Confirmation

Confirmation will be held on Saturday May 2, at 10:30 AM at St. Paul's, Malden, with Bishop Gayle Harris. Several of Grace Church's wonderful and amazing members will be confirmed or received into the Episcopal Church, cheered on by their families and mentors! The whole parish will have a chance to celebrate with them the next day, Sunday, May 3, at the 10 AM service. Join us to witness to the gifts of the Holy Spirit in our midst!

"Walk for Hunger" with Rite 13

Join the "Walk for Hunger" with the Rite 13 group on May 3rd. go to www.projectbread.org and search for Grace Medford to join the team or to donate. Walk one mile or twenty! For more information, contact anyone in the Rite 13 group including Jaeda Hamel, Nzube Opara, Chioma Opara, Brianna Nwachukwu, C. J. Nwachukwu, Emma Maganzini, Elizabeth Woodbury or Catherine Woodbury. The team will meet at Wellington T station at 7:30 AM on May 3rd.

Calling all artists!

The Grace LDI Team, now known as SHARE Grace (Spreading Hope Awareness and Renewal with the Elderly and People with Mental Illness) has come together around a shared purpose of combating the stigma against mental illness and aging in our communities to create a beautiful and sacred space for worship at the Medford Rehab and Nursing Center.

Our next event is a portrait drawing workshop to be held after the 10 AM service on May 3rd. We are looking for volunteer artists, children and adults, to draw from photos of homebound parishioners of Grace Church. We'll be using art to celebrate and restore the dignity and humanity of the aging and elderly in our community. The portraits will be displayed in Wiles Hall on Sunday, May 17th and presented to the subjects and their families at the end of May. Please see Mia, Louis Piper-Carson, Kate Woodward, Judith Karpowich or Kris Plausky for more information.

Yoga Class

Jenn ( Param Sevak Kaur ) Woodward is offering a free hour and a half Kundalini Yoga and Meditation class, May 3rd 3:00pm at Grace, to help us let go of all the pressures from the world and go calmly within.

The class will include meditation, breath work, a yoga set and yes, even some Dancing!  There is no experience necessary! Just bring a blanket or a mat with you.

"Kundalini Yoga is called the Yoga of Awareness.[It] precisely and consciously combines breath, mudra, eye-focus, mantra, body locks, and postures to balance the glandular system, strengthen the nervous system, expand lung capacity, and purify the blood. It brings balance to the body, mind, and soul."-3ho.org  

Dancing through the Decades

The date is Friday May 8th. Breaking news tells us that the Grace Church Bell Tower in Medford, MA was just struck by lightning. Suddenly...we are thrown back in time. The 1950's to be exact. Come celebrate with us as we try to dance our ways through the decades back to the present. This is a fun-filled night for all ages! Bound to please! Pizza and refreshments will be served.

Come dressed in the clothes of your favorite decade!

$5.00 per person or $15.00 per family. All proceeds will go towards the Youth Leadership Academy Mission Trip to El Salvador.

When: May 8th from 6:30 - 10:00

Book Club

The Women's Book Club meets every third Thursday except in August at 7 pm. Any woman is welcome to attend any meeting.  On May 21 we're discussing The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kid.. For more information, see Genita at the 10 am church service or email her at  

pawleyslegacy@verizon.net.

20/30's Fellowship

Grace Church 20/30s Fellowship are meeting up with 20/30s fellowship groups from Christ Church Waltham and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on the evening of Friday, May 29th in Waltham. We'll be talking about what it means to be a young adult in the church and contemplating questions like: What role does our cohort play in the church? What keeps us coming back? What would it look like to feel fully supported and included at church?...and many more!

More details to follow, but save the date. Contact Mia mia@gracemedford.org with questions and join our Grace twenties and thirties Facebook group!

 

Grace 20/30s are also invited to help Mia represent the 2000s decade at Dancing through the Decades on Friday, May 8th at 6:30pm! Come ready to shake a leg! (Bonus points for coming ready to perform Beyonce's All the Single Ladies routine).

 

Medford Community Day

Come and represent Grace Church at the Medford Community Day! We need some enthusiastic members to help out at our exciting booth from 1:00-4:00pm on Sunday, May 31. Let Mia mia@gracemedford.org know if you're interested!