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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  The Rev. Liz Steinhauser 
LEM: June Pietrantoni
Usher: 
Wesley Foote, Sr.
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni 
10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  The Rev. Liz Steinhauser  
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper 
LEM I:
Brenda Pearson 
LEM II:  Rachael Pettengill-Rasure
Lector I *: 
Heather Thompson
Lector II *: 
Lucia Page 
Acolytes: 
Genita Johnson, Victoria Spence and Rebecca Spence  
Ushers: 
Kristen Spence and James Kossuth 
Altar Guild:
Adele Travisano and Marie Glynn 
Coffee Hour Hosts: Steve Duggan, coffee  
Food Hosts: Agnes Opara and Family
Counters: Bryan Spence and Jean Spiers  
Vestry Person of the Day: 
Lucia Page    
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

 

Jessica LaValle (2/3); Stacy Sullivan (2/5); Grace Sullivan and Daniel Moses Luft (2/6); Siobhan Glynn (2/7) and Evelyn Masciave (2/8).

 

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
Pete Seeger, photo by Anthony Pepitone
Welcome!
Please join us at Grace Church. 
On Sunday, we celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.  On Sunday the children from all of the Sunday School classes will join together to make Valentines to send to some of our parishioners.

 

Celebrating Music for Justice and  

Our Guest Preacher this Sunday!

In honor of the death, and in celebration of the life of one of America's greatest social justice song writers, Pete Seeger, Grace Episcopal Church will be featuring his music this Sunday during our 10:00AM Holy Eucharist.  Many of the songs that Pete Seeger sang flow straight out of scripture, or the negro spiritual tradition.  His songs were sung as parts of movements for justice and peace in the United States and around the world. 

 

Our guest preacher on Sunday is the Rev. Liz Steinhauser, Director of Youth Programs for St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Boston's South End.  St. Stephen's Youth Programs include BSAFE, which Grace Church supports each summer at its site at St. Luke's in Chelsea.  B-SAFE provides a safe, fun, academically enriching environment for elementary and middle school students each summer. Liberation theology helped develop Liz's commitment to social justice, and Girl Scouts helped build her arts and crafts skills and her repertoire of goofy songs. Liz is a graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Divinity School and is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. She lives in Jamaica Plain with her eight-year old son, Heschel.  Join us after church that Sunday for a special discussion about BSAFE in the Common Room.


Sunday Evening Worship at 5:00 PM. 
Who says pop music can't be spiritual? Have you ever wanted to sing your favorite songs in worship? Well, now's your chance! Beginning January 26, we will be having Playlists in Epiphany 5:00 worship in the parish hall. The music will be chosen by members of our congregation, including Patrick Hardy and Molly Fenn, with each week through March 2 featuring a different person's playlist. Come join us for this fun and delightfully unorthodox way of worshiping and celebrating the Epiphany season!
 

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. 

 

Protestant services at Tufts are at 7:00 PM in Goddard Chapel.  Click here for the schedule. 
The Grace Episcopal Church Annual Meeting will be Sunday, February 9th.  You can find the Grace Church Annual Report for 2013 on the Grace Church website by clicking here.
Outreach Corner    
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining is February 22.  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, February 2 is cereal.  The item for Sunday, February 9 is peanut butter or a similar alternative.

Kid's Corner

 

valentines 2012 'Tis the season... to make VALENTINE'S CARDS! All of the Sunday School classes will be gathering at 9:45 on Sunday, February 2 to make Valentine's cards for our parishioners who are elderly, homebound, and hospitalized. If you are a parent or adult who would like to help, please let Eva (eva@gracemedford.org) know! Please join us for card-making with love!

 

Barbara C. Harris Camp

Registration is now open for Summer Camp! Camp is for kids entering 4th grade and older. You can find more information at www.bchcenter.org.  Most Grace Church kids are signing up for July 6-12th this year, but others are signing up for other weeks as well.  Please see Noah for information on scholarships, or for more information on Summer Camp.

Other Announcements     

 

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.

 

Annual Meeting 

The Grace Episcopal Church Annual Meeting will be Sunday, February 9.  Childcare and activities for children are available during the meeting. 

 

Wednesdays at Grace

5:30: Preschool Godly Play, Godly Play 2

6:00: Community Dinner

Dinner host:  Linda Rogers 

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

Adult Education- 6:45-8:00PM 

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.

 

There will be no Wednesdays at Grace on Wednesday, February 19th due to school vacation week.

 

Colombia Mission Trip Presentation

Wednesday, February 26 at 6:45PM

Come hear the stories and see pictures from the Grace Church team who traveled to Colombia February 15-23rd.

 

*Immunity to Change: Saturday Workshop
Saturday, February 1, 2014
9:00AM - Noon

childcare available
Led by: 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.  This workshop covers the same material as was done during Wednesdays at Grace during January.  It is for those who were not able to make in on those Wednesday nights or would like to cover the same material again.  Please RSVP is you need childcare to noah@gracemedford.org.

 

Book Club 

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  at pawleyslegacy@verizon.net for meeting locations.

 

Senior Men's Lunch

The next Senior Men's Lunch will be Wednesday, February 26 at noon at John Brewers Tavern in Malden.  Please RSVP to the Parish Office.

 

 

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The Greening Grace Committee Wants You!
The Greening Grace Committee has run a number of successful projects and programs in recent years including Green Up Clean Up, the Terracycle alternative recycling campaign, bringing in guest speakers and the installation of Grace's solar array. Under the leadership of Jonathan and Alicia Hunt, the committee won a leadership award from Interfaith Power and Light for its work. The Committee is looking for new members to work on ongoing and new projects. Please talk to Jonathan (jmhunt@mit.edu) or Alicia (iggy@alum.mit.edu) if you are interested in getting involved with environmental issues through Grace Church. Meeting times and activities will be determined by the needs of the committee members.