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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  Eva Englert, Emmaus Fellow
LEM: June Pietrantoni
Usher: 
Wesley Foote, Sr.
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:
Eva Englert 
LEM II:  Margaret Smist
Lector I *: 
Butch Edgecomb
Lector II *:  Ann Frenning Kossuth 
Acolytes: 
Michael Lwanga, Catherine Woodbury and Elizabeth Woodbury 
Ushers: 
James Klasen and Daniel Egger 
Altar Guild:  Adele Travisano and Marie Glynn  
Coffee Hour Hosts: Steve Duggan, coffee  
Food Host Needed
Counters:  Jean Spiers and Wes Foote
Vestry Person of the Day: 
Vin Maganzini  
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

 

Samuel Brown (1/6); Oliver Kennedy (1/8); Kathleen Beebee, Nathan Brawley, Julie Quick and Ella Schoen (1/9); Gail Corcoran, Jr. (1/10).

  

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
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Please join us at Grace Church. 
On Sunday, we celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.  Sunday School begins promptly at 9:45 AM.

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. 
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Outreach Corner    
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining is January 25.  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).
Kid's Corner    

Sunday School Teachers

Pre K - Teacher:  Michael Fenn  Assistant:  Maria Fenn

Early Elementary - Teacher:  Vin Maganzini  Assistant:  Ellie Viggiani

Upper Elementary - Teacher:  Jessica Lee  Assistant:

Nursery  -- Sarah Andrade

Other Announcements     

 

 

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.