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Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost - August 31, 2014
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Collect of the Day
Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; 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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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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Even, and perhaps especially, in the bleakest times, we can still discover and awaken beauty; these are precisely the times when we need it most. Nowhere else can we find the joy that beauty brings. Joy is not simply the fruit of circumstance; we can choose to be joyous independent of what is happening around us. The joyful heart sees and reads the world with a sense of freedom and graciousness. Despite all the difficult turns on the road, it never loses sight of the world as a gift. St Augustine said: 'The soul is weighed in the balance by what delights her. Delight or enjoyment sets the soul in her ordered place. Where the delight is, there is the treasure.' Perhaps this is why there is such delight in beauty. In the midst of fragmentation and distress beauty draws the soul into an experience where an elegant order prevails. This brings a lovely tranquillity and satisfies the desire of the soul. When the Beautiful continues on its way, the soul has been strengthened by a delight that will further assist her in transfiguring struggle.
John O'Donohue, in Beauty
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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
Thursday, September 4
12:00pm Brown Bag & A Bible (Patterson Hall)
7:30pm Choir
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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FULL SERVICE SCHEDULE RETURNS NEXT WEEK, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Sunday services at 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am
So many new things are coming up in the fall -- CLICK HERE for a quick list -- then watch for your Messenger next week for more details -- and don't miss the Ministry Fair on Sunday, September 14 to sign up for a host of great activities!
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CORNERSTONE CAMPAIGN About 30  parishioners gathered at the rectory last week to learn more about Grace Church's Cornerstone Campaign. With approximately $90,000 to be raised for Phase I repairs, thanks to the generosity of our fellow parishioners since the campaign began, we are over halfway there. Watch for Cornerstone Committee members at coffee hours and at the Ministry Fair on September 14, where they'll have information about the campaign and answer your questions. Our life together at Grace is a life of seeking, witness, reconciliation and community. Keeping our spiritual home in good working order is imperative and part of being good stewards of our beautiful space. We are grateful to you all for your support of our beloved community at Grace Church. 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 very promising start. FOR MORE |
 Help Wanted! Sunday School Teachers Flexible Schedule - One Sunday a Month All grades especially Jr. Youth Group Grades 6-7-8 You're invited to: A Professional Development Work Shop for teachers and prospective teachers Presenting Our New Exciting Curriculum: Weaving God's Promise Saturday, September 13 9:00am in Patterson Hall For more information, contact church school coordinator |
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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Human beings suffer,
They torture one another,
They get hurt and get hard.
No poem or play or song
Can fully right a wrong
Inflicted and endured.
History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge.
Believe that further shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells.
From "The Cure at Troy"
Seamus Heaney
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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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