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The Sixteenth Sunday After the Pentecost (9/16/12)
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEEKLY UPDATE: September 14, 2012
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Janet, Thomas Humeston, Bob and Donna Weber, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Al & Carol Lalli, 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, Tim Brady, Beverly Motto, Todd, Teri Caserto
FLOWER MEMORIALS:
Edna G. York, Mariett McCormack, Alice & G. Hilliard Ross
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, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; 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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The True Rule of Poverty By Evelyn Underhill in Mysticism
The true rule of poverty consists in giving up those things which enchain the spirit, divide its interests, and deflect it on its road to God--whether these things be riches, habits, religious observances, friends, interests, distastes, or desires--not in mere outward destitution for its own sake. It is attitude, not act, that matters; self-denudation would be unnecessary were it not for our inveterate tendency to attribute false value to things the moment they become our own.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
2:00pm Memorial for Frank Seaman
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
8:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
9:30am Holy Eucharist (Family Service)
10:10am Church School Classes Begin
10:30am JYG & Confirmation Class Parent Meeting
2:00pm AGC! Rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
11:00am Holy Eucharist
5:00pm Annual Concert For Remembrance 9/11 (Free)
MONDAY-THURSDAY
3:00-6:30pm AGC! Circus School (Memorial Hall)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
7:00pm RPCC Meeting (Patterson Hall)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
9:00am Staff Meeting (Rector's Office)
7:30pm Vestry (Patterson Hall)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
7:00am Holy Eucharist & Healing Prayers (Bradley Chapel)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
7:30pm Adult Spiritual Formation Book Group (Patterson Hall)
7:30pm Choir rehearsal
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
8:30am - 12:30pm Ministry Fair
8:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
9:30am Holy Eucharist (Family Service & baptism)
11:00am Holy Eucharist
2:00pm AGC! Rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
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CHURCH SCHOOL CLASSES BEGIN SUNDAY
JUNIOR YOUTH GROUP (JYG) & CONFIRMATION PARENT MEETING AT 10:30am
Welcome new and returning church school families! Please fill out a registration form even if you've participated before to make sure that we have up to date contact information.
Junior Youth Group (JYG) is about Grace Church 6th - 8th graders bonding and developing a sense of community with each other. Weekly sessions between the 9:30am and 11:00am service feature team building games, discussions about topics that will help youth navigate their way in today's world and lessons that will help them understand their Christian faith. The Confirmation program is offered to youth aged 8th grade or older. Confirmation classes are held two Wednesday evenings per month at 7:00pm. Confirmation is a commitment requiring substantial time from both the child and parent.
All JYG and potential Confirmation parents are asked to attend one of the parent meetings on Sunday September 9 or Sunday, September 16 at 10:30am in Memorial Hall to learn more about the programs and activities.
Jennifer Marraccino, Church School Coordinator
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11th Annual Concert for Remembrance, 9/11 - Sunday, 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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ADULT EDUCATION & SPIRITUAL FORMATION BOOK GROUP
Our first fall meeting will be on Thursday, September 20 at 7:30pm. We will be discussing Kathleen Norris' Dakota - a fine portrait of the High Plains and its people as well as a very personal memoir of a spiritual awakening. We hope you can join us for our informal discussion, and as we plan for the coming year, when our readings will include essays by Karen Armstrong and Marilynne Robinson as well as much more to be decided at the meeting. Jennifer Hausler, Adult Education & Spiritual Formation
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GRACE CHURCH CHOIR OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 7:30pm in the Choir Room
Ever considered what it's like to sing in the choir? On a break from singing but missing the "skybox" seats in church? New to Grace Church and looking to continue your love of music? Come to the Grace Choir's open house! This is a perfect, low-pressure opportunity to see what we do on a weekly basis. In addition to the rehearsal, guests will be invited to sing the following Sunday (October 7) at the 11:00am service as we celebrate the Feast of St. Francis and the Blessing of the Animals. All are welcome and festive refreshments will be served! Contact Brandon Beachamp, Interim Organist and Choirmaster, at 845.358.1297 x13 or bbeachamp@gracechurchnyack.org for information
or simply come on the 4th!
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 It's that time of year again. Watch for details on this year's Stewardship Campaign In the meantime, we think this Angel says it all! |
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PLEASE SAVE THE DATE - ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL
Saturday, November 17
Once again we will be hosting our Harvest Celebration - this year it is scheduled for Saturday, November 17, from 7:30pm - until ??? in Memorial Hall
Our theme for this event is Seasons of Change. There will be good food, good friends, good music, raffles, auctions and dancing. We will be having throwback pricing for this event! So make sure to purchase your tickets before October 14, 2012. Tickets for this event will be $40.00 through October 14 and $50.00 for tickets purchased after October 15, 2012.
Our event will also include a silent auction and an event journal. If you are able to donate items for our silent auction, please contact Kim Cross at kim.cross@nyackcenter.org. Further information about journal ads will be available at the beginning of September.
Free babysitting will be available in your home, courtesy of the students who are in Senior Youth Group. If you are in need of child care, please contact Moriah Olsen.
Come and join us for a evening of fun and frivolity, all to support Grace Church.
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VOLUNTEER MINISTRY FAIR ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 All morning long in the church
Displays/Take Away Info/Surprises
Find out about: Adult Education & Spiritual Formation - Fellowship - New Member Ministry - Social Ministry - Youth - Worship Ministries (Acolytes/Subdeacons/Lectors etc) - The Grace Church Choirs - Stewardship - Altar Guild - Grace's Thrift Shop -Pastoral Care - GraceMusic - Amazing Grace Circus - Garden Club - Boy Scouts - Twelve-Step Groups -Nursery School of the Nyacks - Rockland Parent-Child Center
It's a great one-stop opportunity to learn more about everything that goes on at Grace, and to meet the people who make it happen.Sponsored by the Adult Education & Spiritual Formation Commission.
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Come In. Enter My Small Life
Evelyn Underhill
Lord!
Give me courage and love to open the door and invite You to enter, whatever the disguise.
You come in, even before I fully recognize my guest. Come in! Enter my Small Life!
Lay Your sacred hands on all the common things and small interests of that life
and bless and change them.
Transfigure my small resources, make them sacred. And in them give me Your very Self.
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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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