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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
LEM: June Pietrantoni
Usher: 
John Schlesinger
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni
10:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans 
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper
LEM I: 
Eva Englert 
LEM II:
Margaret Smist 
Lector I*:
Molly Fenn 
Barbara Novaes  
Acolytes: 
Genita Johnson, Brianna Nwachukwu and Solomon Nwachukwu, Jr. 
Ushers: 
Steve Duggan and James Klasen 
Altar Guild
Elaine and Robin Sheets 
Coffee Hour Hosts: Vin Maganzini, coffee and Toni Carson, food 
Counters: 
Wes Foote and Steve Duggan 
Vestry Person of the Day:
Tom Hamel  
    
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

Apologies to those whose birthdays were not listed in last week's email:

Jaeda Hamel (6/8); Emily Benjamin, Dylan Branson, Nancy Duran and Mary Gavrelis (6/9); Daniel Bozovic, Abby Brady, Martin Glynn and India Smith (6/10); Rachel Deveney and Carol Schlesinger (6/12); Catherine Bozovic, Karen Smith and Bryan Spence (6/13); Brian Branson and Brianna Nwachukwu (6/14).

This week's birthdays:

Frank Hazel, Amanda Klasen, Kathy Mumma and June Sbuttoni (6/17); Charles Bowers (6/18); Michael Lwanga (6/19); Tara Cowen and Samantha Nelson (6/21).

 

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
Members of Grace at The Episcopal City Mission Dinner.  The Rev. Noah H. Evans, chair of the ECM Executive Committee spoke honoring retiring Bishop M. Thomas Shaw.
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Please join us at 
Grace Church!
We celebrate the Eucharist on Sunday at 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. 
Eva Englert will offer a children's homily during the service. Nursery care is available. 
 
Following the 10AM service there will be a blessing of Bikes, bike helmets, big wheels, pictures of bikes, etc.  See the announcement below for more information. 
 

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

On Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30 PM at Grace Church, Noah will lead a discussion about how we as a community can respond to gun violence.  Please join us.  For more information see the announcement below. 

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     

Bike Blessing 

Sunday, following its 10:00AM service, Grace Episcopal Church, Medford, will be blessing bicycles and the new Grace Church bike rack.  

Biking is good for health and caring for the environment!  Biking is one way for us to care for all of creation.  We will bless bikes, tricycles, bike helmets, big wheels, pictures of bikes...

 

Gun Violence Has to Stop!

Dear Friends:

As I sat down this week to add one more school shooting to the prayer list (there have been 74 since Newtown), I think that we need to gather as a community to discuss some ways we can respond.  

I am inviting you to join me on Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30PM to talk about how Grace Church can respond.  There are some efforts for gun reform in Massachusetts right now we can join in, we also could step up our involvement with the BPeace movement in the Diocese or Episcopalians Against Gun Violence. Or what ever else we imagine.  

I don't have a plan, or a presentation, so bring your passion and ideas.

Come join me...Please invite others and encourage others to come...this kind of violence has to stop...

Peace, Noah+

 

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. 

 

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     
   * 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

For up to date information click here.
 

Grace Church Electricity Usage and

Solar Production

At Grace Church, we are very proud of the work we do Caring for Creation.  May was the first month we have generated more electricity than we used since we installed our solar array in November.  In May 2014, we generated 3,160 kWh and only used 2,730 kWh.  To date, Grace Church's solar installation has generated 13,300 kWh of clean renewable energy and avoided over 12,000 lbs of CO2 emissions.

 

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.

  

Anderson Scholarship Applications are due June 15

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.