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, May
Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.]
Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Reflection
Pushing old boundaries Over and over, God's call to us means pushing old boundaries, embracing outsiders, giving up the notion that there is not enough of us to go around. We may resist; we may even lose our tempers, but the call of God is insistent, as insistent as the Canaanite woman who would not leave Jesus alone. The call of God keeps after us, calling us by name, until finally we step over the lines we have drawn for ourselves and discover a whole new world on the other side. . . .The best lesson, I suppose, is that God's face can turn up anywhere, and especially on the far side of the lines we draw to protect ourselves-in the face of a Canaanite woman, or a person with AIDS, or in any of the other faces that turn toward us seeking help, seeking care, seeking relationship with us that we are reluctant to give. The call of God is insistent, and whenever we limit who we will be to other people or who we will let them be for us, God gets to work, rubbing out the lines we have drawn around ourselves and calling us into the limitless country of his love. We may well formulate new limits and draw new lines, but none of them last very long, because that is the way it is when people have been called out by God. Once God has called us out there is no going back-whatever we choose to do-God never calls us back behind our lines.
From "Crossing the Line" in The Seeds of Heaven: Sermons from the Episcopal Series of the Protestant Radio Hour by Barbara Brown Taylor (Forward Movement Publications, 1990).
This Week
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6:00pm Healing & Wellness service (Bradley Chapel)
7:30pm Academy of Music Festival Concert(for info 845-358-7445)
THURSDAY, June 18
Brown Bag & A Bible is on hiatus until September
Friday, JUNE 19
9:30am-1:00pm Nursery School of the Nyacks Last Day Festivities (Patterson)
7:00PM Vestry Dinner
SATURDAY, June 20
7:30pm Academy of Music Festival Concert (for info 845-358-7445)
SUNDAY, June 21
8:00am/9:30am/11:00am (baptism) - Holy Eucharist
SUNDAY, June 28 - Summer Service Schedule (8:00am/10:00am) begins
Announcements & Reminders
SUMMER SCHEDULE CHANGES
Office Hours are 9:00am to 3:00pm Monday - Thursday through Labor Day Sunday, June 14 - Church School end of year celebration & picnic Sunday, June 28 - Sunday, September 6 - Sunday services at 8:00am/10:00am Wednesday, July 1 - Last Healing and Wellness service until September
Please note that Thayer will be out of the office during the week of June 15. There will be limited office coverage mornings throughout the week, but messages will be checked daily.
CELEBRATE SUMMER - Join us at our "brunch-que" on Sunday
Please join us as we kick off the summer with a festive BBQ this Sunday, June 14 after the 9:30 service. We'll provide the main course, and ask you to bring something - a tasty side dish or dessert - to share. Whatever service you usually attend, EVERYONE is welcome - we look forward to celebrating with you!
Come check out our Grace Church table at this annual community event in the Main Street parking lot in Nyack. Fr. Owen and Senior Warden Kim Cross will be speaking, and there's a great array of music, vendors, and fun activities for kids. If you'd like to help out, please contact Kickie
THANK FROM THE SENIOR YOUTH GROUP/"CYSM" group
Thank you to everyone who donated, bought, and helped out at the rummage sale this year. Your contributions and assistance helped us to raise over $1400! That is a big help since we have 19 teenagers joining us on our trip to West Virginia this year!
Please keep the participants and the chaperones in your prayers: Charlie Cross, Joe Paskowski, Moriah Olsen, Shanaz Fillmore, Ian Graham, Suzie Devoe, Carlo hausler, Evelyn Hausler, Olivia Olsen, Emma Paskowski, Dominique Rock, Austin Cavazzi, Heather Graham, Jenna Bachert, Alison Wanamaker, Benjamin Shneck, Justin Marracino, Kyra Fillmore, Grace Rosner, Owen Shaw, Jake Hinden, Giuseppe Pagano, Aidan Pagano, Graham Sevastian and Alexis Poveromo. We will be meeting at Grace Church early on Sunday, June 28 to leave for WV and will return on July 11.
If you would like to make a contribution towards the trip, it is not too late! Please make checks out to Grace Church with "CYSM" in the memo line. As always, thank you for your ongoing support of these trips, they could not happen without you. Moriah Olsen
SUMMER COMPASSION CHALLENGE
Our Random Acts Of Kindness Challenge is off to a great start. In just one week we have registered over 70 participants that range in ages from 6 months to 82. We are giving out red rope bracelets as a reminder to anyone taking the challenge that an act of kindness can simply start with an outreached hand. Please go to the office to pick up a bracelet and remember you can register by emailing us at gracekidsnyack@gmail .com or by going to our website
DIAPERS/FORMULA NEEDED A member of the community with several young disabled grandchildren could use some help with donations of Similac formula and diapers (size small and large). If you're able to help, donations can be left at the entry to the church on Sundays, or brought to the office.
NYACK ACADEMY OF MUSIC FESTIVAL CONTINUES THROUGH JUNE 20
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.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS SOLD OUT!
The good news: we have sold all of our 22 tickets to the 7:30 pm June 28th performance of The Arabian Nights. The good/bad news: the box office says you can try for tickets for that performance but they may not be with our original group and they will not be at the reduced group rate. So if you have been thinking about attending a fun evening and would like to be with fellow Grace friends, make your plans ASAP. Call the box office 845 265 9575 or order online at www. hvshakespeare.org. Thanks for your support for 17 years at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival! Barbara Cross
Gentle me, Holy one, into an unclenched moment, a deep breath, a letting go of heavy experiences, of shriveling anxieties, of dead certainties, that softened by the silence, surrounded by the light, and open to the mystery, I may be found by wholeness, upheld by the unfathomable, entranced by the simple, and filled with the joy that is you.
