special offering in odd-numbered months (January, March, May, July, September, November) goes to Painting Pathways Clubhouse, helping those in our community with a diagnosed mental illness. Our special offering in even-numbered months (February, April, June, August, October, December) goes to the Rector's discretionary fund, helping those in need. Please label your gifts accordingly.

St James Weekly and email list timing

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Do you ever have trouble clicking our links?

For a variety of technical reasons, links in the emails we send may sometimes malfunction. These are often due to incompatible updates or security settings on various device, software, and web sites. If you click a link in our emails (or attached PDFs) and it doesn't work properly, type in the link manually. Open your web browser and type in the exact link (don't add www or anything else). Manually typing the link should always work properly. We use customized shorter URLs in the format "go.mysjec.com/_______" that make manually typing links easier than the longer URLs for most events. If you encounter a link that doesn't work when you type it in manually, please contact Tony (text, call, or email [email protected]). Thanks!

View our past Worship services at any time

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We appreciate your feedback

Thank you to everybody who has taken the time to participate in our various opportunities to engage remotely for worship, sharing, learning, and connection. Until further notice we'll be maintaining our schedule on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, as well as other special services and remote gatherings. Thank you for watching/listening! Thank you for commenting and engaging with each other! And thank you for liking and sharing our videos, Facebook page, and YouTube channel to help spread the word!

We appreciate your feedback about any of these new technologies we are implementing. If you had any technical issues or technical questions, please let us know. Please email your feedback and questions to [email protected]