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We hope to see you at our Garden Party on September 15, 2013, from 3 - 6PM. The Garden Party is our major fundraiser for the year and we need all hands on deck.
Click the picture above, or this link for tickets, sponsorship circles, and more information.
Click here to join the event on Facebook, then please share the event.
Sign up to volunteer at this link.
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 "Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it Holy." In our gospel lesson last Sunday, Jesus got in trouble for healing a woman on the Sabbath. Folks reminded him that it was against the law to work on that day. And interestingly enough Jesus told the woman that she was free. Not healed. Free. Keeping the sabbath holy only became part of our history after Moses and friends reached the promised land. When slaves were truly free, Holy Sabbath came. What a concept and possible implications for how we live today. Slavery and inequality abound. Justice for all is still a dream. I am not sure we can ever have a completely Holy Sabbath until freedom rings for all. We can take a breath, we can hear the word of God and we can recharge ourselves; but we can not, must not ever take a Sabbath from working towards justice and freedom for all. Please think about joining me and others in forming a group to see how Grace can be about the challenge of letting the Bells of Freedom ring for all. - Shawn |
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50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
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Grace's bells will toll at 2PM today in commemoration
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Some of us were around on March 28, 1963 when the massive March on Washington for jobs and racial equality took place at the Washington Monument in the nation's capital; I believe many were not. So the anniversary of that momentous event in the life of this country is a huge thing. That gathering of more than two hundred and fifty thousand people, an undertaking of massive proportions, was the place where Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his now famous "I Have and Dream" speech for racial and social equality. Today, August 28, 2013 is the precisely accurate 50th anniversary of that event. Much has been accomplished in the time since then, but much remains to be done in both the areas King emphasized in his speech. And in a way, the current situation is more difficult than the one which contextualized the issues at that time. That points to the urgent need for us to find ways to creatively open up new conversations around issues of continuing racial inequality as well as the broader and more insidious inequalities that characterize our social and economic life as a nation. The contextual domain is now much more complex than it was in the 1960's, especially so because linkages between these two domains are so massively complex, and resistance to forward movement oftentimes so intractable.
It is the hope that we can, in our space, and in our own corner of the world, find ways to address the foundational justice issues which inspired the 1963 March then, and which still exist now, though in new ways and forms of expression in our more sophisticated time. Our baptismal covenant requires nothing less.
Sincerely,
Lascelles Anderson
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Have You Registered Your Child(ren) & Youth for Formation at Grace?
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The first session of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd at Grace will be Sunday, September 29, 2013 at 9:35AM. Registration is now open; you are encouraged to register your children as soon as possible at this link. |
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New Beginnings Retreat September 27-29, 2013
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 New Beginnings is a weekend retreat for Junior High Youth focusing on the two greatest commandments: loving God with all of our heart, mind, and strength, and loving our neighbors as ourselves.
The event is a unique experience designed specifically to respond to the needs and concerns of Junior High Youth. The retreat is led by a team of youth and adults from around the diocese, and will take place at St. Lawrence Episcopal Church in Libertyville, Illinois.
Learn more here.Register here. |
Grace Church is seeking a part-time Director of Lifelong Christian Formation
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 Please join us in making a wedding quilt for Shawn and Vicki. We will supply fabric, pattern, tools and expertise so even if you've never sewn, you're welcome to join us. There will be a special cutting tool that is safe enough for children to participate so we hope families will join in as well, even if you can't stay the whole time. We'll cut all of the fabric during coffee hour following the 10:30 service on September 1 and sew from 9:30am until 1pm the following day, Labor Day, September 2 in the Parish Hall. If you own a sewing machine that you know how to use, please bring it as "Many hands make light work." Depending on how many participate, we may schedule an additional sewing day later in the month. We'll have a label at coffee hour for those who would like to sign it. Our hope is to have the quilt finished in time for the reception on October 12. If you have any questions, email weeks@modernquiltstudio.com. -- Bill Kerr, Weeks Ringle and Sophie Kerr |
 Do you like to cook? Do you like to have fun with friends while doing something special for your community? Then PADS COOKS is for you! PADS Cooks meet monthly on the afternoon Grace Church hosts PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter), to prepare a nourishing and delicious, but uncomplicated meal for our guests. Find out more. Attend an organizational meeting (party) at the home of Sue Wells, Thursday, September 5 at 1:00 pm. |
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Book Study Group to Meet September 11th
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Our current book: Why Christianity Must Change or Die
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The Book Study Group is now reading Why Christianity Must Change Or Die, by John Shelby Spong, the former Episcopal Bishop of Newark, NJ.
Our first discussion for this book will be Wednesday, September 11, at 7 PM at the home of Bets Howland and Dennis Zavac.
More information is at this link.
To join the group, contact Bets and Dennis.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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Wednesday Morning Eucharist
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7:00 AM
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SLAA/SAA Meeting
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9:00 AM
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
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SLAA/SAA Meeting
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9:00 AM
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Evensong
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6:00 PM
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Concerts @ 6:26
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6:26 PM
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SAA 12-Step Group
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7:00 PM
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Worship Team
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7:00 PM
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Friday, August 30, 2013
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Rector's Day Off
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SLAA/SAA 12-Step Workshop
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9:05 AM
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Saturday, August 31, 2013
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Voice Lessons
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9:00 AM
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SLAA 12-Step Group
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9:30 AM
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Sunday, September 01, 2013
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The Rite Place - A service for the child in us all
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9:00 AM
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Coffee Hour
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9:30 AM
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Sung Choral Eucharist
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10:30 AM
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Coffee Hour
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11:45 AM
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SLAA 12-Step Group
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7:15 PM
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AA 12-Step Group
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8:30 PM
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Monday, September 02, 2013
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Labor Day - Parish Offices Closed
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SLAA/SAA Meeting
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9:00 AM
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Quilting
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9:30 AM
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Voice Lessons
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2:00 PM
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Tuesday, September 03, 2013
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SLAA/SAA Meeting
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9:00 AM
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SLAA 12-Step Group
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7:00 PM
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ISET Board Meeting
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7:30 PM
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Wednesday, September 04, 2013
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Wednesday Morning Eucharist
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7:00 AM
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SLAA/SAA Meeting
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9:00 AM
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Schola rehearsal
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3:30 PM
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Participants in Upcoming Sunday Services
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September 1st 10:30am Service:
ACOLYTES: Tim Edwards; Mary Hope Griffin, Adult Coordinator
MC/LEMS: Cherryl Holt; Tony Dobrowolski, Hansi Kess, Joni Klein, Barbara Larsen, Charlie MacDougall
LECTORS: Hollis Bernstein, Cliff Hunt
INTERCESSORS: Sam Love, Helen Thomason
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: Barbara Larsen
USHERS: James Redden, Flemming Bovell, Linda Reynes, Jim Groll
GREETERS: Paul & Cathy O'Kelly, Heather Bovell
COFFEE HOUR HOSTS: 9:00am: Volunteer(s) needed
10:30am: Volunteer(s) needed
September 8th 10:30am Service:
ACOLYTES: TBA
MC/LEMS: Steve Fanning; Cherryl Holt, Karen Mensch, Natalie Ratz
LECTORS: Ade Onayemi, Linda Coberly
INTERCESSORS: Deb Postlewait, Jen Cantrell
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: Barbara Larsen
USHERS: Adrienne Gervais, Paul O'Kelly, Cathy O'Kelly
GREETERS: Flora Green, Emily Costello, Sarah Hunt, DeLacy Sarantos, Judith Hanna
COFFEE HOUR HOSTS: 9:00am: Volunteer(s) needed
10:30am: Cathy Tokarski & Bill Ford
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Our Mission:
Grace Church seeks to bring God's love and Christ's teaching to all people, to become a passionately involved, intentional Christian community, to support the spiritual journey of each person, and to work toward reconciliation, peace, and justice in our world.
Our Core Values:
-Reach out to support our neighbors locally and worldwide as we seek to obey God's command to love our neighbors as ourselves.
-Encourage and support spiritual growth in all people while respecting that each person is at a different point in his or her spiritual journey.
-Work to be ever more present to and caring for each member of the Grace community and to be fully welcoming to all who enter Grace's doors.
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