8/21/21

Opportunities to worship, share, learn, and stay connected at St James Episcopal Church in Manitowoc.

Join us for a 7-week Becoming Beloved Community series, 7/11 through 8/22. 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. St James Weekly for week of 8/22 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 Join us on Sundays for the video discussion series produced by The Episcopal Church: "A Year in the Life" . It documents how Episcopal churches, schools, and ministries navigated a very contentious and difficult year. The series covers topics like food insecurity, education, worship through restrictions, clergy calls, and more. 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 # When prompted for Participant ID, press # When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero] Sunday Worship - Sundays at 10AM In the church and online! Due to Manitowoc County having high transmission rates again, the Health Dept is encouraging all to wear masks in indoor group settings (including those who are vaccinated), in line with CDC guidelines. Beginning 8/9, we request all wear masks for indoor church activities. The Vestry will monitor area rates and hope this is very temporary. 8/22: Pentecost 13 -- Becoming Beloved Community series wk 7 8/29: Pentecost 14 -- Back to School 9/5: Pentecost 15 -- Labor Day Weekend / the vocation of everybody 9/12: Pentecost 16 -- Season of Creation wk 1 9/19: Pentecost 17 -- Season of Creation wk 2 9/26: Pentecost 18 -- Season of Creation wk 3 10/3: St Francis -- Season of Creation wk 4 / Blessing of Animals 10/10: Pentecost 20 -- Mental Health Awareness 10/17: Pentecost 21 -- Homelessness Awareness Amma Diane and Father Jerry typically alternate preaching weeks. 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 8/22 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 - Wednesday 8/25 at 7PM This St James Book Group plans to meet via Zoom on August 25 at 7PM. Please feel free to join the conversation even if you have not had a chance to read the book. If you have technical difficulties Amma Diane Murray 920-860-5152 will try to help you with these.  The book being read and discussed this month is The Women With Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II by Katherine Sharp Landdeck. The book is available on Kindle/Nook, paperback, hardcover, audiobook via Audible or from the local library. “With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve.”—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls. From Barnes and Noble: “The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was the idea of pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran. WASP gave women a chance to serve their country (during World War II) —and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad, and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran’s social experiment seemed to be a resounding success—until, with the tides of war turning, Congress clipped the women’s wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they’d forged never failed, and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were—and for their place in history.” 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 8/27 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 St James Weekly is included in two emails per week, and mailed once per week. When sharing information about projects, programs, and events please send the info as early as possible so we are able to promote over a longer period of time, when appropriate. (To help limit the burden on everybody’s inboxes, we intentionally send only two emails per week to our email list, unless there is a death or other urgent matter.) 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 info@mysjec.com). Thanks! View our past Worship services at any time View our previous services any time you like on our YouTube channel: go.mysjec.com/youtube 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. 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 info@mysjec.com St James Episcopal Church | 434 N 8th Street, Manitowoc, WI 54220 mysjec.com | facebook.com/sjecmanitowoc