10:00 AM

Celebrant:
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher: Mia Benjamin, Life Together intern

Minister of Music: Ruth Roper

LEM I:
Mia Benjamin

LEM II:
Dennis Hale

Lector I*:
Butch Edgecomb

Lector II*:

Lucia Page

Acolytes:
C.J. Nwachukwu, Ellie Hunt and Emma Maganzini

Ushers:
Kristen Spence and Vin Maganzini

Children's Homily The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
Healing Ministers: Sara Folta, Brenda Pearson, John Rogers and The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
Altar Guild

Adele Travisano and Marie Glynn

Vestry Person of the Day:

Lucia Page

Coffee Hour Hosts:
Parish Picnic
Steve Duggan, coffee

Counters:
Bryan Spence and Wes Foote

5:00 PM
Taize worship
Celebrant: The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher: Mia Benjamin, Life Together intern
Altar Guild: Mia Benjamin and Carolyn Rogers

*click on link to prepare for this week's readings

Birthdays

Brian Branson and Brianna Nwachukwu (6/14); Frank Hazel, Amanda Klasen, Kathy Mumma, Chenine Peloquin and June Sbuttoni (6/17); Charles Bowers (6/18) and Michael Lwanga (6/19).

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

Mr. Oscar H. Greene celebrates his 97th birthday

Welcome

Please join us at

Grace Church!

We celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The Rev. Noah H. Evans is the celebrant at all services. Mia Benjamin, Life Together intern, preaches at all 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.

Join us for a picnic to celebrate the end of school and the start of summer following the 10 am service on Sunday, June 14th on the front lawn (weather permitting). A free will offering is collected for the main meal. The 'extras' are provided by parishioners. Hope to see you there! If your last name begins with A-- P: Bring a salad (green, potato, pasta, corn etc) or baked beans and Q - Z: Bring a dessert.

We offer contemplation and prayer in the style of Taize, this Sunday, June 14th at 5:00 PM

Worshipful Walk: Labyrinth in the Fells Sunday, June 21 at 5:00PM

Meet at the Bellevue Pond parking lot on South Boarder Road.

Come join Grace Medford in another Worshipful Walk in the Fells! We'll be taking a different route than usual this time, stopping for prayers and song along the way and ending at a beautiful labyrinth. Come early to park- bring your friends and family!

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 item for June 14 is cereal.

Kid's Corner

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

**There will be no Nursery attendant on June 21st. Feel free to use the space for retreats during the service, whenever kids or their grown-ups need a break.**

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

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.

Summer Cookout with 20/30s Fellowship

Join us for grilling, fun, and fellowship at 6:00pm on Friday, July 10th Emmy's house! Please bring a salad, chips, dessert or beverage. Email mia@gracemedford.org or join our Facebook group for more details on location.

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.

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.