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Save the Dates
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Pride in the Park:
Sunday, August 18,
12:00--5:00
Book Group:
Sundays, August 25, September 8 and 15; 6:00
Vestry Meeting:
Sunday, September 15,
after church
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Sunday, August 18, at Grace
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Eucharist, refreshments 
We celebrate the Eucharist at 10:00. In the gospel, we hear these words from Jesus: "Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!" What do you make of these words?
After the Eucharist, we gather for refreshments.
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Pride in the Park
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Grace has participated in the Pride in the Park festival for many years, and this year we will again join with six other Episcopal parishes to sponsor and staff a booth there. The festival is this Sunday, August 18, at Cedar Beach.
Showing up every year is a consistent witness to our Christian commitment to treat each person as our neighbor, especially people who have been discriminated against and demeaned or worse.
Ethel Gibbon and Beth Reed will greet festival goers, engage them in conversation as they are willing, and distribute literature. We will try to embody what the banner over the booth proclaims: The Episcopal Church Welcomes You!
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Narcotics Anonymous
| |  Recovery is a long process
The We Do Recover home group meets in Grace's multipurpose room every Tuesday night at 7:00. This week, more than 50 people participated.
People at the meeting welcome newcomers, read selections from 12-step materials, and listen to each other's stories. They tell of their reliance on a Higher Power and their growth as they have tried to base their lives on spiritual principles. The meeting is holy ground.
Each meeting begins and ends with the Serenity Prayer: "God, grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Tuesday nights there is a whole lot of grace embodied at Grace.
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Parish Picnic
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It was great fun!
More than 30 people of Grace enjoyed a lovely evening last Sunday at the Denton-Borhaug home in Coopersburg. Kids swam and ran around, grown-ups played croquet and sat and talked. The setting and the food and drink let us visit with each other in a relaxed and festive atmosphere. Many thanks to the D-B household for hosting!
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Book Group
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On the road 
Some parishioners have been gathering in the summer for at least eight years to enjoy reading a book together and talking about it, and eating and drinking while we do those things. The book we are reading now is Pilgrim Stories: On and Off the Road to Santiago, by Nancy Louise Frey. We will meet next on August 25 and September 8 and 15, and all are welcome! For more information, contact Mary Louise B.
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