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Sunday 
10:00 AM
Officiant: 
Rachael Pettengill-Rasure  
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper 
Readers:
Wes Foote, Deborah Jennings, Margaret Smist and Patrick Hardy  
Crucifer: 
Jordan Williams 
Ushers: 
Vin Maganzini and James Klasen  
Altar Guild:  Carolyn Rogers 
Coffee Hour Hosts: Tom Hamel, coffee  
Margaret Smist, food   
Counters:  Don Capuccio and Jane Scherban
Vestry Person of the Day: 
Margaret Smist  
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Birthdays

 

James Kossuth and Marthe Lysius (12/29); Jonathan Hunt (12/31); Bo Andreasen, Roman Garcia, Michael Kenyon and Jessica Kenyon (1/1); Maureen Edgecomb (1/2); Bill Honeycutt (1/3) and Branwen Smith-King (1/4).

 

 

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, join us for a service of Lessons and Carols.  There will not be a 8:00 AM or 5:00 PM service on Sunday, December 29th.

To read about Grace Church's Christmas Pageant on "Inside Medford", click here.
 

Snow Policy
10 AM services will not be cancelled except for extreme circumstances.  If the 8AM service or the 10AM service is to be cancelled, an announcement will be recorded on the church answering machine by 7:30 AM Sunday.  If the 5:00 PM service is cancelled there will be a  recorded message on the church answering machine by 3:30 PM. 
The Bridge between our gratitude for the past and our hope for the future.
Grace Church Stewardship 2014
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Grace Church Stewardship packet online here.

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Outreach Corner    
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining is December 28.  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 29 are jelly and peanut butter or soy nut butter.
 

Other Announcements     

 

THERE WILL BE NO 8:00 AM SERVICE AND NO 5:00 PM SERVICE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29th

 

Christmas Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 29th, 10:00 AM

Celebrate the season with this special service of music, reading of scripture and singing our favorite Christmas hymns.  "For unto us a child is born"   

 

Please Pay 2013 Annual Pledge Balances by December 31st

Please pay 2013 pledge balances off, and make any Capital Campaign contributions you would like to show on your 2013 statement, by December 31th, 2013.  If you need to know either of your pledge balances, or you have questions, please call the parish office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org, or contact our Parish Treasurer Naida Gavrelis.

 

Grace Church Mission Trip Fundraiser 

Hello Grace Church!  Do you like food?  How about live music?  Do you like to help others?  Well then, you should come to La Cena!  On January 4th there will be a dinner starting at 5:00 P.M.  We will have singers from the Longy School of Music to provide an amazing performance, a presentation by Ted Gaiser, and lots of amazing food!  Worried about the kids?  No worries, there will be children's activities provided!  All proceeds go to the Grace Church Mission Trip to Columbia

 

Annual Meeting & Annual Reports Due Date

The Grace Episcopal Church Annual Meeting will be Sunday, February 9.  Annual Meeting reports are due on Wednesday, January 15th to the Parish Office.  Emailed documents are preferred.  Please send them to office@gracemedford.org  

 

Wednesdays at Grace

5:30: Preschool Godly Play, Godly Play 2

6:00: Community Dinner

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

Adult Education- 6:45-8:00PM

Immunity to Change

January 8, 15 and 22nd, 6:45PM

The Reverend Noah H. Evans

A New Year is often a time when we think about making changes in our lives.  But, real change can be hard.  This three part workshop is about making real change in your own life through exploring your own "Immunity to Change."  While on sabbatical, our Rector Noah was trained by Harvard Professors Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey in their "technology" for change based on their theories of adult development and learning. They regularly consult with leaders in the business and non-profit sectors to change the way leaders help teams function at all levels. Come experience your own "Immunity to Change" map, and explore how this developmental framework may help us unlock our ability to make real changes in our lives, and our world around us.

 

January 8:  Developing your own "goal" to change.

January 15: What are you "doing and not doing" that gets in the way of real change

January 22: Discovering our "Immunity to Change," and how to move forward

 

Book Club 

On January 16, 2014, we're discussing Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. 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.

 

Senior Men's Lunch

The next Senior Men's Lunch will be Wednesday, January 29 at noon at John Brewers Tavern in Malden.  Please RSVP to the Parish Office.