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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
LEM: Branwen Smith-King
Usher: 
Wesley Foote, Sr.
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni 
10:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans  
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper 
LEM I:
Rachael Pettengill-Rasure 
LEM II:  Kate Woodward
Lector I *: 
Deborah Jennings
 Lector II *:  Barbara Novaes  
Acolytes: 
Christian Burger, Alan Novaes and Melanie Edgecomb   
Ushers: 
Steve Duggan and Butch Edgecomb 
Altar Guild:  Olivia Bracken   
Healing Ministers:
Margaret Smist, Carrie Cross, Cindy Scott and Sara Folta
Coffee Hour Hosts: Vin Maganzini, coffee  
Food Host Needed
Counters:  Linda Rogers and Steve Duggan
Vestry Person of the Day: 
Branwen Smith-King   
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

 

Keira Corcoran and Jean Swan (1/15); Cesarino Borelli, Hallie Lee and Brendan Partridge (1/17); Thomas Stinson, III. (1/18). 

 


If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
A photo from Stephen Trever's ordination.
   Welcome!
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.

Sunday Evening Worship at 5:00 PM. 
U2Charist is back by popular demand! The Grace Church 5:00 service on January 12 will be a second of our own version of a 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.
Read more about it here.  
 

Grace Church Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 19, 2014 at 5:00PM
"Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty." Come and join us for a worshipful commemoration of one of our greatest prophets, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Grace Church on Sunday, January 19 at 5:00PM. We will sing songs, pray for justice, and participate in a group-wide reading of Letter from Birmingham Jail.  
MLK's legacy is one that endures forever, so long as we make our own voices a part of it. All are welcome- we hope to see you there!
 

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
You can find the
Grace Church Stewardship packet online here.

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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).  The items for Sunday, January 19 are peanut butter and jelly.
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     

 

Thank you!
Thanks to all who made our Colombia Mission Trip fundraiser a success.

 

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

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 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

 

Bible Study on the Gospel of Matthew

Jan. 29, Feb. 5and Feb. 12

Rachael Pettengill-Rasure

For the first couple centuries Christians considered the Gospel of Matthew to be the most important of all four gospels.  It contains the story of Jesus' birth, teachings on the law, stories of his ministry, and an account of His death.  Please join us during adult ed for this three week Bible study on the Gospel of Matthew led by Rachael Pettengill-Rasure.

 

Book Club 

On January 16, 2014, we're discussing Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard and on February 20, 2014, we're reading The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro. 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.

 

Service of the Four Chaplains

Sunday, February 2, 2:00 PM  

Grace Episcopal Church, Medford

This interfaith service is to commemorate the four chaplains (on Jewish, one Catholic and two Protestant) who died in 1943 saving the lives of many sailors as the USAT Dorchester was tragically sunk.   This service is organized by the Medford American Legion.  The Reverend Noah Evans, our Rector, will be participating and this year Grace Church will be hosting.  Please come and join this interfaith celebration of heroic cooperation and service.