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Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost - August 24, 2014
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Collect of the Day
Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; 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 [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.] This Week
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CLICK HERE for Bible study resources.
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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, Sam Terrant, Dave Budwhal
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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"Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimes make things worse. It is a risky undertaking but in the end it is worthwhile, because in the end only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing. Superficial reconciliation can bring only superficial healing."
Desmond Tutu
From Episcopal Vital Practices, Sojourners, Episcopal Intercultural Network, and other sources, thoughtful responses to the news from Ferguson and beyond:
Not As Helpless As We Think: 3 Ways to Stand In Solidarity With Ferguson
Don't Ignore It - 5 Ways Christians and Churches must Engage Michael Brown's Death
Healing the Child - Praying With our Feet
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Are you on the worship ministry schedule this weekend? CLICK HERE
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Sunday, August 24 - The Rev. Richard Sloan, guest celebrant
Holy Eucharist @ 8 & 10am
Thursday, August 28
12:00pm Bible Study (Patterson Hall)
Sunday, August 31
Holy Eucharist @ 8 & 10am
Monday, September 1 - Labor Day
Grace Church Office is Closed
Regular Office Hours resume Tuesday, September 2
Monday - Thursday, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Our full Sunday service schedule resumes on Sunday, September 7
Services at 8, 9:30, 11:00am
Ministry Fair & Church School registration on September 14
Church School classes begin on the 21st.
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GUEST CELEBRANT
On Sunday we welcome The Reverend Richard Sloan as our guest celebrant. Fr. Sloan has worked for the Diocese of New York for 22 years, as Stewardship Officer, Coordinator of the Congregational Support Plan, and as chaplain to Columbia University for the past five years. He and his wife live in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, where they raised two children.
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Click on the picture for a great new video featuring our own Amazing Grace Circus!
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CORNERSTONE CAMPAIGN
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 --- and thanks to a number of generous donors, we have made a promising start. 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.
FOR MORE
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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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Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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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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