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 

Book signing & release party for  Oscar Greene's new book

Sunday,  

March 2, at 11:30AM 

Preparing Ashes for Ash Wednesday

In preparation for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, Grace Church will be burning palms ashes Sunday, March 2 at 4:00, prior to the 5:00 service. Join us for prayers and palm-burning to mark the transition to this season.  

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, March 4

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper to be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2014.  We will again be holding an evening of fun and food at Grace Church as we celebrate the evening before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.  Our Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will be held from 5-7 pm.  There will be fun activities for the kids and pancakes, bacon and sausage for all!

A free will offering will be collected to cover the costs of the supper.  As always, bring friends and family to celebrate with us at Grace.

If you are interested in attending or would like to assist in the kitchen, please contact Cheryl Woodbury or Margaret Smist.

Ash Wednesday Services

March 5, 2014

"Ashes To Go" 7:30-9:30am at Grace Church (5 minute "drop in" service)

Quiet Service of Ashes 12pm at Grace Church

Children Service 5:30pm at Grace Church

Holy Eucharist with Choir 7pm at Grace Church

Keeping Lent

The Rev. Noah Evans & Rachael Pettengill-Rasure

Sunday, March 9, 11:30AM

On this first Sunday of the season of Lent, we will be having a discussion of practices for the season of Lent.  What we are going to do as individuals, what can families can do, and how can you mark this special season of reflection, repentance and renewal.  

Book Club 

The Grace Church Women's Book Club meets on the third Thursday each month at 7:00 pm.

Rules of Civility by Amore Towels and for April; Remarkable Creatures, by Tracy Chevalier.  We welcome any woman to join us at any meeting. Please contact Genita  at pawleyslegacy@verizon.net for meeting locations.

Election of the Diocesan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts

Sunday, March 30 at 11:30AM

Join in a conversation about the process of electing a new Bishop of Massachusetts with Grace Church's Diocesan Delegates and Rector. Discussion will be about the candidates and needs of the Diocese.  The Diocesan Convention to elect a new Bishop will be held on Saturday, April 5.

Green Up Clean Up
Improving Medford's Open Spaces

Green Up Clean Up is a program of Grace Church, in conjunction with the City of Medford and many participating local organizations and individuals. We would like your help to identify parks and open spaces that could use our attention and organizations that would be interested in partnering with us on cleanups. Previous projects have included picking up trash, pruning, spreading new sand or wood chips, removing graffiti and painting. We are already talking with Friends of the Mystic River, Cub Scout Pack 416 and Tufts University about potential projects for this spring and we would like to identify several more of interest to the community.

Additionally, the Greening Grace Committee is looking for volunteers to solicit donations of food and coffee to have at the cleanups and for volunteers to post cleanups on local calendars such as the Patch and to represent Grace at cleanups. If you are interested in any of the above, or have suggestions or requests for areas to focus on, please email greenupcleanup@gracemedford.org