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The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost (7/15/12)
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: July 13, 2012
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Janet, Thomas Humeston, Bob and Donna Weber, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Al & Carol Lalli, Terri Caserto, Barbara Harris, Roy Barrows, Sergeant John Patrick Riffle, Ara Richard Parsekian, Marianna Quinn Parsekian, Elaine MacPhee, Bob Williams, Edward Stebbins, Tankert Mahler, Harte Mahler, Anne Huntington, Marie Haynie, Sue Lindsey, Mary Stierlen, Mary Lombardi, Erich and Joanne Gunther, Ryan Weiss
FLOWER MEMORIALS:
Buddy Mock, Ann DeGroat, Marjorie & LeRoy Docherty, Ester (Hettie) Taylor, Helen & Joseph Pribyl, Mildred & Milton Steinhauer, Bertha D. Post
REST IN PEACE:
Madeline Miller Hudson (a former parishioner)
Charles A. Cross, Sr., father of parishioner Charles Cross (condolences may be sent to the Charlie and family at 14 Gesner Street, South Nyack, NY 10960.)
Elizabeth Bardsley, mother of parishioner Jo Ann Barnard. Visiting hours are today, Friday, July 13, from 7-9:00pm at the Wyman Fisher Funeral Home, 100 Franklin Avenue in Pearl River. There will be a service there at 8:00pm. Condolences may be sent to Joanne and family at 125 Red Schoolhouse Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977).
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
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COLLECT OF THE DAY
O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through 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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Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wilder seas
Where storms will show Your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
We ask you to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And to push back the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love.
This we ask in the name of our Captain,
Who is Jesus Christ.
A prayer from Sir Francis Drake
Quoted by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori in her remarks to the opening joint session of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies at the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church.
For a look at what happened at the General Convention:
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Are you on the service ministry schedule this weekend? CLICK HERE to find out.
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Saturday, JULY 14
10:00am Midnight Run (Memorial Hall)
Sunday, JULY 15 - BLOOD DRIVE
Holy Eucharist at 8:00 and 10:00am
8:30am Standing Committee on Finance (Rector's Office)
8:45am Standing Committee on Property (Fenton Room)
2:00pm Amazing Grace Circus Camp rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
Monday, JULY16
Amazing Grace Circus Camp continues
Weekdays through August 10 information: 348-8740
Tuesday, JULY 17
7:30pm Vestry (Patterson Hall)
Wednesday, JULY 18
7:00am Holy Eucharist & Healing Prayers (Bradley Chapel)
Sunday, JULY 22
Holy Eucharist at 8:00 and 10:00am
2:00pm Amazing Grace Circus Camp rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
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PLEASE NOTE OUR SUMMER SERVICE SCHEDULE:
Holy Eucharist at 8:00am (Rite I) and 10:00am (Rite II, music)
Holy Eucharist & Healing Prayers will continue Wednesdays at 7:00am in Bradley Chapel.
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BLOOD DRIVE AT GRACE ON JULY 15 - 8:00am to 1:00pm WALK INS WELCOME
Do your part here at Grace on Sunday, July 15 and receive a pair of tickets to see the Mets play at Citi Field.
Donating blood is literally giving the gift of life. Each day, patients in our region need close to 2,000 people a day to roll up their sleeves to give the gift of life. There is simply no substitute for voluntarily donated blood. Without volunteer donors, our community would not have an adequate community blood supply. You can even go to the website (nybc.org) to schedule an appointment. Remember to bring photo ID and eat something before donating.
Want to help? We can use volunteers on the day of the drive. Call the office (358-1297) or contact Ian Graham (cigraham@viridianee.com) to find out more
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2012 CHURCH YOUTH SERVICE MISSION TRIP ("CYSM")
Our fabulous team returned home safely on Saturday, July 7.
Thank you to everyone for their support and prayers, and to all the participants for their service and witness. Watch for information regarding a special Parish Forum presentation from the CYSM participants to be scheduled in the fall.
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PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
Summer is a no vacation for People to People. Church attendance and work schedules are altered and the amount of food collected is reduced. But our neighbors who depend on food donations from People to People still need support. You may not be in church every Sunday this summer but try to remember to bring non-perishable food for the Social Ministry basket in the narthex when you are there (bring a bit extra to make up for those missed Sundays).
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SUMMER REFRESHMENTS
"Coffee Hour" takes place following the 10:00am service, and -- weather permitting -- we'll soon be serving punch outdoors. Your refreshment offerings -- cookies, brownies, tasty treats -- are always welcome -- and will be appreciated by all. Bring when the spirit so moves!
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Amazing Grace CIRCUS! Summer Day Camp
10TH YEAR AT GRACE! June 25 - August 10.
Big Top Camp 9:00am - 4:00pm-ages 7 - 14
Little Top Camp 9:00am - 12:30pm-ages 5 - 7.
SPECIAL NOTE: In honor of our 10th year in partnership with Grace Church, we will offer a 10% discount to any Grace Church member who brings their child(ren) to circus camp for at least a two-week session. Call Mr. Amazing at 845-348-8740 or go to our new website: www.amazinggracecircus.org for Registration Forms.
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My Country Awake
By Rabindranath Tagore (in Gitanjali, 1912)
Where the mind is without fear and the head held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening thought and action;
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
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GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.130 First Avenue.Nyack.New York.10960.845-358-1297
The Reverend Alon White, Interim Rector
The Reverend Emily Sieracki, Assistant to the Rector
www.gracechurchnyack.org |
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