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, Madeline Schnalzer, Peter Zakrepine, Betty Mettler, Marvin Spruck, Jeannie, Lyn Casey, Rosemarie Buri, Louise Bohr, Carl, Meredith Gilmor, Sally Sarvent, Alexandra Mettler, Barbara DelPizzo, Sharon, Dr. Roufa, Sophie Weber, Helen Scalici, Jeff Adams, Rosemary Owen, Kathleen Hoenveld, Betty Wolfe, Terrence Berg
Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.]
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Reflection
It is surely an exercise of faith for us to see Christ in each other. But it is through such exercise that we grow and the joy of our vocation assures us we are on the right path. Certainly, it is easier to believe that the sun warms us, and we know that buds will appear on the trees in the wasteland across the street, that life will spring out of the dull clods of that littered park across the way.
There are wars and rumors of wars, poverty and plague, hunger and pain. Still, the sap is rising, again there is the resurrection of spring, and God's continuing promise to be with us always, with comfort and joy, if we will only ask.
4:00pm Evening Prayer & Organ Meditation - Richard Kuczkowski
This Weekend
WELCOME THE REVEREND A. MEIGS ROSS at 8:00 & 11:00am
The Rev. A. Meigs Ross, LCSW is currently a psychotherapist in private practice, the director of the post graduate program in spirituality and social work at New York University, and a pastoral educator at Union Theological Seminary in NY. She has served as a chaplain, pastoral educator and director of pastoral care and education at several local hospitals including Nyack Hospital, St. Luke's-Roosevelt, and New York Presbyterian. She has an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary, a diploma in Anglican Studies from General Theological Seminary, and an MSW from New York University. Meigs and her family have been members of Grace Church since 1999. She lives in Valley Cottage with her spouse, Barbara Miesch.
UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY EUCHARIST
For children in 2nd - 5th grades, this six-week program will includes a Saturday meeting and a take home curriculum to work on with your child(ren). An introduction for parents takes place this Sunday, March 15 following the 9:30 service, and a second meeting will take place on Saturday, May 2 at 10:00am. The program concludes at the 9:30 service on Sunday, May 3 when the participants will be recognized. Please contact Lainie Murrell for more info or to sign-up your child: (845) 825-6236 gracekidsnyack@gmail.com.
WELCOME BRUNCH AT THE RECTORY - This Sunday, March 15.
Are you relatively new to the Grace Church community? Perhaps you've been coming for awhile but are wondering how to become more involved, or have questions about who does what, or what goes on here beyond the Sunday services. The New Member Ministry commission is hosting a welcome brunch and coffee for those who wish to find out more about Grace and meet some of the parish leadership. The informal gathering runs from10:15am to 1:00pm at the rectory (the corner of First and Franklin, on the other side of the memorial garden) and you're welcome to stop by anytime. Please give us a call at 845-358-1297 or email parishoffice@gracechurchnyack.org - We look forward to meeting you
CHURCH SCHOOL LENTEN GIVING PROJECT - BAKE SALE THIS SUNDAY! Throughout Lent the church school will be raising money for Episcopal Relief and Development's Gifts for Lifein various ways including hosting bake sales following the 9:30am service. Even if you do not have a child in church school, you're more than welcome to contribute to this great cause. Come buy some baked goods at one of our bake sales or make a donation. To donate, look for our donation box in the narthex or contact Lainie Murrell.
EVENING PRAYER AND ORGAN MEDITATIONS DURING LENT
Grace Church offers a Lenten series of Evening Prayer beginning at 4:00pm, followed by thirty-minute Organ Meditations by our esteemed organists.
THIS SUNDAY: Cleveland Kersh Organist-Choirmaster, Holy Trinity, NYC
Sunday, March 22: Richard Kuczkowski Assisting Organist, Grace Church
Announcements & Reminders
EASTER FAIR - Next Sunday, March 22 at 10:10am
The Senior Youth Group's festive Easter Fair features games, crafts, bake sale, and an Easter Basket raffle to help raise funds for the 2015 Church Youth Service Mission (CYSM) trip to Beards Fork, WV. Be sure to stop by and get your picture taken with the Easter Bunny!
"I GIVE ELECTRONICALLY" If you are one of our pledgers who give electronically through the diocesan E-pledge service, or have made arrangements to have your pledge paid at regular intervals through a credit card payment, you might like to use one of our new "I give electronically" cards to put in the plate during the collection of offerings on Sunday. Look for them at the church entry, or ask an usher. If you're interested in electronic giving options, you'll find more information there as well.
Parting Thought
The Inner History of a Day
Jonh O'Dohohue
No one knew the name of this day; Born quietly from deepest night, It hid its face in light, Demanded nothing for itself, Opened out to offer each of us A field of brightness that traveled ahead, Providing in time, ground to hold our footsteps And the light of thought to show the way.
The mind of the day draws no attention; It dwells within the silence with elegance To create a space for all our words, Drawing us to listen inward and outward.
We seldom notice how each day is a holy place Where the eucharist of the ordinary happens, Transforming our broken fragments Into an eternal continuity that keeps us.
Somewhere in us a dignity presides That is more gracious than the smallness That fuels us with fear and force, A dignity that trusts the form a day takes.
So at the end of this day, we give thanks For being betrothed to the unknown And for the secret work Through which the mind of the day And wisdom of the soul become one.
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
130 First Avenue.Nyack.New York.10960.845-358-1297
