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The Fourth Sunday of Easter
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: 4.23.10
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| PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS |
The people of Haiti, Chile and China, James, Renee Polychronis, Ella, Janet, Sister Maureen Maloney, C.S.J., Doug Doller, Donna Weber, Jack Seeman, Yasso Herath, Susan, 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, Austen Strait, Mia Leo, Kyle Millian, Mia Leo, Joseph Orfino, Elizabeth Ernst Sydor, Eve Taylor REST IN PEACE: Michelle Gray
FLOWER MEMORIALS: Addie Gertrude Cline, Arthur & Florence Burnett, Mary Bristol Mann
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 |
THE COLLECT FOR SUNDAY O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. |
MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
- Thomas Merton, "Thoughts in Solitude" |
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THIS WEEK
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SATURDAY, April 24
10:00am Amazing Grace Circus
9:00pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)
SUNDAY, APRIL 25
8:00am/9:30/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10am PARISH FORUM: Episcopal Church History
4:00pm GraceMusic presents: Happy Birthday Johann
6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Fenton Room)
6:30pm French Creole Mass
9:00pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)
MONDAY, APRIL 26
9:00pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)
TUESDAY, APRIL 27
10:00am Staff Meeting (Patterson Hall)
4:00pm Amazing GraceCircusAfterschool (Memorial Hall)
7:00pm Boy Scouts (Memorial Hall)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28
7:00pm Confirmation Class (Church)
SATURDAY, May 1
9:30am Understanding the Holy Eucharist (Memorial Hall)
1:00pm Memorial service & reception for Amy Egan (Memorial Garden)
SUNDAY, May 2
8/9:30am Holy Eucharist
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Baptisms & Understanding Holy Eucharist)
10:10am PARISH FORUM: Liturgy & Music
3:00pm Amazing Grace Circus
6:30pm SYG (Fenton Room) |
GRACEMUSIC PRESENTS: Happy Birthday Johann - This Sunday, 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 $5 Free Childcare available! Meet the Artists reception follow. |
CONFIRMATION REDUX: AN ALL-PARISH REFRESHER COURSE
BEGINS THIS SUNDAY WITH PARISH FORUM ON ANGLICAN/EPISCOPAL HISTORY
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 23 the All Parish Forums (10:10-10:50am each Sunday) will be dedicated to the exploration (and explanation) of Anglican/Episcopal history (April 25), 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. |
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. |
ANNUAL PLANT SALE AND GARDEN WORK DAY
Saturday, May 8 from 11:00am-3:00pm in MemorialGarden
Come to buy bouquets for Mother's Day, perennials, plants from the ChurchGarden, gardening books, and other garden-related items
Help by bringing bouquets from your garden, plants and garden-related items for sale, selling and/or transplanting small plants in preparation for the new garden design.
Call or email Karin Baere 353-8694 baerefamily@optonline.net or Linda Chisholm 358-2683 lachisholm@verizon.net Proceeds will be contributed to church operating budget. |
COMING SOON - OUR ANNUAL CYSM YARD SALE
SUNDAY, MAY 16 SAVE THE DATE & YOUR "STUFF"
SUPPORT CHURCH YOUTH SERVICE MISSION TRIP TO NICARAGUA
Questions? Donations? Call Vickie Hertz at 353 9147. |
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. |
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 |
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On the day of Judgment God will only ask one question:
Did you enjoy my world?
A traditional Jewish saying, quoted in Lost in Wonder: Rediscovering the Spiritual Art of Attentiveness by Esther de Waal ( Collegeville , Minn. : The Liturgical Press, 2003 |
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| 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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