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The Seventh Sunday of Easter
The Sunday After the Ascension
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: 6.3.11 |
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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS |
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Janet, Doug Doller, Jack Seeman, Charles Drumm, Thomas Humeston, Bob and Donna Weber, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck , Catherine Lubeck, Al Lalli, Irma Carchi, Roberta Mathsen, Linda, Dave, Ed Ceccollini, Estelle Hoyte, Eloise, Raymond, Bill Owen, Missy Pinckert, Jane Colgan, Julia Lochner, Julia Marason, George Miller, Maurice Buckley, Ann Ehrhart, Tasha, Jill F., Jim McClure, Pat Decker, Dolores Lentz FLOWER MEMORIALS Ethel & William H. Harris, Louise M. Lepart, Ida M. Davis, William Arthur & Helen Selvey, Edwin F. & Louise B. Herring,Edward C. Leber REST IN PEACE: Bishop Laurent Bernardin Saint-Pierre, father of The Rev. Nathanael Saint Pierre, Haitian Church of the Good Samaritan.
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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READINGS
CLICK HERE to listen to sermons from previous weeks |
COLLECT OF THE DAY
O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. 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. |
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| "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? There is no one but us. There is no one to send, nor a clean hand, nor a pure heart on the face of the earth, nor in the earth, but only us, a generation comforting ourselves with the notion that we have come at an awkward time, that our innocent fathers are all dead-as if innocence had ever been-and our children busy and troubled, and we ourselves unfit, not yet ready, having each of us chosen wrongly, made a false start, failed, yielded to impulse and the tangled comfort of pleasures, and grown exhausted, unable to seek the thread, weak, and involved. But there is no one but us. There never has been." Annie Dillard |
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Saturday, JUNE 4
5:00pm Celebration of 40th Anniversary of Fr. Richard's ordination
Evensong & Potluck
Sunday, JUNE 5
8:00/9:30/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10am Church School
Parish Forum: Sister Betty Lenihan
2:30pm AGC! rehearsal
4:00pm Wyman student recital (church)
4:30pm Senior Youth Group/CYSM Trip orientation
Tuesday, JUNE 7
7:00pm Boy Scouts (Memorial Hall)
8:00pm Choir
Wednesday, June 8
10:00am Staff Meeting (Patterson Hall)
8:00pm Confirmation Class (Patterson Hall)
Thursday, JUNE 9
7:00am Men's Prayer Breakfast (Patterson Hall)
Saturday, JUNE 11
10:00am Midnight Run (Memorial Hall)
Sunday JUNE 12 -Last Church School
8/9:30/11:00am Holy Eucharist10:10 - 10:50am Church School Picnic
10:10am Church School Picnic
12:00pm Dedications in Garden & Strawberry Festival
3:00pm AGC rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
6:30pm French Creole Mass (Bradley Chapel)
7:30pm Nyack Academy of Music Festival Concert |
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 REMINDER:
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
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SUNDAY SHORTS: TREASON ON THE HUDSON!
Join the Fellowship Commission on Sunday, June 5, for a short hike full of history and natural beauty. We will meet in Dutchtown, at the South end of Haverstraw, and walk down the Hook Path to the legendary Treason Rock. Depending on the tide, there is a beautiful beach and fascinating rock formations. Meet us at 1:00, and please car-pool. To reach Dutchtown from 9W North, turn right on Short Clove Rd.,bump over the train tracks, turn right and take Riverside Ave. to the little parking lot at the end. For more info, call Tom Perry (914-282-5172). |
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GUEST PREACHER ON JUNE 5
Graceful Friends, the Gay Straight Alliance of Grace Church, has invited a guest speaker to address the issue of homosexuality from the perspective of the natural law and religious implications cited in the Bible. Sr. Betsy Lenihan is a member of the Sisters of Mercy and a professor of philosophy at St Joseph's University in Philadelphia. But don't let that deter you. She is an experienced teacher/preacher, an incredible ally and her presence with us is not to be missed.Please make every effort to hear her and react with your questions/concerns during the Forum Time from 10:10 to 10:45am on June 5. Betsy has also been invited by the Rector to preach at the 11:00am service. |
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FROM THE FELLOWSHIP COMMISSION
TRAVELING TABLE
We will meet at 7:45pm on Wednesday, June 8 at NyackCenter to enjoy another wonderful Rivertown Films screening of: POETRY, Winner, Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival 2010. Mija, a sixty-something woman, makes a living by cleaning house for an elderly man. Faced with the discovery of a monstrous crime involving her sullen adolescent grandson, it is Mija's poetry class at a local cultural center that gives her strength to transcend the shame and violence. A masterful study of the subtle empowerment-and moral compass-of an indefatigable older woman. South Korea, 2010, 139 minutes, Korean with English subtitles
FELLOWSHIP COMMISSION PROMISES HILARIOUS START TO SUMMER
DEADLINE JUNE 5 FOR DOUBLE TROUBLE = DOUBLE FUN
No doubt you have thought about attending Hudson Valley Shakespeare Company's production of The Comedy of Errors on Sunday June 26, but now is decision time! There are still tickets available for the 6:00pm performance so if you want to order, please contact either Barbara Cross @ 358-4599 (use cell # after June 1 @ 304-6006) or send an e-mail to babcross@aol.com. You may also call the church office (358-1297, ext. 10) or send an email (twoodcock@gracechurchnyack.org) to reserve. The deadline for both reservations and payment is Sunday, June 5. Write your check ($33/ ticket) to Grace Episcopal Church (Shakespeare on memo line), hand it in or mail to the church office. Then plan a picnic and pray for sun! |
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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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HELP WANTED
Our wonderful coffee hour host, Julia Colt, is taking a leave of absence for the summer. We are looking for someone who can be available to help with refreshments on Sunday mornings. There is a small hourly wage paid. If you are interested, or know of someone who might be, please send an email to Thayer. |
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SAVE THE DATE: Sunday June 12
It's not just the last day of church school, but we'll also be dedicating new memorials in the Garden with much festivity and celebration after the 11:00am service. Watch for details to come soon. |
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PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PLEA
People to People, our local food bank, is desperate for food donations. They have specifically requested the following items: cereal and oatmeal, canned vegetables & juices, chili, beef stew, individual servings fruit snacks, dry and canned soups & beans, mac & cheese boxes, flour, rice, sugar, tomato sauce and puree, tuna, mayo, oil, peanut butter, jelly and powdered milk. Please try to bring something with you whenever you come to church - there's a basket in the narthex for your donations. |
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Blessing: Teresa of Avila, Spain (1515-1582)
"Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
No hands but yours, no feet but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which to look out
Christ's compassion to the world;
Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good;
Yours are the hands with which He is to bless everyone now." |
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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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