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Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost -August 11, 2013
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Collect of the Day
Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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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, Shirley Federico, Joseph Caserto, Janet, Thomas Humeston, Elaine MacPhee, Tankert Mahler, Harte Mahler, Anne Huntington, Marie Haynie, Tim Brady, Marie, Pat Mapstone, Fran F., Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Zell Schwartzman, Daniel Boyle, Karen Wright, Courtney Hoeneveld, Irma Carchi, Suzanne, Brody, Miranda Pinckert, Bernadette Polizzi, Adele, Anne Szwejkowski
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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HOW BIG IS YOUR WE?Dr. Beatrice Bruteau asks the right question: "How big is your we?" Can we expand our vision of community beyond our own skin, race, family, tribe, culture, country, and species? Spiritual life is more than what we believe, it also includes how we relate. Who is included in the we and who is not? That is both a spiritual and a political question. How we answer it will likely determine our future."
Jim Wallis in Who Speaks for God?
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1010:00am Midnight Run (Memorial Hall) SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 8:00am Holy Eucharist (Memorial Garden, weather permitting) 9:15am Summer Choir rehearsal
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Announcements & Reminders
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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)
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SUMMER CHOIR THIS 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?
Don't miss these 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.
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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.
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MO. ALON will be on vacation from August 16 - 31
On Sunday, August 18, we welcome The Rev. Dr. Carole Johannsen, a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of New York and a board certified healthcare chaplain who works as Coordinator of Pastoral Care at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY. She was recently granted a Doctor of Ministry from New York Theological Seminary in her area of study: Spirituality and Aging. She lives in Bedford Hills, NY. On Sunday, August 25, we will be joined by The Rev. Suzanne Guthrie, a writer and retreat leader. She has served the church as parish priest, children's priest, and as a college (Vassar) and University (Cornell) chaplain. She is the author of Praying the Hours, and Grace's Window: Entering the Seasons of Prayer and curates the weekly website Soulwork Toward Sunday: Self-Guided Retreat based upon the coming Sunday's Gospel lesson at http://www.EdgeOfEnclosure.org. Suzanne and her husband, Bill, live in Woodstock, New York.
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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.
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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!
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ADULT SPIRITUAL FORMATION BOOK GROUP MAKES FALL SELECTION
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.
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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.
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NEW PEOPLE TO PEOPLE NEEDS SCHOOL SUPPLIES
With the school year coming, People to People is making a special effort to collect school supplies: backpacks, 1-inch and 2-inch binders, highlighters, blue and black stick pens, #2 pencils and two-pocket folders.Donations of school supplies can be dropped off at PtoP's offices at 121 West Nyack Road, Nanuet, NY. Donation drop-off hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday.Remember as well that summer travel schedules are in play, and the shelves are practically bare over at People to People's food bank. PLEASE, remember to bring your donations to church every week.
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THE GREEN GROWING EDGE
"The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open. The first part of your life everything is in front of you, all your potential and promise. But over the years, you make decisions, your carve yourself into a given shape. Then the challenge is to discover the green growing edge."
Howard Thurman, quoted in Learning to Fly, by Sam Keen
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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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