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Monday
| The church office is closed in honor of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday.
*Prayer Group will not be meeting today.
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Tuesday
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Food Pantry Open
10 - 11a.m.
(Spanish-speakers)
Food Pantry Open
1 - 3 p.m. (English-speakers)
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Wednesday
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12:10 p.m.
Women Labor & Compassion Art Exhibit
and Program
Noon - 1 p.m.
Madison Municipal Building
1st Floor Gallery
Features Sandra Ryabachek, Grace member and Immigrant Rights Activist
Flyer
Program
Cake and coffee provided.
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Thursday
| Choir Rehearsal
7:15 p.m., Choir Room
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Friday
| It's Friday night. If you find yourself home and looking for something interesting to do, check out the Episcopal Cafe. There's always thoughtful ideas percolating.
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Saturday
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AA Meets
6 - 7 p.m., AA Room
Vestry Retreat
St. Dunstan's
9 a.m.
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Sunday
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8 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:40 a.m.
Family Gathering Time - a time for music and song before children go to Godly Play (Meets in the lower level under the church.)
10 a.m.
Godly Play
(Ages 4-10)
10 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Coffee Hour
Following the 10 a.m. service in the Guild Hall
Adult Formation
Episcopalian 101
Meets in the library shortly after the start of Coffee Hour
11:30 a.m.
Stewardship Task Force
Upstairs office reception area or library (if not in use)
Noon
Worship (In Spanish)
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This Week at Grace
January 16 - 22 |
"...and a little child will lead them." 
The radio is a wonderful addition to any space where ears may be. There is something quite magical about hearing a story, a voice, a rhythm of notes or words, without being simultaneously subjected to pre-determined visual imagery not a product of our own imaginations.
It forces us to work harder at deciphering messages and in turn opens up the opportunity for those messages to have a greater impact than through any other medium.
There is something about the way those bare notes or voices travel across the waves that confirms the old adage, "Less is more."
When the Tooth Fairy visited Grace a few months back, her visit triggered a fond radio memory tucked away in the mind of Grace member, Jon Augspurger.
Program #188, "Kid Logic" from This American Life begins with a hilarious story of a little girl who mistakenly thinks her best friend's father (who appears quite normal and works as an accountant or stockbroker next door to the Stop and Shop during the day) is the Tooth Fairy. Why Jon remembered this program was not because of this story, per se, but because of a portion of a story that came later in the program as part of a larger piece entitled, "Baby Scientists with Faulty Data."
It was this story involving a small child's quest to understand Jesus that Jon still travels back to every now again years later and is too good to not share on this the day we remember the bold, selfless ministry of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The link to listen to the program can be found here. The story begins around the 13:06 minute mark.
If all else fails and technology escapes you, you may read the transcript here.
What a story this is. Just like radios, children have an incredible way of cutting through all the distracting, extraneous blah, blah, blah, to bring us to the heart of the message in ways no scholars or philosophers with all their flashy, flowery imagery ever could.
- Jody
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Commitment to Grace
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Provide an overview of upcoming events. Generate excitement in your
This Saturday the newly elected vestry and wardens will attend a retreat to reflect on the Grace Church community and the contribution that the vestry might make to enhancing our common life in the coming year. We have much to be grateful for as we begin that venture -- most especially the generosity and gifts of this congregation. Your generous response to the pledge campaign provides the basis upon which planning and budgeting are built. All of our ministries are rooted in your gifts and your willingness to share them through the First Mondays, food pantry, altar guild, Christian formation, the pastoral care team., fishbowl, and more.
We continue to welcome your pledges, your ideas, and your participation in ministry. Opportunities for stewardship in many forms will continue throughout the year and not just in the fall pledge campaign.
Any member of the vestry will be pleased to hear your concerns and try to find answers when needed. Please call on me at any time.
Mary Ann Cook, Senior Warden
238-6974 or macook@charter.net
Pledge Update
Operating
Budget Pledges | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 as of 1/9/12 | | | | | | | | | Number of pledges | 123 | 125 | 121 | | | | | | | | | Pledges as % of active members | 69% | 70% | 68% | | | | | | | | Total amount
of pledges | $324,381 | $323,506 | $328,977 | | | | | | | | | Average pledge | $2,637 | $2,588 | $2,719 | | | | | | | | Pledges $2,000
or less | 75 | 78 | 69 | | | | | | | | | Pledges between $2,001 and $5,000 | 36 | 33 | 37 | | | | | | | | | Pledges over $5,000 | 12 | 14 | 15 | |
If you haven't yet made your pledge to support Grace Church in 2012, a member of our Vestry will give you a call within the next couple of weeks to make it easy for you to accomplish this important task of supporting our church. If you want to pledge now, please fill out your pledge card, which you can place in the offering plate or send to our financial administrator Janet Lubniewski at 116 W. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703
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In God's Service
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Vestry on Call
If you have any questions, joys or concerns,
please feel free to contact:
Mary Ann Cook
macook@charter.net or (608) 238-6974
Linda Newman
lhnewman@wisc.edu or (608) 238-6356
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