A Summer Sabbatical Blessing

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn."

JOHN MUIR, 1903

We have LIFTOFFQ!

The U.S./Argentine Aquarius/SAC-D mission launched successfully on a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California this morning at 7:25 am PDT

Congratulations Dr. Gary Lagerloef!

>> Watch the Countdown & Launch!

Grace Food Basket

Join our ongoing effort to stock Helpline House's shelves!  This month's most-urgent needs are: diapers; boxed pastas; small boxes of flour/sugar; macaroni & cheese; canned tuna/chicken; canned chili fixings (beans, tomatoes, paste); and single-serving microwavable meals.  Bring these items to church & fill our Food Basket, which is usually located near the name tag tree.

Housing Resources Board
         Breaks Ground on Ferncliff Project

Grace Outreach congratulates our grant partner Housing Resources Board on the June 3rd ground-breaking of its much-anticipated Ferncliff Project.  The 1st four-home segment of the project will begin construction September 1st, and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.  A total of 24 affordable single-family homes are to be completed by the end of 2012.  Each household has agreed to provide construction labor in exchange for the subsidy in their home.   Please contact HRB to learn more details about the Ferncliff Project at 842.1909. 

Twilight Camp for Kids

June 24th, 4:30-8pm

Sign up now for the first of our three Friday Evening Twilight Camps. Our theme will be "Make a Joyful Noise" and Ann Strickland will be there helping us do just that. The children will make their own musical instruments, hear stories, sing songs, play outside and enjoy a cookout dinner. After dinner there will be a campfire and marshmallows to roast. Twilight Camp is for children who have completed one year of preschool through rising fourth graders. Rising fifth graders and above are welcome to join us as camp counselors.

Cost for Twilight Camp is $10 per child for each Friday evening ($30 for all three evenings) and can be paid in advance or at drop off. You can sign up now for all three (June 24, July 29, August 26) or one at a time as you know your schedule.
To register your children or to volunteer to help, contact Debbie Rimkus, debbie@gracehere.org

Grace Welcomes its Newest Member!

Welcome Ruben!

Ruben Thomas Baisch arrived at 11:21pm on Monday 6/6, a few days short of full term but healthy in every way. 7lbs 1oz, 19 inches, full head of black hair.  Congratulations Lynette & Tom!

(Ruben's mom, Lynette, is our Vestry Clerk).

Enrich your Grace Experience-

Volunteer at the Welcome Table

We have a loyal group of volunteers who staff our Welcome Table each week, and we are grateful! 

We could use a few more volunteers however, and welcome anyone to sign-up to serve for a Sunday, especially during  the summer months of July, August, and September. I hope to see couples, families, singles male and female, newcomers and oldtimers alike, working at the Welcome Table, because I know from experience how rewarding it is to do so! It is also the perfect thing to do if you want to volunteer at Grace, but don't have a lot of time 

to spare.

I am beginning to make the schedule for July, August, and September, so take a look at your calendars, and let me know if you'd like to participate. Then, watch for your invitation to a Welcome Table social hour for all Welcome Table volunteers. 

If you are interested in helping at the welcome table, please drop by the welcome table and let us know which Sunday(s) work best for you. You can also contact me by email at:

 rklahner@comcast.net 

Thank you!

Kristen Lahner

Grace Membership

Calling all Grace Poets  

On the evening of August 20 there is going to be a special event at Grace called "Celebrating Trees."  This creative evening emerged from the inspiration of four women artists who call themselves Trees in Art, and who will be exhibiting their tree paintings at Grace during August and September.  There will be a reception for the artists and a performance by noted electric and acoustic cellist, Jami Sieber (see www.jamisieber.com)   Jami's improvisational style is perfect for a "conversation" between her ethereal sounds and poetry with some tree imagery.  

So, charge up those creative juices, go spend some time with trees and then email your poem to Marcy at mlagerloef@seanet.com by June 30.  If you can be there on August 20 to read your work, so much the better.  If there is more poetry submitted than time for reading in that evening, we will find a pathway to put your creative thoughts out there for others at Grace to read and savor during these two months when we will be surrounded by trees in the Grace Gallery.

committed to environmental stewardship and advocacy earthministry.org.

Frog Rock Forum/Father's Day Event

Connections for Community Resilience 

June 19, 2 - 5 pm at Islandwood  

This educational fair features over three dozen local organizations showcasing inspirational projects and activities that encourage ever-greater resilience in our families, neighborhoods and community. Sponsored by Sustainable Bainbridge, it's a great Fathers Day event, including kids activities, tours of magnificent IslandWood, plus a separate Sunday Supper at 5:30 by the IslandWood chefs. Find out more (and register for dinner) at www.sustainablebainbridge.org  

Friends of the Farm Tour

Sunday, June 12, 2 - 3 pm

Join Bart Berg for a walking tour of the Suyematsu/Bentryn Farm on Day Road.

Bart will tell the story of the rich heritage of island farming, current

agricultural practices, educational and internship opportunities and future

farming initiatives. Contact: Wendy Tyner, wendy.tyner@friendsofthefarm.org or 842.5537, friendsofthefarm.org 

 Grace · Faith · News · Arts

Download Our Summer Newsletter 

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Grace's Weekly eNews  

Do you have a program or event you would like to tell our Grace Community about? Please send it to susamarie@gracehere.org.  The deadline is noon every Tuesday for events the following week. Items typically run no more than one month in advance and should be limited to 150 words. Thank you!

Visit, Explore, Wonder! 

Visit our Grace website to learn more about us! >>  gracehere.org 

Women's Wilderness Sojourn

August 18th - 25, 2011

North Cascades, Stehekin to Image Lake

Get strong. Be in community in the wild. 

There's nothing quite like it.

The women's hike is now full.

To get on the wait list, please contact Kathie McCarthy,

healingworks@kathiemccarthy.com

Preserving Local Strawberries  

a  Canning Class at Grace

The Hours of Life, A Musical

Friday, June 24, Bainbridge Art Museum

554 Winslow Way 

The premiere staged reading of a musical (Book, Music and Lyrics by Paul Lewis, with lyrics also by Colin Speer Crowley), directed by Corey D. McDaniel, with vocal direction by Jennifer Jett. This small-cast musical tells the story of the obsessive, erotically charged love affair between Rhode Island poet Sarah Helen Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe, set against the backdrop of the dawning of the Machine Age. A talkback will follow the performance.

Doors open at 7:00. Admission is by voluntary donation.

Cast:

Barbara Hume....................Sarah Helen Whitman

Kevin Matthew...................Edgar Allan Poe

Robin Denis.......................Maria Clemm (Muddy), Mrs. Power

Jason Fowler......................Conductor, Johann Maezel, Pabodie, Stranger

Jennifer Jett.......................Anna Power, Eliza Poe, Virginia Poe (Sissy)

Susan Anderson.................Willem Schlumberger, Librarian, Barkeep, Nurse