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The Seventh Sunday of Easter - May 12, 2013
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Collect of the Day
O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.
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Readings
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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., Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Andrew W., Tasha, Phil Bunton, Barbara DelPizzo, Zell Schwartzman, Stephen Frey, Robert A., Audry, Mary Catherine Nervegna, Victoria, Lynn Lockwood, Ewan, Russ
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 Gift of God's Presence
Heaven is nothing we can seek through our own virtue; it cannot be earned; it is a gift of the God of love. When we are self-emptied enough to make room for this love, it is not as a result of our own moral rectitude or willpower. But it is sometimes given to us, this lovely emptiness, and then the Holy Spirit can fill it, with prayer, or music, or a poem, or a story. Or, sometimes, it goes beyond all these to the greatest gift of all, being filled with that which is beyond all symbols, with God's Presence. And then we are, far more than when we are filled with self probing, self-centeredness, or self-righteousness.
Madeleine L'Engle, in
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Are you on the worship ministry schedule this weekend? CLICK HERE
to find out.
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MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
8:30am-Noon - Nursery School of the Nyacks - Classrooms
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY -
3:30pm - 6:00pm - AGC CircusSchool - Memorial Hall
FRIDAY, MAY 10
5:30pm Wheeland/Constantinou wedding rehearsal
SATURDAY, MAY 11
10:00am Midnight Run (Memorial Hall)
SUNDAY, MAY 12-Episopal Charities Sunday
8/9:30/11am Holy Eucharist
10:10AM No Church School classes or refreshments
Small table discussion: Acts 16:16-18 (Fenton)
3:00pm Wheeland/Constantinou wedding
TUESDAY, MAY 14
9:30am Staff Meeting (Rector's Office)
12:00-2:30pm Diocesan Episcopal/Muslim Relations Committee (Patterson)
7:00pm Boy Scouts (Memorial Hall)
7:00pm Adult Confirmation Preparation (Rector's Office)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
8:00am Holy Eucharist & Healing Prayers (Garden and church)
THURSDAY, MAY 16
7:30pm Choir
SATURDAY, May 18
1:00pm Dougher Interment & Reception (Garden)
SUNDAY, MAY 19-Pentecost
CYSM TAG SALE to 4:00pm
8/9:30/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10am Church School Classes
Parish Forum: Table Discussion: Acts 2:1-12
2:30pm Amazing Grace Circus rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
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Announcements & Reminders
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WORSHIP MINISTERS: MANY SUBSTITUTIONS REQUESTED!
We're looking for substitutions/switches for the following dates:
Sunday, May 12: Subdeacon for 8:00am, Subdeacon for 11:00am
Sunday, May 19 (Pentecost): Acolyte for 8:00am
Sunday, May 26: Lector at 11:00am - (Roger Seiler would like to switch for another date -
email him). If you're available to serve on any of these dates, please contact the
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EPISCOPAL CHARITIES SUNDAY - THIS WEEK
This Sunday is Episcopal Charities Sunday. The collection occurs on Mother's Day to commemorate the work of two different 19th-century women, Anna Reeves Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe. Jarvis, a poor Appalachian mother, sought people and funds to improve sanitation for the women and families in her area in order to cut down on the incidents of childhood illnesses and early mortality. Howe formed activities urging mothers everywhere to reach across enemy combatant lines to work for peace. During the Civil War mothers on both sides of the battle worked together to ensure food availability for those in need. The May collection is for feeding programs throughout the diocese.Special offering envelopes are available in the narthex. Please give generously!
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NEW NO COFFEE HOUR ON SUNDAY, MAY 12
Because there are no church school classes and the church needs to be prepared for an afternoon wedding immediately following the 11:00am service, there will no "official" coffee hour this Sunday. The small table discussion of Acts will take place in the Fenton Room, and coffee will
most likely be available (particularly if someone knowledgeable want to step up to make it!)
MAY PARISH FORUMS AND FELLOWSHIP
The time between the 9:30 and 11:00am
worship services provides an opportunity for those attending either of the services to gather for programs and conversation. The Adult Education and Spiritual Formation Commission works to provide a balance by scheduling several forums/discussions each month, as well as providing opportunities to socialize. We hope you will join us! Small table discussion of the Bible passages takes place in the Fenton Room. Commission member Charles Reynolds has prepared discussion guides for each date-copies are available by clicking on the links below.
May 12 Acts 16:16-18
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SAVE YOUR STUFF! CYSM RUMMAGE SALE MAY 19
The Senior Youth Group Rummage Sale to benefit the Church Youth Service Mission (CYSM) trip -- which this year will be to Beard's Fork, West Virginia-- will be on Sunday, May 19 from 10:00am
to 4:00pm. Remember one person's trash is another one's treasure! Donations may be dropped off in the garage of the rectory anytime prior to May 19th or, if you would like assistance or more information, please contact Moriah Olsen (moriahso@yahoo.com). Please, no electronics.
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CONFIRMATION SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 9 AT 5:00PM
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 at 5:00pm, or at the Cathedral on June 1.The classes will take place on Tuesday, May 14 and 28 at 7:00pm in the rector's office. 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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NEW LOOKING FOR CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHERS
Grace Church School is possible thanks to our dedicated group of volunteer church school teachers. These teachers are parents, grandparents, or any other adult who enjoys working with kids. Each grade level is assigned three teachers to enable a rotation that requires teaching no more than every third week - it usually comes out to about once a month, in fact. Please contact Lainie Murrell at 825-6236 or gracekidsnyack@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more about becoming a church school teacher. Thank you!
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NEW BIG TOP CIRCUS SUMMER CAMP AT AMAZING GRACE CIRCUS!
Just now thinking about sending your child to camp?
Worried that camps are full?
Don't worry!
Grace parishioners Carlo Pellegrini and Janet Hayes, who run Amazing Grace CIRCUS! and the Big Top Circus Camp, say there is always room for more kids!Camp is held right here in Grace's Memorial Hall, June 24 - August 2, in the safety, security, and beauty of Grace's grounds.Camp is reasonably priced, too. Check out our website and register soon:www.amazinggracecircus.org.
Or call Mr. Amazing TODAY to reserve a place for your child!
845-348-8740. Every day is circus day!
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DON'T MISS SUMMER SHAKESPEARE
Join our parish family and friends at the 7:00pm June 30 performance of All's Well That Ends Well, a tale of two unlikely lovers that proves callow youth is no match for true love and a determined woman! Tickets are $35 each and checks should be made to Grace Episcopal Church with Shakespeare on the memo line. Reserve your ticket to summer fun by contacting Barbara Cross (358-4599; email: babcross@aol.com) or the church office (358-1297, ext. 10; twoodcock@gracechurchnyack.org). Then hand in or mail your check to the church at 130 First Ave., Nyack, NY10960 as soon as possible. Start planning your picnic menu and inviting your friends now!
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NEW Our charming dog friend Sadie has found a new home. Thanks for your inquiries and support.
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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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The other day I was ricocheting slowly
off the blue walls of this room,
moving as if underwater from typewriter to piano,
from bookshelf to an envelope lying on the floor,
when I found myself in the L section of the dictionary
where my eyes fell upon the word lanyard.
No cookie nibbled by a French novelist
could send one into the past more suddenly-
a past where I sat at a workbench at a camp
by a deep Adirondack lake
learning how to braid long thin plastic strips
into a lanyard, a gift for my mother.
I had never seen anyone use a lanyard
or wear one, if that's what you did with them,
but that did not keep me from crossing
strand over strand again and again
until I had made a boxy
red and white lanyard for my mother.
She gave me life and milk from her breasts,
and I gave her a lanyard.
She nursed me in many a sick room,
lifted spoons of medicine to my lips,
laid cold face-cloths on my forehead,
and then led me out into the airy light
and taught me to walk and swim,
and I, in turn, presented her with a lanyard.
Here are thousands of meals, she said,
and here is clothing and a good education.
And here is your lanyard, I replied,
which I made with a little help from a counselor.
Here is a breathing body and a beating heart,
strong legs, bones and teeth,
and two clear eyes to read the world, she whispered,
and here, I said, is the lanyard I made at camp.
And here, I wish to say to her now,
is a smaller gift-not the worn truth
that you can never repay your mother,
but the rueful admission that when she took
the two-tone lanyard from my hand,
I was as sure as a boy could be
that this useless, worthless thing I wove
out of boredom would be enough to make us even.
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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
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