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The Fourth Sunday of Lent -  March 30, 2014
Collect of the Day
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Readings

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Prayer List  

Bob & Donna Weber, Mickey Federico, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Teri Caserto, Shirley Federico, Courtney Hoenveld, Joseph Caserto, Janet, Thomas Humeston,  Elaine MacPhee, Tankert Mahler, Marie Haynie, Pat Mapstone, Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Miranda Pinckert, Adele, Susan Northcutt, Clinton Taplin, Dominique Rhoklin, Fred Teyan, Marie Stay, Marie Young, Peggy McCann, Janet Drury, George Fee, Robert A., Miriam,  Dale Sarventi, Richard, Peggy, Theodore, Bill Keenan, Madeline Schnalzer, Ramon Sola, Sheri Hall Smith, Nancy Andrews, Louis, Maria, Eileen Billy, Robert Daly  

 

REST IN PEACE  Henry Allen Graham, brother of parishioner Kelsey Graham 

 

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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

God's call, vocation, is twofold. God calls us saying, 'Come, follow me.' We arrive and then we must follow. We find but must go on seeking. God's call is a never-ending call, to the unknown, to adventure, to follow him in the night, in solitude. It is a call incessantly to go further, and further. For it is not static but dynamic (as creation also is dynamic) and reaching him means going on and on. God's call is like the call to become an explorer; it is an invitation to adventure.

 

Ernesto Cardenal
This Week  

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SATURDAY, March 29

7:30pm Helping Hands

 

 

SUNDAY, March 30

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

10:10am Church School/Confirmation classes/Bake Sale for People to People 

10:15 Orientation for new 9:30 chalice bearers (Church - contact Kickie Fulmor for info)

12:30pm Parish Council (Patterson Hall)

2:00pm AGC! Youth Troupe rehearsal (Memorial Hall)

7:30pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)

  

MONDAY, March 31

7:30pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)

 

WEDNESDAY, April 2
5:00 St. Cecilia Choir (Choir Room)

 

THURSDAY, April 3
10:00pm Brown Bag & A Bible (Patterson Hall)
2:30pm Graceful Yoga (Memorial Hall)
7:30pm Choir

 

SATURDAY, April 5
4:00pm Private Rental (Memorial Hall)

SUNDAY, APRIL 6 

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

9:00am SCOP  

10:10am  Easter Fair (Memorial Hall) 

12:30pm SCOF 

2:00pm AGC! Youth Troupe rehearsal (Memorial Hall)

2:30pm Choir
4:00pm Evensong  

CHURCH SCHOOL LENT GIVING PROGRAM

BAKE SALE ON SUNDAY 

This year during Lent the church school is raising money for People to People, Rockland's largest food pantry.   In addition to collecting change at home, they'll be hosting  bake sales during coffee hour between the 9:30am and 11:00am services, so make sure to come hungry and prepared each week!  Check out the delicious treats at the Bake Sale in Memorial Hall on Sunday,  hosted by the 2nd & 3rd grade classes.   

READERS WANTED

Have you ever wondered about serving as a lector - reading one of the lessons at either the 8:00am and 11:00am services? How about serving as a chalice bearer - helping to distribute the wine during communion at the 9:30am service?  If so, please be in touch with Kickie Fulmor, and let her know your availability and preferred service times (lexow2@yahoo.com) - she'll fill you in on all you need to know to serve.  

 

If you'd like to know more, there will be a very brief training session for 9:30am chalice bearers at 10:15am this Sunday.   Can't make it Sunday? If so, just let Kickie know and she'll work with you to find another time. 

Announcements 

FIRST AT FOUR: Choral Evensong on Sunday,  April 6 

On the first Sunday of each month 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.  On Sunday, April 6 the clergy and choir mark the feast day of Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated on April 4, 1968.  Join us in the sacred stillness of the church for a peaceful interlude of quiet reflection.

EASTER FAIR ON SUNDAY, APRIL 6

The Senior Youth Group will again host our annual Easter Fair featuring games, crafts, a bake sale and an Easter Basket raffle all to help raise funds for the 2014 Church Youth Service Mission to Nicaragua.  Be sure to stop by and get your picture taken with the Easter Bunny!

HOLY WEEK & EASTER SERVICES

  
Palm Sunday, April 13 
8:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:30am Holy Eucharist - The Path of Christ
Families are invited to follow Jesus from his triumphant arrival in Jerusalem to his death and burial. 
11:00am - Procession of the Palms & Holy Eucharist 
Christ's entry into Jerusalem and crucifixion with sung Passion Gospel

 

Maundy Thursday, April 17
7:30pm Maundy Thursday Holy Eucharist with footwashing 
Commemoration of the Lord's Supper with The Stripping of the Altar

 

Good Friday, April 18
8:00am Mass of the Pre-Sanctified
Noon Proper Liturgy, with Choir
7:30pm Proper Liturgy 

Saturday, April 19
7:30pm Easter Vigil
The Great Vigil of Easter with Blessing of the New Fire

 

Easter Sunday, April 20
8:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:30am Holy Eucharist, with youth choirs
11:00am Holy Eucharist, with Choir and Brass
WHY LORD!?  Human Suffering & A Loving God

LENTEN PROGRAM

The Adult Spiritual Formation commission just wrapped up a wonderful and well-attended series of discussions for the Lenten program: Human Suffering and a Loving God. We added a sung compline to close each evening, with many thanks to Ron Hammond for his help. Our thanks  to the cooks - Emily, Jennifer, Claudia, Pat, Diane, Moriah and Kris - who provided yummy food all around, and to Julia for her superlative kitchen support. Thank you to Fr. Owen for letting us dip just a toe into such a complex and challenging topic.   Kickie Fulmor    
Chair,  Adult Spiritual Formation Commission

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Parting Thought 

LOAVES AND FISHES
 
This is not the age of information
This is not
the age of information
 
Forget the news
and the radio
and the blurred screen.
 
This is the time
of loaves
and fishes.
 
People are hungry
And one good word is bread
for a thousand.
 


 

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 

www.gracechurchnyack.org