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The Third Sunday of Easter - April 14, 2013
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Collect of the DayO God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Readings
CLICK HERE to listen to sermons from previous weeks
CLICK HERE for Bible study resources.
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Bob and Donna Weber, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Al and Carol Lalli, Teri Caserto, Janet, Thomas Humeston, Barbara Harris, Elaine MacPhee, Tankert Mahler, Harte Mahler, Anne Huntington, Marie Haynie, Tim Brady, Marie, Ron & Pat Mapstone, Fran F., Henry Austin, Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Andrew W., Tasha, Phil Bunton, Barbara DelPizzo, Zell Schwartzman, Stephen Frey, Robert A., Audry, Diane Deveau, Mary Catherine Nervegna
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 time is ripe for looking back over the day, the week, the year, and trying to figure out where we have come from and where we are going to, for sifting through the things we have done and the things we have left undone for a clue to who we are and who, for better or worse, we are becoming.
But again and again we avoid the long thoughts....We cling to the present out of wariness of the past. And why not, after all? We get confused. We need such escape as we can find. But there is a deeper need yet, I think, and that is the need-not all the time, surely, but from time to time-to enter that still room within us all where the past lives on as a part of the present, where the dead are alive again, where we are most alive ourselves to turnings and to where our journeys have brought us. The name of the room is Remember - the room where with patience, with charity, with quietness of heart, we remember consciously to remember the lives we have lived."
Frederick Buechner, A Room Called Remember: Uncollected Pieces
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Are you on the worship ministry schedule this weekend? CLICK HERE
to find out.
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Saturday, April 13
10:00am Midnight Run meal preparation - Memorial Hall
Sunday, April 14
8:00am - Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
9:30am - Holy Eucharist
followed by church school classes
11:00am - Holy Eucharist (Rite II, Senior Choir)
2:00pm Amazing Grace Circus rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Rectory)
Tuesday, April 16
9:30am Staff Meeting (Rector's Office)
7:00pm Boy Scouts (Memorial Hall)
7:30pm Vestry (Patterson Hall)
Thursday, April 18
7:30pm Choir
Saturday, April 20
10:00am Choir
Sunday, April 21-Earth Day
8:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:30 Holy Eucharist - (Memorial Garden, weather permitting)
11:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite II
9:00am-12:30pm Church Youth Service Mission "Breakfast Bar"
4:00pm GraceMusic: April in Paris with Grace Church Choir
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NEXT WEEK - SUNDAY, APRIL 21
EARTH DAY - CELEBRATING GOD'S CREATION During the 9:30am family service on April 21 we will celebrate God's Creation with Eucharist in Memorial Garden followed by Earth Day family activities in lieu of church school. |
CHURCH YOUTH SERVICE MISSION TRIP (CYSM) BREAKFAST
The Senior Youth Group returns on April 21 to serve up a hearty breakfast and sell a variety of fair trade items throughout the morning -- proceeds all go to their mission trip to Beard's Fork, West Virginia in July.
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Announcements & Reminders
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PREPARATION FOR ADULT CONFIRMATION/RECEPTION
Mother Alon will be leading a two-session course on the Episcopal church for adults who are preparing to be confirmed or received when Bishop Smith visits on Sunday, June 9, or at the Cathedral on June 1. Those who would just like to learn more about the Episcopal church are also welcome. The schedule will be arranged to suit participants. If you are interested, please contact
her with the best times/days for you. (845-358-1297 or awhite@gracechurchnyack.org)
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CHURCH SCHOOL GIVING PROJECT
We are still collecting the money raised for our Lent Giving Project for Episcopal Relief and Development's Gifts for Life. Look for the basket in the Narthex to drop your Hope Chest box in or you can put cash and coins in the collection box next to it. The purpose of Gifts for Life is to help impoverished families alleviate hunger and produce a food supply that is nutritious, easily available, and affordable. More info can be found at http://www.er-d.org/GiftsForLife.
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BOOK GROUP TO DISCUSS DOCTOROW
The Adult Spiritual Education & Formation Book Group's next reading will be the short story "Walter John Harmon" by E.L. Doctorow. It's available online at
this link and xeroxed copies are in the narthex. We'll meet at 7:30pm on April 24 at church to
discuss. We'll also be taking a look at the William James essay, "The Will to Believe." If you'd like a copy of the PDF sent to you, just email me at
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2013 CIRCUSCIRCUS CABARET - SATURDAY, MAY 4
You're invited to a fundraising dinner/circus cabaret performance extravaganza that can only be described as deliriously fun and delicious AND supports the mission and activities of the Amazing Grace Circus. Our youth performers are also the performing waiters, surprise guest artists will swing on their trapeze and aerial silks, all while the audience is enjoying a gourmet dinner. Special sponsorship tickets to CircusCircus Cabaret are $50 - to purchase, or to make a separate donation to AGC!, contact Jennifer McCann, chair of the event, (jmccann1111@gmail.com or 914-924-0802) or speak to her fellow board members Sally Seiler or Theresa Bergen. CLICK HERE for more
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OUR 15TH SUMMER OF SHAKESPEARE
Can Helena, a relatively poor but beautiful and talented young woman, earn a marriage above her station? Must Bertram, her chosen husband, be forced to accept her? All's Well That Ends Well weaves the tale of these two unlikely lovers as part of this year's Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival at historic Boscobel in Garrison, NY. The Fellowship Commission will begin taking reservations this month for the Sunday, June 30 performance at 7:00pm. Tickets are $35 (group rate) and we have 25 seats -- assuring yours is easy. Contact Barbara Cross (phone: 358-4599; email: babcross@aol.com) or the church office (358-1297, ext.10; twoodcock@gracechurchnyack.org) to reserve. Then write a check ($35.00/ ticket) to Grace Episcopal Church (Shakespeare on memo line), hand it in or mail to the church office.
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ANNUAL ECW LUNCHEON The annual Episcopal Church Women's luncheon will take place on Saturday, April 27 at St. John's in New City. Yes, men are welcome too! The event begins with a Eucharist at 11:15am, followed by lunch at noon ($4). The celebrant and speaker will be the Rev. Charles Arlin, interim pastor at St. John's. For more information or to reserve a place: 845-634-3601. |
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE NEEDS DONATIONS
There is always a lull in donations after the Christmas holidays, and right not, the shelves are practically bare over at People to People's food bank. PLEASE, remember to bring your donations to church every week. Here's a link to more.
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DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUR FACEBOOK GROUP
Click here to go to our Facebook group page -- our cyber-bulletin board. Join in the discussion and remember to share items that you find of interest -- pictures, links, etc --make or ask for book or movie recommendations, etc.... Not into Facebook? Click here to send an email and we'll post your note to the Grace Church Nyack page. |
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This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.
~ Hafiz
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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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