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Sunday Services 
8:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher:
The Rev.  Noah H. Evans 
LEM:  June Pietrantoni
Usher:
John Schlesinger 
Altar Guild:
June Pietrantoni

10:00 AM
Celebrant and Preacher: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Minister of Music:
Ruth Roper    
LEM I:
Mia Benjamin 
LEM II:
Emmy Llewellyn
Lector I *:
Ellery Klein
Julia Lisella
Acolytes:
Chioma Opara, Nzube Opara and Isaiah Irwin Evans 
Ushers:
James Klasen and Aram Smith
Altar Guild
Elaine and Robin Sheets
Healing Ministers:  
Cindy Scott, Margaret Smist, Sara Folta and The Rev. Maggie Arnold
Vestry Person of the Day:
Dennis Hale
Counters:
Tom Hamel and Naida Gavrelis
Coffee Hour:  Vin Maganzini, coffee and Nancy Egger and Amy Stewart, food 
 
5:00 PM
Celebrant and Preacher: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans  
Musician: 
Nicholas Hayes 
 
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings
Birthdays

Cesarino Borelli, Hallie Stephenson Lee and Brendan Partridge (1/17);  Thomas Stinson, III. (1/18); Jane Hamel and Catherine Smith (1/19); Rochenet Joseph (1/20); Jeffrey Corcoran, Tom Hamel and Hannah Paul (1/23).

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
Grace's Hook and Hastings Organ is back and 
re-installation begins!
Welcome.
Please join us at
 Grace Church!
We celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.  Worship will be held in the Parish Hall on Sunday.  There will be a children's homily at the 10 AM service, held in the Common Room. Nursery care is available.
Listen to The Rev. Noah Evans preach his sermon for the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus -- "Are you enough?" given on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
  Join us for a children's homily on Sunday, January 17 as we hear Jesus stand up in the Temple and read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah, proclaiming good news for all of us!
The organ has returned!  The re-installation will take 3-4 weeks to complete.  We are excited that this project is nearing completion, and that soon enough we will have organ again for our worship.  You can follow the organ restoration progress on the Grace Church restoration blog. 
Click here to read The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold's blog  post, "Emma Woodhouse as a Spiritual Director." 
Outreach Corner 
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining in Chelsea is January 30, 2016. 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 January 17 are tuna or cereal.  The item for January 24 is tuna again.
Wednesdays @ Grace will resume January 6 
Toddler Godly Play class - 5:30-6:30
Godly Play 1-Preschool-Kindergarten,   5:30-6:15
Godly Play 2-Grades 1-2,   5:30-6:15
Dinner,   6-6:45
Child-care for children through 2nd grade, 6:45-8
Bible Class (grades 3-4), 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

Wednesdays, January 13, 20 , 27 at 6:45PM 
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy
Led by the Reverend Noah H. Evans
We know that major environmental and social change is beginning to happen, and that our lives and habits need to change as well. read more 

January 20 - Seeing with New Eyes
January 27 - Going Forth
 
Wednesday, February 3 at 6:45 PM
Thru-Hiking the Continental Divide Trail
Last summer, Chris Pirrello, Beverly Convery's grandson, hiked the entire Continental Divide trail...read more 
Other Announcements
 
Concert to Benefit the World Food Program
As the Syrian Civl War enters its fifth year, over 13 million internally and externally displaced Syrian refugees are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. Just this past week, World Food Program trucks carrying over 500 tons of desperately needed food and other supplies entered the besieged Syrian towns of Madaya and Fouaa and Kefraya. Around 60,000 people are believed to have been trapped in these areas since October with no access to food and other essential humanitarian supplies. Yet despite the crucial role the organization is playing in keeping 4 million internally displaced refugees alive throughout Syria, the World Food Program is dangerously underfunded. We can and must act. 

Join the Grace Church team in putting together a benefit concert to raise money for the World Food Program efforts in Syria on Saturday, February 27 from 2:00-4:00pm. We're coordinating a homemade Syrian supper and silent auction as well as a children's program for the event. Contact Catherine Smith to join this ministry. If you have an idea for items to donate to the silent auction, contact Jeff Pietrantoni. Go to http://www.gracemedford.org/syrian-relief for more information on the event!
 
Book Club
The Women's Book Club meets every third Thursday at 7PM.  On January 21 we read -The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown; For more information, see Genita Johnson at the 10 am church service or email her at  
pawleyslegacy@verizon.net. 
 
Medford Historical Society & Museum  
Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Noon.
The Medford Historical Society has been around since 1896. In recent years, its mission and identity has become the museum for all things Medford. Have you been to the Society lately, or ever?  
  
MHSM invites Grace Church to come over for a tour and refreshments. We will gather at church after services and walk over together (or drive). It is located just a few blocks from Grace, at 10 Governors Ave.
  
Allison Andrews will introduce you to Medford artifacts and curiosities from the museum's collections. Visit the website at medfordhistorical.org.
  
There is a sign-up sheet in Wiles Hall for planning, but feel free to show up on the day of.
 
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, February 9
Come join us for our annual parish tradition of the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!  The Supper will be held from 5:30-7 pm in Wiles Hall. There will be fun activities for the kids and pancakes, bacon and sausage for all! A free will offering will be collected to cover the costs of the supper.  As always, bring friends and family to celebrate with us at Grace.
 
A sign-up sheet will be available in the parish hall during February.  If you are interested in attending or would like to assist in the kitchen, please contact Margaret Smist.
 
Ash Wednesday -- Lent Begins
February 10, 2015 -- Services of the Holy Eucharist with Ashes, 12 Noon and 7 PM (with Music and Choir)
 
Ashes to Go
Join in the Grace Church Lenten tradition of distributing ashes around Medford on Ash Wednesday (February 10th)! We'll meet to dispense ashes to commuters before work in the morning (7:00-8:30am), as well as to the residents of the Medford Rehab and Nursing Center at 2:30pm in the afternoon. Contact Mia if you would like to participate.
 
Grace Episcopal Church Annual Meeting
The Grace Episcopal Church Annual Meeting will be on Sunday, February 28 immediately following the 10AM service. Annual Reports are due to the office on February 10th.  You can email your report to office@gracemedford.org.