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Sunday 
8:00 AM
Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
Preacher:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
LEM: June Pietrantoni 
Usher: John Schlesinger
Altar Guild:  June Pietrantoni 
 
10:00 AM 
Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
Preacher: The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Musician:
Edie Auner
LEM I: Kate Woodward  
LEM II: Mia Benjamin  
Lector I*: Warren Ramirez 
Lector II*: Lucia Page 
Acolytes:  Jaeda Hamel, Ellie Hunt and Emma Maganzini
Ushers:  Jane Scherban and James Klasen
Altar Guild:  Elaine and Robin Sheets 
Healing Ministers: 
Brenda Pearson, Rev. Noah Evans, John Rogers and Carrie Cross 
Coffee Hour Hosts:
Vin Maganzini, coffee and Dottie and Al Palladino, food 
Counters:
Wes Foote and Naida Gavrelis  
Vestry Person of the Day:
Vin Maganzini

5:00 PM
Celebrant and Preacher:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Musician: 
Cheryl Forest Morganson
Altar Guild: 
Mia Benjamin 
 
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

 

Scott Benowicz (1/14); Keira Corcoran and Jean Swan (1/15); Cesarino Borelli, Hallie Stephenson Lee and Brendan Partridge (1/17).

   

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
The Rt. Rev. Alan Gates leading Adult Ed at Grace Church
 Welcome
Please join us at Grace Church!

 

We celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Sunday School begins promptly at 9:45 AM and nursery care is available.  The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold is the Celebrant at the morning services.  The Rev. Noah Evans will celebrate at the 5PM service and will preach at all services.  

 

There is still time to pledge to Grace Church's 2015 Stewardship campaign!
Please turn in your pledge as soon as possible if you haven't already done so.  
To make your 2015 Stewardship Pledge to Grace Church online click here.

To view the 2015 Stewardship Packet on the website,click here.

Kid's Corner

 

There will be no Sunday School on January 18, so come for a children's sermon instead.

 

On January 25th, after the 10am service, parents of the Rite 13 class are invited to a meeting to go over the events planned for the rest of the year. Come and learn about retreat opportunities, fundraisers, and more! Get involved and help enrich the program offerings for our youth.

Wednesdays at Grace

5:30: younger children's Godly Play classes

6:00: Community Dinner

6:45: older children's classes

Adult Education- 6:45-8:00PM

 

Mary Magdalene in the Christian Tradition

Wednesday, January 14, 21, 28, 6:45pm

Led by the Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold

Would you like to know more about this mysterious figure at the heart of the Gospels? She was the friend of Jesus and the first witness of the resurrection, yet she has also often been identified as a prostitute. Learn who started that rumor, and about the history of how Christians have talked about this woman as sinner, saint, preacher, mystic, and even as Jesus' wife.

Outreach Corner 

The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining is January 24.

Lisa Carson is the coordinator of Grace Church's work with the St. Luke's Community Dining ministry. Please contact her with any 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, January 11 is canned soup.  The items for Sunday, January 18 are cereal or hot cereal. 

Other Announcements     

 

20 and 30's Fellowship

The 20/30s Fellowship group will be meeting at 6:00pm in the Parish Hall on Sunday, January 11. You are also invited to attend the 5pm service beforehand. To sign up to bring broth, bread, or soup ingredients email Mia at  mia@gracemedford.org 

or friend her on Facebook to get added to our Facebook group!

 

Rachael Pettengill-Rasure's Ordination

Rachael will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, January 10th at 10:30AM at Trinity Church in Boston. ALL ARE INVITED!

 

We would like to get Rachael a white Chasuble (it's a vestment) for her ordination on January 10th.  If you would like to contribute to the gift, please give checks and contributions to the Reverend Noah Evans, who is coordinating this gift.

 

Would you like to visit Rachael for Sunday service?? Rachael Pettengill-Rasure is being ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, January 10th. Would anyone like to help her celebrate her first Sunday as a priest??   I will be attending her first Eucharist on January 11th and would like to have people join me. Please let me know if you are interested in accompanying me - we will leave the Grace Church parking lot at 9 am as the service begins at 10 am.   If more than 5 of us are going to Milton for the service, we will need to organize more cars!!   I can be reached at margaret.smist@gracemedford.org.

 

Grace Episcopal Church Annual Meeting

The Grace Episcopal Church Annual Meeting will be on Sunday, February 8 immediately following the 10AM service.  Annual Reports are due to the office on January 14th.   

 

Book Club

The Women's Book Club meets every third Thursday except in August at 7 pm. Any woman is welcome to attend whenever she can. On January 15 we're reading 
By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham.  And on February 19th we're reading 
Midwives by Chris Bohjalianon. For more information, see Genita at the 10 am church service or email her a pawleyslegacy@verizon.net.

 

Senior Men's Lunch

The next Senior Men's Lunch will be Wednesday, January 21 at noon at John Brewers Tavern in Malden.

 

Episcopal Church Classes. 

Rev. Noah and Rev. Maggie will be leading classes about the Episcopal Church on Sundays from January 25 through March 22 from 11:30 -12:30.  For all the topics see the January Newsletter.  January 25 - The Episcopal Vision

(Presentation: The Rev. Noah H. Evans)

Learn about the theology and practices which shape the beliefs of the Episcopal Church. We will explore the basics of Episcopal theology, the leadership and ministry of the Episcopal Church and explore the Episcopal Church's stance on some current moral issues.

 

First Friday performance on February 6 

The First Fridays Series in the Fall was very successful. Your support of the program is greatly appreciated. We are pleased to announce that on Friday, February 6 at 7:30 pm we will perform a reading of "Love Letters"  by A.R. Gurney in Wiles Hall.  Please join us.   

 

Snow Policy

10 AM services will not be cancelled except for extreme circumstances.  If the 8AM service or the 10AM service is to be cancelled, an announcement will be recorded on the church answering machine by 7:30 AM Sunday.  If the 5 PM is canceled, there will be an announcement by 3:30 PM.