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The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost (7/29/12)
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: July 27, 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, Ryan Weiss, Charles Lankau
FLOWER MEMORIALS: Steve Simon, In Loving Memory of past Altar Guild Members, William G. Lang, Robert L. Hunt
REST IN PEACE: Melinda Tackett, sister of parishioner Nerissa Cusick. Condolences may be sent to Nerissa at 330 North Midland, Nyack, NY 10960.
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 God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; 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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People of the Way
By Jim Wallis in Call to Conversion; Why Faith is Always Personal but Never Private
The early Christians were known for the way they lived, not only for what they believed. For them, the two were completely intertwined. The earliest title given to them reflected the importance of their kingdom lifestyle. They were not called the people of "the experience" or the people of "right doctrine" or even the people of "the church." Rather, they were the people of "the Way." It is equally significant that the Christians were known as "the people" of the Way. More than just individuals who had been converted, they were now a people, a new community of faith, which had embarked together on a new way of life. To follow Jesus meant to share Jesus' life and to share it with others.
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Are you on the service ministry schedule this weekend? CLICK HERE to find out.
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Sunday, JULY 29 Holy Eucharist at 8:00 and 10:00am (baptisms) 2:00pm Amazing Grace Circus Camp rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
Monday, JULY 30 Amazing Grace Circus Camp continues Weekdays through August 10 For information: 348-8740
Wednesday, AUGUST 1 7:00am Holy Eucharist & Healing Prayers (Bradley Chapel) 12:00pm Clericus Sunday, AUGUST 5
Holy Eucharist at 8:00 and 10:00am
2:00pm Amazing Grace Circus Camp rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
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CONGRATULATIONS TO: Noah Riley Direnzo and Sean Patrick McLaughlin, who will be baptized at the 10:00am service this Sunday.
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MISSING KEY
The vesting room key is missing from its usual hiding place. Worship ministers, check your pockets please!
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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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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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What I Have Learned So Far
By Mary Oliver
Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I
not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside,
looking into the shining world? Because, properly
attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion.
Can one be passionate about the just, the
ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit
to no labor in its cause? I don't think so.
All summations have a beginning, all effect has a
story, all kindness begins with the sown seed.
Thought buds toward radiance. The gospel of
light is the crossroads of -- indolence, or action.
Be ignited, or be gone.
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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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