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Eleventh Sunday of Pentecost -August 4, 2013  
Collect of the Day
 
Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. 

 

Readings

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Prayer List  
Bob and Donna Weber, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck,  Catherine Lubeck,  Al and Carol Lalli,  Teri Caserto, Janet, Thomas Humeston,  Elaine MacPhee, Tankert Mahler, Harte Mahler, Anne Huntington, Marie Haynie, Tim Brady, Marie,  Pat Mapstone, Fran F., Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Tasha, Zell Schwartzman, Stephen Frey, Robert A., Audry,  Mary Catherine Nervegna,  Victoria, Lynn Lockwood, Ewan, Russ, Daniel Boyle, Karen Wright, Courtney Hoeneveld, Irma Carchi, Suzanne, Brody, Miranda Pinckert, Bernadette Polizzi, Adele, Anne Szwejkowski

REST IN PEACE: Frank Dana Abbott, brother of parishioner Eugenia Duryea

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. 

Reflection
"Stop trying to protect, to rescue, to judge, to manage the lives around you . . . remember that the lives of others are not your business. They are their business. They are God's business . . . even your own life is not your business. It also is God's business. Leave it to God. It is an astonishing thought. It can become a life-transforming thought . . . unclench the fists of your spirit and take it easy . . . What deadens us most to God's presence within us, I think, is the inner dialogue that we are continuously engaged in with ourselves, the endless chatter of human thought. I suspect that there is nothing more crucial to true spiritual comfort . . . than being able from time to time to stop that chatter . . . "

Frederick Buechner

 

 

This Week  

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 4     

8:00am Holy Eucharist (Memorial Garden, weather permitting)

10:00am Holy Eucharist & baptism

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
10:00am Midnight Run (Memorial Hall)

 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11  

8:00am Holy Eucharist (Memorial Garden, weather permitting)

9:15am Summer Choir rehearsal
10:00am Holy Eucharist  (Summer Choir) 

 

Announcements & Reminders 
REMINDER: WE CONTINUE ON SUMMER SERVICE SCHEDULE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1

 

8:00am- Service (Rite I, in Garden, weather permitting) 

10:00am- Service (Rite II, with music) 

WE HAVE A NEW RECTOR

The Rev. Owen C. Thompson to begin his ministry here on September 15, 2013

 

The Grace Church vestry has called the Rev. Owen C. Thompson to be the new rector of the parish and he has accepted the call.  Fr. Owen is currently the rector of Trinity St.John's Church in Hewlett, NY (on the south shore of Long Island in Nassau County), a position he has held since 2005.  Fr. Owen earned his M.Div at General Theological Seminary, has a masters degree in educational technology from NYU and earned his undergraduate degree at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.  Fr. Owen, his wife Jonna, and their two sons (ages 6 and 3) plan to move into Babbit House the first week of September.

SMILE FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER

 

As we prepare to welcome our new rector, we'd like to give him a headstart at learning names and faces.  Therefore, during the next three Sundays, another new face, Sam Monroe,  will be around taking informal pictures of individuals and families following the 8 & 10:00am services.   Although Sam, who has been hiding in the choir loft, is a photographer by avocation, the pictures are just intended to help Fr. Owen with identification, so don't worry about special clothes or bad hair days.  Just turn up and smile.

SAVE THOSE TRAVEL SIZE TOILETRIES FOR MIDNIGHT RUN 

 

In September we'll start collecting travel-size soaps, shampoo, hair conditioner, lotion, and packaged toothbrushes & toothpaste for Midnight Run meal bags that are distributed to the homeless in New York City.

 

We can also use donations of sandwich baggies, napkins, and lunch bags - keep an eye out as they often go on sale once school is about to begin.  We'll have collection bins for your donations available at church in September.  In the meantime, our next Midnight Run meal preparation day is Saturday, August 10 at 10:00am in Memorial Hall - please join us! 

 

SUMMER CHOIR NEXT WEEKEND  -  AUGUST 11 

 

Interested in singing with the choir but are unsure of what it's all about?  

Want a chance to keep your musical skills sharp during the Dog Days? 
Curious about the view from the Choir Loft?


There are two remaining opportunities to sing with the Summer Choir between now and September: Next Sunday, August 11, August 25 (the second and fourth Sundays of the month). Rehearsals are the same day at 9:15am in the Choir Room.  The Summer Choir sits in the pews for the service and comes up to the organ (or over to the piano) at the offering.  It's a perfect opportunity for families & young adults to make music!  For more information, please contact Brandon Beachamp, Interim Organist & Choirmaster.

ADULT SPIRITUAL FORMATION BOOK GROUP MAKES FALL SELECTION
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander
 
Meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 12 at 7:30pm. 
 

 

The Adult Education and Spiritual Formation Book Group recently voted to read this fascinating memoir of a near-death experience for its first meeting in September. New members are always welcome to join this informal group.  For information or to weigh in on meeting times, please contact group leader Jennifer Hausler at jhausler@optonline.net.

 

SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVING IS EASY 

All too easy to miss a pledge payment ....or two

 

Why Not Consider E-pledging?

Through the Diocese of New York, we participate in a program that makes it possible for pledge payments to be made to us automatically, via an electronic transfer from your bank account.  You determine payment schedule, and we both receive records of payments.   It's a win-win situation all around.  If you'd like information, look for brochure in the narthex, or  email us and we'd be happy to send it out to you.

PEOPLE TO PEOPLE ALWAYS NEEDS DONATIONS
With summer travel schedules kicking in, 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.

Parishioner News 

Do you have news you'd like to share with the parish family?  This is the place for it. 

Keep in Touch 

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ON FAITH conversations about faith and current events from all angles CLICK HERE
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.  

Parting Thought 

TOUCH WOOD IN A JAPANESE FOREST WITH BACH

Just for fun -- check out this entry from ON BEING blog:

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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The Reverend Alon White, Interim Rector 

Brandon Beachamp, Interim Organist and Choirmaster 

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