Shawn is on vacation.  Emergency contact information is on her voicemail message and email auto-response.

All are welcome to join us on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at 7PM for A Benedictine Experience, including fellowship and supper in the parish hall, and Evening Prayer in the church. More info. here

We will baptize Lillian Julianna Wells at the 10:30AM service this Sunday, July 7, 2013. 

Please join us in the celebration!

Join the Ministry of Fun for an evening of camaraderie and music in Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park on Wednesday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m. The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus salutes the legendary team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Special performances by Rebecca Luker, soprano, Doug LaBrecque, tenor, and William Michals, baritone. Songs from Carousel, The King & I, Oklahoma, Showboat, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, and more. 

We will leave the Grace parking lot by 4:45.  Please let Sue Wells know you are coming so she can order enough fried chicken for everybody.  Please bring a dish or beverage to share.

Questions?  Please contact Sue Montgomery, or Sue Wells. 

Please remember to mark your calendar for this year's Garden Party Fundraiser at Grace.  If you're a Downton Abbey fan, you won't want to miss this event!

Sunday, September 15, 2013
3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

More information and tickets here

Photo by Erika Johnson

 

Our formation ministries depend on many dedicated volunteers, but they need support to help bring ideas into action and keep successful programs going once started.  The Formation Director would be responsible for developing and leading a core group of volunteers in a ministry for children, youth, and young adults and their families, as well as, working with the Rector and an Adult Formation team to develop and coordinate programs for adults.  We would also like to see more opportunities for intergenerational activities.

 

Our goal is to raise $40,000 for the first two years of salary for the Formation Director.  We are one-third of the way there.  Please help us to move this plan forward and join with those who have already made a commitment to strengthening our congregational life.  Give a gift of $300.00 or as generous as your means will allow.  Donate today by clicking on the donate button below or write a check with Formation Director in the memo line and drop it in Sunday's collection basket.   Thank you.

 

All are welcome at Grace each Thursday evening this Summer.  Join us for Evensong at 6PM, followed by a free thirty-minute concert beginning at 6:26PM.

A free-will offering will benefit this annual series, as well as our Outreach programs.  More info here.

Can you ADOPT A BACKPACK?  Please consider making a $15 donation (or any amount) to provide the school supplies needed for one or more backpacks.  Or purchase some items listed below.  The back-to-school sales have already begun!  There are boxes in the church for school supplies or checks may be made out to Grace Church with Lawrence Hall or school supplies on the memo line.  The Outreach Committee has purchased 40 backpacks to fill. Here's a list of what's needed to fill them:More about Lawrence Hall Youth Services is at this link.

 

Extremely low mileage (36,000) for the year of the vehicle. Garage parked, regularly maintained with oil, filter change, scheduled maintenance. Two tires are new. There is no spare tire. Looks and drives great, non-smoker, one owner, title in hand, very clean interior, exterior/interior color - silver.

 

* Heated Leather Seats * Rear Window Defroster/Wiper * Side Airbags * Sunroof * Roof Rack * Tilt/Telescope Steering Wheel * Power Mirrors * Multi CD Player * Towing package * Lit Running Boards

 

Email: martyx15@earthlink.net or hollisbernstein@earthlink.net for an appointment or with questions.

July 7th 10:30am Service:

 

ACOLYTES: Phoenix Sullivan, Natalia Reniszewski, Evan de Jong; Adult Coodinator - Mary Hope Griffin
MC/LEMS: Mark Woodworth;  Sue Wells, Lascelles Anderson, Tony Dobrowolski, Cherryl Holt, Hansi Kess
LECTORS: Tony Dobrowolski, Barbara Larsen
INTERCESSORS: None - baptism
ALTAR GUILD: Joan Anderson, Heather Bovell, Flora Green, Hansi Kess, Kathy Onayemi, Al Papillon, Willie Polite, Sally Prescott, Natalie Ratz, Marie Rock, Jane Shirley, Mary Ann Urbashich
BREAD BAKER: Lindsay Schumaier
USHERS: James Redden, Flemming Bovell, Linda Reynes, Jim Groll
GREETERS: Paul & Cathy O'Kelly, Heather Bovell
COFFEE HOUR HOSTS: 9:00am: The Bailey / Short family
10:30am: The Wells family, Nadia Stefko