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

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

Jean Lawrence passed away on June 30th.  Jean attended Grace with her family.  Jean's family is taking her to her final resting place in Trinidad.  Please keep Jean's daughter Janet Anthony, and all Jean's loved ones in your prayers.

Rest eternal grant to her, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon her. Amen.

Almighty God, we remember before you today your faithful servant Jean; and we pray that, having opened to her the gates of larger life, you will receive her more and more into your joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served you in the past, she may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Let's see how many places Grace can visit this summer!  Consider downloading an image of Grace to either print and cut out or save to your mobile device.  Then, have a friend snap a photo of you and Grace in your travels. Feel free to post photos on our Facebook page.

Download the cutouts here.

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 join Prevail (formerly Walk-In Ministry) on August 1 for Oak Park Festival Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

 

Oak Park Festival Theatre will donate $15 of each ticket purchased on behalf of Prevail to benefit Prevail's outreach in the community.  To purchase tickets on behalf of Prevail, please visit their website www.PrevailOn.org or call 708-434-0086. 

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.

Click here for a full listing of performers and programs.

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 14th 10:30am Service:
ACOLYTES: Phoenix Sullivan; Adult Coodinator - Mary Hope Griffin
MC/LEMS: Cherryl Holt; Barbara Larsen, Charlie MacDougall, Karen Mensch, Natalie Ratz, James Redden
LECTORS: Linda Coberly, David de Jong       
INTERCESSORS: Ted Reichardt, Willie Polite
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: Adrienne Gervais, Gloria Wendell, Paul O'Kelly, Cathy O'Kelly
GREETERS: Flora Green, Emily Costello, Sarah Hunt, DeLacy Sarantos, Judith Hanna
COFFEE HOUR HOSTS: 10:30am: Cyndy Reynolds

 

July 21st 10:30am Service:
ACOLYTES: Phoenix Sullivan
MC/LEMS: Steve Fanning; Nadia Stefko, Helen Thomason, Bob Vogler, Sue Wells, Lascelles Anderson
LECTORS: Cliff Hunt, Deb Postlewait
INTERCESSORS: Hansi Kess
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: Flora Green, Stan Kaderbek, Alex Lippitt
GREETERS: Cyndy Reynolds, Donna Anderson, Gayle Kelley