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Sunday Services

8:00 AM

Celebrant: 

The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold 
Preacher: The Rev. Noah H. Evans 
LEM: 
Branwen Smith-King 
Usher:
Wesley Foote, Sr. 
  
10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
Preacher:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans 
Minister of Music:  Ruth Roper
LEM I:
Cindy Scott  
LEM II: 
Mia Benjamin  
Lector I*:
Ann Frenning-Kossuth 
 Lector II*:
 
Acolytes:
Chioma Opara, Nzube Opara and Melanie Edgecomb 
Ushers:
James Kossuth and Dennis Hale 
Children's Homily The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
Altar Guild
Margaret Smist and Dottie Palladino  
Vestry Person of the Day:
Sean Kerans  
Coffee Hour Hosts: Vin Maganzini, coffee 
Food Hosts needed   
Counters:
Linda Foote and Dennis Hale 

5:00 PM 
Celebrant and Preacher:  The Rev. Noah H. Evans
"Worshipful Walk on the Upper Mystic Lakes" 
 
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  

Birthdays

 

Angelina Dow (6/7); Jaeda Hamel (6/8); Emily Benjamin, Dylan Branson and Mary Gavrelis (6/9); Daniel Bozovic, Abigail Brady, Martin Glynn and India Smith (6/10); Rev. Maggie Arnold (6/11); Rachael Deveney and Carol Schlesinger (6/12); Jane Bozovic, Karen Smith and Bryan Spence (6/13).

 

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
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Grace Church!

We celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.  The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold is the celebrant and The Rev. Noah H. Evans is the preacher at the morning services.  Nursery care is available during the 10AM service.   The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold 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 leads the 5 PM worshipful walk at the upper Mystic Lakes.  Meet at the Mystic Lakes' dam parking lot in West Medford.
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 June 27. 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 or to volunteer to help on June 27th.

 

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 June 7 are coffee or tea.  The item for June 14 is cereal.

Kid's Corner  

 

The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold will offer a children's homily Sunday in the parish hall. 

 

Father's Day is just around the corner...June 21st. Here's your chance to get a great gift!

Alan will be raffling off 3 Gift Baskets. All proceeds go towards the Episcopal Diocese YLA Mission Trip to El Salvador.

 

Tickets can be purchased at Coffee Hour on 6/7 & 6/14.

 

The cost is $5.00 for 1 ticket or $10.00 for 3 tickets.

 

Summer @ Grace for kids

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. 

 

We'll be rolling out our first Scripture Explorer Backpacks this summer--filled with materials to help you explore a Bible story together at home or on the road! This is a great opportunity to grow in God's Word wherever you're roaming. Look for them after school ends...

 

When you're around, help us tend our vegetable garden! We always need help with weeding and watering. Talk to Rev. Maggie or Jane Hamel about putting your junior green thumbs to work.

 

Also, watch for a "Great Summer Reading for Kids" feature on our Facebook page.

Other Announcements

20/30's Fellowship
The 20's/30's fellowship event on May 29th was a great success.  Contact Mia mia@gracemedford.org with questions and join our Grace twenties and thirties Facebook group!

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

pawleyslegacy@verizon.net.

Dining with Grace Returns this Summer

We have two picnics scheduled. The first is Saturday, July 11th at the Woodbury home in Revere. Bring your swimsuits as this is a pool party. The picnic begins at 3:00 PM. The second will be at the Smist/Smalley residence in Marblehead on Saturday, August 1st beginning at 3:00 PM. Sign-up sheets are on the bulletin board in the parish hall.

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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.