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Sunday Services
Stewardship Kick-off

8:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  Sue Maltz   
LEM: Mia Benjamin
Usher:
John Schlesinger 
Altar Guild: June Pietrantoni

10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:  Sue Maltz 
Minister of Music:
Ruth Roper   
LEM I:
Mia Benjamin   
LEM II:
Louis Carson  
Lector I*:
Barbara Povey  
 Lector II*:
Barbara Novaes 
Acolytes:
Melanie Edgecomb, Tori Spence and Becca Spence  
Ushers:
Jill Capuccio and Vin Maganzini    
Altar Guild
Elaine and Robin Sheets  
Vestry Person of the Day:
Sue Maltz  
Coffee Hour Hosts:  
Vin Maganzini, coffee
Stewardship Kick-off refreshments 
Counters:
Vin Maganzini and Wes Foote

5:00 PM 
Celebrant and Preacher: 
The Rev.Dr. Maggie Arnold 
Musician: Mia Benjamin 
Altar Guild:  Mia Benjamin and Carolyn Rogers
 
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Birthdays
 
Nicholas Bozovic and Greta Haas (10/19); Wendy Anderson and Solomon Nwachukwu, Jr. (10/20); Amanda Murray, Ashley Murray and Ava Murray (10/21); Dorothy States (10/23) and Naida Gavrelis (10/24).
 
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.  Nursery care is available for the
10 AM service and Sunday School begins at 9:45.  Children join the service to celebrate the Eucharist.

Sunday is our Stewardship Kick-off.  Sue Maltz, Vestry member and Stewardship Committee chair will preach.  Join us for a special coffee hour after the 10 AM service!
"Halloween" -
 by Oscar H. Greene.

Oscar Greene, has been writing for many years.  At age 96, he is still writing.  His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines and anthologies. He is the author of several books:  House of Strangers, Hampton and The War Years,... read more
"The Virtue of Penelope:  A Chinese Odyssey"  will premier at Grace Church this weekend, October 16th and 17th in conjunction with CACHE's October "Arts Around Medford" celebration.  Written and directed by Laura R. Duggan... 

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 items for October 18 are tuna or cereal.

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  
This week in Sunday School
The voice of God calls to prophets, and it changes their lives! I wonder what God's voice sounds like? Let's imagine together...

New childcare offering during Wednesdays@Grace: we want to offer a stimulating, interesting class after dinner on Wednesday nights to our third and fourth graders, AND we want to provide care for younger kids who've been in Godly Play before dinner, but whose parents will be staying later for Adult Education. So guess what? From now until Thanksgiving, we're going to try offering child care for younger kids (preschool to second grade), staffed by a GraceWorks Afterschool program teacher. Third- and fourth-graders will have their own class, using an age-appropriate curriculum, during the after-dinner session, from 6:45-8pm. If there's plenty of interest in continuing to provide childcare during Adult Education, we'll keep it going. So come one, come all! 
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

"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

"Our Stories of Money"
November 4, 2015, 6:45pm
led by The Reverend Noah H. Evans 
We all learned lessons and narratives about money and finance from our families, upbringing and life experiences...
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"Where your treasure is,
your heart is there also"
November 11, 2015, 6:45pm
led by Sara Folta, Grace Church parishioner  
Everyone knows that your treasure is where you heart is.  Who would disagree?
But what about all your expenses and investments?  Are they in line with your values?  read more 
Other Announcements
Grace Church women on retreat

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.


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. 

What is the Community Preservation Act?  (Medford Ballot Question #1)
Sunday, October 25 at 11:30AM
The Community Preservation Act is going to be question #1, on the back of the ballot in November, in Medford. Alicia Hunt has been very involved with getting it on the ballot and will explain the measure and what it would mean for Medford.  Join her to learn more about this ballot proposal.
 
Dancing through the Decades to benefit the Journey to Adulthood program
Friday October 30th from 6:30 PM to 10 PM.