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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:
Rachael Pettengill-Rasure 
LEM II:
Louis Carson 
Lector I*:
 
Acolytes: 
Alan Novaes, Cassidy Maguire and Melanie Edgecomb  
Ushers: 
Steve Duggan and James Kossuth  
Altar Guild
Olivia Bracken  
Healing Ministers:  Sara Folta, Eva Englert, Brenda Pearson and John Rogers
Coffee Hour Hosts: Steve Duggan, coffee, Laura and Steve Duggan, food 
Counters:  
Jean Spiers and Steve Duggan 
Vestry Person of the Day: Molly Fenn
    
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

Jacob Davidson (5/12); Tony Ffrench, Julina Rundberg and Jessica Sciullo (5/13); Jackson Lee Hughes Page (5/15); Chioma Opara (5/16); Ann Bogrette and Beth Graham (5/17).

 

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!
We celebrate the Eucharist on Sundays at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.  Sunday School begins promptly at 9:45 AM.  Nursery care is available for young children. 

The 5:00 PM Evening Worship on Sunday, May 11 is a Worshipful Walk in the Fells (We'll meet at Bellevue Pond Parking Lot in The Middlesex Fells).
Outreach Corner    
The next opportunity to help with St. Luke's Community Dining is May 31.  For a few months, we will be preparing bagged lunches in the Grace Church kitchen from 9-10:30 AM and distributing them at St. Luke's between 11:00 AM and noon.  Please contact Brenda Pearson at brendapearson@comcast.net
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, May 11 is tuna.

We Need Help...Semi-Annual Clothing Pantry

This Spring our pantry will be held on Saturday, May 10 from 9:00 AM to noon.We need volunteers to help with set-up, pantry day and close down.Whatever time you have available to help, even just an hour, would be greatly appreciated. Adults only are needed on Saturday.

 

Our set-up days are as follows:

Thursday, May 8 from 4 to 8 PM for sorting in the church.

Friday, May 9 from 4:00 PM until set up is done.

In the past adults and their children have helped with sorting and folding.

 

Please, let Maria Fenn know if and when you can help.  Thanks so much to all who have helped in the past.  Thanks also to the kind people who donate their gently used clothing.

Kid's Corner

 

Sunday School Teachers

Pre K - Teacher: 

Michael Fenn Assistant:  Maria Fenn

Early Elementary - Teacher: 

Vin Maganzini  Assistant:  Nathan Brawley

Upper Elementary - Teacher: 

Sue Maltz  Assistant: Michael Lwanga 

 

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.

 

Help Grace Church Send a Kid to Camp!

We have already had 6 kids register for Summer camp!  Grace Church contributes almost $192 per child from Grace Church who goes to Camp on a scholarship (the Diocesan Camp Scholarship Fund pays $191, and families pay the same).  The vast majority of our kids receive a scholarship.  You can help send a Grace Church kid to camp with a contribution to the Grace Church Camp Scholarship Fund.  Please speak to Noah (noah@gracemedford.org) for more information.

Other Announcements     

 

Wednesdays at Grace

5:30: Preschool Godly Play, Godly Play 2

6:00: Community Dinner

Dinner Host May 14: Noah Evans and Sara Irwin  

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

Adult Education- 6:45-8:00PM 

 

Intern "Last Lecture" Series

May 7 and 14 at 6:45PM

Our two beloved interns will each be giving a "Last Lecture" of what they learned at Grace over the last few years, and their reflections on what our community needs to know and do moving forward into the future. This Summer, both Eva Englert and Rachael Pettengill-Rasure will be leaving Grace and moving on to their next opportunities in the ministries and development.  Eva is attending Boston University School of Theology in the fall.  And Rachael Pettengill-Rasure, God willing, will be ordained this upcoming June, and will be leaving Grace in order to share her gifts with the greater church and another parish. May 7 - Eva Englert and May 14 - Rachael Pettengill-Rasure,


Wednesdays at Grace  

End of the Year Potluck Celebration!

Wednesday, May 21 at 6:00PM

No classes - just a potluck and a celebration. 

Bring a dish to pass of something you love to make or eat!

 

2014 Mother's Day Walk For Peace 

Come be a part of the Mother's Day Walk for Peace! Come join other churches in the Episcopal Diocese of MA as we demonstrate solidarity against gun violence on Mother's Day, May 11, at Town Fields Park in Dorchester. 
 
Registration is at 7:00 AM and the Walk begins at 8:30 AM and ends by 10:00 AM. 
 

 

If you would like to be part of a Grace Church team speak to Margaret Smist or e-mail her at  Margaret.Smist@gracemedford.org. This walk is a part of the BPEACE Campaign for Jorge, a campaign,launched by the diocese to respond to recent acts of violence in our community and nation.  

 

Book Club 

Grace Church Women's Book Club meets monthly at 7 pm on the third Thursday except August. Any woman is invited to attend any meeting. On May 15, we're reading Someone by Alice McDermott.  For more information about meetings please contact Genita  at pawleyslegacy@verizon.net. 

 

 

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Green Up Clean Up
We have several more cleanups scheduled as well, please mark them on your calendar and help spread the word!

     * Sat May 10, 10AM-Noon - Dugger Park - West Medford Moms Book Club - Amy Stewart

   * Sunday May 18, 2-5PM - Victory Park with Temple Shalom
  
     *  Sunday June 1, time TBD - Logan Park
with Pack 416 Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts 

   * Sat June 21, 1-3PM - Clippership Park - as part of "Into the Mystic" Environmental Art & Film Festival, meet at Mystic Art Gallery on Clippership Drive, behind Citizens Bank

If you are interested in any of the above, or have suggestions or requests for areas to focus on, please email: 

greenupcleanup@gracemedford.org 

 

For up to date information click here.

Save Our Homes 5K Walk to Prevent Homelessness,
Sunday, May 18 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Starting and ending at Somerville High School, with the goal of raising $30,000 to help
*prevent* people from becoming homeless in Somerville -- clearly the most cost-effective and compassionate way to address the growing problem of homelessness.

More information about the Walk and online fundraising pledge forms can be found at  www.saveourhomeswalk.org .  Or contact Kathryn Benjamin at KBenjamin@shcinc.org 617-623-6111.

Senior Men's Lunch

The next Senior Men's lunch (and Bible study!) will be Wednesday, May 21 at noon at John Brewers Tavern in Malden.  Please RSVP to the Parish Office.This is the last month before we break for the summer months.

 

Medford Veterans Groups Visiting Grace Church for Memorial Day

On May 25th for Memorial Day, members of Medford's Veteran's groups will continue their long standing tradition of joining us at Grace Church for the 10:00AM service.  Help us to remember those who have died in service to our country. 

 

We will pray for men and women on active duty in the military during the service.  If you have someone to add to the prayers, please contact Noah or Carol in the Parish Office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org.

 

SAVE THE DATES - ORDINATIONS!

Rachael Pettengill-Rasure Ordination to the Diaconate

Saturday, June 7th at 10:30AM

Emmanuel Church in Boston (15 Newbury Street, Boston)

 

Grace Church will celebrate Rachael's Ordination on Sunday, June 8th.  

More details to come...

 

Matt Rasure will be ordained a Pastor in the American Baptist Church

Sunday, June 8 at 4:00PM - Please note corrected time!

First Baptist Church, Medford

29 Oakland Street, Medford

 

Pentecost - multilingual reading!

Do you speak another language? Pentecost, June 8, is the birthday of the church and the festival where we celebrate the disciples speaking in all of the languages of the world.  We will be reading one of the lessons that day in many different languages.  If you speak another language and are willing to participate, please let Noah Evans know (noah@gracemedford.org).  You will only have to read two lines, so amateur linguists are welcome.

 

Help Wanted - Small Building Projects!

Would you like to help with some small building projects at Grace Church, like painting and other buildings and grounds tasks?  We have a number of small projects that need to be done to help keep our buildings and grounds looking great and welcoming!   If so, please speak to Noah Evans, Wes Foote, Jr. or Jonathan Hunt.