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Sunday Services
 
8:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev.  Dr. Maggie Arnold
Preacher:  Mia Benjamin, Life Together intern 
LEM: Mia Benjamin
Usher:
Wesley Foote, Sr. 
Altar Guild: June Pietrantoni

10:00 AM
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
Sermon: "Why We Give" Conversation 
Minister of Music:
Ruth Roper   
LEM I:
Mia Benjamin 
LEM II:
Esther Brownsmith    
  Lector I*:
Laura Duggan    
 Lector II*:
Julia Lisella 
Acolytes:
Chioma Opara and Nzube Opara 
Ushers:
Aram Smith and Steve Duggan     
Altar Guild
Olivia Bracken 
Vestry Person of the Day:
Aram Smith   
Coffee Hour Hosts:  
Tom Hamel, coffee and food host needed 
Counters:
Tom Hamel 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

James Cluggish and Jude Walsh (11/8); Joshua Nwachukwu and Edward Smith (11/9); Mayland Fields (11/11); Violet Bell, Liam Glynn and Cindy Scott (11/14).
 
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.  Sunday School begins at 9:45.  Children join the service to celebrate the Eucharist.

All Souls Service
Join us on Sunday, November 8 at 5:00 PM for our marking of the Feast of All Souls. During this special service we will remember those who have died,... read more
"This is the Jesus Movement, and we are The Episcopal Church, the Episcopal branch of Jesus' movement in this world," Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry says in his first address as Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church. Filmed at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City...

Click here to find the Presiding Bishop's video message.
Vestry member, Catherine Smith offered her Stewardship Testimonial on Sunday. 

"My name is Catherine Smith, and I have been going to Grace Church for about 15 years.   I was baptized as an Episcopalian, but my Christian formation was patchy at best. My husband and I found this Church when we were looking for a place where we could get our children..."  read more

You can find all of our stewardship materials at www.gracemedford.org/stewardship
Parishioner and contributor to the Greening Grace Blog, Jonathan Hunt writes, "I was inspired to act by Noah's sermon on Sunday on Climate Change."  You can listen to Noah's sermon on  YouTube.  "In Noah's sermon in addition to linking climate change in Medford, refugees and the saints, Noah also discusses Pope Francis's Encyclical On Care for Our Common Home. 

A few of us at Grace have read it, and I challenge you to listen to Noah's sermon and read the Encyclical too!  
Work on the Grace Church organ continues
Electronic parts have arrived from Germany. What they all do is not always clear, but we have faith that they will make the organ send out beautiful music...

Outreach Corner 
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining in Chelsea is November 28.  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 The items for November 8 are pasta and sauce.  The items for November 15 are cereal or tuna.

Look for the Grace Church "Giving Tree" in the Wiles Hall beginning November 22nd.  Celebrate our gifts by giving.

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

"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

Sacred Lands Films:  Pilgrims and Tourists
November 18, 2015 at 7:00 PM
In cooperation with the Medford Film Collaborative, Grace Church will be screening the first of a four part film series on Sacred Lands.  Indigenous communities around the world and in the U.S. resist threats to their sacred places-the original protected lands-in a growing movement to defend human rights and restore the environment... Visit www.medfordfilm.org for information on the entire series. 
Other Announcements

Book Club
The Women's Book Club meets every third Thursday at 7PM. On November 19 we discuss Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner.For more information, see Genita Johnson at the 10 am church service or email her at  
pawleyslegacy@verizon.net.

Women's Lunch Rescheduled 
The next monthly Grace Women's Lunch is scheduled for noon on Monday, November 9, at John Brewer's Tavern in Malden.

Medford Interfaith Clergy Association
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service 
"Medford Gives Thanks" will be held on Sunday November 22nd. read more

Zumba on Thanksgiving morning. 
Come to a free Zumba class, open to teens and adults with all fitness levels welcome!
Craft Fair at Grace Church 
Saturday, December 5 from 9 AM to 1:00 PM  
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KOKA Christmas Wreaths
Once again the Knights will be decorating Christmas wreaths for sale. Wreaths will be ready for pickup on December 3rd and 4th and will be $14 each. Look for the order blank in the newsletter or in Wiles Hall. Orders are due November 29, 2015.