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Palm Sunday -  April 13, 2014
Collect of the Day
Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; 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, 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, Roberta, Margo    

 

 

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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

Jesus went to Jerusalem to announce the Good News to the people of that city. And Jesus knew that he was going to put a choice before them: Will you be my disciple, or will you be my executioner?

 

There is no middle ground here. Jesus went to Jerusalem to put people in a situation where they had to say yes or no. That is the great drama of Jesus' passion: He had to wait upon how people were going to respond.


Henri J. M. Nouwen, "A Spirituality of Waiting," The Weavings Reader

   

 

 

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This Week 

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SATURDAY, APRIL 12

10:00am Midnight Run

10:15 - 11:15am  Worship Ministers rehearsals for Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil

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PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 13

8:00am Holy Eucharist Rite I - Liturgy of the Palms begins in Memorial Garden

9:30am Holy Eucharist & Path of Christ - children are asked to sit in front rows of the church

11:00am Holy Eucharist - Liturgy of the Palms begins in Memorial Garden (incense) 

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 15

7:00pm Vestry

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

5:00pm St. Cecilia Choir

6:00pm St. Cecilia Choir

 

MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 17

12:00pm NO BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK

2:30pm Graceful Yoga (Memorial Hall)

7:30pm Proper Liturgy with Foot Washing & Stripping of the Altar

 

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 18

12:00pm  Proper Liturgy (with Choir)

7:30pm  Proper Liturgy 

 

HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 19

11:30am  St. Cecilia Choir

7:30pm Easter Vigil, followed by a reception in Memorial Hall   (incense) 

 

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 20

8:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite 1

9:30am Holy Eucharist, with Youth & Parish Choirs

11:00am Holy Eucharist with Choir & Brass  (incense) 

 

Announcements 

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EASTER FLOWER MEMORIALS - Deadline is Monday
Easter flower memorial envelopes must be returned to the office by April 14 for acknowledgement in the Easter service  bulletins.  You'll find extra envelopes at the entrance to the church -- you can drop the envelope in the offering plate on Sunday,  stop by the office before the end of the day on Monday, give us a call (845-358-1297), or send us an email.
STRIPPING OF PALMS
At 10:00am on Saturday, April 12, members of the altar guild will gather to prepare the palms for services on Palm Sunday.  You're invited to join them in this traditional task -- all are welcome!

AMAZING GRACE CIRCUS CABARET

RAISES FUNDS FOR CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS
Saturday, May 3

 

Chaos, Comestibles and Comedy reign supreme at AGC's 4th Annual "CircusCircus CABARET!", Saturday, May 3, 2014 at The CIRCUSpace @ GRACE Church, Nyack.

 

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THE LIAR...THE TITLE TELLS ALL  

 
Take one young man who cannot tell the truth, his manservant who cannot tell a lie, add two beautiful young women, a jealous lover-and then sit back to enjoy the hilarious consequences in David Ives's brilliantly witty adaptation of the classic comedy, The Liar. Barbara Cross is now taking reservations for the 7:00pm performance on Sunday, June 29  with our usual picnicking on the lovely grounds of Boscobel starting at 5:00pm, weather permitting. We already have 17 seats taken of the 25 reserved so don't miss out. Contact Barbara ASAP during coffee hour, call her @845- 358-4599 or send an e-mail to babcross@aol.com. You may also call the church office (845-358-1297, ext. 10) or send Thayer an email to reserve.  Then write a check ($35.00 per ticket) to Grace Episcopal Church (Shakespeare on memo line), hand it in or mail to the church office. How easy is that?

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Parting Thought 

God's megaphone 

 

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains:
it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

 

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

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