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Sunday Services

8:00 AM

Celebrant:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans

Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
LEM:  Mia Benjamin  
Usher:
John Schlesinger 
  
 
10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold 
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper
LEM I:
Margaret Smist  
LEM II: 
 
Lector I*:
Barbara Povey 
Mia Benjamin 
Acolytes:
 
Ushers:
Butch Edgecomb and Daniel Egger 
Children's Homily The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Altar Guild
Olivia Bracken  
Vestry Person of the Day:
Steve Duggan  
Coffee Hour Hosts: Tom Hamel, coffee 
Food Hosts needed   
Counters:
Tom Hamel and Steve Duggan 

5:00 PM
Celebrant and Preacher:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Musician: Cheryl Forest Morganson 
Altar Guild: Mia Benjamin and Carolyn Rogers
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Birthdays

 

Janna Davis and Harold Pankowski, Jr. (5/31); Alicia Gelardi, Sue Maltz, Josephine Mumma and Nzube Opara (6/1); Erin Daly and Julianne Orsino (6/6). 

 

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
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We celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.  The Rev. Noah H. Evans is the celebrant and The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold is the preacher at the morning services.  Nursery care is available during the 10AM service.   The Rev. Noah H. Evans will offer a children's homily at the 10 AM service.  Children will exit to the Parish Hall following the Gospel reading and return to the service at the peace.  The Rev. Noah Evans is the celebrant and preacher for the 5 PM service.

 

Grace Church at Medford Community Day

Building on the success of last year's Community Day, the City of Medford is hosting a second Community Day celebration this Sunday, May 31st from 12:30-4:30 at the Andrews Middle School fields. This Community Day will feature booths from local businesses and nonprofits, everyone's favorite costumed characters, games, pony rides, and more! Grace Church will have also have an exciting booth celebrating who we are. Come and serve any time at our booth or stop by and participate in our interactive art project! This is our chance to show the Medford Community what Grace means to each of us and what our church means to the Medford Community. See you there!

A funeral service will be held for Stephen Pietrantoni at Grace Episcopal Church on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 2:00 PM.   

 

Stephen's obituary is here.  Please keep Stephen and his family in your prayers. 

Follow the Grace Church organ restoration project on the "Restoring Grace" blog. 

Recently, for the first time since its installation, the organ was completely dismantled piece-by-piece and sent to David E. Wallace and Co. organ builders in Gorham, Maine for a complete restoration.

The organ restoration project is the final project to be paid for by the 2011 Grace Church Capital Campaign along with additional fundraising being done to help support this effort.

Outreach Corner 

 

The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining is May 30.  Please Let Lisa Carson know if you can help this weekend!  It is not just cooking. There are several other duties that go along with community dining, such as, serving food to people seated, clean up, washing dishes, cutting up vegetables, filling the plates with food before serving and so much more.  Please contact Lisa Carson 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 items for May 31 are jam or jelly.  The items for June 7 are coffee or tea.

Kid's Corner  

 

The Rev. Noah Evans will offer a children's homily Sunday in the parish hall. 

 

Our amazing 'Wednesdays at Grace' and Sunday School teachers will be honored during the 10 AM service on Sunday, May 31.  We will also Recognize Wes Foote, Jr. for his many years of work with our acolytes.
Let's lift up these creative, generous, hard-working saints among us. 

 

Summer @ Grace for kids: Our Sunday School year concludes with this Sunday's Children and Youth Leadership Sunday. From now through September 13th, there will be a Children's Homily in the parish hall during the regular sermon time. Please contact Rev. Maggie at Maggie@gracemedford.org if the Spirit might be calling you to participate in this fun ministry.

 
Other Announcements

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 at 7:00pm on 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!

 

Meet us there at 7:00pm or come by the church at 6:15pm if you are in need of a ride. The main dish will be provided, so bring whatever side dish, dessert or beverage you'd like! Contact Mia mia@gracemedford.org with questions and join our Grace twenties and thirties Facebook group!

 

Anderson Scholarship Applications due June 1

Applications are now available for students pursuing continued education in the Fall of 2015 who 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 1, 2015.

 

Eligibility & Requirements

Per the conditions of the donor, applicants must meet the following minimum criteria:

  1. Be an active member (or family of an active member) of Grace Church.
  2. Enrolled or recently accepted in an institute of higher learning.
  3. Copy of College Acceptance Letter
  4. If already enrolled in a college, submit a copy of the upcoming course listings or unofficial transcript.

The applicant should be a student in good standing, participant in active community service, including church, community, and/or school programs. Preference will be given to applicants who have actively participated in Grace Church programs.

 

Women's Lunch

The next monthly Grace Women's Lunch is scheduled for noon on Wednesday, June 3, at John Brewer's Tavern in Malden.

 

Welcome Lunch

There will be a welcome lunch following the 10AM service on Sunday, June 7th for those who are new(er) to Grace Church. This is a time for you and your family to share a light lunch with Grace Church staff, other newcomer's and some long-time parishioners. Contact Margaret Smist if you would like more information.

 

Yoga Class

Jenn ( Param Sevak Kaur ) Woodward is offering a free hour and a half Kundalini Yoga and Meditation class, June 7 at 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.

 

Senior Men's Lunch

The next Senior Men's Lunch will be Wednesday, June 10th at noon at John Brewers Tavern in Malden.

 

End of School Year Picnic, Sunday, June 14!

Come one, come all - join us for our picnic to celebrate the end of school and the start of summer. We will be holding the picnic following the 10 am service on Sunday, June 14th on the front lawn (weather permitting).

As always, a free will offering is collected for the main meal - hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, chips and all the fixings.   The 'extras' are provided by parishioners so if you are coming see below - hope to see you there!

If your last name begins with.......

A-- P: Bring a salad (green, potato, pasta, corn etc) or baked beans

Q - Z : Bring a dessert   

 

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. We meet again on June 18 and we are discussing How to be a Good Wife by Emma J. Chapman. For more information, see Genita at the 10 am church service or email her at

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GreenUp CleanUp Event Hosts Needed!
 http://gracemedford.org/greenupcleanup/
If you are interested in being the point person for a CleanUp, or represent a group that would like to partner with Grace Church to clean up a park, please let us know.  No prior experience is necessary.

Email us at  greenupcleanup@gracemedford.org  to get the process started.  If you have questions, please ask a member of the GreenUp CleanUp team: Alicia Hunt, Margaret Smist or Ann Frenning-Kossuth

Water Chestnut Pull
Our river is covered with an invasive plant - water chestnuts.  The City of Medford, the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) and the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation are involved in a multi-year project to remove this plant from our river.  One portion of the work each year is hand pulling the weeds.  The work is messy, wet and fun!

Saturday July 18th, 9am-noon
 join members of Grace Church to hand-harvest water chestnuts with MyRWA.  Advance registration will be required to reserve space in a canoe. For more information contact Alicia Hunt.