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Sunday Services
 
8:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans  
LEM: Branwen Smith-King
Usher:
Wesley Foote, Sr. 
Altar Guild: June Pietrantoni

10:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans 
Minister of Music:
Ruth Roper   
LEM I:
Genita Johnson  
LEM II:
 
Lector I*:
Deborah Jennings 
 Lector II*:
Lucia Page 
Acolytes:
Jaeda Hamel, Emily Pardy and Sam Cluggish  
Ushers:
James Klasen and Jane Scherban  
Altar Guild
Olivia Bracken  
Vestry Person of the Day:
Vin Maganzini  
Coffee Hour Hosts:  
Tom Hamel, coffee and Margaret Smist and Jane Scherban  
food hosts. 
Counters:
Jill Capuccio and Steve Duggan

5:00 PM 
Celebrant and Preacher: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans 
Musician: Nicholas Hayes
Altar Guild:  Mia Benjamin and Carolyn Rogers
 
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings  
Birthdays
 
Clarence Ligon, Jr., Gavin Partridge and Britta Smith (10/12); Adah Irwin Evans (10/13); Kianne Plausky (10/14); Lisa Carson and Carol Ryba (10/16).
 
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!

Services are Sunday at 8 AM, 10 AM and 5 PM.


There is no Sunday School this Sunday.  There will be a children's homily during the 10AM service.
"Why I Give" - A Reflection by The Rev. Noah H. Evans.

In the Episcopal Church, members of the congregation are asked each year to make a pledge of what they plan to give to the Church for the entire coming year. At Grace Church we do this... read more
On Sunday, October 4, in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis, Grace Episcopal Church, Medford celebrated the annual Blessing of the Animals.  
Outreach Corner 
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining in Chelsea is October 31.  Please contact Lisa Carson with any questions or to volunteer to help.
 
Food is needed for the food pantries that Grace Episcopal Church supports. The item for October 11 is canned soup.

Semi-Annual Clothing Pantry
This fall our pantry will be held on Saturday, October 24 from 9:00 AM to noon.  Read more 
Kid's Corner  
 Please register now for our September Sunday School and Wednesdays at Grace programs.  Click here for the online registration form.
 



This Sunday Vin Maganzini will offer a children's homily with Sarah Cluggish assisting.
Wednesdays @ Grace
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

Journeys of the Heart: Four Medford Victorians and a Passion for Education
October 14 at 6:45PM with Dee Morris, local historian. read more

Wednesday Night Compline
Wednesday October 14 at 8PM

"Anonymous People" film screening.
October 21, 6:45PM with the Medford Film Collaborative. read more
 
The Reformation and What's the Big Deal About it with The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
October 28, 6:45PM read more 
Other Announcements

Book Club
 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.
 
"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 read more
Women's Retreat
24 Grace Church women and The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold are attending the Women's Retreat this weekend.

20/30's Sunday Night Discussion Group meets again on Sunday October 18. 
Come to our weekly "Stone Soup Fellowship"!  We'll gather in the kitchen after the 5pm service (around 6pm) to create, cook, and then hangout for discussion and prayer together in the Parish Hall. 

Dancing through the Decades to benefit the Journey to Adulthood program
Friday October 30th from 6:30 PM to 10 PM.