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Sunday Services 
8:00 AM
Celebrant:
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher:
The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
LEM: Mia Benjamin
Usher: 
John Schlesinger
Altar Guild:
June Pietrantoni

10:00 AM 
Celebrant: 
The Rev. Noah H. Evans
Preacher: 
The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
Minister of Music:
Ruth Roper 
LEM I: Agnes Opara
LEM II:
Lucia Page 
Lector I *:
Chioma Opara 
Butch Edgecomb 
Acolytes:
Louis Carson, Emily Pardy and Sam Cluggish
Ushers:
James Kossuth and James Klasen
Altar Guild
Olivia Bracken
Vestry Person of the Day:
Kathy Mumma 
Healing Ministers:
The Rev. Maggie Arnold, Margaret Smist, Carrie Cross and Mia Benjamin
Counters:
Jean Spiers and Tom Hamel
Coffee Hour:  
Vin Maganzini, coffee - Judy Walsh, food
 
5:00 PM
Celebrant and 
Preacher: 
The Rev. Dr. Maggie Arnold
Musician: 
Nicholas Hayes 
 
*click on link to prepare for this week's readings
Birthdays

Susan Honeycutt and Michael Rogers (3/15); Ebby Akiba, Rose Marcelus and Hugh Skeete (3/16); Peter Anderson (3/17); and Kaylie Cruz (3/18).

If we do not have your birthday, please contact the church office at 781-396-7215 or office@gracemedford.org  
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We celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.  Sunday School begins promptly at 9:45 AM Nursery care is available during the 10 AM service. 

Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 13th!  Please adjust your clocks ahead one hour to be on time for church.
Listen to the The Rev. Noah H. Evans' sermon for the fourth Sunday in Lent.
Listen here.
Mia Benjamin, Life Together intern is quoted in this story at faithandleadership.com on the SSJE "Growing a Rule of Life" program.

The Society of St. John the Evangelist monks -- who don't use social media themselves -- have developed a worldwide following by offering spiritual guidance on the Internet. read more
We're putting ourselves in the picture, and entering the great story of Jesus' Passion and Resurrection, as we approach the end of Lent and the great mystery of Holy Week. Come and join us this week in Sunday School!
Celebrate Holy Week with Grace Church. The services during Holy week allow us, both adults and children, to experience the events of Passion Week as witnesses. read more
Lent at Grace Church
What will your Lent practice be?  What will your family's be? We invite you to join Grace for Lent!  

Find more information about Maggie's walking meditation practice, Noah's lessons in developing our prayer life, and growing a Rule of Life with Mia and the monastic community Society of St. John the Evangelist on our website.

For Lent, Our Wednesdays at Grace Adult Education series is "Read the Bible!" an introduction to different ways of reading biblical texts, which may develop into a practice of reading scripture.

Grace Church will also be holding special Lenten events, including children's activities.  read more
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Contemplate the cleansing of the Temple.  Practice an "internet fast" on March 15
Use your imagination and the locations mentioned in the calendar as clues to link the journey through Lent to the life and history of the City of Medford. Reflect on Jesus' journey at each site that you visit.
 
Download our Lent calendar, drawn by Rev. Maggie with thanks to Dee Morris and the Rite 13 youth group for help with ideas and images.  It is called "Jesus-caching" the Journey to Jerusalem.  You can pick up a copy at church or find it on the website here.  Use the hashtag #medfordlent to post what you discover along the way.
Outreach Corner 
The next opportunity to help at St. Luke's Community Dining in Chelsea is March 26, 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 March 13 are peanut butter, sunflower seed butter or jelly. The items for March 20 are cereal or rice.

Save the date!  Bishop Alan M. Gates will be at Grace on Wednesday, April 6 at 7:00PM for a Service of Dedication of our restored organ, and a celebration of the completion of our Capital Campaign project.  A festive community dinner will be held at 6:00 PM.

You can follow the organ restoration progress by going to David E. Wallace's website or checking their Facebook page and checking the Grace Church restoration blog. 
Barbara C. Harris Summer Camp
Barbara C. Harris Camp & Conference Center Summer Camp registration is now open! Noah will be a camp chaplain and at Camp, Sunday, June 26th - Friday, July 1st. Sign up for that week, or any week of the summer!  Talk to Noah or Maggie about scholarships.  More information at BCHCenter.org 
Wednesdays @ Grace
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
 
Read the Bible! on Wednesday Nights
Wednesdays February 24 to March 16
The Christian scriptures can easily be seen as odd and strange, as well as beautiful and powerful, and sometime even indecipherable.  During this Lenten series we will explore a number of different ways to read and understand the bible.   Join us for one or all of this exciting series! 
 
Living Close to Scripture
Wednesday, March 16 at 6:45PM
Led by the Reverend Noah H. Evans
How do we let scripture permeate our lives, and shape our daily experience of God...read more 
Other Announcements
Easter Flowers
You may order flowers for Easter during coffee hour on Sunday, March 13 and Sunday, March 20. You may also pay for flower orders online.  A copy of the order form is here.
 
Book Club
The Women's Book Club meets every third Thursday at 7PM.   For March 17, we're reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon , April 22 it's Life After Life by Kate Atkinson and May 19 the book is House Rules by Jodi Picoult.  For more information, contact Genita Johnson at pawleyslegacy@verizon.net. 

 
YLA (Youth Leadership Academy) Fundraiser
Paint Afternoon for Elizabeth and Catherine Woodbury's YLA mission trip to Arizona and Mexico to talk and learn about border issues and the people this issue effects.  Come and paint with Cheryl Woodbury and have some fun with others from the church.  The fundraiser will take place on Saturday, March 12 at 3 p.m.  Light refreshments will be served.  The cost is $40 and all supplies and refreshments are included.

Cross-Parish Young Adult Hangout, April 22
Grace Church Twenties/Thirties will be meeting up with young adult fellowships from other parishes in the Boston area on Friday, April 22, starting at 6:00pm. Dinner will be sponsored by Life Together, the young adult service corps based in Boston, and hosted at our intentional community house in Brookline. Email Mia mia@gracemedford.org with questions about carpooling!