Bob & Donna Weber, Mickey Federico, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Shirley Federico, Courtney Hoenveld, Janet, Thomas Humeston, Elaine MacPhee, Tankert Mahler, Marie Haynie, Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Miranda Pinckert, Adele, Clinton Taplin, Dominique Rhoklin, Fred Teyan, Marie Stay, Marie Young, Peggy McCann, Peggy, Madeline Schnalzer, Peter Zakrepine, Betty Mettler, Marvin Spruck, Jeannie, Lyn Casey, Kathryn Lehman, Rosemarie Buri, Louise Bohr, Carl, Meredith Gilmor, Sally Sarvent, Alexandra Mettler, Barbara DelPizzo, Sharon, Dr. Roufa, Sophie Weber, Helen Scalici, Jeff Adams
O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Reflection
"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people - first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving,"
9:30am Holy Eucharist (Family Service) 10:10am Church School is on hiatus Refreshments (Fenton Room/Memorial Hall) 11:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite II) 9:00pm Helping Hands (Memorial Hall)
TONIGHT!! GRACE MUSIC PRESENTS: (UN) LUCKY IN LOVE A Cabaret Friday, February 13 at 7:30pm
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Lent Begins on February 18
SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE DINNER - Tuesday, February 17
Indulge with us! The Grace Church Confirmation Class invites you to come celebrate with our parish family before the long season of Lent. Pancakes and syrup, bacon and coffee, orange juice and milk will be served up in Memorial Hall from 5:30-7:00pm on Tuesday, February 17.
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES 8:00am, Noon, 7:30pm
Ashes to Go - for commuters - 6:30-7:30am, downtown Nyack
THE 2015 GRACE LENTEN PROGRAM: The Cup of Life
Join us on three Wednesday evenings - February 25, March 4, March 11 from 6:00-7:45pm. Each evening Begins with a simple meal of soup and bread, followed by a program of prayer, meditation, reflection on short readings, & small group discussion led by members of the Adult Spiritual Formation Commission. Based on The Cup of Our Life by Joyce Rupp, Ave Maria Press, 1997 (purchase not required.) CLICK ON THE IMAGE AT LEFT FOR MORE.
To help us plan for meals, please register on clipboard in the foyer of the church, email us, or call 845-358-1297.
EVENING PRAYER AND ORGAN MEDITATIONS DURING LENT
Grace Episcopal Church offers a Lenten series of Evening Prayer followed by thirty-minute Organ Meditations by our esteemed organists.
Evening Prayer begins at 4pm and the Meditations begin at 4:30pm*.
Sunday, February 22: Brandon Beachamp Organist-Choirmaster, Grace Church
Sunday, March 1: John Bate Director of Music, St. Peter's UMC, Ocean City (NJ)
Sunday, March 8: Jan Valentine Organist and Choir Member, Grace Church
Sunday, March 15: Cleveland Kersh Organist-Choirmaster, Holy Trinity, NYC
Sunday, March 22: Richard Kuczkowski Assisting Organist, Grace Church
Announcements & Reminders
GAME NIGHT AT GRACE Saturday, February 28
Enjoy playing board games, Scrabble, trivia or card games?
Love jigsaw puzzles?
Suffering from cabin fever?
Come to Grace's Game Night Fun(d)-Raiser on February 28 for some fun and games!
Come for games, good company, and snacks anytime from 4:00 to 9:00 pm. A light supper of soup & salad will be served at 6:00. Free-will donation, with half the proceeds going to a charitable organization.
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER GROUP CONTINUES SATURDAYS - JOIN ANY TIME
FINAL SESSION THIS SATURDAY
As the days begin to lengthen and we look ahead to spring, you are invited to attend a six-week contemplative prayer group sponsored by the Adult Spiritual Formation Commission (ASF) and led by Jan Valentine. On six Saturdays - January 10 - February 14 from 10:00am to noon - we will explore the theme of light through Advent and Epiphany using prayer forms that are designed to deepen your prayer life and offer an opportunity to find God in the stillness of contemplation in community. Jan is a member of Grace Church and the ASF. She is a graduate of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, has a contemplative spiritual guidance practice, and is a retreat leader, musician, and artist. For more details and to register, call Jan at 914-912-4303.
Parting Thought
"I Happened to Be Standing"
By Mary Oliver
I don't know where prayers go, or what they do. Do cats pray, while they sleep half-asleep in the sun? Does the opossum pray as it crosses the street? The sunflowers? The old black oak growing older every year? I know I can walk through the world, along the shore or under the trees, with my mind filled with things of little importance, in full self-attendance. A condition I can't really call being alive Is a prayer a gift, or a petition, or does it matter? The sunflowers blaze, maybe that's their way. Maybe the cats are sound asleep. Maybe not.
While I was thinking this I happened to be standing just outside my door, with my notebook open, which is the way I begin every morning. Then a wren in the privet began to sing. He was positively drenched in enthusiasm, I don't know why. And yet, why not. I wouldn't persuade you from whatever you believe or whatever you don't. That's your business. But I thought, of the wren's singing, what could this be if it isn't a prayer? So I just listened, my pen in the air.
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
130 First Avenue.Nyack.New York.10960.845-358-1297
