The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost - August 16, 2015
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, 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, Sally Sarvent, Alexandra Mettler, Dr. Roufa, Helen Scalici, Rosemary Owen, Kathleen Hoenveld, Betty Wolfe, Tom LaColla, Cathy Rae, Joanne Carter, Luke Oullen, The Rev. John Meyer, May, Barbara, Dennis McSherry, Joanne, Dolores Puhl, Pam
Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.]
COLLECT OF THE DAY Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Reflection
Harmony and Balance Benedictine harmony and balance and awareness call us all to life drunk deeply. And, interestingly enough, there has probably never been a better moment in history to do that. We have information that has never been known before. We have a vision of the world and all of its people and all of their needs that has never been known to humankind before this time. We have scientific insights that are far beyond the understandings of our ancestors. We have a level of technology that frees us to be humans, not beasts of burden, that frees us to be thinkers on the planet rather than mere survivors of its rigors. We have a mechanized life, a computerized life, and a connected life that frees us and bonds us as at no other time in human history.
All we lack, now that life has become so speeded up, is the will to slow it down so that we can live a little while life goes by. We need to want to be human as well as efficient; to be loving as well as informed; to be caring as well as knowledgeable; to be happy as well as respected.
It's not easy. But the Rule of Benedict says:
Take care of everything,
revere one another,
eat and drink moderately,
pray where you work,
think deeply about life every day,
read,
sleep well,
don't demand the best of everything,
pray daily,
live as community.
Be sure that one part of your life is not warring against the other.
Fun(d)Raiser: Burger Throw Down and "Big Hero Six" (6:30pm)
Think you make the best burger around? Enter the Grace Church Burger Throw Down and test your burger against fellow Grace Master Cooks.
Ground rules:
Each contestant* will provide and make 50 slider sized hamburgers. Burgers will be cooked at Grace.
Contestant will provide all condiments for their burgers (cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, etc.)
Burgers can be made with any protein - beef, pork, lamb, turkey (why?), bison, fish, vegetarian or combination
Contestants should also make one side to feed at least 12 people. (Ex. salad, Cole slaw, baked beans, potato salad, etc.)
*Contestants can be a small team - one member making the burger and one making the side dish.) Grillers and one member of their team will have their ticket fees waived)
Grace FUND (d) Raisers will provide slider rolls, corn on the cob, watermelon, non-alcoholic beverages, and paper goods.
A screening of the movie Big Hero Six in the Garden will follow the Burger Throw Down.
We are looking for anyone who can loan a barbecue grill to Grace for that evening. Jeff will be bringing a 22" Weber Charcoal Grill, but we could use a few others. If you can provide a grill, or to sign up as a contestant, contact Jeff or Pat.
$10.00 adult $7.50 children (under 12) Tickets go on sale after the 10am service next week!
Sunday, September 13 Sunday service schedule returns to 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am
Concert for Remembrance, 9/11 (free) (5:00pm) More HERE
Friday, September 18 Fun(d)Raiser: Clearwater Sailing(6:30pm)
Grace Church is going sailing on board the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Departing from the pier in Piermont at 6:30pm for a two hour cruise. Crew members from the Clearwater will provide informative presentations about Hudson River ecology, teach sea chanteys, and we will be able to assist with the raising and lowering of the sails, steering the sloop and all will enjoy the sunset. Boarding by 6:25pm.
FUN(d) RAISERS will bring cookies and light beverages. You are free to bring your own food and beverages (wine and beer okay) you cannot bring glassware on board (plastic okay) but you must take all your trash and litter with you when you debark. If anyone wants to bring a guitar or banjo along, we'd certainly appreciate it! For more information contact Jeff McDowell or Pat Cose.
Tickets are $40.00 and go on sale next week. $30.00 from each ticket goes to the Clearwater for the upkeep of the ship and to support the Clearwater organization and $10.00 will go to Grace Church. Sail is limited to a total of 50.
Sunday, September 20 Ministry Fair and Church School Registration
Saturday, September 26 Cabaret for a Cause: a musical evening to benefit Helping Hands
Fired for the futureEveryone wants something larger, finer, better for mankind. Scattered throughout the apparently hostile masses which are fighting each other, there are elements everywhere which are only waiting for a shock in order to re-orient themselves and unite.
All that is needed is that the right ray of light should fall upon these men as upon a cloud of particles, that an appeal should be sounded which responds to their internal needs, and across all denominations, across all the conventional barriers which still exist, we shall see the living atoms of the universe seek each other out, find each other and organize themselves...
On that day, after harnessing the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness -- for God -- the energies of love. And then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
Friday, September 18