eConnections - October 7, 2023
eConnections
Notes & News from the Cathedral of Saint James
October 7, 2023
In this Week's eConnections:
The Dean's List
Meal Train for Tamisyn & Fr. Brian
Growing in Our Worship
Story Makers
Adult Forum
Ecumenical Bible Study
Olori Professor Omotayo Olutoye Memorial
Olutoye Reception Hospitality Request
DoK Fall Assembly
Daughters of the King Christmas Outreach Project
Dining Out Group
Cathedral Calendar
Making Sunday Worship Happen: Volunteers for this Sunday
For Your Prayers
The Dean's List
Update from the Grantz House
Tamisyn's right wrist was surgically repaired this past Thursday which - in the days of miracle and wonder - was an outpatient procedure. Her orthopedic surgeon opted not to operate on her heel, surmising that the benefits of surgery would be negligible compared to the potential risks. Our post-op goal since coming home has been pain management, which involves a variety of pain medications and a spreadsheet. As of this writing (Saturday afternoon), she has stayed ahead of the pain and is feeling much better overall. Mobility continues to be the issue; she cannot bear weight on either her right wrist or her right foot, so she relies on another person (namely, me) to transfer her to and from wheelchairs, resting places, and comfort facilities. This will be the case at least until her follow-up appointment on the last Friday in October.
This has a short-term impact on how I will have to approach my work at the Cathedral. Since she can't be alone for more than a few hours, I will be working from home as much as possible and seeking volunteers to stay with her for a few hours a couple of days a week so I can do things like celebrate the Eucharist on Fridays and Sundays, attend essential meetings, and occasionally remind the Cathedral staff what I look like.
Additionally, Erica Vitale has very kindly set up a Meal Train so that Tamisyn and I do not have to worry about meal preparation a couple of nights per week. We have requested meals on Sunday and Tuesday evenings through November 14. The link to the Meal Train website is here.
Our long-time friends Anne & Michael Reardon drove out from Pennsylvania to help out this weekend, so I will be in church tomorrow as scheduled. I look forward to seeing you!
Blessings,
Brian
Upcoming Events
Click below if you would like to provide dinner for Tamisyn & Fr. Brian Grantz on a Sunday or Tuesday between now and November 14. Thank you!
Hospitality for October 14 Memorial Service
Betsy VanderBurg is requesting vegetable trays and finger food desserts
for 175 people for the reception following the Memorial Service
for Omotayo Olutoye this coming Saturday.
Please call her at (773) 220-3548 let her know what you can help with.
Thank you!
Since 1898, volunteers of the Seamen’s Church Institute have knitted, collected, packed, and distributed gifts to mariners who were miles away from home during the holidays. Today, for seafarers calling on the Port Newark and Elizabeth in New Jersey, the gift consists of two hand-knitted garments, a Christmas card, and information on SCI’s services for mariners along with toiletries like hand lotion, lip balm, and toothbrushes, and individually-packaged candy or snacks. The items for the seafarers’ gifts are housed in an individual hand-sewn ditty bag, and they are delivered to the ships by SCI chaplains from the Monday before Thanksgiving through Epiphany on January 6. Mariners working on U.S. inland rivers receive a box for each boat containing handmade Christmas cards and a knit for each mariner.
Items for the contents for Christmas at Sea Ditty Bags
“Seafarers each receive a hand-sewn ditty bag housing two handmade knit gifts and a signed Christmas card, along with an assortment of donated toiletries, fun games, and individually packaged snacks or candy. If the needleworker includes a note with their knit gift, that would also be packed with the knits. These items go fast when we are packing. Travel or sample size donations of new products are greatly appreciated!” - Christmas at Sea
Toothbrushes and travel-sized tubes of toothpaste
Deodorant (unscented)
Unscented hand lotion (4 oz bottles)
Shampoo
Conditioner
Body wash
Individually packaged non-perishable candy and snacks like granola bars
Books or activities like Sudoku, word searches, or playing cards
Facial tissue
Microwave popcorn
Pouches of hot chocolate mix
Chewing gum
Christmas cards
Cathedral Calendar
This Week at CSJ
Sunday, October 8
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Year A, Proper 22, Track 2
8:00 am Holy Eucharist: Rite One
9:15 am Christian Formation
- Growing in Our Worship
- Storymakers
- Adult Forum
10:30 am Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
11:45 am Hospitality
12:00 pm Youth Group
12:30 pm Ecumenical Bible Study
Monday, October 9
Administrative Offices Closed
7:00 pm Education for Ministry
Tuesday, October 10
Administrative Offices: 9 am - 1:30 pm
5:30 pm Finance Committee
Wednesday, October 11
Administrative Offices: 9 am - 1:30 pm
9:30 am Raising Cane Bible Study
Call (425) 436-6335; Access Code 782266
7:00 pm Cathedral Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, October 12
Administrative Offices: 9 am - 1:30 pm
7:00 pm Julian Group
Friday, October 13
Administrative Offices: 9 am - 1:30 pm
12:05 pm Holy Eucharist
Saturday, October 14
11:00 am Memorial Service and Reception
for Omotayo Olutoye
Sunday, October 15
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Year A, Proper 23, Track 2
8:00 am Holy Eucharist: Rite One
9:15 am Christian Formation
- Growing in Our Worship
- Storymakers
- Adult Forum
10:30 am Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
11:45 am Hospitality
12:00 pm Youth Group
Looking Ahead
Thursday, October 26
Julian Reflection Group
Dining Out Group
Wednesday, November 1
All Saints' Day Eucharist
Saturday, November 3
Diocesan Convention
Sunday, November 5
All Saints' Sunday
Making Sunday Worship Happen
Sunday, October 8
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Year A, Proper 22 Track Two
8:00 am Lector Kate Lee
8:00 am Eucharistic Minister Nan Noecker
10:30 am Lectors Liz Burman & Celeste Hilliard
10:30 am Server Anne Gray
10:30 am Eucharistic Ministers Stephen Drendall & Kirk Philippsen
10:30 am Ushers Keith LaPierre & Nicole Pinter
10:30 am Hospitality Nancy Ross
Counters: Wednesday, October 11: Betsy VanderBurg & Sue Lowe
Folder: Friday, October 13: DeDe Guth
Flowers: The flowers adorning the altar this Sunday are given by Peg Swadener in loving memory of her husband, Mike Swadener.
Volunteers Needed
Sunday, October 15
8:00 am Lector
10:30 am Lay Minister
Sunday, October 22
8:00 am Lay Minister
For Your Prayers
For Tamisyn Grantz.
For Gloria Henry, sister of Tony Molnar.
For the repose of the soul of Milo Wietstock, father of Dr. Steven Wietstock.
For the repose of the soul of Mary Evelyn Burman, sister of Tom Burman.
For Connor Gibbons
For Olivia, who has leukemia, and her family.
For Sheila & family.
For Amber.
For the repose of the soul of Omotayo Olutoye, mother of Bunmi Okanlami.
For Sandy.
For John G.
For Dede.
For John Monroe, brother of Sue Fain.
For Pat, who is working in California until November, and Shela.
Caitlin H.
Steve B.
Cherryl Andries.
The LaFiero family.
Sharron McGowan.
Kara.
Bernard.
Rhonda.
Tammy, daughter of Tony Molnar.
Alan Thompson.
Peju, Bunmi, and the Okanlami family.
Gussie Wietstock, mother of Steve Wietstock.
Mike Jaworski, and Lisa.
Marilyn Klopfenstein.
Tony Molnar.
Dan & Gail Mandell.
Russell Cartwright.
Ron Gunn.
Cobie.
Alissa Broussara.
Nan Noecker as she continues her diaconal formation.
Becky Ballentine; Jo Dorsch; Sharron McGowan; Joyce Marchant; Dave & Alice Miller; Fr. Paul Tracy; Ginger & Richard Bitner.
Al Caparell; Tony Lemna; Mike; Denise & Demetrius.
For those awaiting the birth or adoption of a child: Christopher & Andrew Hillak.
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