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The Second Sunday of Easter
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: 4.9.10
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| PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS |
The people of Haiti and of Chile, James, Renee Polychronis, Ella, Janet, Sister Maureen Maloney, C.S.J., Doug Doller, Donna Weber, Jack Seeman, Yasso Herath, Susan Amy and Kevin Egan, Claire Corgan, Christian Marsh, Charles Drumm, Alasdair Loudon, Hector Lombardi, Joseph, Sister Patricia Lynch, CSJ, Lisa, Raymond MacKenzie, Bill & Catherine Lubeck, Victoria Pontecorvo, Bill & Catherine Lubeck, Leigh Holt, Austen Strait
This list is refreshed monthly please call the office to add a name, or to request that a name be carried forward. There is a book in the narthex where -- before the service begins -- you may add names to be read during the Prayers of the People for the day | |
Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. |
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Sing with your voices,
Sing with your hearts,
Sing with your lips,
Sing with your lives.
"Sing to the Lord a new song."
Do you ask what you should sing about the one whom you love?
Of course you want to sing about the one you love.
Do you ask what you should sing in praise of him?
Listen:
"His praise is in the assembly of the saints."
The singer himself is the praise contained in the song.
Do you want to speak the praise of God?
Be yourself what you speak.
If you live good lives,
you are his praise.
From Augustine of Hippo (354-430), quoted in Seeking Life: The Baptismal Invitation of the Rule of St. Benedict by Esther de Waal (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 2009). |
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THIS WEEK
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Sunday, April 11
8:00am/9:30/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10am Commission meetings/Refreshments
3:00pm Amazing Grace Circus Rehearsal (Bradley Chapel)
6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Fenton Room)
6:30pm French Creole Mass
Tuesday, April 13
10:00am Staff Meeting (Patterson Hall)
4:00pm Amazing Grace Circus After School (Memorial)
7:00pm Boy Scouts (Memorial Hall)
8:00pm Choir
Wednesday, April 14
3:30pm Amazing Grace Circus (Memorial)
7:00pm Confirmation Class (Patterson Hall)
Saturday, April 17
10:00am Amazing Grace Circus (Memorial Hall)
Sunday, April 18
8:00am Holy Eucharist
9:30am Prayer service & work day outside/No church school
10:10am PARISH FORUM: Earth Day
11:00am Holy Eucharist & Baptisms
3:00pm Amazing Grace Circus Rehearsal (Memorial)
6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Fenton Room) |
CONFIRMATION REDUX: AN ALL-PARISH REFRESHER COURSE
Whether one was confirmed 50 years ago or 5 years ago or is just now considering joining the Episcopal Church - all of us need to review the basics from time to time. Come join in with the rest of your parish community as we prepare to corporately renew our Baptismal Covenant during the Bishop's visit to Grace Church on June 6. From April 25 through May 30 the All Parish Forums (10:10-10:50am each Sunday) will be dedicated to the exploration (and explanation) of Anglican/Episcopal history, our view of scripture and ministry, our unique styles of spirituality, and our rich tradition of liturgy and music. All are invited and encouraged to attend! A note to those considering confirmation, reception or reaffirmation in the Episcopal Church: This series is part of the Adult Confirmation Course for this year. If you wish to be baptized, confirmed, received, or to reaffirm your vows or are even contemplating one of these actions, this class is for you. Please contact the clergy to let them know of your interest and they will be happy to talk with you about these steps which take place at the Bishop's visit once each year. |
GRACEMUSIC PRESENTS: Happy Birthday Johann - April 25 at 4:00pm
Cantatas and concerti performed by the Grace Church Choir and Orchestra conducted by Robert Barrows to celebrate Bach's 325th, including greetings from Dietrich Buxtehude and Antonio Vivaldi. Admission: $15; Seniors $10, Students $5Free Childcare available! Meet the Artists receptions follow. |
FINAL HELPING HANDS
Our last time to host Helping Hands will be on Saturday, April 24, Sunday, April 25 and Monday, April 26. The Senior Youth Group has volunteered to provide dinner on the 25th but we need volunteers to cook and serve dinner on the 24th and 26th, and overnight supervisors for each date. This is your last chance to help with this ministry until next year. The sign-up sheets are on the bulletin board in the narthex, or you can email Charlie Cross at cjcross3ny@yahoo.com. |
ROCKLAND PARENT CHILD CENTER: 16th ANNUAL RIVER AUCTION
"Cruise The Hudson" A Sunset Cruise aboard the historic MWV Commander
Saturday, May 15, 2010, 6 - 8:30pm Haverstraw Marina
Silent Auction on board Enjoy evening of wine, beer, hors d'oeuvres & live jazz
Tickets $75 RSVP May 1st, 845-358-2702, ext. 12 or buy tickets at www.rocklandparentchild.org All proceeds benefit family support programming at RPCC |
OUR TWELFTH SEASON AT BOSCOBEL! SUNDAY, JUNE 27
If you have attended any of the past eleven performances at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, you know the setting on the great lawn can't be matched and the actors give their all, rain or shine. This year's play, The Taming of the Shrew, is a playfully provocative battle of the sexes pitting the shrewish Katharina against the fortune-seeking Petruchio. The Fellowship Commission has already reserved 55 seats for our Grace Church family and friends. So mark your calendars for the 6:00pm performance on Sunday, June 27. Details will follow in the next Messenger and reservations will be accepted beginning in May. |
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Spring is like a perhaps hand
by e.e. cummings
III
Spring is like a perhaps hand
(which comes carefully
out of Nowhere)arranging
a window,into which people look(while
people stare
arranging and changing placing
carefully there a strange
thing and a known thing here)and
changing everything carefully
spring is like a perhaps
Hand in a window
(carefully to
and fro moving New and
Old things,while
people stare carefully
moving a perhaps
fraction of flower here placing
an inch of air there)and
without breaking anything. | |
| GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.130 First Avenue.Nyack.New York.10960.845-358-1297
The Reverend Richard L. Gressle, Rector
The Reverend Emily Sieracki, Assistant to the Rector
Robert Barrows, Organist & Choirmaster
www.gracechurchnyack.org | |
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