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The Fourth Sunday of Easter
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: 5.13.11
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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS |
Janet, Doug Doller, Jack Seeman, Charles Drumm, Yasso Herath, Thomas Humeston, Peggy Lehrecke, Catherine Lubeck, Michael Barraclough, Roberta Mathsen, Al Lalli, Linda, Dave, Peter Lubeck, Ed Ceccollini, Estelle Hoyte, Eloise, Raymond, Jane Colgan, Bill Owen, Missy Pinckert, Julia Lochner, Julia Marason, George Miller, Maurice Buckley, Paul FLOWER MEMORIALS: Welles Remy Crowther, George Bishop, Nicholas Andrew Rodgers
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.
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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. |
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As long as we are alive, we are on the move. To become static is to stagnate and die. It is necessary for all living things to move and grow and change. Life is meant to be an adventure; change is a gift that we have to learn to use aright. In Celtic folk-tales a curse that could happen to a person was to enter a field and not to be able to get back out of it. To be stuck in that place for ever. It was seen as a definite curse to be unable to venture or to change. Yet we all know this experience in some small way; we all get ourselves stuck in routines and habits that can act like shackles. We all refuse to open our eyes to the vision that is before us; too often we select only what we want to see. In the same way we restrict what we hear and what we respond to. The open gate is the opposite to this. It is the invitation to adventure and to grow, the call to be among the living and vital elements of the world. The open gate is the call to explore new areas of yourself and the world around you. It is a challenge to come and discover that the world and ourselves are filled with mystery and with the glory of God. It is the ever present call to become pilgrims for the love of God, to take part in a romance that will enrich our hearts and our lives.
From The Open Gate: Celtic Prayers for Growing Spiritually by David Adam.
Morehouse Publishing, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. |
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SATURDAY, May 14
9:30am UTHE Bread Baking (Memorial Hall Kitchen)
10:30 Celebration for Bp. Roskam at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
6:00pm Rockland Conservatory of Music Choir Concert
SUNDAY, MAY 15
9:15am SCOP - Fenton Room
CYSM Yard Sale - 10:00am to 4:00pm
8/9:30 Holy Eucharist
10:10AM PARISH FORUM: Meet and Greet & Breakfast - Graceful Friends
11:00am Holy Eucharist/Understanding the Holy Eucharist culmination
2:30pm Amazing Grace Circus
MONDAY, MAY 16
7:30pm RPCC Board Meeting (Patterson Hall)
TUESDAY, MAY 17
10:00am Staff Meeting (Patterson Hall
3:30pm Amazing Grace Circus (Memorial Hall)
7:00pm Boy Scouts
7:30pm Vestry Meeting 8:00pm Choir
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
3:30pm Amazing Grace Circus (Memorial Hall)
THURSDAY, MAY 19
3:30pm Amazing Grace Circus (Memorial Hall)
SATURDAY, MAY 21
Noon to 6:00pm AGC! Medieval Carnival (Church)
SUNDAY, MAY 22
8/9:30/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10am PARISH FORUM: Gospel Gab
2:30pm Amazing Grace Circus
3:00pmRockland Symphony Chamber Concert
(For information: rocklandsymphonyorchestra.org)
6:30pm Senior Youth Group
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Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Consecration
Of The Rt. Rev. Catherine S. Roskam as Bishop
Saturday, May 14 at 10:30am The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
A reception will follow the service, and childcare is provided.
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There will be NO Midnight Run this month.
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PARISH FORUMS - between 9:30 and 11:00am services
Sunday, May 15 - Graceful Friends, the Gay Straight Alliance of Grace Church will serve a simple "Meet and Greet" Breakfast. All are welcome and invited to share an informal fellowship opportunity. CLICK HERE if you would like to add your email address to the circulation list for Graceful Friends events. |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO: Tessa Logiodice, Ariana Marsland, Will Paskowski, and Tommy Shalom, who will be acknowledged for their participation in the Understanding the Holy Eucharist program on Sunday morning during the 11:00am liturgy.
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CYSM RUMMAGE SALE
The annual CYSM rummage sale will be on Sunday, May 15 from 10:00am to 4:00pm, and we are grateful for your donations! Items should be dropped off at church on Saturday, May 14 between 9am and noon or on Sunday morning after 8:00am. If you cannot drop things off on the 14th or 15th, they can also be left on the rectory porch. Please no electronics as they are difficult to discard if not sold.
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CHURCH TREASURER NEEDED
Do you have accounting skills? Can you create a yearly budget? Can you oversee a $500,000 operation? If you have an interest in those tasks or wish more information please let Fr. Richard Gressle or Kickie Fulmor, Sr. Warden know.
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HELP FOR ALABAMA TORNADO VICTIMS
Parishioner Ron Hammond sent this request: The company I work for in Orangeburg has a facility in northern Alabama, very near the zone where all the tornados hit. We are arranging for our trucks that make weekly trips with manufactured goods to also carry relief supplies to be given out to anyone in need in the area. We are collecting Clothing and Shoes for Adults and Children, pillows, Bed Sheets, Blankets, Toiletries, Diapers Dry/Canned Goods, Pots, Pans, Kitchen, Utensils, Small Appliances, (Hair Dryer, Microwave etc.) School Supplies. For the next month there will be a box in the narthex for any items you would like to contribute. If you have questions, you may contact Ron.
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YOU'LL BE GETTING A CALL
As part of our celebration of the 150th birthday of Grace Episcopal Church, over the next month the vestry will be calling on all our members to update the data bank and to hear your thoughts on "how we're doing." When you are called, please help by RSVP-ing ...and thanks. |
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MEDIEVAL CIRCUS FESTIVAL Saturday, May 21
Calling all squires and ladies, join the Amazing Grace CIRCUS! for a Medieval Circus Festival on Saturday, May 21, 2011 from Noon - 6:00pm. Don't miss this opportunity to see amazing feats, colorful costumes and fabulous stunts by young performers led by instructors from Big Apple Circus, Acrobrats Inc. and Lux Entertainment under the 150 year-old Gothic cathedral of Grace Church Nyack. Rockland's own circus performers are sure to dazzle your eyes and inspire your imagination. Special guest Ringmaster is Bishop Catherine Roskam. This family event offers interactive entertainment for everyone including comedy jousting, acrobats, aerialists, artisans, crafts, face painting, period music and food. Tickets are available by calling (845) 348-8740 or sending an email to carlo@amazinggracecircus.org. Adults $35, Children $15 and youngsters under 3 are free. Proceeds benefit the community outreach programs of Grace Church Nyack including services that feed and provide shelter to the homeless in Rockland and NYC and the safe youth and educational initiatives offered by Amazing Grace CIRCUS! For more information about the Amazing Grace CIRCUS!, and to buy tickets for the Medieval Circus Festival, please visit www.amazinggracecircus.org. |
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WE'RE HAVING A PARTY! SATURDAY, JUNE 4
EVENSONG AT 5:00 PM & POTLUCK SUPPER PARTY
Celebrate Fr. Richard's fortieth year as priest in the Episcopal Church.
You're asked to bring food for the Potluck according to the first letter of your last name. A-D appetizer; E-L salad, vegetable, or starch; M-Z main dish BYOB
Please let us know you will attend by phoning the office at 358-1297 or email twoodcock@gracechurchnyack.org by May 22. Hope to see you there! |
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FELLOWSHIP'S TWICE THE FUN ON JUNE 26
Two sets of twins who don't realize their brothers exist find themselves in the same city, on the same day, and wackiness ensues. The Comedy of Errors is a tale of mistaken identities and improbable coincidence with slapstick humor Abbot and Costello would enjoy. What a perfect setup for supreme antics as performed by the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival! We hope you can join us at Boscobel in Garrison, NY on Sunday, June 26 for the 6:00pm performance. Fellowship has reserved 50 tickets for our Grace Church friends and family @ $33 each. Contact Barbara Cross during coffee hour, call her @ 358-4599 or send an e-mail to babcross@aol.com. You may also call the church office (358-1297) or send an email (twoodcock@gracechurchnyack.org) to reserve. Then write a check ($33.00/ ticket) to Grace Episcopal Church (Shakespeare on memo line), hand it in or mail to the church office. Deadline is Sunday, June 5 for reservations and payment so check your calendars, call your friends, plan a picnic at 4:00pm overlooking the majestic Hudson, if you wish, and prepare for a night of sublime silliness.
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FROM THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL MINISTRIES
Carpenter's Kids
If you have not yet made a contribution to Carpenter's Kids, there are envelopes on the shelf in the narthex in front of the Social Ministry board. Please make your check payable to "Grace Church" with "Carpenter's Kids" on the memo line. There will be envelopes in each pew if you want to give cash. If you saved change during Lent, the Provident Bank on 9W offers free coin counting. If every family in the parish gave just $10 we could continue to provide tuition, a school uniform and supplies, and a hot meal each day for an AIDS affected child in Mnase Parish Tanzania.
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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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