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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  Rachael Pettengill-Rasure 
LEM: Branwen Smith-King
Usher: 
Wesley Foote, Sr.
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni 
10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  Rachael Pettengill-Rasure 
Musician:  Barbara Owen
LEM I:  Rachael Pettengill-Rasure   
LEM II:  Margaret Smist
Lector I *: 
Sean Kerans  
Lector II *: 
Esther Brownsmith 
Acolytes: 
Chioma Opara, Nzube Opara and Brianna Nwachukwu 
Ushers: 
Don Capuccio, Jill Capuccio and India Smith 
Altar Guild
Elaine and Robin Sheets
Healing Ministers:
Sara Folta, Eva Englert, Carrie Cross and John Rogers 
Coffee Hour Hosts: Steve Duggan, coffee and Alicia Hunt and Kathryn Benjamin, food  
Counters: Don Capuccio and Vin Maganzini  
Vestry Person of the Day: Margaret Smist
    
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

Ebby Akiba, Rose Marcelus and Hugh Skeete (3/16); Peter Anderson (3/17); Kaylie Cruz (3/18); Deb Smith (3/20); Eric Peloquin and Barry Silva (3/22).

 

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, we celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Sunday School begins promptly at 9:45 AM.
 

Smell and Bells...Lenten Prayer and Worship at 5:00PM 

Join us for the Grace Church 5:00PM service's FIRST Lent! We are back in the church with the whole liturgical crew--incense, candles, music, Eucharist, and readings and prayers for our journey during this holy season, every Sunday from March 9 through April 13.

 

Protestant services at Tufts are at 7:00 PM in Goddard Chapel.  Click here for the schedule.   

 

 

 

   

Meet the candidates for Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts March 14-18.  For locations and times click here.  Note that childcare is available in some locations if you RSVP as requested.  For information about how the "walkabouts" work click here.  For brief biographies of each of the candidates and for links to their statements click here. 
Outreach Corner    
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining is March 29 (please note change).  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, March 16 is tuna.  The item for Sunday, March 23 is canned soup.

Kid's Corner

 

Youth Night this Friday! 

Come to Youth Night this Friday from 6:30-10 PM at Grace Church.  All youth Grade 5 and up welcome, bring a snack to share.  The next Youth Night is April 11th.  See Maria Fenn for more information. 

 

Sunday School Teachers

Pre K - Teacher: 

Assistant:  Marina Novaes 

Early Elementary - Teacher: 

Steve Duggan  Assistant:  Nathan Brawley

Upper Elementary - Teacher: 

Sue Maltz  Assistant: Tom Hamel
 

Planting Seeds 

During the Sunday school hour on March 30, Eva Englert will lead Grace children in a children's sermon and gardening activity in the Parish Hall during the Sunday School hour. Children will be planting seeds for seedlings to get our garden back up and running in the late spring. Adults and parents are welcome and encouraged to come and help! If you have potting soil or containers (with drainage holes) to donate, please let Eva know ( eva@gracemedford.org). Come join us as we anticipate new life this spring! 

 

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.

 

Passion Play 2014 by the Parable Players is coming to Grace Church on Palm Sunday, April 13th. The dramatization of the last days of Christ is the "Gospel" for the ten o'clock church service. This multimedia production directed by Laura Duggan is made up of a multi-generational cast from our church folk.  Sooooo..actors of all ages are encouraged to contact Laura about joining for this production.  Rehearsals are two Saturday mornings:  April 5th and 12th, 10:00 AM to noon, Church sanctuary.  Don't miss this opportunity to join in some drama at Grace Church!  Just contact Laura at lrduggan@aol.com  or at in person at church!

Other Announcements     

 

Wednesdays at Grace

5:30: Preschool Godly Play, Godly Play 2

6:00: Community Dinner

Dinner Host March 19:  The Klein Bell Family 

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

Adult Education- 6:45-8:00PM 

 
Adult Ed Lenten Series: "Free"
Wednesday March 12 through April 9 at 6:45PM
Led by Rachael Pettengill-Rasure and Sara Folta
Join us for a five week series on the book "FREE: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most" by Mark & Lisa Scandrette. In this series we will explore how we use our resources and how we can live according to our values both as individuals and as a community. For more information about the book check out this website: http://markscandrette.com/books/ or speak with Rachael Pettengill-Rasure or Sara Folta.
 
Bishop Shaw's visit to Grace Church

Wednesday in Holy Week, April 16, 6PM

Bishop Shaw will be visiting Grace Church for the final time before he retires in September.  He will be coming Wednesday in Holy Week.  Please save the date for this special visit from Bishop Shaw as he completes his 20 year ministry with our Diocese.  And watch for more details about this evening with Bishop Shaw. 

 

 Book Club 

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

For March 20, we are reading

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.

 

Senior Men's Lunch

will be Wednesday, March 26 at noon at John Brewers Tavern.  Please RSVP to the Parish Office. 

 

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 banner

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