Other Announcements
Wednesdays at Grace
5:30: Toddler and Pre-K Godly Play
6:00: Community Dinner
Dinner Host: Barbara Novaes
6:45: Godly Play 2 & 3, Rite 13 and J2A
6:45 Adult Education
This Lent, through Wednesday Adult Education We will be partnering with Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation to learn about Poverty and the Church.
March 20th - Grace Church: What we have learned/What we can do
The final week of this series will be an opportunity to discuss what we have learned through this series and the diocesan book study on the Rich and the Rest of us. The goal is to think about how our Grace Church community responds to poverty, income inequality, and socioeconomic class both within our church community and out in the world.
Our Grace Artists on Exhibition
The Carney Gallery at Regis College invites you to an exhibition of collaborative work by the poet, Julia Lisella, and the painter, Adele Travisano, on the life of St. Francis of Assisi.
The opening reception is March 16, 3-5:30pm. The exhibition runs from March 15-May 13. Gallery hours are M-F, 10am-4pm.
Senior Men's Lunch
The next Senior Men's Lunch will be Wednesday, March 20 at noon at John Brewers Tavern in Malden. Please RSVP to the Parish Office.
"Voices of Faith for Climate Justice:
A Healing Seder for the Earth"
Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center has created a powerful Interfaith Healing Seder for the Earth, which is intended to be done around the time of Passover and Easter. This involves rituals based in Christian and Jewish traditions and an action piece meant to ideally be carried out beside a "Pyramid of Power of our own day: perhaps an office of Exxon or BP, or a coal-fired power station, or a bank that invests in a coal company that is destroying the mountains of West Virginia, or a religious or academic or governmental institution which they could call on to end its investments in Big Carbon and invest in renewable energy companies instead." Come be a part of this unique and meaningful worship, which will include environmental campaign updates, meditation, song, prayer, and light dinner. It will be from 6:00-8:00 PM on Thursday, March 21 at the Arlington Street Church. For any questions, talk to Eva or email her at eva@gracemedford.org.
Book Club
On March 21 the Women's Book club is reading An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff. On April 18 we'll discuss Bel Canto by Ann Patchett and we're reading Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout on May 21. The Book club meets on the third Thursday of the month at 7 pm at a volunteer host's house. We welcome any woman to join us at any time. For more information about the club or our meeting locations contact Genita in person or at
Rector's Sabbatical Informational Session
There will be a Sabbatical Informational Session on March 24 at 11:30 AM in Wiles Hall.
A Prayer for Love and Justice: a special interfaith service at St. Paul's Cathedral
On March 25th, the Monday during Holy Week, all are invited to gather and pray for our nation and the Supreme Court on the eve of the oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 in California. The Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw will be preaching. The service begins at 7:00 PM at St. Paul's Cathedral, 138 Tremont St., Boston.
Newcomer Lunch to be held
Sunday, April 7, 2013!
New to Grace Church? Newly back after a time away? You are WELCOME to join other newcomer's and members of the parish during a light lunch in the Common Room on Sunday, April 7th.. The lunch will be held immediately following the 10 am service. If you are interested in attending the lunch, please e-mail Margaret.Smist@gracemedford.org by Thursday, April 4, 2013.
Grace Church Men's Group Going Bowling
If you are a male aged 13 and up, we are inviting you to an afternoon of bowling at Ryan's Amusement in Malden on Saturday April 20th from 2-4PM. This will be a fun event. If you are planning on joining us or for more information please contact me at james@gracemedford.org.
Say Cheese!
A new Grace Church picture directory will be made available later this year. So save the date! Photographers will be at Grace Church on the following days: April 19th and 20th and April 26th and 27th. Details will be provided soon. Volunteers are needed on these dates to help the photographers for 2 hour blocks of time. If interested, contact the Grace Church Office at office@gracemedford.org.
Zumba For Hunger!!
Can't walk 20 miles or just don't want to? That's ok..you can still help and make a difference.
Join us for 2 hours at Grace Church on Sunday, April 21 from 2:00 to 4:00 and Zumba
for Hunger. No cost to attend, but request a cash donation or canned good(s) donation to support St. Luke's Food Pantry in Chelsea, MA.
Open to all Fitness levels, teens and adults. Multiple instructors will attend. Come shake it for a good cause. Any questions contact Nanci Branson-Palladino at nanci.palladino57@comcast.net
Class on the Episcopal Church
Are you interested in learning more about the Episcopal Church? Margaret Smist & Rachael Pettengill-Rasure will be teaching a class on the Episcopal Church this Spring. The class will take place on Sundays at 8:45-9:45am on April 21st & 28th, May 12th, and June 2nd & 9th. If you are new to the Church OR if you have been part of the Episcopal Church for a while but want to learn more about the tradition you are encouraged to join us. For more information contact Rachael Pettengill-Rasure ( rachael@gracemedford.org).
Let's Move! Medford
Let's Move! Medford, the event created by our 2011 LDI Team, is happening again on Sunday, June 9 from 1:00-4:00PM. This day of fun and learning provides information to empower families in Medford to live healthy lifestyles. If you are interested in helping to plan this year's event, please contact Chenine Peloquin at chenine@gmail.com.
