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The Fourteenth Sunday After the Pentecost (9/2/12)
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: August 31, 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, Sergeant John Patrick Riffle, Ara Richard Parsekian, Marianna Quinn Parsekian, Elaine MacPhee, Bob Williams, Tankert Mahler, Harte Mahler, Anne Huntington, Marie Haynie, Sue Lindsey, Mary Stierlen, Mary Lombardi, Ryan Weiss, Tim Brady, Beverly Motto, Shirley Federico, Steve and Susan Federico, Todd
REST IN PEACE:
Edward Clinton Stebbins, Jr. father of vestry member Vickie Frelow. Condolences may be sent to Vickie and her family at 105 Lexow Avenue, Upper Nyack, NY 10960
Frank J. Remy, Jr., father of parishioner Alison Crowther. Condolences may be sent to Alison and her family at 106 Birchwood Avenue, Upper Nyack, NY 10960
FLOWER MEMORIALS: George O. Harris, William H. Harris, Jr.
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
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COLLECT OF THE DAY
Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; 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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We are communities in time and in a place, I know, but we are communities in faith as well - and sometimes time can stop shadowing us. Our lives are touched by those who lived centuries ago, and we hope that our lives will mean something to people who won't be alive until centuries from now. It's a great "chain of being," someone once told me, and I think our job is to do the best we can to hold up our small segment of the chain. That's one kind of localism, I guess, and one kind of politics - doing your utmost to keep that chain connected, unbroken.
Dorothy Day quoted in Dorothy Day: A Radical Devotion by Robert Coles
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Are you on the service ministry schedule this weekend? CLICK HERE to find out.
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Please note that Mo. Alon will be on vacation from August 20 through Labor Day. In case of pastoral emergency, please contact Mo. Emily.
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We will return to our full Sunday schedule (8/9:30/11:00am) on September 9. SOME UPCOMING DATES TO NOTE: Saturday, September 8 9:00am to Noon PARISH WORK DAY 9:00am Church School Teachers Meeting 10:00am Midnight Run Sunday, September 9 Return to regular Sunday service schedule (8/9:30/11:00am) Church School registration following 9:30am service Wednesday, September 12 7:00pm Program Council Sunday, September 16 Church School begins 5:00pm Concert of Remembrance (free) Thursday, September 20 ASF Book Group (Dakota by Kathleen Norris) Sunday, September 23 Ministry Fair all morning Sunday, September 30 Parish Forum (10:10am) The Search: Update and Q&A Sunday, October 7 Feast of St. Francis - Blessing of the Animals at all services. |
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PARISH WORK DAY - Saturday, September 8 from 9:00am to Noon
Many hands make light(er) work as we gather to prepare for the beginning of a new season. Wear old clothes, bring your work gloves, and come lend a hand with fellow parishioners. Kids - get a jump on community services hours - a great way to start off the new school year!
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11th Annual Concert for Remembrance, 9/11 - September 16, 5:00pm
The 11th Annual Concert for Remembrance, 9/11 will be held Sunday, September 16, 5:00pm, at Grace. Edward Simons and Holly Druckman will conduct. There is no charge for admission.
The Concert for Remembrance 9/11 Orchestra is composed of professional musicians from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New Jersey Symphony, Albany Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Long Island Philharmonic, Stamford Symphony, Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic, Rockland Symphony and gifted students who volunteer their time for this concert.
The concert will open with Holly Druckman, 2012 graduate of Columbia University, conducting Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, Op.11. Edward Simons, Music Director, maestro of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra and founder of the Rockland Conservatory of Music, will then take the podium to conduct Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves,with Kathleen Nester, flutist with the New Jersey Symphony; Jacquelyn Drechsler, principal flute of the Rockland Symphony, and Barbara Allen, harp. Alison Crowther,violinist mother of Welles, and Barbara Allen, principal harpist of the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra will perform Christopf Willibald Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits.The concert will conclude with a performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, with Larry Guy, former principal clarinetist of the Long Island Philharmonic as soloist. Edward Simons will conduct.
For information, please call 845-358-2766.
For information about the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust, please visit
www.crowthertrust.org.
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PLEDGES - A Gentle Reminder
Are your pledge payments up to date? Summer travel and much needed rejuvenation schedules make it easy to fall behind, but our ability to meet our expenses during the summer depends upon your continued generosity and consistency.
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DID YOU KNOW?
After the second service on Sundays, the altar flowers are distributed to people for a variety of reasons - from birthday celebrations or anniversaries, to those who have been ill or are suffering a bereavement. If you would like to suggest someone to receive flowers, please speak with Mo.Alon, Mo. Emily, or Sally Ann Mock on Sunday morning, or call the office during the week.
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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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