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The Third Sunday After Pentecost
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE:6.11.10
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| PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS |
Janet, Doug Doller, 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, Ruth Ingram, Carol, Carmen Darbouze, Yasso Herath, Donna Weber, Deborah Federico, Theresa Caserto, Joseph D'Errico
REST IN PEACE: The Rev. Dr. Lee Hancock , Hector Lombardi, Florence Van Doom, Sister Maureen Maloney, C.S.J. FLOWER MEMORIALS Charles Freeburn, Pamela McFadden, Wilhelmina Youmans, George & Harry Youmans, Lena Gambitti Brooks, Charles W. Kunze, Ida C. Haire, George C. Haire, Floyd J. Haire, George & Maria Moritz, Dorothy Ward Moore, Regina Cropsey, Jessie Carlile, Anne & Frank Newton DeGroat
The prayer 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. |
Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Practice Encouragement
There are people whose presence is encouraging. One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own.
John O'Donohue -Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong
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THIS WEEK
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Saturday, JUNE 12
10:00am Midnight Run (Memorial Hall)
Sunday JUNE 13 -Last Church School
8/9:30 (Scally baptism)/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
Tuesday, JUNE 15
10:00am Staff Meeting (Patterson Hall)
7:00pm Boy Scouts (Memorial Hall)
7:30pm Vestry (Patterson Hall)
Wednesday, JUNE 16
7:30pm Academy of Music Festival Concert
Friday, June 18
11:00am Nursery School of the Nyacks party (Patterson Hall)
Saturday, JUNE 19
10:00am AGC rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
Sunday JUNE 20
SUMMER SERVICE SCHEDULE BEGINS
CYSM breakfast after 8 and 10:00am services
8:00 Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
10:00am Holy Eucharist
7:30pmAcademy of Music Festival Concert
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THANK YOU TO OUR CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHERS
On Sunday at the 9:30 service we pay tribute to our fabulous church school teachers. Please join us in thanking all of the dedicated people who have worked throughout the year to bring the message of God's love to our children:
PRE-K4's/KINDERGARTEN Kim Hamilton, Bonnie Parsekian and Lynette Marshall 1st GRADE/2nd GRADE Siobhan Masterson, Lainie Murrell and Beth Paskowski 3rd GRADE Laura Cavazzi, Melissa Perkins and Holly Leibesberger 4th/5th GRADES Cathy Friesen, Erik Johnke, Jennifer Stay and Susan McCann JUNIOR YOUTH GROUP Kim Cross, Judy Humeston and Steve Wilson SENIOR YOUTH GROUP Colleen Cummings and Moriah Olsen KUDOS ALSO TO: Church School Coordinator Jennifer Marraccino & the Youth Commission, chaired by Claudia Uccellani, for making it all run seamlessly.
BRAVO!
This is also the last Sunday this season for the full Grace Church Choir. We gratefully acknowledge the time and skill these talented musicians share so generously, shaping and enriching our worship under the leadership of Organist/Choirmaster Robert Barrows. Sopranos Melissa Alexander, Jo Ann Barnard, Diane Churchill, Ruby Ghosio, Suzanne Grant, Amy Lehman, Sally Mann, Judy Omumbo, Paula Spruck Altos Mary Ann Bleecker, Sally Cochran, Mary Herje, Mia Leo, Mary O'Donoghue, Missy Pinckert, Lynn Marie Schnalzer, Elisabeth Sydor, Pat Winter Tenors Ron Hammond, Jarrett Hill, Rick Mortlock, Robert Parsekian, Jeff Winter Basses Peter Bannon, Paul Barnard, Steven Marsh, Paul Richards, David Scharf Associate Director Melissa Alexander Librarian Ruby Ghosio |
SOCIAL MINISTRY COULD USE YOUR HELP
The Social Ministry Commission is looking for new members who would be interested in being the member in charge of one of our ongoing projects. Here are the choices
1. Carpenter's Kids - needs someone to advertise the program, solicit donations, coordinate with the Church School during Lent, keep in email contact with Mnase Parish in Tanzania. (year-round)
2. Helping Hands - needs someone to help recruit and coordinate volunteers to cook and serve meals and supervise overnight on the nights we host homeless in Memorial Hall. (December through April)
3. People to People - needs someone to advertise the need for food donations, and transport food to the People to People office in Nanuet. (year-round)
4. Midnight Run - needs someone who can help Barbara Miesch recruit and coordinate people to donate food and make lunches on the second Saturday of each month. (year-round).
5. Giving Tree - needs someone to contact Rockland Family Shelter in early November to find out their needs, set up the Giving Tree, and transport the gifts to the New City office before Christmas. (November-December)
Each of these programs is working but would be more successful if the Commission were larger and each member could focus his or her energy on a specific program. If one of these ministries is important to you and you would like to help, contact Charlie Cross, cjcross3ny@yahoo.com 358-4599. |
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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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 |
SUMMER CIRCUS CAMP - IT'S NOT TOO LATE!!!
Hey Kids! Circus Camp is back this Summer! 9th Exciting Summer! Amazing Grace CIRCUS! presents Big Top and Little Top Circus Summer Day Camp at Grace Church! Starts June 28 - August 13 in Memorial Hall, 9:00am - 4:00pm. Learn all circus skills including trapeze, silks, tightwire, clowning and acrobatics in a safe, fun, learning environment. Contact Mr. Amazing (aka, Carlo Pellegrini), 845-348-8740 or carlo@amazinggracecircus.org for all the details. |
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC SUMMER FESTIVAL
RETURNS TO GRACE CHURCH STARTING THIS WEEKEND
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I shall keep singing!
by Emily Dickinson
I shall keep singing!
Birds will pass me
On their way to Yellower Climes-
Each-with a Robin's expectation-
I-with my Redbreast-
And my Rhymes-
Late-when I take my place in summer-
But-I shall bring a fuller tune-
Vespers-are sweeter than Matins-Signor-
Morning-only the seed of Noon- |
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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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