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Weekly e-Epistle
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St. James' Mill Creek
Wilmington, Delaware
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May 23rd, 2021
We'd love for you to join us!
We would be pleased if you joined us in person or online from the comfort of your home for church services via Facebook Live at 9:30am.
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Here is a PDF of this Sunday's bulletin for you to enjoy. |
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Changes in Pandemic Restrictions
Dear all,
SUNDAY IS PENTECOST – THE COLOR OF THE DAY IS RED!
The St. James’ Covid Task Force met this past Saturday and reviewed the new pandemic guidelines as approved by our bishop. Our recommendations were sent to our vestry and received their approval.
Effective Sunday May 23, 2021 the following new guidelines will be in place:
1 – Social distancing reduced from 6 feet to 3 feet.
2 – Return prayer books and hymnals to pews for use.
3 – Congregational singing will be allowed (masks must continue to be worn).
4 – We will continue recording attendance for contact tracing.
5 – Outdoor “coffee hour” will be allowed.
6 – We will reinstitute the healing service on the first Sunday of each month.
7 – We will begin to allow parish hall building use with prior permission, social distancing at 3 feet, mask use, and sanitizing touch surfaces after use.
8 – Eucharistic visitation may be resumed. Visitor must be fully vaccinated, maintain social distance, and wear a mask.
9 – Due to these changes, and especially the reduced social distancing, those not fully vaccinated, should seriously consider not attending in person worship until they are fully vaccinated.
Thank you,
Kim
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Celebrating This Year’s Graduates
It is time to recognize our Graduates! If you have a family member who is graduating, please tell us about him/her! You can include a bit about their relationship to St. James, where they are graduating from and what their future plans are and any other relevant information. Please feel free to include a picture of your graduate as well!
Thank you for helping us to celebrate our graduates!
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From Lynn Morgan:
Gardening Committee
We're forming a Gardening Committee and we're welcoming anyone who is interested in joining. If you are interested please email Lynn at gnurse33@verizon.net or call or text her at 302-593-4431.
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St James' Episcopal Church and The Bazaar Group is proud to announce The Spring Fling Sale!
The ladies have not been idle. We have been holding Zoom Bazaar Meetings, every other Tuesday, since February. Quite a few of the ladies are working on projects at home. We are planning several virtual events this year. The first is a Spring Fling Sale scheduled to start in May. A Christmas in July Sale will be the next event. Our goal is to hold a virtual Quilt Raffle in the fall. Laura Gracie, one of our Bazaar Ladies, has made a beautiful quilt for the raffle.
Thank you so much for your continued support. Be sure to check out our new mini site!
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We are grateful for the support that enabled us to serve lunch at the Emmanuel Dining Room on March 31st and provide needed clothing and food for those being served at the Hope Center.
EMMANUEL DINING ROOM
Our next date for providing lunch for Emmanuel Dining Room will be Memorial Day, Monday May 31st. We continue to deliver our lunch items and extra bottles of water. We hope we will be able to actually serve our guests in the dining room sometime this summer or fall.
New Castle County HOPE Center
for Individuals and Families in need of temporary housing and support services
New Castle County purchased the former Sheraton Hotel on Airport Rd (now named the New Castle County HOPE Center) and Friendship House is running Code Purple programing out of this location to provide housing for individuals and families who are homeless this winter. The County retained the hotel management staff to keep the facility running.
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What started as temporary housing during the cold weather has grown into a permanent center that provides housing and support services for individuals and families who are without adequate housing in New Castle County. Through many non-profit organizations coming together, they are working to obtain more significant housing for the individuals and families who come to the HOPE Center and offer medical, psychological, and job skills opportunities as well.
- The hotel can accommodate 400 and suites and adjoining rooms are given to families and enables households to stay together.
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Housing is coordinated through the Delaware Housing Alliance.
- If you know of anyone who needs this housing, please ask them to call 1-833-FIND-BED (1-833-3463-233) and leave a message.
How St. James' can help:
· Review the list below and see if there are items you could provide.
· We continue to offer "contactless drop off" at the parish hall Monday-Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
· Please place your donations in the bin labeled Donations for HOPE Center - CODE PURPLE on the porch of the parish hall.
Liz will bring in the bin and any donated items at 1:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and we will take the donations to Friendship House at the end of each week.
Items needed:
· Hygiene items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap (regular and travel size).
· Tide pods or other laundry pods
· Containers of ground coffee (the staff brews coffee daily for the guests)
· NEW socks and underwear
· New or gently used Sweaters, tee shirts, light jackets
Thank you,
St. James' Outreach Ministry
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Prayer Team
On the first Sunday of every month the members of the prayer team hold a “virtual” ZOOM prayer service at 11:30 a.m. (focusing on the prayer requests shared by parishioners through calls or emails to the church office or to individual members of the prayer team.) We lift up these prayer requests and other concerns of the parish, community, and world.
During this time of Covid-19, the prayer team is holding ZOOM prayer team gatherings twice a month. Also, weekly we share the prayers and petitions that have been given to us and they are lifted up daily by members of the team. All are welcome to participate in these services.
Next Prayer Team Meetings will be May 16th & June 6th.
For those who have an immediate prayer need or would like to receive the ZOOM codes and join the prayer team service, we invite you to email your prayer needs/requests to Sister BJ Brown at: sisterbjbrown@gmail.com or call Cindy Fauerbach 302-584-8053
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St. James’ Pastoral Care Team is here and wants to help.
If you or someone you know is in need, we send cards, we make phone calls, we will pray with you and/or for you. NOTE: Once safety from the Covid-19 virus permits, we will continue to make home and hospital visits and make Eucharistic visits.
Please call the office (302-994-1584) and leave a message. Someone will get back to you. Messages are retrieved daily, seven days a week.
NOTE: once safety from the Covid-19 virus permits, on Sundays there are forms and envelopes labeled “Pastoral Care” next to the prayer requests in the church entrance. Please place your request in the offering plate or the prayer basket.
Please let us know if you need us or someone you know needs us, we won’t know if you don’t tell us.
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A Prayer for the Day of Pentecost
O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Find more Morning Psalm and prayers please visit
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A note from your Wardens about attending church in person
- Your safety is our top priority.
- No one should feel obligated to attend church in person. If you are not comfortable being around others, it is okay to stay at home.
- On-line services will continue to be available through Facebook Live.
For those who do wish to attend church, please click on the button below to read more of the guidelines and safety protocols for the Return to In-Person Services. We look forward to seeing you.
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ZOOM Coffee Hour
You are invited to a virtual coffee hour following worship at St. James’ Mill Creek, beginning approximately 15 minutes after service concludes. So after service is over, grab a beverage or snack and connect to your church family. All are welcome.
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Meeting ID: 931 0834 7195
Password: 766583
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St. James' Mill Creek
2106 St. James Church Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
302.994.1584
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