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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
LEM: Rachael Pettengill-Rasure
Usher: 
Wesley Foote, Sr.
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni
10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans  
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper
LEM I:
Dennis Hale
LEM II:
Cindy Scott
Lector I*:
Barbara Povey
Sandra Eriksson-Ellis
Acolytes: 
Catherine Woodbury and Elizabeth Woodbury 
Ushers: 
Vin Maganzini and James Klasen 
Altar Guild
Carolyn Rogers and Dottie Palladino 
Coffee Hour Hosts: Vin Maganzini, coffee, Margaret Smist, food 
Counters:  
 
Vestry Person of the Day:
Kathy Mumma
    
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

 

Annabell Dow (5/25); Daniel Nwachukwu and Jane Scherban (5/26); Larry Rogers (5/27); Oscar Greene and Tanya Panzera Dow (5/28); Sarah Shong (5/30); Janna Davis and Harold Pankowski, Jr. (5/31).

 

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  

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Please join us at 
Grace Church!
We celebrate the Eucharist on Sunday at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM.  Join us Sunday, 
May 25 when 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.  Rachael Pettengill-Rasure will offer a children's homily during the service. Nursery care is available.

There is no 5:00 PM Evening Worship on Sunday, May 25.  Join us at 5:00 PM on June 1 for a "Worshipful Walk" 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.)  

Kid's Corner

 

Children at Grace Church in the Summer!

While we do not have Sunday School and Wednesdays at Grace from Memorial Day to Labor Day at Grace Church, there is still a lot for kids at Church!  Sundays in the summer are a great time for children to learn about and participate in worship.  Every Sunday we will have special Children's Homily, where the children will process out after the Gospel into the parish hall. During this time they will hear a story or reflection on the Gospel, and have a chance to write or draw prayers.  They will return to the sanctuary during the peace.  There are also Gospel based coloring pages in the rear of the church as well as our toy boxes.  Bring your children to Church in the summer, as we all share in our faith and common life together!

 

REGISTER FOR 2014-15 

CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAMS

Please go to the Grace Church website and register your children for Children and Youth programs for next year.  This registration helps us to plan classes and teacher for Wednesday and Sundays. With our new Assistant Rector arriving, having good registration information for her to work with is incredibly important.  Please let Noah know if you have any questions. Registration can be found at www.gracemedford.org.  Thanks!

 

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     

Rachael's Last Sunday! 

Rachael has been called to be the Deacon in Charge of a congregation in the Diocese of Massachusetts!  The details of this call will be released shortly after the parish has made their own announcement.  Rachael's last Sunday at Grace will be on June 8, when we will celebrate her ordination.  As a departing gift to Rachael, we will be giving her money for her Discretionary Account at her new parish.  If you would like to make a contribution, please give checks payable to Grace Church to the Parish Office, or to Branwen Smith-King.  Congratulations Rachael!!  

 

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Green Up Clean Up
There were 30 volunteers at the clean up at Dugger Park on May 10th.  We have several more cleanups scheduled as well, please mark them on your calendar and help spread the word!
      
     *  Sunday June 1, 2-4 PM - 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.

 

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).  Click here to see the invitation.

 

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.