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What is this Place We Call Grace?
Perhaps the pictures below, and the words of Hubertus Oosterhuis might help you to find your own words about Grace and grace.
What is this place, where we are meeting?
Only a house, the earth its floor.
Walls and a roof, sheltering people,
Windows for light, an open door.
Yet it becomes a body that lives
When we are gathered here,
And know our God is near.
Words from afar, stars that are falling.
Sparks that are sown in us like seed;
Names for our God, dreams, signs and wonders
Sent from the past are all we need.
We in this place remember and speak
Again what we have heard:
God's free redeeming word.
And we accept bread at his table,
Broken and shared, a living sign.
Here in this world, dying and living,
We are each other's bread and wine.
This is the place where we can receive
What we need to increase:
Our justice and God's peace.
Written by a Hubertus Oosterhuis © TEAM Publications 1984.
-Shawn
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The garden ministry is looking for some helping hands to move a mountain of wood chips this Saturday October 3rd, from 10am to Noon.
No previous gardening or mountain climbing experience required. If you have tools please bring them along. If not, we can share Grace's tools.
Hopefully many hands will make light work.
-Louann T
Garden Gate Keeper
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A Monthly Intergenerational Gathering of Hands-on Service and Prayer
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Join us on October 4th from 9:30-10:30 in the Parish Hall for a First Sunday Gathering! In honor of St. Francis of Assisi we will be making bird feeders. We will also be collecting old towels and flat sheets for PAWS (a Chicago animal shelter), so bring what you can spare! We hope to see you there!
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During the 9AM service, and at 1PM on the front lawn
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J2A Kick-Off BBQ For Youth and Parents!
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 Be sure to join us this coming Sunday, October 4th at 4pm in Shawn's backyard.
Meet your leaders, see friends, and learn the plan for Rite 13 and Journey to Adulthood for the year. While the youth play games we will have a parents meeting. Then we will all eat together. Bring a side to share! All youth 6th grade and up are welcome, even if you have not yet registered for J2A!
Questions? Click here to contact Kendall. |
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Bishop of Renk to Visit Oak Park
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Please help us welcome Bishop Joseph Garang Atem this Sunday
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 We have been filling you in for the last few weeks about our partner parish (St. Luke's in Renk) in the South Sudan. You will have a chance to learn more this Sunday when the Bishop of Renk, Joseph Garang Atem, comes to Oak Park to tell us about what is going on there.
We will be having a joint event with our sister Episcopal parish in Oak Park, St. Christopher's, this Sunday, October 4. This is the schedule:
5:30 pm Evening Prayer
6:00 pm light refreshments and conversation with Bishop Joseph
The event will take place at St. Christopher's, 545 S. East Ave. (East & Adams) in Oak Park.
Let's have a good turn-out from Grace, so please put this on your calendar. Also, please consider helping out by bringing some light refreshments to share during the discussion.
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 Our diocesan Bishop, Jeffrey Lee, will be with us on October 11th for our Bishop's Visitation. More details will follow, but please mark your calendar and plan to join us! |
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Stop Mass Incarceration Network
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Sam Love recently discovered a group that is working towards the elimination of injustice in our world. Perhaps this is a group that embodies the various conversations that have been happening here at Grace. Here is a little bit about the group:
The Stop Mass Incarceration Network (SMIN) is initiating an effort to accelerate the movement to stop the injustice of:
1. Mass incarceration and police brutality.
2. The racially biased policies and practices of the police, courts and U.S. legal system.
In addition, they strive to support the human rights of both formerly incarcerated and current prisoners.
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 A very special birthday party to celebrate Lil Hohmann's 75th birthday is being planned for Saturday night, Nov. 21 at 6:30. Details will follow in the next few weeks, but please mark your calendars now and plan to join in the fun. Contact Sue Wells or Leslie Atwood to volunteer.
The PADS Cooks will be doing the cooking and our Alto Ladies Singers will be doing some special music. It will not only be a fun evening, but hopefully a small thank you to Lil for doing everything from sewing vestments, to years of cooking Thanksgiving and Boar's Head feasts, to making curtains for many, many windows; painting and more painting, and now even custom tile installations. Wow! We are very grateful for all her many years of exceptional service to Grace Church. We hope you can all join us.
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Support Grace while you shop!
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If you shop at Amazon, please use the link below to access Amazon.com. Grace will then get a percentage of any purchases made. It's a painless way to help Grace and costs you nothing. FYI, we never see who buys what.
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Participants in This Sunday's 10:30 Service
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Participants in October 4th 10:30am Service:
MC/LEMS: Sam Love; Julia Thomason, Tony Dobrowolski, Cherryl Holt, Barbara Larsen, Charlie MacDougall
LECTORS: Belinda Bremner, Jacob Lessing
INTERCESSORS: David de Jong, MaryPat Mauro
ALTAR GUILD: Heather Bovell, Flora Green, Kathy Onayemi, Willie Polite, Sally Prescott, Natalie Ratz, Marie Rock, Jane Shirley, Chuck Tupta
BREAD BAKER: TBA
USHERS: James Redden, Flemming Bovell, Linda Reynes, Jim Groll
GREETERS: Stephanie Bailey, Heather Bovell, Paul & Cathy O'Kelly
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| Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | | Wednesday Morning Eucharist | 7:00 AM | | SLAA/SAA Meeting | 9:00 AM | | Schola/Scholars Rehearsal | 3:30 PM | | PADS Overnight Shelter | 7:30 PM |
Thursday, October 1, 2015 | | SLAA/SAA Meeting | 9:00 AM | | Staff Meeting | 9:30 AM | | Evensong | 6:00 PM | | Healing Prayer Group | 6:30 PM | | SAA 12-Step Group | 7:00 PM | | Adult Choir Rehearsal | 7:30 PM |
Friday, October 2, 2015 | | Rector's Day Off | | | SLAA/SAA 12-Step Workshop | 9:05 AM |
Saturday, October 3, 2015 | | SLAA 12-Step Group | 9:30 AM | | Garden Ministry Wood Chip Spreading | 10:00 AM |
Sunday, October 4, 2015 |
| | | The Rite Place - A service for the child in us all | 9:00 AM | | Coffee Hour | 9:30 AM | | First Sundays Intergenerational Gathering | 9:30 AM | | Lectionary Discussion Group | 9:45 AM | | Madrigals Sing at Service | 10:30 AM | | Sung Choral Eucharist | 10:30 AM | | Coffee Hour | 11:45 AM | | Kick-off BBQ for Youth and Parents (Including Parents Meeting) | 4:00 PM | | Bishop of Renk Visits Oak Park | 5:30 PM | | SLAA Women's Group | 5:30 PM | | SLAA 12-Step Group | 7:00 PM | | AA 12-Step Group | 8:30 PM |
Monday, October 5, 2015 | | Landscape Maintenance | | | SLAA/SAA Meeting | 9:00 AM | | Chicago a cappella rehearsal | 6:45 PM | | Education for Ministry (EfM) | 7:00 PM |
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 | | SLAA/SAA Meeting | 9:00 AM | | St. Giles Catechesis, Levels 1, 2 & 3 | 4:00 PM | | Common Fund Presentation | 6:30 PM | | SLAA 12-Step Group | 7:00 PM | | Healing Song Circle | 7:30 PM |
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 | | Wednesday Morning Eucharist | 7:00 AM | | SLAA/SAA Meeting | 9:00 AM | | Schola/Scholars Rehearsal | 3:30 PM | | Handel Week Rehearsal in Choir Room | 6:00 PM | | St. Giles Catechesis, Levels 2 & 3 | 6:00 PM | | PADS Overnight Shelter | 7:30 PM |
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