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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
LEM: Branwen Smith-King
Usher: 
John Schlesinger
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni
10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans  
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper
LEM I: 
Rachael Pettengill-Rasure 
LEM II:
Brenda Pearson 
Lector I*:
Julia Lisella 
Sean Kerans 
Acolytes: 
Timmy Lwanga, Francesca Viggiani and Cassidy Maguire 
Ushers: 
James Kossuth and Kristen Spence 
Altar Guild
Adele Travisano and Marie Glynn 
Coffee Hour Hosts: Steve Duggan, coffee, Food host needed 
Counters:  Bryan Spence and Vin Maganzini 
Vestry Person of the Day:
Agnes Opara 
    
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

Alicia Gelardi, Susan Maltz, Josephine Mumma and Nzube Opara (6/1); Erin Daly and Julianne Orsino (6/6/); Angelina Dow (6/7).

For Kaiya Elizabeth Riedel Smith, born Friday, May 23 to Ivy Smith.  For Deb and Tina, her grandmothers, and India, her Aunt.

 

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 Sunday at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM.   Eva Englert will offer a children's homily during the service. Nursery care is available.

Join us at 5:00 PM on June 1 for a "Worshipful Walk" in the Middlesex Fells.  We will meet at the Bellvue Pond parking lot. 
Outreach Corner    
The next opportunity to help with St. Luke's Community Dining is June 28.  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!!  

 

Eva's Last Sunday

We have been blessed to have Eva with us for the last two years as part of the Diocese Life Together Intern program! Eva's last Sunday with Grace will be Sunday, June 22nd.  If you would like to contribute to a thank you gift for Eva, please makes out checks to Grace Episcopal Church with "Eva Gift" on the memo line, and give them to the Parish Office or Branwen Smith-King.

 

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Green Up Clean Up
We have the following cleanups scheduled. 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.

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

 

Grace Church Pentecost Blowout!

On Sunday, June 8, the Feast of Pentecost and the birthday of the Church, Grace Church is having a blow-out celebration!

We will be celebrating Rachael Pettengill-Rasure's ordination the day before, the 10th anniversary of Noah's ordination, Holy Baptisms and Rachael's last Sunday serving at Grace after 5 years. The service will include a multilingual reading of the Pentecost story from the Book of Acts. There will also be a parish lunch following the service!  This is a Sunday not to be missed at Grace Church!

 

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.

 

Grace Women's Book Club

The Grace Church Women's Book Club meets monthly at 7 pm on the third Thursday.  Here are our upcoming book selections.

June 18 is Wild by Cheryl Strayed. 

July 17 is Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas 

September 18 is Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton 

Please see Genita Johnson during church at 10 am service. or contact her at pawleyslegacy@verizon.net for more information.  All women are welcome to come, even if you have not read this month's book and just want to check out our book club.

 

Garden Help Needed

It's that time again! The garden has been planted for the spring and summer seasons, and will require your help to keep it growing! Sign up as an individual or family (you can also combine with others) for a week or two (or three or four!) during the season to weed, and harvest the garden. Most of the produce will continue to support the local food pantry we support at the UU Medford Church, so your volunteerism is appreciated by many! Instructions for how to take care of the garden will be printed and displayed next to the volunteer sign-up board on the easel in the Parish Hall. For questions, talk to Eva (eva@gracemedford.org). Stay tuned for who to be in touch with after Eva's departure from Grace at the end of June.

 

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.