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The Sixth Sunday After Epiphany -  February 16, 2014
Collect of the Day
O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept our prayers; and because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you, give us the help of your grace, that in keeping your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; 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 & Donna Weber, Mickey Federico, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Teri Caserto, Shirley Federico, Bernadette Polizzi, Courtney Hoenveld, Joseph Caserto, Janet, Thomas Humeston,  Elaine MacPhee, Tankert Mahler, Marie Haynie, Pat Mapstone, Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Zell Schwartzman, Miranda Pinckert, Adele, Susan Northcutt, Clinton Taplin, Dominique Rhoklin, Fred Teyan, Marie Stay, Marie Young, Peggy McCann, Janet Drury, George Fee, Robert A., Miriam, Homer Wanamaker, Bob Barrows, Dale Sarventi, Peggy Lehrecke, Richard, Pamella, Peggy, Theodore, Bill Keenan 

 

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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

Justice is Reestablishing "Right Relationships"
"The politics of community will also require a more profound understanding of the meaning of justice. Both liberal and conservative notions of justice are based on widely assumed and well-established Western doctrines of individualism. Justice is rooted in individual human rights for both the Right and the Left. But such an individualistic idea of justice is now failing us in the midst of a global crisis that cries out for a new and deeper sense of connection and community.

 

"Here again, religious insights can help us. In the Hebrew Scriptures, one finds the more holistic concept of shalom as the best definition of justice. It is a deeper and wider notion than the securing of individual rights. The vision of shalom requires us to reestablish 'right relationships.' It is a call to justice in the whole community and for the entire habitat. Shalom is an inclusive notion of justice extending even to the rest of God's creatures and whole of creation. Restoring right relationships takes us further than respecting individual rights. It pushes us to begin to see ourselves as part of a community, even as members of an extended but deeply interconnected global family, and ultimately as strands in the web of life that we all share and depend upon. The biblical vision of shalom could be a basis for a new politics of community and the social healing weso need." 


Jim Wallis - The Soul of Politics

This Week  

Are you on the worship ministry schedule this weekend?  CLICK HERE
to find out.   ALERT:  We would like to locate a substitute subdeacon for the 8:00am service on Sunday.  Please click here
to let us know if you would like to serve.
 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14

6-9:00pm Circus Cares for Your Kids (Memorial Hall) 

  

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15

10:00am  Choir 

7:30pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)

 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16

8/9:30/11:00am Holy Eucharist

10:10am Confirmation Class

7:30pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall) 

 

MONDAY, February 17

7:30pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)

 

TUESDAY, February 18

10:30am Staff Meeting (Rector's Office)

7:30pm Vestry (Patterson Hall)

 

THURSDAY, February 20

7:00am Men's Prayer Breakfast (rescheduled from 1/13) (Patterson Hall) 

12:00pm  Brown Bag & A Bible (Patterson Hall)

2:30pm Graceful Yoga (Memorial Hall)

7:30pm Choir

 

SUNDAY, February 23

8:00am/9:30am/11:00am Holy Eucharist

10:10 Church School Classes

12:30pm  Parish Council

2:30 - 6:30pm AGC! Youth Troupe rehearsal

6:30pm Senior Youth Group

 

Come to Amazing Grace CIRCUS! 5th Annual CircusCares 4 Your Kids  VALENTINE'S DAY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014

 
Drop your kids off at the circus and have a lovely evening at one of your favorite Nyack restaurants...by yourselves!  Where? THE CIRCUS SPACE@GRACE (Memorial Hall) from 6 - 9:00PM The evening includes pizza, popcorn, cotton candy & juice,  PLUS juggling, trapeze, silks, tightwire, diabolos,  acrobatics & clowning! We'll even show circus movies in our mini-theater.  Designed for ages 4 - 14. Cost is $45/child (cheaper than a babysitter and 5x's the fun)This event is usually sold out so please RSVP early!  We can take up to 45 children in our Circus Space.  For info or to reserve a spot: amazinggracecircus.org/845-358-8740. 
Announcements  & Reminders 
ADULT MENTORS NEEDED FOR CONFIRMATION CLASS
We have a fabulous group of young people now preparing for confirmation later this year, and we're looking for some adults to assist support them along the way. If you're interested in finding out more, contact Fr. Owen.
SPOTS OPEN ON SUMMER MISSION TRIP
DO YOU KNOW A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED? 


Grace Episcopal Church Senior Youth Group    Church Youth Service Mission

June 29 - July 12, 2014

 

Information Meeting February 24, 7pm Grace Church - Fenton Room

 

Participating Organization: Bridges to Community (based in Ossining, NY)

 

Eligible Participants: High school students who have completed 9th grade.  Earn Community Service Credits!

 

Trip Location:Nindiri, Nicaragua

 

Typical Service Activities: Home construction, latrine construction, agriculture work

 

Estimated Costs:Per Participant cost: $3,161 BUT we already have over $16,000 dollars raised.  That reduces the cost by $1,000 per participant if we are able to get 16 participants.  Additional fundraising activities will further reduce costs.

 

Remaining Fundraising:4 Additional Breakfasts, Easter Fair, Rummage Sale, Letter Writing Campaign, Parish Appeal

 

Fundraising Expectations: We expect participants and or their families to participate in as many of our fundraising efforts as possible.  For each remaining event you participate in, you will have $25 reduced from your participation cost.

 

For more information: Moriah Olsen at moriahso@yahoo.com

SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKES - Tuesday, March 4 

Indulge with us!  The Grace Church confirmation class invites you to come celebrate with our parish family before the long season of Lent.  Pancakes and syrup, bacon and coffee, orange juice and mile will be served up in Memorial Hall from 5:30-7:00pm for a small charge.  Proceeds from the event help support youth activities at Grace.

ASH WEDNESDAY - Services will be at 8:00am, Noon, 7:30pm

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Parting Thought 

In honor or Abraham Lincoln's birthday (2/12/1809), take a look at this video from

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

130 First Avenue.Nyack.New York.10960.845-358-1297

 

The Reverend Owen C. Thompson , Rector 

Brandon N. Beachamp, Organist and Choirmaster 

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