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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher: 
The Rev. Rachael Pettengill-Rasure 
LEM: June Pietrantoni
Usher: 
Wesley Foote, Sr.
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni
10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  The Rev. Rachael Pettengill-Rasure 
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper
LEM I: 
Cindy Scott 
LEM II:
Margaret Smist  
Lector I*:
Patrick Hardy 
Esther Brownsmith  
Acolytes: 
Elizabeth Pardy, Emily Pardy and Melanie Edgecomb
Kite Bearers: Jaeda Hamel and Catherine Woodbury 
Ushers: 
Dennis Hale and Jill Capuccio 
Altar Guild
Olivia Bracken
Healing Ministers:  Eva Englert, Sara Folta, Carrie Cross and John Rogers  
Coffee Hour Hosts: Tom Hamel, coffee - Parish Luncheon 
Counters: 
Jean Spiers and Dennis Hale 
Vestry Person of the Day:
Naida Gavrelis 
    
*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  
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Please join us at 
Grace Church!
We celebrate the Eucharist on Sunday at 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.  The Reverend Rachael Pettengill-Rasure will be our preacher, and it will be Rachael's first Sunday serving as a Deacon and her last Sunday at Grace Church!  Eva Englert will offer a children's homily during the service. Nursery care is available.
 
It is Pentecost Sunday, so please wear red!
 
There will be an all parish lunch following the service in celebration of Rachael and Matt's ordinations.
 

There is no 5:00 PM Worship on June 8th.  We will be meeting to attend Matt Rasure's ordination at 4:00 PM at First Baptist Church, Medford.  

June 15 at 5:00PM - Worshipful Walk - Meet at Mystic Lakes' Dam parking lot

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.

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.)  

Other Announcements     

Rachael's Last Sunday! 

Rachael has been called to be the Deacon in Charge of Church of Our Savior, Milton.  This is Rachael's last Sunday at Grace and 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 to use towards books, 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!
    
   * 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 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.

 

Blessing of Bikes

Sunday, June 15 at 11:30AM

On Sunday June 15, following the 10:00AM service, we will be blessing bicycles and the new Grace Church bike rack.  Ride your bike to church that day, if you can.  We will bless bikes, bike helmets, tricycles, big wheels...Blessing bikes for health and caring for the environment.

 

Anderson Scholarship Applications are due June 15th

Applications are now available for students pursuing continued education in the Fall of 2014 and want to apply for the Anderson Scholarship.  Printed applications are in the Parish Office above the mailboxes or by email by contacting Carol at office@gracemedford.org.  They are due to the Grace Church Office by June 15, 2015.

 

End of School Picnic

The picnic will be held following the 10 am service on Sunday, June 22nd.  Burgers, hot dogs, drinks and chips will be provided.  A free will offering will be collected to cover the cost.  If your last name begins with A-Q bring a salad or side dish, R-Z bring a dessert!  The Reverend Maggie Arnold, our new Assistant Rector starting in August, will come and visit us that day. 
It will also be Eva Englert's last Sunday with us here at Grace.