Summer Service Schedule in underway - services at 8 & 10AM
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
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, Barbara
All of our Church Youth Service Mission ("CYSM") trip participants, who will be returning from West Virginia on July 11
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, Alexis Poveromo and their chaperones Charlie Cross, Joe Paskowski, Moriah Olsen, Shanaz Fillmore, Ian Graham, Suzie Devoe.
Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.]
COLLECT OF THE DAY O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Reflection
It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox, full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said, Do the best you can with these, they will have to do. And mostly, against all odds, they're enough.
Anne Lamott in Traveling Mercies
This Week
Are you on the worship ministry schedule for this weekend? Check here.
FRIDAY, July 10
9:00am - 4:00pm AGC! Circus Camp - Memorial Hall
12:00pm Perry/Torres wedding rehearsal
SATURDAY, July 11
10:00am - 9:00pm Private rental - Patterson Hall
10:00am Perry/Torres wedding
10:00am Midnight Run - Memorial Hall 2:00pm AGC! Girl Scout Circus Fun Day - Memorial Hall
SUMMER SCHEDULE CHANGES Office Hours are 9:00am to 3:00pm Monday - Thursday through Labor Day Sunday, June 28 - Sunday, September 6 - Sunday services at 8:00am/10:00am
COMING IN SEPTEMBER FROM THE ADULT SPIRITUAL FORMATION COMMISSION
The Invisible Disciples:
The Women in the Gospels
Was the role of women in the ministry of Jesus suppressed in the Gospels?
Following a simple meal of soup and salad, we will examine the biblical texts together and explore some intriguing possibilities:
How many disciples were there?
Were any of the disciples women?
Who was at the foot of the cross?
Who saw the empty tomb?
Who told the stories that became the gospels?
The theme of the evening will be that, in the decades following the resurrection, both men and women told the stories that formed the oral tradition that, 50 years later, informed the gospels. The persons who told the stories are the persons who are named in the stories. That's why their names were remembered. These persons certainly included Peter, James and John. But, also significant in forming the tradition were the sisters Mary and Martha, Magdalene, Susan, Salome, Joanna and Mary of Clopas.
Pat Reynolds will be leading the discussion.
Mark your calendars!
Wednesday, September 30
6:30 to 7:45 pm
Memorial Hall
LET'S CELEBRATE SALLY!
After 35 years, Sally Seiler has retired from her job as South Nyack Village Clerk!
As a longtime member of Grace Church, Sally has done just about everything a person can do at this church...and done it well and enthusiastically. Sally is also one of Amazing Grace CIRCUS!'s original three Board Members since 2004. In her honor, The Sally Seiler Circus Camp Scholarship Fund is being established to help families in our local area make a camp experience possible for their children. What an AMAZING way to honor Sally's great work in this community.
Sally will be honored with a Community Party in Franklin Park, South Nyack,on July 26 and AGC! will be there to present details of the scholarship in her name and a card including all the names of those who have contributed to date.
If you're interested in participating in growing the scholarship fund in her honor, please make a check out to Amazing Grace CIRCUS! and memo: Sally Seiler Scholarship Fund - you can drop it by the church office, or in the plate on Sunday - where you'll find more details as well as offering envelopes to use for your donation. We hope this will make her soooo happy...and she deserves it!
Carlo Pellegrini, Janet Hayes, co-founders AGC! Board of Directors
REBUILD THE CHURCHES FUND Special Collection this Sunday
An interfaith Rebuild the Churches Fund has been established to collect donations from all over the world for the rebuilding of the churches burned recently in the south. CLICK HERE to find out more about the campaign. You can make a donation directly on line, or make a check to Christ Church Cathedral with "Rebuild the Churches Fund" in the memo line and drop it by the office or use the special envelopes that you'll find in church on Sunday.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE! Kids out of school? It's not too late to give them a summer-full of great circus experiences! Check out Amazing Grace Circus Camp, running right here at Grace Church through August 7. Amazing skills, confidence building, and FUN, with a fabulous Showcase of Talents at the end of each two-week session.
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.
Parting Thought
Dolphins
Happy, they leap Out of the surface Of waves reflecting The sun fragmented To broken glass By the stiff breeze Across our bows.
Curving, they draw Curlicues And serifs with Lashed tail and fin Across the screen Of blue horizon - Images Of their delight Outside, displaying My heart within.
Across this dazzling Mediterranean August morning The dolphins write such Ideograms: With power to wake Me prisoned in My human speech They sign: 'I AM!'
