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Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost - September 22, 2013
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Collect of the Day
Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; 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, Pat Mapstone, Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Zell Schwartzman, Irma Carchi, Courtney Hoenveld, Brody, Miranda Pinckert, Bernadette Polizzi, Adele, Anne Szwejkowski, Susan Northcutt, Esther Lebron, Gordon Clem, Kickie Fulmor, Steven Stofcheck, Robert A, Miriam, Fran F, Mary Gaj
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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I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith. One must completely abandon any attempt to make something of oneself, whether it be a saint, or a converted sinner, or a churchman (a so-called priestly type!), a righteous man or an unrighteous one, a sick man or a healthy one. By this-worldliness I mean living unreservedly in life's duties, problems, successes and failures, experiences and perplexities. In so doing we throw ourselves completely into the arms of God, taking seriously, not our own sufferings, but those of God in the world - watching with Christ in Gethsemane. That, I think, is faith; that is metanoia; and that is how one becomes a man and a Christian (cf. Jer. 45!). How can success make us arrogant, or failure lead us astray, when we share in God's sufferings through a life of this kind?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer in a Letter to Eberhard Bethge - Reflections on Hitler (CLICK HERE to read more.)
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to find out.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
8:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
9:30am Holy Eucharist
10:10am Church School/refreshments
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite II w/choir)
followed by coffee hour in Memorial Hall
2:30pm Amazing Grace Circus rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
8:30 Nursery School of the Nyacks (Classrooms)
4:30 AGC! CircusSchool (Memorial Hall)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
8:30 Nursery School of the Nyacks (Classrooms)
9:30am Staff Meeting (Rector's Office)
7:00pm Boy Scouts (Memorial Hall)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
8:30 Nursery School of the Nyacks (Classrooms)
4:30 AGC! CircusSchool (Memorial Hall
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
8:30 Nursery School of the Nyacks (Classrooms)
4:30 AGC! CircusSchool (Memorial Hall
7:30pm Choir rehearsal (Choir Room)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
8:30 Nursery School of the Nyacks (Classrooms)
4:30 AGC! CircusSchool (Memorial Hall)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
8:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
9:30am Holy Eucharist
10:10am Church School/refreshments
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite II w/choir)
followed by coffee hour in Memorial Hall
2:30pm Amazing Grace Circus rehearsal (Memorial Hall)
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Announcements & Reminders
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FIRST AT FOUR
We're excited to continue our monthly services of Choral Evensong this season.
On the first Sunday of the month at 4:00pm the Grace Choir leads the traditional Anglican service of sung evening prayer with hymns, canticles, and anthems. Rooted in the monastic tradition, Evensong is a unique offering of the Episcopal Church. Across the world, people revel in the service's simplicity, beauty, and stillness at the close of the day. Please join the choir and clergy of Grace Church starting on October 6 at 4:00pm for
First at Four.
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GRACEMUSIC KICKS OFF THE 2013-14 SEASON WITH A CABARET:
IT'S A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING!
On Friday evening, October 18 at 7:30pm, GraceMusic presents It's a Grand Night for Singing! - a lively cabaret-style evening featuring favorite local entertainers and musicians (plus a unique opportunity to conduct the "Hallelujah Chorus" at our annual Messiah Sing on Dec 8!). $20 admission includes a variety of finger foods and 2 complimentary glasses of wine. Advance tickets strongly encouraged. Call 845-358-1297 X16, or check www.gracemusic.info for details on this event and all of our 44th season of "Great Music in a Great Space."
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 SAVE THE DATE! ANNUAL HARVEST CELEBRATION Saturday, November 2, 2013 Our annual Harvest Celebration will be held on Saturday, November 2 at 7:30pm. Please hold the date and join us in fellowship with live music, dancing, a silent auction, raffles, great food. and drink! This is a particularly special event as we continue to welcome Father Owen to Grace Church. Tickets may be purchased for $45 prior to the event or for $50 at the door. Tickets - Available after the 9:30 and 11:00am services on Sundays or by calling the office and speaking with Thayer Auction Donations - Contact Claudia at uccell@yahoo.com Journal Ads - Contact Kim Cross at kim.cross@nyackcenter.org Free Babystting - Contact Moriah Olsen at moriahso@yahoo.com Hope to see you all for an evening of fun and frivolity, all in support of our Grace Church! |
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THE COFFEE CONNECTION
Our coffee hour ministry of hospitality is where we welcome guests & newcomers, catch up with old friends, and strengthen the bonds of community that make Grace Church so special. Coffee hour between the 9:30 and 11:00am services is already generously handled by families of the church school, but this year - when we hope to welcome many new families - we want to make doubly sure that coffee hour following the 11:00am service is equally abundant in both food and fellowship. With your help, we'd like to establish a corps of helpers who will host coffee hours on a rotating basis. No need to come early or make coffee - just bring some simple and tasty treats, and be the welcoming hand of Grace as parishioners and guests come in for coffee. "Lifetimer" or relative newcomer, you're bound to find the experience is a great way to share your love of Grace Church. If you'd like to know more, or to sign up for a Sunday, please contact the office: 845-358-1297, parishoffice@gracechurchnyack.org or look for the sign up sheet available at coffee hours.
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SAVE THOSE TRAVEL-SIZE TOILETRIES
There's a collection bin available in the narthex for your donations of travel-size soaps, shampoo, hair conditioner, lotion, 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.
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AREA BLOOD SUPPLIES ARE STILL CRITICALLY LOW
Please support local blood drives if you can -- some options in coming weeks include: Sunday, 9/22/13 at JCC Rockland (450 West Nyack Road, West Nyack 10:00 am - 2:30 pm); Friday, 9/27/13 at Rockland County Court House (1 South Main Street, New City 10:30 am - 3:00 pm) and Friday, 9/27/13 Congers-Valley Cottage Ambulance (122 Kings Highway, Congers 3:00 pm - 7:30 pm). Please spread the word. Info at 800-933-BLOOD.
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PEOPLE TO PEOPLE FOOD BANK NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT
Remember your donation for our local food bank every week. Collection basket is in the narthex. CLICK HERE for a handy shopping list of most-needed supplies.
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All I have is a voice
To undo the folded lie,
The romantic lie in the brain
Of the sensual man-in-the-street
And the lie of Authority
Whose buildings grope the sky:
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.
W. H. Auden, excerpted from the poem "September 1, 1939"
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GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
130 First Avenue.Nyack.New York.10960.845-358-1297
The Reverend Owen C. Thompson , Rector
Brandon Beachamp, Interim Organist and Choirmaster
www.gracechurchnyack.org |
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