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GraceNotes
The pulse of Grace Episcopal Church
2.3.12
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Parish Calendar
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2/4
2 p.m.
Funeral Service for Robert Longstreth
Grace, Nave
4:30 p.m.
Dinner and a Movie
Young Adults outing to
Sundance and the Great Dane
Contact Laurel for details.
2/11
11:00 a.m.
ECW Annual Luncheon
Guild Hall
Child care and ride-sharing available
Contact Amanda Farrow or Jane Henning.
2/15
7 p.m.
Grace Book Group Meets at
Elizabeth's place.
Contact Frank Cook to dive in!
2/19
Grace Youth Field Trip
to the Children's Museum
Lunch and trip following
10 a.m. worship
Contact Lauren G. Cochran.
If you are planning a formal or informal meeting or event using any space at Grace, please contact: togracechurch@gmail.com so we can be sure the space is available and reserved.
Did we miss your birthday? Has your address, e-mail, or phone number changed? Please contact the church office to keep us up to date at 255-5147 or via email
togracechurch@gmail.com
If you are in need of pastoral care or would like to add yourself or someone in need to the Prayer List, please contact either Father Jonathan at togracechurchrector@gmail.com or Deacon Carol Smith at csmith@carthage.edu or by calling the church office.
If you are interested in providing pastoral care for others, please contact Darby Puglielli at PCatGrace@gmail.com
If you would like to try your hand at writing the Prayers of the People for the 10 a.m. service, please e-mail togracechurch@gmail.com and we will send you writing tips and guidelines.
Flowers at the Altar
for this week
are given to the Glory of God
and in loving memory of my husband Bob and our daughter Sara.
By Anne Bolz, Bob and Lynn Bolz and their family.
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Would you like to become a member of Grace? Are you interested in learning more about the Episcopal faith tradition? Please contact Fr. Jonathan at togracechurchrector@gmail.com
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Joys and Concerns
| | We pray for Todd Grigsby, John Webber, Kristin Deacon, Clara Brunner, Steve Newman, Mary Hanson, Ann Palmenberg, Edward Gebelein, Bill Chatterton, the Seep family, Marian Ketrick, Sabine Lobitz, Glenys Hampson, Elise Anken-Bennett, Manami Terrien, Gertrude Waigumbulizi, Noemi Mendoza, Raul Vazquez Navarrete.
We pray for our homebound
Katie Binger, Genevieve Jackson, Jeannine Denning, Carole Jo Drives, Anne Hausner, Jean Maas, Eve Street, and Charles Ambrosavage.
For the souls of
the faithful departed
Robert Longstreth
For those who grieveThe family of Robert Longstreth, his wife Marion For the homeless in our midst
For the Hispanic
Ministry at Grace
Happy Birthday to:
2/3
Katie Binger
2/6
Stan Richardson
Mary Janet Wellensiek
2/7
Ben Farrow
Charlotte Malinowski
Pat Werk
2/8
Phoebe Seep
2/12
Tim Enright
Grace Irving
Nancy Okey
2/13
John Koerner
Dean Rybachek
2/14
Edie Kelm
Mark Koerner
2/15
Mary Zukowski
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Worship and Fellowship
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February 5
The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
This Sunday is Welcoming Sunday. It's a chance for everyone to take a moment to recognize and welcome by name each person in our midst. Please be sure to grab your name tag from the box at the back of the Nave or see an usher if you would like one made. New name tags in the box include: Lauren Gallant Cochran, Mary Nason, Matt Cushall, and Patrick McLeod.
8 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
9:40 a.m. Family Gathering Time
10 a.m. Godly Play
10 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II), followed by Coffee Hour in the Guild Hall
11:15 a.m. Adult Forum: In the Shoes of...The Foodstamp Challenge, library
11:30 a.m. Buildings and Grounds meets, A.A. Room
Noon Worship (In Spanish) 5 p.m. Holy Eucharist, St. Francis House Campus Ministry @ Grace *URGENT* February is Grace's turn to serve Meals on Wheels. One shift is still unfilled: this Sunday, the 5th! It is a west-side delivery route. Please contact Francine Hartman (608.216.4072 or 608.241.3039)ASAP if you can help deliver meals this Sunday at 11 a.m.
February 12 The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite I) 9:40 a.m. Family Gathering Time 10 a.m. Godly Play 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II), followed by Coffee Hour in the Guild Hall
11:15 a.m. Adult Forum: In the Shoes of...The Foodstamp Challenge, Part II
Noon Worship (In Spanish) 5 p.m. Holy Eucharist, St. Francis House Campus Ministry @ Grace We thank Max Harris for preaching this morning. Available to Percolate on the 26th? Coffee Hour hosts are still needed for this date. Please contact Corrie via e-mail or at Coffee Hour this week. A note from Elaina Seep following her surgery I am home. Medicated and resting. Surgery was a bit more complicated once they got in. I had tissue webbing over the 4th ventricle and in the sub arachnoid. So more actual brain work than anticipated. I'm very tired, but grateful. Thank you to everyone for all the good wishes, prayers, and spiritual work on my behalf! Lots of love...Elaina Thank you to everyone who dropped off food for the family and lifted them up in your prayers. Elaina continues to recover. If you would like to help in any way, please contact Darby to see what needs still need to be met. Parking Updates March 19th - Winterfest will take over the Capitol Square. No parking will be available along the Square. W. Washington Ave (between Carroll and Fairchild) will be closed from March 12 to April 12. There will be very limited access to the Grace alley and no parking on West Washington Ave. Parking is always available in the Overture Center Parking Ramp. Please see an usher if you would like a parking voucher. |
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Fabulous Formation
| New Adult Forum Series Kicks off this Sunday
In the shoes of... This spring's Adult Forum series is called "In the Shoes of...". This is a chance for us to explore the radically different lives of people that are around us every day, some of which we notice and some we don't! Each forum will be a 2 part series: the first part will introduce a topic and the second will be the follow up. A follow up to what you ask? With each topic, we will challenge you to try life this way during the week! The follow up session will be a discussion of how hard or easy it was, did it change the way you thought about food or the environment? How long did your change of lifestyle last? One day? All week? One morning? Come to the Adult Forums following 10 a.m worship to listen and talk, learn and grow, even if you choose not to 'experiment' with your lifestyle during the week. FIRST SESSION
February 5: In the shoes of... The Food Stamp Challenge. Could you live on $30 for all your food costs for one week? Come learn about how 1 in 8 people in Wisconsin budget their meals for the week, and perhaps take the challenge yourself. For more information click here (http://foodstampchallenge.typepad.com/) or here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIyrytH8tc). Most importantly, come to the forums after the 10am service! Part one on February 5th, and Part two on February 12th. If you can't attend the first week, don't let that stop you from coming to the second week!  | | Food Stamp Challenge |
Forums in this Series: February 5 +12: In the Shoes of... The Food Stamp Challenge February 19: (No Forum) February 26+ March 4: In the Shoes of... An Episcopal Monastic March 11 + 18: In the Shoes of... Our High School Students March 25: In the Shoes of... Our Companion Diocese. Guest Speaker: Neil Radtke. April 1: (No Forum, Palm Sunday) April 8: (No Forum, Easter Sunday) April 15 + 22: In the Shoes of... No Impact Man.
Guest Speaker on April 15th: John Francis. Gay Straight Episcopalians,
Having the Conversation in Madison, Wisconsin
The Episcopal Church will hold its triennial General Convention in Indianapolis
this July. One of the resolutions before convention will request a three year trial
period for the use of blessings for same sex unions. Issues of human sexuality and
the church's response to our LGBT members will be in the news this summer. Gay
Straight Episcopalians, a group made up of clergy and laity from all four Madison
churches, would like to offer you an opportunity to prepare for the conversations
and questions that are bound to happen "around the water cooler" when you co
workers and friends find out you are an Episcopalian.
Join us on Sunday February 12th at St Dunstan's or on Wednesday February 15th at
St Luke's for a showing of the award winning documentary "For the Bible Tells Me
So." Both showings are at 7 p.m. No RSVP is necessary.
A Trip to the Children's Museum! Calling all parents and guardians: Need a Sunday afternoon off? Want to grab some brunch with friends kid free? We've got you covered! On Sunday February 19th, Grace Church is taking the kids to the Children's Museum. Bring your children to Grace on February 19th like normal, for Godly Play or the 10am service. After the end of the service we will gather the children in the Library and provide lunch. After lunch, we will walk to the Children's Museum, so make sure to wear warm walking clothes. We plan to arrive at the Museum between 12:15 and 12:30. We will stay until 3p.m., when we will walk back to the church. Please plan to pick up your children from the Guild Hall at 3:30p.m. All museum expenses and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Lauren Cochran ( togracechurchformation@gmail.com) by February 11th with the number of children in your family planning on attending. |
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ECW Connection
| Dear Friends and Families of Grace,
We are starting our new year with renewed dedication and activity. The first item to report is the exciting additions to our Grace Church ECW Board. Jane Ferris. Gwen JeSchonek, Ginny Shannon, and Mary Ray Worley have all joined the executive board and will work with former and continuing members Amanda Farrow, Jane Henning, Pat Werk, and Linda Savage to bring vibrant and relevant programming to our church life. Welcome to these special women. Many other Grace women responded positively to the call for an ECW Advisory Council formation which met in December 2011. The latter group will meet twice a year and continue to have an open membership policy. May God guide our work.
On Friday, January 13th, members of ECW prepared and served a light supper to the Haiti Steering Committee which was meeting at our church. The special guest was Pere Wisnel Desjardin, the new priest at St Marcs Church in Jeannette,Haiti. Much good fellowship was exchanged at that event.
The ECW Board recently approved a request from Grace Finance to cover a $200 shortfall from the 2011 Christmas decoration program. Some of this expense was carried over from the Easter decoration of Grace of last spring While many generous members of the congregation were willing contributors to our two major holiday decorations, the fact remains that we were not able to cover our needs,even with a sizable contribution from our hispanic ministry. We will be prayerfully brainstorming ways of addressing this situation in 2012.
Scheduled for February 11, 2012 is our 6th annual Woman's Luncheon in the Grace Guild Hall. A delicious gourmet menu will again be prepared by our own renowned chef, Wolfgang Werk. Parish men will assist in setup, serving, and cleanup. This fun event is greatly anticipated and appreciated by the female members of Grace who comprise our parish ECW. Mark your calendars for this free Saturday event. A record participation is hoped for. Our speaker, Judy Reed, will present an interesting program on the Liberian Assistance Program (LAP) which she and other members of the Madison community founded in 2007 after a trip to the African country of Liberia. LAP is a new recipient of ECW outreach funding this year. Please plan to attend.
We are looking forward to spending some quality time with women of Grace.
Linda Savage, ECW reporter
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Grace in Lent
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Princess Kate flips a pancake last year in this traditional British festivity.
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Get the Lent out!
Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and Races
Tuesday, February 21!
Time: 5:15 to 7:30 p.m.; Doors open at 5:15
Pancake supper begins serving at 5:30.
Entertainment by several parishioners begins at 5:45
Pancake races commence at 6:15.
Cost:
- $10 per family
- $5 per person age 5 and older
- Free for children age 4 and younger
Advance registration not required, but appreciated: Phone the church, 255-5147, or e-mail Jody at togracechurch@gmail.com.
Get involved:
To help in the kitchen with food preparation and clean-up Contact Kenn JeSchonek: Ph 848-1273 or kennjes@charter.net
If you've not experienced pancake racing, Grace Church-style, you must see it to believe it. Put this on your calendar, and we'll see you there!  | Line Dancing fun at the 1994 Grace Shrove Tuesday Dinner!
Recognize any of these cowboys and girls?
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Celtic Eucharist to begin again
Tuesdays during Lent (March 28 - April 3) 6:15 p.m., Chapel
Join us as we celebrate a simple, contemplative Eucharist in the tradition of Celtic Christianity. The service will be followed by a time of conversation on the spiritual life with Fr. Jonathan. 
Daily Lenten MeditationsClick here to sign up to receive daily Lenten Meditation e-mails from the office of Episcopal Relief and Development. Available in English and Spanish.
Three Ash Wednesday services at Grace
Join us at 7 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 22 as we mark the beginning of Lent through the liturgy of Ash Wednesday.
FOUNDATIONS of LAY PASTORAL CARE: Exploring and Discerning Your Spiritual Life and Calling Saturday, March 17
8:45a.m. - 12:45 p.m. St. Luke's, Madison Announcing an opportunity for learning and self-reflection as part of a Lenten discipline. Do you ever wonder where God might be calling you? Encouragement, prayer, healing, hospitality, listening with the ear of the heart - are these among your personal gifts? Are you fulfilled when you can share your journey with others and help them in their quest for God? Then perhaps God's call and your heart's desire could be leading you to pastoral caregiving. We invite you to spend a Saturday morning considering the possibility, as well as exploring how to grow spiritually and integrate Benedictine spirituality into our lives. Contact Kara Pagano or Carol Smith. |
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Grace Groups
| 6th Annual ECW Luncheon 2/11
Calling All Women! Scheduled for Saturday February 11, 2012 from 11:30 to 1:30 is the annual Woman's Luncheon in the Grace Guild Hall. A delicious gourmet menu will again be prepared by our own renowned chef, Wolfgang Werk. Parish men will assist in setup, serving and cleanup. This fun event is greatly anticipated and appreciated by the female members of Grace who comprise our parish ECW. RSVP to Jane Henning (238-4089 or shennin2@wisc.edu). Childcare provided on request. Calling All Men! Want to do something special for the women of Grace? Volunteer to help setup, prepare, serve and clean-up for the Women's Luncheon on Saturday February 11th. No experience in the kitchen or serving is needed other than a smiling face. Please contact Benjamin Farrow (335-5984 or benjaminfarrow78@gmail.com) if you are willing to help.
Book Group to Meet 2/15
Our next meeting is at 7 p.m. at Elizabeth's. We'll be discussing Take This Bread - A Radical Conversion by Sara Miles. You don't have to have read the book to attend the discussion. Contact Frank Cook for directions. Review: "One early, cloudy morning when I was forty-six, I walked into a church, ate a piece of bread, took a sip of wine. A routine Sunday activity for tens of millions of Americans except until that moment I'd led a thoroughly secular life, at best indifferent to religion, more often appalled by its fundamentalist crusades. This was my first communion. It changed everything." So writes Sara Miles in the opening paragraph of her spiritual memoir. This unusual book by an atheist who turned Christian offers a colorful and oftentimes compelling account of radical faith in the city of San Francisco where one can dine in some fancy restaurants or rub shoulders with street people who are hungry every day. Miles converts thanks to the liturgy and emphasis on the Eucharist at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church. She is attracted to Jesus, who eats with everyone and refuses to turn anyone away from God's abundance. The author grew up in family where religion was shunned. She traveled the world as a left-wing journalist and, as a lover of food, she also was restaurant cook in various places. By the time Miles reaches the turning point in her life, she is ready, willing, and able to find a new way to feed others, to incarnate the radical love of Jesus for the poor and the dispossessed. She starts St. Gregory's Food Pantry and is soon feeding thousands of people a week. Miles puts her body, mind, and soul into this service and then receives a huge financial gift. She starts many more pantries with it. "Supper with God" is what animates her life. She writes: "The entire contradictory package of Christianity was present in the Eucharist. A sign of unconditional acceptance and forgiveness, it was doled out and rationed to insiders; a sign of unity, it divided people; a sign of the most common and ordinary human reality, it was rarified and theorized nearly to death. And yet that meal remained, through all the centuries, more powerful than any attempts to manage it. It reconciled, if only for a minute, all of God's creation, revealing that, without exception, we were members of one body, God's body, in endless diversity. The feast showed us how to re-member what has been dis-membered by human attempts to separate and divide, judge and cast out, select or punish. At that Table, sharing food, we were brought into the ongoing work of making creation whole." The holy work of making creation whole is no picnic, and Miles shares one story after another about selfish Christians, city bureaucrats, the concept of "faith-based charity," the sadness of seeing so many hungry children, and the challenges faced by homeless people in San Francisco. The journey of faith recounted on these pages is inspirational, a sign of what a zealous woman and a church community driven to service can accomplish in the name of the One who called us to feed others.
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First Monday Meal Monday
The next First Monday Meal is this upcoming Monday, February 6. Please contact Mary Ann Germanson if you can help. Volunteers should arrive by 7:15 p.m.
A Big Fish Bowl Welcome to Elizabeth Cifu
Thank you, Elizabeth, for taking your time to get to know the people of Grace through Wednesday morning shifts in the reception office. Welcome aboard!!
The Doodle is Done Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out the February ROTA survey. Even if you can't serve in a particular month, it is very helpful to me if you enter your name in the survey and then not select any dates. That way I know the survey made it to you and is not lost in cyberspace. I lay awake at night racked with worry about things like this! Holy Week will fast be approaching, offering additional service opportunities. Thank you for setting aside time to serve. February ROTA
Vestry on Call
Mary Ann Cook: macook@charter.net or (608) 238-6974
Linda Newman: lhnewman@wisc.eduor (608) 238-6356
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Happenings Around Town
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A Grace Member in the News!
Follow this link to read a recent article about Grace member Ben Ferris. Learn just why he's all jazzed up!
MadisonUrbanMinistry Annual Fundraiser
 An Invitation to Mindfulness You are invited to come to a Public Presentation given by Flint Sparks, PhD Psychologist and Zen Buddhist Priest Siddhartha Gautama Mindfulness and the Many Aspects of Self: A Way through Suffering to Freedom March 7th 7 - 9:00 pm Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church 1833 Regent Street Madison, WI Siddhartha Gautama was interested in one fundamental question: How can we truly understand human suffering and how can we help end suffering for all beings? After an extensive search and dedication to finding the answer, he came to a shattering insight that led to the Enlightened State - becoming the Buddha. He invited his followers to engage in meditation practices to demonstrate through their own experience that liberation of the human heart and mind is possible. What if the Buddha had used the language of modern mindfulness-based practices? How would his teachings have sounded? Please join us in sharing the resonance of these transformative teachings for all people regardless of religion, race, or culture and the profound possibility inherent in them. Cost: Food Pantry Offering and Free Will Donation for the Teaching Local Experts to Address "Different Perspectives on Living with Cancer" There is no handbook for living with cancer-or for being a cancer survivor, a caregiver or a supporter of someone living with cancer. To help answer some of life's questions about cancer, a panel of experts will be hosting a discussion called Different Perspectives on Living with Cancer. The public is invited to attend the free forum at Gilda's Club Community Room, 7907 UW Health Court in Middleton on Saturday, March 17, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The forum will be moderated by Ed Prendergast, MD, Dean Clinic Hematology & Oncology. Panelists are Dena Green, MD, Hospice and Palliative Board certified oncologist with Agrace HospiceCare; Garth Heckman, 45-year-old colon cancer survivor, pastor of Harmony Church and owner of SouthSide Bully gym and training; Pamela Wick, RN, OCN, clinical RN advisor for Dean Clinic Hematology & Oncology; Lauren Cunningham, PhD, psychologist and Instant Sisters facilitator for Gilda's Club and Emily Link, MEd, Gilda's Club facilitator. People interested in attending are encouraged to submit questions for the panel at the time of registration. Questions can be related to any cancer topic involving patients, survivors, caregivers or loved ones of those with cancer. Questions can also be submitted to the panel during the event. To register for the forum, visit gildasclubmadison.org or call (608) 828-8880. Space is limited. For people not physically able to attend, a limited number of phone lines are available to call in to listen or ask questions during the event. Please reserve a call-in line at the time of registration. A complimentary light breakfast will be provided by the Agrace HospiceCare Doc Rock Café.
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Grace Episcopal Church Our Sunday Worship Schedule: 116 W. Washington Avenue 8:00am - Holy Eucharist, Rite I Madison, WI 53703 10:00am - Holy Eucharist, Rite II (608) 255-5147 12:00pm - Holy Eucharist or Morning Prayer in Spanish
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