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, Dr. Roufa, Helen Scalici,
Rosemary Owen, Kathleen Hoenveld, Betty Wolfe, Tom LaColla, Marisol, Cathy Rae, Joanne Carter, Luke Oullen, The Rev. John Meyer
Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.]
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Reflection
No Man is an Island
"NO MAN IS AN Island," Dr. Donne wrote, "intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod be washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."
Or to use another metaphor, humanity is like an enormous spider web, so that if you touch it anywhere, you set the whole thing trembling. Sometime during the extraordinary week that followed the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, the newspapers carried the story that when that crusty old warhorse, Andrei Gromyko, signed the memorial volume at the United States embassy in Moscow, there were tears in his eyes; and I do not think that you have to be either naive or sentimental to believe that they were real tears. Surely it was not that the Soviet Foreign Minister had any love for the young American President, but that he recognized that in some sense every man was diminished by that man's death. In some sense I believe that the death of Kennedy was a kind of death for his enemies no less than for his countrymen. Just as John Donne believed that any man's death, when we are confronted by it, reminds us of our common destiny as human beings: to be born, to live, to struggle a while, and finally to die. We are all of us in it together.
Nor does it need anything as cataclysmic as the death of a President to remind us of this. As we move around this world and as we act with kindness, perhaps, or with indifference, or with hostility, toward the people we meet, we too are setting the great spider web a-tremble. The life that I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place and time my touch will be felt. Our lives are linked together. No man is an island.
7:30pm Academy of Music Summer Festival Opening Concert
Announcements & Reminders
SUMMER SCHEDULE CHANGES
Office Hours are 9:00am to 3:00pm Monday - Thursday through Labor Day
Sunday, May 31 - Last day of church school classes Sunday, June 7 - Last day of choir Sunday, June 14 - Church School end of year celebration & picnic Wednesday, June 17 - Last Healing & Wellness Service Sunday, June 28 - Sunday, September 6 - Sunday services at 8:00am/10:00am
SUMMER COMPASSION PROJECT
We are kicking off our Summer Compassion Project this Sunday. Beginning May 31, Grace Church will host a community Random Acts Of Kindness drive --- complete with truly amazing prizing (compliments of a "kind" member of the church).
Find out more during the 9:30 Service on Sunday and a special email detailing the project that will go out early next week. Information sheets will be available at all services.
WELCOME
On Sunday we welcome The Rev. Robert Rhodes as guest celebrant at 8:00am and 11:00am. Fr. Rhodes is Canon Missioner at Christ Church Cathedral is Cincinnati, Ohio. Our guest preacher is Debra Geller Rhodes, who has worked in ministry for many years. For the past several years she has worked as a hospice chaplain, but her real passion is in prison ministry. Mrs. Rhodes has served as a volunteer for the past three years at Bergen County Jail, leading prayer and meditation groups with the inmates. She is also a licensed lay preacher and is currently in discernment for ordination to the priesthood.
ROCKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BENEFIT CHAMBER CONCERT Sunday, May 31 at 4:00pm
Musicians from the Rockland Symphony Orchestra return to Grace next week for a lively chamber performance featuring works by Weber, Mozart, and Dvorak. For details, go to rocklandsymphony.org or call 845-7090-1451
NYACK ACADEMY OF MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS TO GRACE
JUNE 7 - 20
Opening Night - SUNDAY, JUNE 7 at 7:30pm
Festival cellists Jerry Grossman, David Geber, and Julia Lichten perform Popper's Requiem, followed by Brahms' Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major and Dvorak's Piano Quintet in A Major.
Masterpieces - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 at 7:30pm
Festival artists in performances of Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 1 and the Piano Quintet in E-flat Major by Schumann. In addition, Korliss Uecker, Christopher Oldfather and Anat Malkin Almani perform Brahms' Songs for soprano, viola and piano.
An Evening of Intimate String Quintets - SUNDAY, JUNE 14 at 7:30pm
There is nothing like the sound of a string quintet- join festival artists, Bracha Malkin, Jerry Grossman, Mikhail Kopelman, Julia Lichten, David Geber, and other artists in string quintets of Mozart and Glazunov.
Flute and Friends - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 at 7:30pm
Linda Chesis joins festival artists in the performance of chamber works for flute and strings, followed by Arensky's piano trio in D minor.
Gala Concert Music Of Grandeur - SATURDAY, JUNE 20 at 7:30pm
Join acting concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, Sheryl Staples, and festival artists as we bring this season to a close. The festive program features Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor, songs for soprano and piano, and the Piano Quintet by Brahms.
It's another great summer for the Amazing Grace Circus Camp here at Grace, teaching all circus skills: Acrobatics, Aerial, Clown. New this summer: private lessons are available after camp each day AND don't miss the fabulous Showcase of Talents at the end of each session. Visit amazinggracecircus.org for registration forms, or call 845-348-8740 for more information and details.
CLIFFHANGER TALES OF LOVE, LUST, COMEDY, AND DREAMS Only a few tickets left!
Scheherezade spun enchanting tales to save her life and you still can listen and be spellbound...IF you reserve your seats ASAP. There are two tickets left for the performance of Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's "The Arabian Nights" on Sunday, June 28 at 7:30pm. Picnicking (optional but great fun) begins at 5:30pm on the scenic lawn at historic Boscobel, weather permitting. And, yes, the performance does go on, rain or shine, under the tent. Contact Barbara Cross during coffee hour, call her @845- 358-4599 or send an e-mail to babcross@aol.com. Then write a check ($38.00 per ticket) to Grace Episcopal Church (Shakespeare on memo line), hand it in or mail to the church office @ 130 First Ave., Nyack, NY 10960. For those who have ordered tickets already, please send in your payments as well. Our Fellowship Commission has organized this for seventeen summers so you know it must be worth the trip!
Parting Thought
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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