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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans   
Preacher:  Eva Englert, Emmaus Fellow  
LEM: Rachael Pettengill-Rasure  
Usher: 
John Schlesinger
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni 
10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans 
Preacher: 
Eva Englert, Emmaus Fellow 
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper 
LEM I: Margaret Smist 
LEM II: Eva Englert
Lector I *
Laura Duggan  
Lector II *
Nathan Brawley 
Acolytes: 
Elizabeth Pardy, Emily Pardy and Alex Celletti 
Ushers: 
Don and Jill Capuccio   
Altar Guild: 
   
Coffee Hour Hosts: Steve Duggan, coffee
Linda Foote and Jill Capuccio, food   
Counters:  Wes Foote and Don Capuccio
Vestry Person of the Day: 
Ellie Viggiani    
    
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

 

Jim Pearson, Jr. (12/2); Helen Sweeney (12/4); Laura Duggan (12/5); Clarence Ligon, III. (12/6); Tracy Graveallese (12/7).

 

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, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.  There will be a children's homily in Wiles Hall.  Children will return to the 10AM service at the Peace. Nursery care is available for young children.

 

Sunday Evening Worship at 5:00 PM  

December 1st. -- As we continue our experiments in evening worship at 5:00 on Sundays, we will be trying on worship with a projector! Join us for a tech-savvy worship.
December 8th - Join us for Grace Church's first U2Charist! As part of our Advent 5:00 worship series we will be hosting our own version of this worship service which combines Eucharist liturgy and U2 songs, many of which contain social justice themes. The U2Charist was created in Wellington, Florida, when Deacon Charles Cannon of St. David's Episcopal Church wanted to integrate the music that many young people of the church were listening to with the traditional liturgy of an Episcopal worship service. The deacon brought Bono himself to come and lead a worship service in August of 2005, and the service has been a hit ever since. Click  here to read more about it. We hope you will join us as we continue experimenting with new forms of worship! 

Protestant services at Tufts are at 7:00 PM in Goddard Chapel.  Click here for the schedule. 
Medford Interfaith Clergy
The Medford Interfaith Clergy following the Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at Grace Church on Monday, November 25th.
The Bridge between our gratitude for the past and our hope for the future.
Grace Church Stewardship 2014
You can find the
Grace Church Stewardship packet online here.

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pledge online, click here.
Outreach Corner    
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining is November 30.  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 items for Sunday, December 1 are jelly or peanut butter.  The item for Sunday, December 8 is tuna.
 

Giving Tree The Giving Tree

Grace Church is partnering with the Medford Family Network (MFN) again this year to provide Christmas presents (warm winter clothes, toys and games) for Medford families in need.  Here's how it works: 

  • The Giving Tree will be up in the parish hall by the end of November
  • There will be stars on the tree, each representing an item that Marie Cassidy from the Medford Family Network has on her "wish list" for Medford families during this holiday season (for example, the star will say "doll for a 2-year-old")
  • You can take a star and sign the star list (which will be near the tree) - so we'll know who took which star 
  • Purchase the item on the star, and place under the tree (unwrapped) along with the star by Sunday 15 December
  • The Rite 13 class will wrap the presents, and the Outreach Committee will get them to the MFN
Contact for this project: Linda Rogers

Kid's Corner    


Advent is upon us and we are looking for people to be in the pageant. Rehearsal dates will be: Saturday
December 14th 10AM-noon and Saturday

December 21st 10AM -noon.  If you're interested in being in this year's Christmas Pageant please contact me james@gracemedford.org or our director, Laura Duggan lrduggan@aol.com. 

 

On Sunday, there will be a children's homily in Wiles hall.  Children will return to the service at the Peace.

Other Announcements     

 

One-on-One Meetings with Noah

December dates are up on the bulletin board.  There are some weekend times available. Contact Carol in the office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org or noah@gracemedford.org to make an appointment or sign up on the board. 

 

Wednesdays at Grace

5:30: Preschool Godly Play, Godly Play 2

6:00: Community Dinner

Dinner Host:  

Catherine Smith (clean up help needed)     

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

Adult Education- 6:45-8:00PM   

 

Film Series on Transgender Rights

Grace Episcopal Church is partnering with Mass Equality on this exciting two part film series about transgender rights, the severe gaps in rights that still exist today, and how we can join the effort to further transgender rights today.

 

Wednesday December 4th

6:45PM

"Southern Comfort" (2001)

Southern Comfort documents the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputations. By the time Eads received treatment, the cancer was too advanced to save his life. Filmmaker Kate Davis follows Robert and a group of trans-gendered Southerners in this captivating and truly touching documentary.

 

Wednesday December 10th

6:45PM

"Too Cold Out There without You" (2012)

When the Rev. Christopher Fike was ordained in the Episcopal Church he was a straight, married mother of two. Five years later he had completed his transition and now identifies as a man. 'Too Cold Out There Without You' is a post-transition story that looks beyond the act of transitioning and instead focuses on the transformations that take place in Chris's relationships and the church as a result of his transition.  The Rev. Chris Fike was the priest at Christ Church Somerville before the parish closed.  The Film features interviews with Bishop Shaw and Grace Church community member the Rev. Cameron Partidge.  Chris Fike will be joining us for a discussion of the film following the screening. 

  

Senior Men's Lunch

The next Senior Men's Lunch will be

Wednesday, December 4 at noon at John Brewers Tavern in Malden.  Please RSVP to the Parish Office. 

  

 

Book Club 

The Grace Church Women's Book Club meets the third Thursday of each month at 7 pm (except August and December) at a member's house.  For more information about the Club or the location of a meeting, contact Genita in church or at pawleyslegacy@verizon.net. All women are welcome to any meeting even if you aren't a member of Grace Church.

This year the Club decided to meet in December and have another movie night, on December 19, movie yet to be decided. And on January 16, 2014 we're discussing Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard.

  

Craft Fair

We are going to hold a craft fair for both Grace Church artists/crafters as well as others from the community.  This fair will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2013 from 9-12.  

 

KOKA CHRISTMAS WREATHS 

Is it too early to think about Christmas Wreaths?  Well, not for the elves who work for KOKA.  This year we will be performing our usual duty and providing wreaths for those who order them.  Orders are due December 1st. See the order form here or look for it in weekly bulletins in the coming weeks.

"It's a Wonderful Life"
I've always wanted to see this movie classic on the big screen. And what could be better than seeing it with a bunch of your friends at church? So why don't you take a break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and join us for hot chocolate, popcorn and Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" staring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed on Friday December 13th, at 6:00 PM. (Running Time 2 hours and 10 minutes)

Grace Church is going Caroling
Join us for a festive afternoon of caroling and hospitality on Sunday, December 15 from 1:00-4:00 PM as we make stops to sing and visit our parish home bound, as well as a local nursing home. We hope you will join us in demonstrating our care for one another and for some of the dearest members of our Grace community. Please RSVP to Eva at eva@gracemedford.org.