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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  Patrick Hardy 
LEM: Branwen Smith-King
Usher: 
John Schlesinger
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni 
10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  Patrick Hardy 
Minister of Music:
Ruth Roper 
LEM I: Brenda Pearson 
LEM II:  Rachael Pettengill-Rasure
Lector I * Genita Johnson Acolytes:
Genita Johnson, Chioma Opara and Nzube Opara 
Ushers: 
Linda Foote and Kristen Spence   
Altar Guild: 
Adele Travisano and Marie Glynn
Stewardship Testimonial:  Adele Travisano 
Harvest Coffee Hour Hosts: Vin Maganzini, coffee
Cindy Scott and Margaret Smist, food 
Counters:
Wes Foote and Vin Maganzini
Vestry Person of the Day: 
Sean Kerans   
    
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Birthdays

 

Wendy Anderson and Solomon Nwachukwu, Jr. (10/20); Dorothy States (10/23); Naida Gavrelis (10/24); Esther Brownsmith (10/25); Vincent Maganzini and Malinda Walsh (10/26).

 

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
 Welcome!
Please join us at Grace Church. 
On Sunday, we celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.  Sunday School classes begin promptly at 9:45 AM. Nursery care is available for young children.

On Sunday, Grace Church parishioners shared their words of Gratitude...a reminder of all that God has given us so we might respond in transformative ways.

EVER THOUGHT ABOUT GLOBAL MISSION? 

Ted Gaiser is ready to receive mission teams to Columbia! If you may be interested in participating in a mission trip outside the U.S. please join Maria Fenn for a very preliminary discussion this Sunday October 20, 2013 after the 10am service in the Common Room.

 

Experiments with Sunday Evening Worship continue at 5:00 PM throughout October  

October 20th: Candlelight Sung Compline and Holy Eucharist.  Join us at Grace Church as we sing these beautiful prayers and celebrate the Holy Eucharist by candlelight.   

 

October 27th:  Celebrate the Feast of All Souls Day with a Solemn Holy Eucharist with incense, candles and prayers for the living and the dead.  We will be experimenting with a very "high church" or "Anglo-Catholic" style of worship. 

 

Contact Eva or Noah for more information.  

 

Protestant services at Tufts are at 7:00 PM in Goddard Chapel.  Click here for the schedule. 
Grace Church Stewardship 2014

Sunday, October 20th is the kick-off for our 2014 Stewardship Campaign and Harvest Coffee Hour.  Patrick Hardy will be our guest preacher and Adele Travisano will give our Stewardship testimonial.  Please join us!
Outreach Corner    
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining is October 26.  Please contact Brenda Pearson at
if you are interested in volunteering or have questions.

 

Food is needed for the food pantries that Grace Episcopal Church supports. Food items may be placed in the baskets just outside the main entrance to the sanctuary (an usher can help you locate them). The item for Sunday, October 20 is cereal.  The items for Sunday are coffee or tea.

Kid's Corner    

James will lead games on the front lawn for kids during coffee hour following the 10:00 AM service.

 

Sunday School Teachers

Pre K - Teacher:   Assistant:   

Early Elementary - Teacher:  Vin Maganzini Assistant:  Tom Hamel

Upper Elementary - Teacher:  Jessica Lee Assistant: 

Nursery  -- Sarah Andrade

Other Announcements     

 

One-on-One Meetings with Noah

One of Noah's priorities is to schedule some time to sit down with members of our community. The goal is to schedule some time with everyone.

 

Time slots are still available Mondays during the day and Wednesday afternoons. Evening meetings can also be scheduled-- just let us know.   

 

You can sign up on the bulletin board or contact Carol in the office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org or noah@gracemedford.org. 

 

Wednesdays at Grace

5:30: Preschool Godly Play, Godly Play 2

6:00: Community Dinner

Dinner Host 10/16:  Branwen Smith-King 

6:45: Godly Play 3, Faith Explorers, Rite 13 and J2A

Adult Education- 6:45-8:00PM

 

null Famous Medford Artists of Yesteryear
October 23 

Dee Morris 

Today the art scene is thriving in Medford. Not surprisingly, it is the flowering of a long-standing tradition. During the late 19th into the mid 20th century, some critically acclaimed impressionists, landscape artists and portrait painters had ties to our community. Medford native, Leslie P. Thompson, and Grace Church member, Joseph DeCamp, worked out of the famous Fenway Studios. Joseph Morviller found inspiration in our bucolic landscapes while May Hallowell Loud combined art with her dedication to the N.A.A.C.P. And there were others. Let's revisit these artists, enjoy their paintings and celebrate their Medford ties. 

 

Come learn about Saints  

October 30 and November 6

Margaret Smist and Rachael Pettengill-Rasure 

We celebrate the Saints every November during All Saint's Sunday, and we learn about them during Lent (if you participate in Lent Madness!!!). We will explore the importance of Saints in the Episcopal Church and how we celebrate them in our worship and in our faith life.  The class will help us explore how the Saints help us to get closer to God, and we will get to think about which saint we may identify with.   Join us. 

 

Raise Up Massachusetts Campaign:  

The goal of this campaign is to:

·         Pass state legislation to raise the minimum wage significantly from $8 an hour up to $10 or $10.50 an hour-this would help 580,000 low wage earners across Massachusetts.

·         Pass an earned sick benefit for the almost 1 million workers who do not currently have this right.

 

For more information on the campaign, check out Episcopal City Mission's info page: 

If you have any questions please speak with Rachael Pettengill-Rasure.

 

Book Club 

The Grace Church Women's Book Club meets on the third Thursday each month at 7:00 pm. We welcome any woman to join us at any meeting. Please contact Genita in church or at pawleyslegacy@verizon.net for meeting locations.

·         October 17  - Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

·    November 21  - Between Heaven and Mirth by James Martin  

 

Volunteers Needed:  We have a dedicated group of volunteers that fold our bulletins on Thursday mornings at 10:00 AM.  If you are available, please join us in Wiles Hall.  The group provides a great opportunity for weekday fellowship.  More volunteers make the task go more quickly and allow year-round coverage when one of the group can't make it.  Please contact the church office if you are interested.