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The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE:7.16.10
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| PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS |
Janet, Doug Doller, Jack Seeman, Charles Drumm, Yasso Herath, Donna Weber, Deborah Federico, Theresa Caserto, Elizabeth, Nick DeRosa, Patrick Kelly, Kyle Warnall, Gina Lubeck, Thomas Humeston, Ellie, Peggy Lehrecke FLOWER MEMORIALS: Helen & Joseph Pribyl, Mildred & Milton Steinhauer, Bertha D. Post
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. |
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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WE ARE FIELDS BEFORE EACH OTHER
How is it they live for eons in such harmony -
the billions of stars -
when most men can barely go a minute
without declaring war in their mind against someone they know.
There are wars where no one marches with a flag,
though that does not keep casualties
from mounting.
Our hearts irrigate this earth.
We are fields before
each other.
How can we live in harmony?
First we need to
know
we are all madly in love
with the same
God.
~ St. Thomas Aquinas ~ (1225 - 1275)
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THIS WEEK
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Thursday, July 15
7:00pm Rain Location - Hopper House event
Sunday, July 18
Holy Eucharist at 8:00 and 10:00am
Monday, July 19
Amazing Grace Circus Camp continues
Weekdays through August 13 For information: 348-8740
Tuesday, July 20
7:30pm Vestry |
HOSTS FOR AUGUST
Julia Colt will be away for the month of August, so we're looking for a few folks to step in and help with refreshments on Sundays following the 10:00am service. The fixings for simple punch are on hand -- all we need is one or two volunteers each week to mix it up, set it out,chat with fellow parishioners and do a simple clean up. If you feel like bringing something tasty it's sure to be enjoyed, but it's by no means a requirement. If you're able to help out, just let me know what Sunday works for you. You'll also find a sign up sheet at coffee hours beginning this Sunday. |
7 SHOWS ONLY! COME ONE! COME ALL!
Amazing Grace CIRCUS!, will present seven shows only of "The Greatest Little Show on Earth" on July 24 - August 1st, at Rockland Country Day School in Congers. All proceeds benefit the 'KidzToCamp' Scholarship program and to support AGC!'s newest program 'The Sensory Circus,' for children on the autism spectrum and children with different abilities. Come see these Hudson Valley teens soar to new heights and defy gravity in feats of juggling, classic clown routines, acrobatics, aerial skills and human pyramids. Tickets now on sale for all shows. Details and directions are online at www.amazinggracecircus.org. Nestled in a beautiful country setting, the RCDS gym will be turned into an 'Olde Tyme Circus Tent', complete with a Midway & Sideshow, popcorn, cotton candy, pre-show games of delight, easy parking and a picnic area for patrons of all shows. |
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! Continues through 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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The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once
X.J. Kennedy (from The Lords of Misrule. Johns Hopkins University Press.)
Suppose your life a folded telescope
Durationless, collapsed in just a flash
As from your mother's womb you, bawling, drop
Into a nursing home. Suppose you crash
Your car, your marriage-toddler laying waste
A field of daisies, schoolkid, zit-faced teen
With lover zipping up your pants in haste
Hearing your parents' tread downstairs-all one.
Einstein was right. That would be too intense.
You need a chance to preen, to give a dull
Recital before an indifferent audience
Equally slow in jeering you and clapping.
Time takes its time unraveling. But, still,
You'll wonder when your life ends: Huh? What happened?
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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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