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Tenth Sunday After Pentecost - August 17, 2014
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Collect of the Day
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
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Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.] This Week
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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Bob & Donna Weber, Mickey Federico, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Teri Caserto, Shirley Federico, Courtney Hoenveld, 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, George Fee, Robert A., Miriam, Dale Sarventi, Richard, Peggy, Madeline Schnalzer, Sheri Hall Smith, Louis, Maria, Eileen, Billy, Roberta, Bernadette, Marketa, Tess, Al Lalli, Peter Zakrpine, Betty Mettler, Marvin Spruck, Lydia, Genevieve, Robert, Jeannie, Ewan, Derek, Billie Monaghan Morgan, Lyn Casey, Russell, Keira and Carys Lyman, Nancy Andrews, Nancy Leppelmeier, Theresa Weber, Eleanor & Rebecca Fassett, Kathryn Lehman,
Jorge Severino, James Macera, Lorraine, The Community of Piedra Menuda, Nicaragua
REST IN PEACE: Marguerite Barraclough, stepmother of parishioner Barbara Cross, who died on Saturday, August 9, 2014
Please click here to send us a message if you would like to add or remove a name from the prayer list.
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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Of course the Church is conservative for it has so much to conserve. But let it conserve a vision of the world's destiny and not the structures of the world's past. Let the Church in remembering Christ remember that it is conserving the most uprooting, the most revolutionary force in all human history. For it was Christ who crossed every boundary, broke down every barrier. He crossed the boundaries of class by eating with the outcasts. He crossed the boundary of nations by pointing to a Samaritan as the agent of God's will. He transgressed religious boundaries by claiming that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. Everywhere he manifested his freedom and called others to theirs, calling them forth from family, national, and religious loyalty to the world at large. If ever there was a man who trusted his origins and had the courage to emerge from them, it was Christ.
From Credo by William Sloane Coffin
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Are you on the worship ministry schedule this weekend? CLICK HERE
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Sunday, August 17 8:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite I) 10:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite II) Tuesday, August 19 7:00pm Vestry (Memorial Hall) Thursday, August 21 12:00pm Bible Study (Patterson Hall) 6:30pm Cornerstone Campaign event at the Rectory Sunday, August 24 - The Rev. Richard Sloan, guest celebrant 8:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite I0 10:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite II) |
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GUEST ORGANIST
On Sunday we again welcome guest organist Jan Valentine. Jan has become a familiar face at Grace this past year as a member of the Grace Choir. Jan served for twenty years as Organist-Choirmaster at St. John's Episcopal Church in Pleasantville, New York. In addition to her dedicated musical career, Jan is the "chaplain to the chaplains" at Westchester Medical Center as well as chaplaincy office supervisor and mentor to Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) students.
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CORNER STONE CAMPAIGN
JOIN US AT THE RECTORY ON AUGUST 21 TO LEARN MORE
You may have noticed the scaffolding around our beautiful church recently and the attention we are giving to the stonework. Our life together at Grace is a life of seeking, witness, reconciliation, and community. Our building keeps us dry in the rains and warm in the winter storms. It stands as a beacon of welcome and hope for our community. We hope that you will make a contribution to our building fund - The Cornerstone Campaign - this summer. The fund will allow us to care for our stones, the side and front doors, the roof, as well as other projects essential in the care of our church home. We have $80,000 to raise for the first phase of work and $32,000 has already been pledged or dedicated to the project.
We invite you to join us at the Rectory on August 21 at 6:30pm to learn more about the work that needs to be done and how you can help. Please RSVP as soon as possible to Thayer in the office at 845.358.1297 or at twoodcock@gracechurchnyack.org.
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Finding your way . . .Finding rest and care for your soul. . .Finding Joy in your heart. . . 
Spiritual Guidance for individuals and groups For more information please contact Jan Valentine 914-912-4303 creativeholy@gmail.com Jan is a graduate of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation program. Spiritual Guidance Program: Nurturing the Call and training in Shalem's Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats: Transforming Community. Sponsored by Grace Episcopal Church, Nyack |
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HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF JOINING OUR TEAM OF CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHERS?
Each year new parents and other volunteers join our team of church school teachers. No previous teaching experience is needed, and you don't need to have kids in the church school. Each grade level is assigned three teachers to enable a rotation that requires teaching no more than every third week from 10:15 to 11:00 on Sundays. We're working on finding a fun and easy new curriculum to make the teaching experience better than ever. This year we are in greatest need of teachers to help with our Junior Youth Group (middle school age).
There will be a church school teachers' meeting on Saturday, September 13 at 9am where you will learn all that you need to know. Church school registration is Sunday, September 14, and church school starts Sunday, September 21 following the 9:30 service. You can also register your child(ren) online ahead of time. Click here to go to our online registration form. Please e-mail or Lainie Murrell if you'd like to know more!
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JOIN US AT THE PEOPLE'S  CLIMATE MARCH
SEPTEMBER 21 IN NEW YORK CITY - SAVE THE DATE!
On September 21 people from all over the country will converge in Manhattan for the "largest climate march in history," planned for two days before world leaders attend a major Climate Summit at the United Nations headquarters here in NYC.
Do you want to be a part of Grace's presence and participation in this event and the Religions for the Earth Interfaith service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine later the same day?
We are planning now, so look for the sign up sheet at church on Sunday, or contact us - help us be part of making this a day that makes a difference.
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With Her
By Pablo Neruda
This time is difficult. Wait for me.
We will live it out vividly.
Give me your small hand:
we will rise and suffer,
we will feel, we will rejoice.
We are once more the pair
who lived in bristling places,
in harsh nests in the rock.
This time is difficult. Wait for me
with a basket, with a shovel,
with your shoes and your clothes.
Now we need each other,
not only for the carnations' sake,
not only to look for honey---
we need our hands
to wash with, to make fire.
So let our difficult time
stand up to infinity
with four hands and four eyes.
translated by Alastair Reid
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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 |
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