The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold designed a Lenten calendar to guide us on our journey.  Pick one up when you are at church.  Also, please pick up a Lent brochure to find out what is happening at Grace this season.

 Lent Madness is back.  Pick up your bracket at Grace Church and follow online. 

Branwen Smith-King accepting a Frederick Douglass Isaacs Award for Outstanding Lay Leadership given by The Union of Black Episcopalians on Sunday February 22 at the Absalom Jones Day Festival Eucharist at  St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Cambridge.

Episcopal Church Classes. 

March 1 - Exploring the Prayer Book

(Presentation: The Rev. Margaret Arnold)

Explore the Prayerbook, what it is, how we use it, and how you can use it to support your prayer at home or with your family.

March 15 - Exploring the Life of the Episcopal Church  (Moderator: Margaret Smist)

A panel discussion of people who have come to the Episcopal Church from other denominations, including the Roman Catholic Church.

March 22 - Grace Episcopal Church: Who We Are

(Moderators: Margaret, Maggie and Noah)

A panel discussion of Grace Church parishioners. Learn how Grace Church has impacted and transformed their own and their family's lives.

Women's Lunch  

Grace Women's Lunch for March will be held on Monday, March 2 at noon, at John Brewer's Tavern.   

Mobilizing the Church: from Dreaming to Doing -- Saturday, March 7, 2015 from 9AM to 4:00 PM - Christ Church, Needham

The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and Episcopal City Mission present a spring learning event. The Rev. Noah H. Evans is a presenter at the event.

"...We know that growing congregations have effective clergy and lay partnerships in leadership, tell their faith stories and do projects that generate excitement. We also know that community organizing promotes similar outcomes through the practices it teaches. Come join other followers of Jesus at this intersection of faith and action and be stirred by what the Bible says about social justice."

Keynote addresses by activist, community organizer, advocate and urban planner Alexie Torres-Flemming and Associate Professor, Dept. of Public Policy and Public Affairs at McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston, Dr. Mark R. Warren as well as reflections from Bishop Alan M. Gates and Bishop Gayle E. Harris are part of the day's events.

Idle Threat:

A Documentary Screening on March 11 at 7:00 p.m.at the Medford Public Library

Idling engines consume more than 6 billion gallons of gasoline annually, and contribute to local air pollution,respiratory disease and global climate change.  Idle Threat : Man on Emission is a lively look at one man's spirited struggleto improve public health by raising awareness, starting in New York City.

Presented by the Friends of the Medford Public Library and the Medford Department of Energy and the Environment

"Symphony of the Soil" Screening
Friday, March 13th
Doors open at 6:30pm and movie starts at 7pm. 
6:30-7PM Folks from the Community Garden Coalition will run a spring gardening workshop.

In conjunction with the Medford Farmers Market film series, and the Medford Film Collaborative, Grace Church is hosting a screening of "Symphony of the Soil."Check the March Newsletter for more about the film.  

Grace Medford LGBTQ Coalition Luncheon

The LGBTQ presence has been growing at Grace Episcopal Medford for years,  yet we have never met formally as a group.   Please join us Sunday, March 15 at Salvatore's Italian Restaurant in Medford Center, for an informal gathering of our community.  While this will be mostly a social gathering, we will also be discussing our role at Grace, outreach and how we build a better sense of inclusion. 

Lunch will be "Dutch treat".  Please RSVP to Patrick Hardy no later than Wednesday, March 11 if you plan to attend.

Passion Play 2015 will be performed on Palm Sunday, March 29th, as the Gospel during the 10:00 AM service. It's still time to join our multi-general cast in the telling of the Passion of Christ! Just contact Director Laura Duggan at LauraRDuggan16@gmail.com. There are only two Saturday rehearsals: March 21st and 28th, 10:00 to noon.  Don't miss this chance to join the Parable Players of Grace Church!

New Multicultural Play Coming to  

Grace Church October 2015!

Open Auditions will be held for "The Virtue of Penelope: A Chinese Odyssey" on April 18th and 25th from 10:00 AM to noon and 1:00 to 2:00 PM at Medford's Grace Church, 160 High Street, for actors aged 12 years -old to adult. All applicants should be prepared to audition with a two-minute monologue. "Call backs" will be on Saturday, May 2nd, 10:00 AM to noon and 1:00 to 3:00 PM at Grace Church. "Odyssey" will premiere at Grace Church this October 16th and 17th in conjunction with CACHE's October "Arts Around Medford" celebration.

Written and directed by Laura R. Duggan, "The Virtue of Penelope: A Chinese Odyssey" is based upon Homer's Epic Poems, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." It will be done in a Chinese theatrical style with both authentic dance and kung-fu staged by Medford's Ninja Nguyen of XTreme Ninja on Riverside Avenue.  Direct all inquiries to Laura R. Duggan at  LauraRDuggan16@gmail.com.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Medford Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

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