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Sunday Services
8:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans 
Preacher: 
The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold 
Lector: Mia Benjamin
Altar Guild: Adele Travisano and Marie Glynn

10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher: 
The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold 
Minister of Music: 
Ruth Roper  
LEM I:
Rochenet Joseph 
LEM II: Mia Benjamin 
 Lector I*:
Esther Brownsmith 
Lector II*: Cindy Scott
Acolytes: 
 
Ushers:
Steve Duggan and James Klasen   
Altar Guild
Adele Travisano and Marie Glynn  
Vestry Person of the Day:
Steve Duggan   
Children's Homily: The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Coffee Hour Hosts:  
Tom Hamel, coffee 
Counters:
Dennis Hale and Vin Maganzini

5:00 PM     
 
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  
Birthdays
 
Corey Finnegan, Alicia Hunt and Kristen Krakofsky (9/6); Mia Benjamin (9/7); Stephanie Brady (9/9); Carolyn Gagnon and Gabriel Walker (9/10); Declan Daly, Nigel Heaton and Renata Kleifgen (9/11).
If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
 

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Please join us at 
Grace Church!
We will begin our regular service schedule with services at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM on Sunday, September 6.  The Rev. Noah H. Evans is the celebrant on Sunday.  The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold will preach.  The Rev. Noah H. Evans will offer a children's homily.
  #FlatGrace visits another Grace Church with Butch Edgecomb.

Pick up a picture of Grace Church and bring it with you on your travels.  Take a photo and post it to social media or send it in and we will post it on our bulletin board. To print one from home, click here.

Read about the the organ restoration at the "Restoring Grace" blog.   

 

 

 


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. We anticipate the return of a fully restored organ back at Grace Church by Christmas

 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. Please consider a contribution to help us reach our fundraising goal. 

Outreach Corner 


The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining is September 26. 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 September 26!

 

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 September 6 are coffee or tea.  The items for September 13 are peanut butter, sunflower seed butter or jelly.

Kid's Corner  

 

Register for Fall youth education programs

Please register now for our September Sunday School and Wednesdays at Grace programs.  Your registration helps us to plan, group classes and order supplies.  Click here for the online registration form.

 

Sunday School begins on September 20 and Wednesdays at Grace begins on September 23.

 

On Sundays through September 13th, there will be a Children's Homily in the parish hall during the regular sermon time.  
 

Ask Maggie about our Scripture Explorer Backpacks --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 at the back of the church. 

 

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.

Wednesdays @ Grace begins again on 9/23! 
Godly Play 1-Preschool-Kindergarten, 5:30-6:15
Godly Play 2-Grades 1-2, 5:30-6:15
Dinner, 6-6:45
Godly Play 3-children up to and including 4th grade, 6:45-8
Rite 13 youth group (grades 5-7), 6:45-8
J2A youth group (grades 8-9), 6:45-8
Adult Education classes, 6:45-8

Jesus' Sermon on the Mount
September 23, 30 and October 7 at 6:45PM
The Reverend Noah H. Evans
Embedded in Matthew's Gospel, the "Sermon on the Mount" contains some of the most radical teaching of Jesus which are meant to dramatically re-shape the world view of way of life of Jesus' followers.   Gandhi was said to meditate on Matthew 5-7 each day and called it a handbook on non-violent living. St. Francis saw this section of scripture as his "rule of life." Come and explore with our Rector, the Reverend Noah H. Evans, these amazing teaching of Jesus, and how they can shape our living for peace and justice in our lives and world today.
 
September 23: The Sermon on the Mount: Exploring the Teaching of Jesus
 
September 30: Saints, Martyrs and Prophets: Lives Shaped by Jesus' Teaching
 
October 7: The Sermon on the Mount and our Non-Violent Lives

Journeys of the Heart: Four Medford Victorians and a Passion for Education
Wednesday, October 14 at 6:45PM
Dee Morris, local historian
Four highly-motivated residents of our town embraced the concept that education is essential to the well-being of a community. Timothy Cotting (1793-1872), a baker with a sense of civic responsibility, worked zealously on the early development of Tufts University. His bequest of 20 acres of land helped the institution to establish an important local presence. Ship builder James O. Curtis (1804-1890) used his business acumen to guide the fledgling college through the financial perils of its first years. Keenly aware of the needs of her deaf daughter, Mrs. Louise Brooks (1831-1892), founded the Sarah Fuller School for Little Deaf Children in West Medford while her contemporary, Anna C. Davis Hallowell (1838- 1913), not only served on the executive board but also went on to champion women's rights and literary gatherings such as the Medford Shakespeare Club. These diverse men and women left us a brilliant legacy. The talk is also part of CACHE's Arts Across Medford program.

Wednesday Night Compline
Wednesdays at 8PM
September 23 & 30, October 7 & 14
For four weeks we will be doing an experiment closing Wednesday at Grace with sung or said compline. Compline is in our Book of Common Prayer and is a short and beautiful nighttime prayer service. We will do it as a sung or said service depending on the musical gifts of those gathered any given evening. Stay for compline at the end of Wednesdays at Grace, or come for just the service! After this four week experiment, we will decide how and if to continue this regular service.
Other Announcements
 
Save the Date!
September 13: Fall Parish Picnic - followed by Medford's Community Day 
September 16: Columbia Fundraising Dinner 
September 20: Sunday school begins
September 23: Wednesdays at Grace Begins

Fundraising dinner for Church of our Divine Savior, Bogota, Columbia
On Wednesday September 16, 2015 there is a fundraising event. A Colombian meal will be provided and there will be a brief slide show followed by a Q&A session. There is no set ticket price as we would like to see everyone come and hear about our continuing partnership. Baskets will be available for all of your generous donations.

Book Club
The Women's Book Club meets every third Thursday (except in August) at 7 pm. There is no meeting in August. On September 17th the book is The Given Day by Dennis LeHane The meeting in October is a bit early, October 15. We're reading A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind. For more information, see Genita at the 10 am church service or email her at  
pawleyslegacy@verizon.net. 
 
Grace "Love" Parade Float Sept 27 and Community Day Sept 13
March with the parade float on in the Medford 385th Anniversary Parade on Sunday, September 27th! We'll be celebrating "Love wins!" and our "Love God. Love your neighbor. Change the world." mission. Wear pink or red in support. If you're not up to walking, plan on gathering with us on the Grace Church lawn to watch the parade go by together! The parade will start at 2:00pm.
 
We'll be making the love-ly decorations for our beautiful LOVE float at Community Day on Sunday, September 13th from 12:00-4:00 at Andrews Middle School. Stop by to make your mark on the float and express how love has changed your world. If spreading the word about our community is part of your ministry to our church, let Mia know when you'll be planning to hang out at the booth.

"Sisters in Song" proudly present "A Beautiful Pair 4: What About Love"
October 2, 2015 at 7:30 PM at
Grace Church
The performance benefits the Ellie Fund which assists breast cancer patients while they undergo treatment. Tickets are $20 and are available at the door or at https://eventbrite.com. For more information visit the website at www.elliefund.org.

"The Virtue of Penelope: A Chinese Odyssey"
October 16-17, 7:30 PM
This multicultural and whimsical play adapts Homer's epic poems, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," into a Chinese theatrical translation including authentic Chinese
dance, kung-fu, and gorgeous costuming.  Premiering at Grace Church, this new play written by Laura Duggan takes you along for the adventures and journey of Odysseus as he tries to return to his virtuous wife, Penelope.  Tickets $16; available at Extreme Ninja Martial Arts & Fitness Center, 45 Riverside Avenue, Medford, and from Laura Duggan.  For more information, contact Laura.  Presented by Grace Episcopal Church and Remarkable Women Reenacted.

Women's Retreat
Grace Church Women: we are offering a Women's Retreat, October 9-11, at Rolling Ridge retreat center in North Andover. Join us for fellowship, beautiful fall scenery, and activities including tai chi, yoga, and meditation workshops, crafting & art classes, and Bible study. Staying for one or both nights (or just joining us for a day) is fine, so costs will vary. See Maria Fenn, fennways@verizon.net , to sign up.