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Feast of Corpus Christi/Episcopal Visit
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE:6.4.10
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The people of Haiti, Chile and China,
Janet, Doug Doller, Hector Lombardi, Jack Seeman, Lisa Hill Byrne, Susan, Charles Drumm, Riley Saper, Shelby Saper, Laura Elmore, Ray Mac Kenzie, Gloria Clarke, Lorraine, Greg Rosner, Dale Hunter Brunken, Ellie FLOWER MEMORIALS William Arthur & Helen Selvey, Edwin F. & Louise B. Herring, Edward C. Leber
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 |
COLLECT OF THE DAY
O God, we possess a lasting memorial of your passion in this wondrous sacrament. Grant that we may so venerate the mysteries of your body and blood that we may always feel within ourselves the effects of your redemption; who lives and reigns with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen
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I think it is impossible to approach Pentecost without a sense of dread. The
purpose of Christian initiation is new birth. It takes us from Advent to
Pentecost Day to practice all the modes of consciousness and wisdom and
difficulty that prepares us for this day of rebirth by wind and fire. Apostolos
means "sent." We are "sent" with the Good News to the "ends of the earth" as
Apostles of Good News. But Good News is real change, and change is dangerous,
and often not received well.
What fire purifies you with awe and fascination and dread? The wind
bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest its voice, but thou knowest not
whence it cometh and whether it goeth; so is every one that is born of the
spirit. Where are you sent?
From Suzanne Guthrie's meditation on the "Day of
Pentecost: Wind and Fire," found at http://www.edgeofenclosure.org |
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THIS WEEK
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Sunday, JUNE 6 Episcopal Visit & Confirmation
8:00 Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
9:30am Holy Eucharist & baptism
10:15am Dedication of an Altar (Memorial Garden)
11:00am Holy Eucharist & Confirmation (Rite II)
12:00am Coffee Hour & Reception
1:00pm Vestry Reception & Brunch with Bishop Donovan (Rectory)
3:00pm Wyman student recital (church)
6:30pm Senior Youth Group/CYSM Trip orientation (Memorial Hall)
Monday, JUNE 7
7:00pmNursery School of the Nyacks meeting (Patterson Hall)
Tuesday, JUNE 8
10:00am Staff Meeting (Patterson Hall)
6:00pm IPC dinner (St. Stephen's, Pearl River)
7:00pm Boy Scouts (Memorial Hall)
Thursday, JUNE 10
7:00am Men's Prayer Breakfast (Patterson Hall)
Friday, June 11
Cub Scouts (Memorial Hall)
Saturday, JUNE 12
10:00am Midnight Run (Memorial Hall)
Sunday JUNE 13 -Last Church School
8/9:30/11:00am Holy Eucharist
Church School Picnic/Adult Refreshments
3:00pm AGC rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
6:30pm French Creole Mass (Bradley Chapel)
7:30pm Nyack Academy of Music Festival Concert |
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EPISCOPAL VISIT AND CONFIRMATION
On Sunday at the 11:00am service we welcome The Rt. Rev. Herbert Donovan, Assisting Bishop of the Diocese of New York and Deputy to the Presiding
Bishop for Anglican Communion Relations. The son of an Episcopal priest, Bishop Donovan is a graduate of the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Theological Seminary. After ordination he served missions in Wyoming before becoming Executive Officer of the Diocese of Kentucky. He subsequently served as Rector of St. Luke's Church in Montclair, NJ, until elected 11th Bishop of Arkansas in 1980. In 1993 he became Vicar of Trinity Church, NY, and an Assisting Bishop in the Diocese of New York. He retired in 1997 but was called back to Trinity Wall Street as Interim Rector from 2003-2004, and subsequently as Interim Rector of Trinity Church, Boston.Bp. Donovan has also served as Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of Chicago, Assisting Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, Interim Anglican Observer at the United Nations Executive Director of the Compass Rose Society of the Anglican Communion, and Coordinator of the College for Bishops of the Episcopal Church. As a volunteer he has served on the National Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, as Secretary of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church and as a member of the Board of Heifer Project International He is also a licensed pilot with multi-engine and instrumental ratings. He served as a Naval Reserve Chaplain, retiring in 1993 with the rank of Captain. He and his wife, Mary Gertrude Sudman, have three children and two grandchildren and are residents of Dobbs Ferry, New York.
Our Fellowship Commission will host a reception in honor of Bishop Donovan and our confirmands in Memorial Hall, immediately following the service. Please join us!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONFIRMANDS
Alanna Falcicchio, Elizabeth Ginsberg, Kate Fischer, Kevin Lindemann, Kate O'Shea, Kerry Ann Tauken, Adam Wilmot Stroud, Matthew Wilmot-Stroud
And to Lauren Malone, received into the Episcopal Church this morning.
Kudos also to our Mentors: Amy Lehman, Jeanette Matthews, Neeley McCormick, Debbie McGuinness, Terence Rock, Pat Winter, Keith Olsen, Verne Becker And to our Confirmation Team: Charles Cross, Evelyn Lombardi, Jeff McDowell, Jennifer Marraccino, The Reverend Richard Gressle, The Reverend Emily Sieracki
At 10:15am on Sunday, Bp Donovan will dedicate the new altar in Memorial Garden. All are welcome to attend the brief service.
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CHURCH YOUTH SERVICE MISSION TRIP ("CYSM")
FATHER'S DAY BREAKFAST
Senior youth group participants in the upcoming CYSM trip to Nicaragua are holding a number of fundraisers as they prepare for their departure in late June. Make sure to plan for their Father's Day breakfast on Sunday, June 20, when the menu will feature pancakes and bacon. Yummmmmm! There will be two seatings, one after the 8:00 service and one after the 10:00 service (summer service schedule begins June 20.) Can't make the breakfast? If you would like to help support their project, you may use the general offering envelopes found in the pews, indicating CYSM on the memo line of the check, or using the green credit card form available in the narthx.. Please keep all of CYSM participants in your prayers until their safe return in July:Katya Anger, Nicholas Baere, Abigail Bell, Sadie Mae Burns, Caitlin Cummings, Benjamin DiRocco, Keegan Fletcher, Claire Greenwood, Christian Hahn, Jocelyn Hahn, William Kyle, Claire Masters, Jonathan McNeill, Brianna Nelson, Morgan Pullen, Nawaphon Sittisawassakul, Dylan Sydor, Cassius Wilkinson Adults: Gregory A. Birchett, Charles Cross, Moriah Olsen, Emily Sieracki
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YOUTH RECOGNITION DINNER
The annual IPC Youth Recognition dinnerwill be at St. Stephen's in Pearl River on June 8 at 6:00 pm. The Nanuet concert choir will be performing, and graduating seniors from parishes in the area will be honored. Everyone is welcome to attend - if you would like to join others from Grace Church, please call the office (358-1297). It's potluck, so please plan to bring an item to share. |
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL'S SHREW A SELLOUT
All 50 reserved tickets for the Sunday, June 27 6:00pm performance of Taming of the Shrew have been sold but it may not be too late if you are still interested. We can keep a waiting list in case of any change in plans of our ticket holders. Let Barbara Cross know ASAP (358-4599 or babcross@aol.com) if you want to be included. And thanks for your support in our twelfth summer of these wonderful evenings of Grace fellowship. Barbara Cross |
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC SUMMER FESTIVAL
RETURNS TO GRACE CHURCH IN JUNE
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Effortlessly,
Love
flows from God into man,
Like a bird
Who rivers the air
Without moving her wings.
Thus we move in His world,
One in body and soul,
Though outwardly separate in form.
As the Source strikes the note,
Humanity sings--
The Holy Spirit is our harpist,
And all strings
Which are touched in Love
Must sound.
- Mechtild of Magdeburg 1207-1297
trans. Jane Hirshfield
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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
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