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THE SEASON OF NEW BEGINNINGS
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The Third Sunday After Epiphany
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: 1.21.11
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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
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Janet, Doug Doller, Jack Seeman, Charles Drumm, Yasso Herath, Bob and Donna Weber, Thomas Humeston, Peggy Lehrecke, Bill and Catherine Lubeck, Elizabeth Uccellani, Michael Barraclough, Margaret, Mark Ciraldo, Carmen, Peter Lubeck, Corporal Ryan Deis, Marie, Phoebe Colwell, Anne Marie, Margaret Mary Teyan, Fred Teyan REST IN PEACE: Maria de la Paz Coffinet, Jenna Miller FLOWER MEMORIALS Mary Frances Wanamaker, Frederick Doller, Leonard L. Hunt, Arthur M. Selvey, Helen Selvey
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
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
CLICK HERE to visit the Episcopal Church's weekly Bible study website. You'll find all the readings along with background and commentary, and there's an opportunity to add your own comments as well. |
We Are Workers Not Master Builders
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
it is even beyond our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction
of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work.
Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying
that the kingdom always lies beyond us.
No statement says all that could be said.
No prayer fully expresses our faith.
No confession brings perfection.
No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
No program accomplishes the church's mission.
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
This is what we are about.
We plant the seeds that one day will grow.
We water seeds already planted,
knowing that they hold future promise.
We lay foundations that will need further development.
We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation
in realizing that. This enables us to do something,
and to do it very well. It may be incomplete,
but it is a beginning, a step along the way,
an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference
between the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs.
We are prophets of a future not our own.
-attributed to Oscar Romero (1917-1980)
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SUNDAY, January 23
8:00am/9:30am/11:00am Holy Eucharist
8:00am - 2:00pm Blood Drive (Memorial Hall)
10:10 Church School Classes
PARISH FORUM: Fighting the Winter Doldrums
2:30 - 6:30pm Amazing Grace Circus Youth Troupe rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
5:30pm 2011 CYSM Trip - Informational Meeting (Patterson Hall)
6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Bradley Chapel)
TUESDAY, January 25
10:00am Staff Meeting (Patterson Hall)
4:00pm AGC! Acrobatics Class (Memorial Hall)
7:00 Boy Scouts (Memorial Hall)
8:00pm Choir
WEDNESDAY, January 26
4:00pm AGC! Aerial Class (Memorial Hall)
7:00pm Confirmation Class (Patterson Hall)
THURSDAY, January 27
3:30pm AGC! Dance Class (Memorial Hall)
7:00am Men's Prayer Breakfast (Patterson Hall)
SUNDAY, January 30
8:00am/9:30am/11:00pm
10:10 Church School Classes
PARISH FORUM: Finding Your Spiritual Center
4:00pm GRACE MUSIC: Postcards from Paris (followed
by reception in Memorial Hall)
6:30pm French Creole Mass
6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Fenton Room) |
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PARISH FORUMS - between 9:30 and 11:00am services
Join us Sundays from 10:10 to 11:00am to learn more about our faith, our church, our diocese, and our communion.
Sunday, January 23 Fighting the Winter Doldrums
The Rev. Alan Chisholm will talk about depression: how to recognize it in ourselves and others, and ways of coping and journeying through and out of it. He will talk about it in both its psychological and spiritual dimensions. Alan is a pastoral psychotherapist with over 35 years experience. He directs the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Insitute at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan and has a private practice in South Nyack.
Sunday, January 30 Finding your Spiritual Center
EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE!!!! Everybody? YES, EVERYBODY!
What? A spiritual center, a place where your interior life of hopes, dreams, values, experience, prejudices, intellect, emotions, art, all come together...and you can discover the outlines of that center and what nurtures your spiritual center. Fr. Richard will lead this seminar on the discovery of spiritual center.
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BLOOD DRIVE ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 8:30am - 2:00pm
For info/appointment: Ian Graham 480-2078 or cigraham@viridianee.com.Walk-ins welcome. Don't forget: Bring photo ID and have something to eat before donating.
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2011 CYSM TRIP - INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON SUNDAY
There will be an informational meeting about this year's service trip to West Virginia on Sunday, January 23 at 5:30. All interested in participating in the trip must attend with at least one parent or guardian. The trip is open to teens who have completed 9th grade through 12th grade. We will be leaving Nyack on Sunday, June 26 and returning on July 9. Any questions or concerns should be emailed to moriahso@yahoo.com. |
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GRACE CHURCH ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 at 10:45am
Services will be 8:00am & 10:00am
This year the Annual Parish Meeting will again be structured to provide an opportunity for members to come together in small groups to discuss ministry and mission, as well as to gather in plenary for reports from the rector and wardens and to vote. To make it possible for the widest-possible attendance at the meeting, our Sunday services will be at 8:00 and 10:00am, with the meeting taking place at 10:45am. Please note that church school classes/childcare will take place and continue through 12:30pm so that parents and teachers can attend this important gathering.
In preparation for the meeting members will soon receive a letter inviting them to a specific table fellowship group led by a member of the vestry. In addition, the Parish Forum on February 6 will provide an introduction to the Annual Meeting and some of the issues and material to be discussed.
Please remember that while the Annual Meeting is open to all, only pledging members are eligible to vote. A list of those eligible to vote, minutes from the Annual Parish Meeting of 2010, and the report of the Nominating Committee will be posted at the entrance of the church beginning January 30, 2011.
It's not too late to pledge.
Can't find your pledge materials? The pledge card is available online (CLICK HERE); just print it out and mail to us, or place in the offertory plate on Sunday.There's also a very helpful Question & Answer sheet that answers many of the questions we receive concerning pledging, and, for those who would like to make their pledge payments via scheduled credit card payments or electronic bank debits (e-pledge), the authorization forms are also on line. |
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Celebrating 150 Years of Grace
THE GRACE CHURCH 150th ANNIVERSARYCALENDAR
SUPPLIES LIMITED - GET YOURS SOON
Don't leave Sunday morning without taking a look at the beautiful Grace Church calendar produced by the 150th Anniversary Archive Committee and designed by Michael LaPlaca. The calendar features glorious full-color close-ups of our stained glass, a brief history of the church, and pictures of parishioners and activities from past to present. Church holidays are noted, so it's also the perfect place to keep track of your service ministry schedule and parish events. The cost is $10, and supplies are limited. Look for them on sale throughout the morning, or send an email to parishoffice@gracechurchnyack.org to reserve your copies. |
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GraceMusic presents: Postcard from Paris
Sunday, January 30 at 4:00pm
The ravishing Ravel string quartet, luscious chamber music by Debussy & Faure; the exceptional artistry of Caterina Szepes & Peter Winograd (violins), Katherine Anderson (viola) & Wolfram Koessel (cello), Mae Barizo (piano and poetry).
Admission $15, Seniors $10, Students $5 Tickets available at the door
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PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
Please remember to bring a non-perishable food item to church every Sunday for People to People. 121 West Nyack Rd. Nanuet NY 10954 845.623.4900. |
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Blessings
by Ronald Wallace
from Long for This World: New and Selected Poems. University of Pittsburgh Press
Blessings
occur.
Some days I find myself
putting my foot in
the same stream twice;
leading a horse to water
and making him drink.
I have a clue.
I can see the forest
for the trees.
All around me people
are making silk purses
out of sows' ears,
getting blood from turnips,
building Rome in a day.
There's a business
like show business.
There's something new
under the sun.
Some days misery
no longer loves company;
it puts itself out of its.
There's rest for the weary.
There's turning back.
There are guarantees.
I can be serious.
I can mean that.
You can quite
put your finger on it.
Some days I know
I am long for this world.
I can go home again.
And when I go
I can
take it with me.
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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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