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Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost - September 14, 2014
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Collect of the Day
O God, because without you we are not able to please you mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ 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, 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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Are you on the worship ministry schedule this weekend? CLICK HERE
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Saturday, September 13
9:00am Church School Teachers Meeting & Training (Patterson Hall)
10:00am Midnight Run meal preparation (Memorial Hall)
Sunday, September 14 8:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite I) 9:30am Holy Eucharist (Family service) 10:10am Ministry Fair and Church School Registration (Memorial Garden) 11:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite II) 12:00pm Ministry Fair (Memorial Garden) 12:30pm March for Climate Change meeting - Patterson Hall 3-9:00 Rain Location Hopper House Hootenanny - Memorial Hall 6:30pm Senior Youth Group - Fenton Room 7:30pm "Disruption" - Climate Change movie - Bradley Chapel/Memorial Hall Tuesday, September 16 7:00pm Boy Scouts - Memorial Hall 7:00pm - Vestry - Patterson Hall Wednesday, September 17 6:30pm Cub Scouts - Memorial Hall 7:00pm Wellness Service - Bradley Chapel Thursday, September 18 12:00pm Brown Bag Bible Study - Patterson Hall 7:30pm Choir rehearsal Friday, September 19 2:30pm Crowther/Charbonneau wedding |
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BRING A FRIEND
FOR HOMECOMING SUNDAY ON SEPTEMBER 14
Ministry Fair and Church School Registration
Beginning at 10:10am in Memorial Garden
Displays/Take Away Info/Surprises Find out about:
Adult Spiritual Formation - Fellowship - New Member Ministry - Social Ministry - Youth - Worship Ministries (Acolytes/Subdeacons/Lectors etc) - The Grace Church Choirs - Stewardship - Altar Guild - Grace's Thrift Shop -Pastoral Care - GraceMusic - Amazing Grace Circus - Garden Club - Boy Scouts - Twelve-Step Groups-Nursery School of the Nyacks - Conerstone Campaign, Fund(d)Raisers
It's ALL Here!
Sponsored by the Adult Spiritual Formation Commission.
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WE ARE BACK TO OUR FULL SERVICE SCHEDULE
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 and then see your Messenger.
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WELLNESS SERVICE BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY
Join us at 7:00pm in Bradley Chapel on the first and third Wednesday of each month for this new service dedicated to the ministry of wellness and self-care.
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JOIN US AT THE PEOPLE'S  CLIMATE MARCH
SEPTEMBER 21 IN NEW YORK CITY
We'll be having another planning meeting after the 11:00am service this Sunday, September 14 at 12:30 in Patterson Hall. Join us to plan transportation details, talk about logistics, and share your enthusiasm! Contact us if you're not able to be there so that we
make sure you have all the details. Help us be part of making this a day that makes a difference. IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO TAKE ONE OF THE BUSES INTO THE CITY,
PLEASE LET US KNOW RIGHT AWAY.
On Sunday night at 7:30pm we will screen the important climate change movie right here at Grace -- please join us.
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LOOKING FOR GRACEFUL YOGA?
Watch for classes to start up again in October.
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SAVE THE DATE For another memorable FUN(d) RAISER!
Saturday, October 4 Doors open at 5:30pm
El Camino De Santiago - the Way of St. James - is an ancient pilgrimage route that ends at the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in the Cathedral de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. In 2010, Emilio Estevez wrote, produced, and directed The Way, a movie that tells the story of an American physician who walks El Camino de Santiago himself. On October 4, we'll screen The Way and members of the Grace community who have walked portions of The Way will share their stories and reflections while we all enjoy a variety of tapas and pintxos - and of course a glass of sangria. Tickets ($12) will go on sale at the Ministry Fair of Sunday, September 14. Profits from this FUN(d) RAISER will be split between Grace Church and Christ Episcopal Church Tarrytown to support their ministry working with undocumented minors from Central America who are residing at Abbot House in Irvington, NY (see more below). If you are interested; e-mail us at jffmcdwll@hotmail.com or give us a call at 845 371 3205.
"I was a stranger and you welcomed me."
Abbot House, a facility in Westchester, is now providing transitional housing for unaccompanied children who have arrived in the U.S. from Central America. Within the next month it is expected that they will be housing as many as 30 young boys (14-17 years old) and 20 mothers and babies. Christ Church in Tarrytown has initiated a program to visit the children, and they can use donations of backpacks and art supplies as well as money to purchase sneakers and cleats (the boys are huge soccer fans.) We have also been invited to join volunteers in visiting the children on Sunday afternoons. If you'd like more information or would like to be part of a group visiting the children, please contact the office.
There is a box available for donated items at the church entrance. If you'd like to make a financial donation, please make check out to Grace Church with Abbott House on the memo line.
Thank You!
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CORNERSTONE CAMPAIGN 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 |
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BLOOD DRIVE AT ST. ANN'S ON SEPTEMBER 14
New York has declard a blood emergency, and St. Ann's Catholic Church, our next door neighbors, will be having a blood drive from 8:00am to 2:00pm on Sunday, September 14. Please consider donating if you can! To make an appointment, contact George Berry at 845-353-2424 or benison65@yahoo.com.
Walk ins are also welcome.
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 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 |
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The Place Where We Are Right
by Yehuda Amichai
From the place where we are right
Flowers will never grow
In the spring.
The place where we are right
Is hard and trampled
Like a yard.
But doubts and loves
Dig up the world
Like a mole, a plow.
And a whisper will be heard in the place
Where the ruined
House once stood.
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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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