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The Second Sunday After Epiphany - January 20, 2013
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COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, by the hand of Moses your servant you led your people out of slavery, and made them free at last: Grant that your Church, following the example of your prophet Martin Luther King, may resist oppression in the name of your love, and may secure for all your children the blessed liberty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
For Martin Luther King, Jr. Almighty God, by the hand of Moses your servant you led your people out of slavery, and made them free at last: Grant that your Church, following the example of your prophet Martin Luther King, may resist oppression in the name of your love, and may secure for all your children the blessed liberty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Janet, Thomas Humeston, Bob and Donna Weber, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Al & Carol Lalli, Barbara Harris, Richard Parsekian, Marianna Quinn Parsekian, Elaine MacPhee, Bob Williams, Tankert Mahler, Harte Mahler, Anne Huntington, Marie Haynie, Mary Stierlen, Tim Brady, Marianne Kagan, Teri Caserto, Peggy Lehrecke, Ron & Pat Mapstone, Gloria Greene, Fran F., Bernadette Polizzi, Phil Bunton, Peggy McCann, Henry Austin,
Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Irv Kleiner, Ruth Dougher, Andrew W.
REST IN PEACE: Ruth Dougher, mother of former parishioner, Jane Dougher Hughes;
Conrad Smith
The prayer list is refreshed monthly please call the office to add a name, or to request that a name be carried forward. There is a book in the narthex where -- before the service begins -- you may add names to be read during the Prayers of the People for the day. |
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"The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority. If the church does not participate actively in the struggle for peace and for economic and racial justice, it will forfeit the loyalty of millions and cause men everywhere to say that it has atrophied its will. But if the church will free itself from the shackles of a deadening status quo, and, recovering its great historic mission, will speak and act fearlessly and insistently in terms of justice and peace, it will enkindle the imagination of mankind and fire the souls of men, imbuing them with a glowing and ardent love for truth, justice, and peace. Men far and near will know the church as a great fellowship of love that provides light and bread for lonely travellers at midnight."
Martin Luther King, Jr. in a speech "A Knock at Midnight," given June 11, 1967.
To read the text of the full speech, click here.
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CALENDAR
SUNDAY, January 20
Deadline for Annual Report submissions
8:00am/9:30am/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10 No Church School- COMMUNITY ACTIVITY:Martin Luther King (Memorial Hall)
2:30 - 6:30pm AGC! Youth Troupe rehearsal (Memorial)
MONDAY, January 21 - Grace Church Office is Closed
(Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday)
TUESDAY, January 22
9:00am Staff Meeting (Rector's Office)
THURSDAY, January 24
7:00am Men's Prayer Breakfast (Patterson Hall)
SATURDAY, January 26
9:00pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)
SUNDAY, January 27
8:00am/9:30am/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10 Church School Classes
2:30 - 6:30pm AGC! Youth Troupe rehearsal (Memorial)
4:00pm GraceMusic presents: Gail Archer
6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Helping Hands)
9:00pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)
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NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH SCHOOL
Church School Director Jennifer Marraccino has announced that she is resigning her post in order to serve as Development Director for the Blacksmith Institute, a charity that deals with toxic pollution removal in countries throughout the world. Rest assured, she and her family will still be active at church, and she may take on a teaching role in the future.
After this weekend (1/20/12), Lainie Murrell will be taking over as church school director. She has taught with us for many years, and is very familiar with our church school program. Watch for more about Lainie in the next issue of The Messenger.
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MEN'S PRAYER BREAKFAST
The Men's Prayer Breakfast meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month from September until June starting at 7:00am. Starting on the 24th of January, MPB will begin the study of the life and legacy of St. Francis of Asisi. The texts for the study include two recently released biogrpahies Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint by Andre Vauchez and Augustine Thompson's Francis of Assisi; A New Biography. The Men's Prayer group includes members of Grace Church and men from outside Grace. We gather at 7:00am for a light breakfast, prayer and discussion and end by 8:15am. "MPB" is open to all men, join us.
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GRACEMUSIC PRESENTS GAIL ARCHER, organist
Sunday, January 27 at 4:00pm
GraceMusic presents international concert organist Gail Archer in the series' first solo organ recital in more than 15 years. Dr. Archer is Professor of Music at Barnard College, director of the Columbia-Barnard chorus, and College Organist at Vassar. Her program will be eclectic (Messiaen, Ives, Bach, more) - something for everyone's tastes. Come hear our Cassavant shake the rafters. Tickets $20; Seniors $15; $5 Students Meet the Artist reception follows each performance.
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BOOK GROUP MAKES SELECTION FOR FEBRUARY MEETING
The Book Group has chosen, Eric Weiner's Man Seeks God: My Flirtations With the Divine for its next meeting, which will take place at 7:30pm on February 27. Newcomers are always welcome!
For more about the book, click here.
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HOSPITALIZED? WANTING A PASTORAL VISIT?
Please note, due to HIPPA privacy regulations, hospitals do noty notify churches/clergy that their members have been hospitalized. Therefore, if you have been admitted through an emergency, have surgery, or would like a visit; please help us serve you by letting us know that you (or your loved one) are in the hospital! If you are hospitalized Friday - Sunday, please leave a message for Mother Alon on her voicemail (358.1297, ext. 11) or call her cell phone number (listed in her voicemail message). The Nyack Hospital chaplain is also very good about contacting her if you ask him to do so.
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9:30 WORSHIP SERVICE ASSISTANTS NEEDED
We're recruiting folks who are willing to be trained to serve at the family service as ushers, chalice bearers, acolytes, sub-deacons....If you are interested, please fill out one of the forms located at the entrance to the church and leave it in the office, put it in the collection plate with your offering or speak with Mother Alon or Evelyn Lombardi.
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HELPING HANDS - February 2013
After our coming January dates, Grace Church will next host approximately 25 homeless
Rockland County residents on Saturday, February 16, Sunday, February 17, and Monday, February 18. We need volunteers to provide a breakfast for our guests on Sunday morning at @7:30. We also need volunteers to be overnight supervisors. You can bring a sleeping bag and pillow and spend the night on the comfortable couches in Patterson Hall. If you can help, please contact Charlie Cross cjcross3ny@yahoo.com, 358-4599; or sign up on the bulletin board in the Narthex.
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ASSAULT WEAPON BAN CALLED FOR
The Episcopal Diocese of New York has taken a stand to ban assault weapons.
Click here to go to the online petition.
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A hearty thank you to all who have pledged for 2013. We are nearing our goal of $320,000, but have a way to go. The vestry is working to finalize the 2013 budget for approval at the annual meeting, so if you are still intending to pledge please do so ASAP. If you need a pledge card, call the office. Or, if you want to expedite things, you may email the pledge secretary, Sally Ann Mock with your intentions @ samock34@aol.com. Remember, in order to vote at the annual meeting, you must have made a pledge for this year.
MISPLACED YOUR PLEDGE PACKET?
Your Stewardship Committee: Jim Gilbert, chair
Tom Burns, Jennifer McCann, Debbie McGuiness, Sally Ann Mock, Rudy Knight |
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DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUR FACEBOOK GROUP
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"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."
~ The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
130 First Avenue.Nyack.New York.10960.845-358-1297
The Reverend Alon White, Interim Rector
Brandon Beachamp, Interim Organist and Choirmaster
www.gracechurchnyack.org |
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