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THE SEASON OF PREPARATION |
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The Third Sunday of Lent
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: 3.25.11 |
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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS |
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, Peter Lubeck, Corporal Ryan Deis, Marie, Phoebe Colwell, Anne Marie, Margaret Mary Teyan, Fred Teyan, Roberta Mathsen, Underwood Blaisdell, Al Lalli, Rosemary Wagner, Kyle, Phyllis Darrin, Linda, Dave, Ed 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.
There will be a Celebration and Thanksgiving for the life of Scott Romer at St. Stephen's (Pearl River) on Sunday, March 27 at 3:00pm.
There will be a Celebration and Thanksgiving for the life of S. Hazard Gillespie at 3:00pm on March 30 at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Manhattan.
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COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Engaging the Mystery
When we talk about everyday spirituality, ... what I think we are really talking about is the need to achieve some way of entering those places of harmony where all the parts sing, where we hear the music of the spheres and we engage God, that great luminous darkness that is complete light and complete joy. We are looking for the way in which to take the spiritual that we do not know and the corporal that we know so well, and to bring them together.
From the beginning of mankind, certainly from the beginning of Judeo-Christian religion, there have been a number of ways of creating little interruptions in normal life, those places where we can engage the mystery, those places of harmony and integration. A good Jew two thousand years ago would have known that one of the ways of interrupting life and meeting with the spiritual was the Sabbath. We used to keep the Sabbath. We used to set it aside and say, "Here is a time. Here is an interruption in one of the dimensions that informs life in which we will stop, and we will honor the Spirit of God." As a Christian we would take the host and say to ourselves, believing it, "We're about to eat the body of our God." And taking the chalice we would say, "We are about to drink the blood of our God who dared come among us and assume flesh and blood in order that that flesh and blood might spray out across all of human history and enter each of us." We would honor the time before that consumption and the hours after that consumption by an interruption of all other habits. We would hallow the time around that event - the Eucharist or the Mass or the Communion. That's what the Sabbath was, and it had built around it time and place.
Because we are creatures of dimension, if we wish to integrate all of the areas of experience into one place to meet the mystery, we must interrupt the dimensions. We must carve out space within the dimensions of time and place for that to happen.
-Phyllis Tickle "Everyday Spirituality"
Presented at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Memphis, Tennessee January 13, 2002
Read more by Phyllis Tickle
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SUNDAY, March 27
8:00am/9:30am/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10am PARISH FORUM: Liturgy Changes during Lent
Church School Bake Sale
3:00pm Amazing Grace Circus rehearsal (Memorial)
6:30pm French/Creole Mass
9:00pm Helping Hands Overnight (Memorial Hall)
MONDAY, MARCH 28
9:00pm Helping Hands Overnight (Memorial Hall)
TUESDAY, March 29
10:00am Staff Meeting (Patterson Hall)
4:00pm Amazing Grace Circus (Memorial Hall)
7:30pm Vestry (Patterson Hall)
8:00pm Choir
10:00pm Compline
9:00pm Helping Hands Overnight (Memorial Hall)
WEDNESDAY, March 30
3:30pm Amazing Grace Circus (Memorial Hall)
6:15pm Lenten Program & Confirmation Class
SATURDAY, April 2
9:30am Understanding the Holy Eucharist (Patterson Hall)
6:00pm CIRCUS CIRCUS Cabaret - SOLD OUT
(but Raffle Tickets still available -- see below)
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
8:00am/9:30am/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10am PARISH FORUM: Interdenominational Dialogue
Church School Bake Sale
3:00pm Amazing Grace Circus rehearsal (Memorial) |
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PARISH FORUMS - between 9:30 and 11:00am services
Sunday, March 27 - Changes to the Liturgy During Lent
April 3 - Interdenominational Dialogue
April 10 - Introduction to Holy Week & Confession
BAKE SALES DURING PARISH FORUM/REFRESHMENT HOUR
For the next three weeks the ChurchSchool will be offering delectable homemade treats for sale during the Parish Forum/Refreshment hour in Memorial Hall, with proceeds benefiting their Lenten giving project, the orphanage Las Maison des Petits de Diquini in Haiti. Plan to save some room for a breakfast treat! |
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GUEST PREACHER AT THE 11:00am SERVICE
Father Saint-Pierre is vicar of the Haitian Congregation of the Good Samaritan, located in the Bronx, which for the past several years has held twice-monthly services here at Grace on Sunday evenings.Father Saint-Pierre was born in Haiti and graduated from the Seminaire de théologie, Haiti in 1992. He was ordained to the diaconate in 1992 and to the priesthood in 1993 by Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin. He spent close to 3 years serving in Gonaives, Haiti, as priest in charge of St Basile le Grand and St Matthieu, Bayonnais. He left Haiti in May 1996 to study computer science in Montreal, Canada. Before becoming the 7th bishop's vicar at The Haitian Congregation of the Good Samaritan, Rev Saint-Pierre was Rector of l'Église Anglicane de la Nativité a Haitian congregation in North Montreal and Rector of St James in Rosemère Laval. He also worked as a computer programmer and system analyst for several Canadian companies and acted as a Canadian computer expert in foreign mission including supporting a Canadian team for democratic election in Haiti in 2007. Father Saint-Pierre is also an automobile mechanic and journalist involved in social movements and collaborating with several radio and newspapers in Montreal and Haiti. He is married to Karline Bernard, a registered nurse, and has two children: Natoutchika Nakianoel and Kael. |
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CONTINUES WEDNESDAYS
God Whispers to You, God Shouts to Me: Matching Your Personality and Spiritual Path
Wednesdays, March 16, 23, 30 and April 6
6:15/Light Supper/7:00Program and Discussion/8:00Music, Prayer and Meditation
Explore the relationship between personality, faith and the community with whom we worship as our mid-week Lenten program continues. One needs not have attended the first seassions in order to enjoy this one, however we do ask that you let us know if you plan to attend so the proper amount of food can be ordered. (A children's program is available upon advance request). If you have not already signed up, please let us know if you plan to attend (#of adults/children) 358-1297. CLICK HERE to send an email
Claudia Uccellani & Jennifer Hausler
Co Chairs, Adult Spiritual Formation Commission |
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FROM THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL MINISTRIES
HELPING HANDS
After this weekend, Grace will host Helping Hands for the final three days this year on Monday, April 11, Tuesday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 13. We need volunteers for overnight supervision each night, and one or two more cooks for Tuesday, April 12. If you can help sign up on the bulletin board in the narthex or contact Charlie Cross at cjcross3ny@yahoo.com. Charlie Cross, Chair, Commission on Social Ministries
2ND ANNUAL DINNER OF HOPE FOR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
Featuring Caribbean Fare and Beverages, Raffles and More!
March 30, 2011 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
NyackCenter 58 Depew Avenue, Nyack, NY
Tickets: $25 per person
(to purchase tickets, call 845-623-4900, ext. 210 or visit www.peopletopeople.org)
AN APPEAL FROM HELPING HANDS
Through the end of April, Helping Hands is participating in a Matching Funds campaign sponsored by the Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation. The more successful the fund-raising, the higher the match. To donate, either click on the "Donate Now" button on the Helping Hands website, www.rocklandhelpinghands.org, or mail your check to Helping Hands, P.O. Box 240, Nyack, New York10960. Please consider donating to ensure that Helping Hands Interfaith Coalition continues to save lives, give hope and preserve dignity for those individuals homeless in RocklandCounty. Thank you for supporting Helping Hands!
CARPENTER'S KIDS AND LENT
It's not too late to start saving for Carpenter's Kids. A dollar a day or all you family's change each day from now until Easter Sunday can help us provide tuition, a uniform, school supplies and one meal a day for a child affected by AIDS in Mnase Parish, Tanzania. |
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NEW IPad ANYONE?
Amazing Grace CIRCUS! is raffling off a brand new 32GB iPad during their Saturday, April 2 fundraiser CIRCUS CIRCUS Cabaret! Tickets are 1 for $5, 5 for $20. The dinner/auction is sold out, but we are selling raffle tickets up to the moment of the drawing. No need to be present to win. All proceeds benefit the safe youth, charitable and educational programs of AGC. Contact Carlo Pellegrini to buy iPad Raffle Tickets at (845) 348-8740 or carlo@amazinggracecircus.org or buy them at coffee hour this Sunday, March 27, after any of the services. Thank you for your support. |
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NEXT SELECTION FOR ASF BOOK GROUP
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 pm. We'll discuss the JD Salinger story "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish," from the collection Nine Stories (available at the library, and copies of the story will be in the narthex soon.) In addition, we'll discuss parts of the StoryCorps CD, "Listening is an Act of Love," which features oral histories recorded and archived at the AmericanFolklifeCenter at the US Library of Congress. Hope to see you on April 27 for some wine, cheese and great conversation! New members always welcome. |
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ANNOUNCEMENT
In accord with Article II section 5 of the by-laws of Grace Episcopal Church, Nyack, New York,
we inform you that the regularly scheduled meeting of the vestry will on April 26, 2011 at 7:30 PM
in Patterson Hall. This meeting replaces the meeting scheduled for April 19, 2011. This change
was approved at a regular meeting of the vestry on March 15, 2011 |
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COMPLINE DURING LENT - Tuesdays at 10:00pm
The Grace Choir sings Compline, the last 'office' of the day. Come and sit quietly or join in the music for a peaceful end to the day. |
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SAVE THE DATE: PARISH WORK DAY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 9, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING MIDNIGHT RUN AT 10:00am |
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PEOPLE TO PEOPLE IS EXTREMELY SHORT ON FOOD SUPPLIES
With more need than ever, please remember to bring a non-perishable food item to church every Sunday for People to People's food bank. 121 West Nyack Rd. Nanuet NY 10954 845.623.4900. |
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Marking the Feast of Oscar Romero and the Martyrs of El Salvador - March 24
"Aspire not to have more but to be more."
"I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice, exclusion of citizens from the management of the country, repression. All this is what constitutes the primal cause, from which the rest flows naturally."
"Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty."
- Oscar Romero [To learn more about Bishop Romero, CLICK HERE] |
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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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