The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost - September 13, 2015
We return to three services this Sunday - 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am Church School begins September 27
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, 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.]
O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Reflection
The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit of their times or causes them to anticipate a spirit which is yet in the making. In a moment of dedication they are given wisdom and courage to dare a deed that challenges and to kindle a hope that inspires.
Howard Thurman in Footprints of a Dream : The Story of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples (1959)
This Week
Are you on the worship ministry schedule for this weekend?
SUNDAY, September 13 - 3-service schedule returns 8:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9:30am Holy Eucharist, Rite II 10:10am Church School Teachers Meeting/Bible Study 11:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite II 5:00pm Concert for Remembrance, 9/11 (Free)
TUESDAY, September 15 10:00am Staff Meeting (Rector's Office) 7:00pm Vestry (Patterson Hall) 7:00pm Senior Youth Group Parent Meeting (Choir Room)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
6:00pm Healing & Wellness service (Bradley Chapel)
Fun(d)Raiser: Burger Throw Down and Outdoor Movie (6:30pm)
Come to Grace for a fun evening of burger tasting and a movie! Grace grillers will be vying for the best slider-size burger -- you get to taste and decide who wins the throw down! Side dishes, corn on the cob, watermelon, and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. A movie will follow in the garden. Rain location is Memorial Hall. Tickets are $10.00/adults and $7.50/children under 12. Proceeds will be split 50% to Grace and 50% to the Sally Seiler Amazing Grace Circus Scholarship Fund.
If you're planning to attend the Burger Throw Down and Movie in the garden and have not reserved and paid for tickets, please do so no later then Tuesday. Burger makers need to know how many burgers to make in order to avoid food waste. If you can not make it to church on Sunday, stop by the office on Tuesday and leave your name and money with Thayer. The original movie planned for afterwards in the garden was recommended as suitable for 8-year olds, but since it appears that not many 8-year olds will be coming, a movie more suitable for an adult audience will be substituted.
NEW!!! FUN(D) RAISER RAFFLE! Burger Night at Home
Burger Night Cookbook
"Grace is the Place" Apron
$25 Fairway Gift Certificate (burger ingredients!)
$10 Rockland Bakery Gift Certificate (rolls!)
Raffle Tickets - $2.00 each; 6 tickets for $10.00 Purchase after Sunday services or at the Burger Throw Down Drawing will be held after the Burger Throw Down on Saturday, September 12th. You don't have to be present to win! Any questions? contact Jeff or Pat.
Sunday, September 13
Concert for Remembrance, 9/11 (free) (5:00pm) More HERE
HEALING AND WELLNESS SERVICE RESUMES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 at 6:00pm 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each month in Bradley Chapel.
THURSDAYS AT NOON - Brown Bag and a Bible Returns Every Thursday at noon Pat Reynolds leads an informal discussion of the lectionary readings for the coming Sunday -- bring your lunch and come join us! If you can't make it on Thursdays, there's another opportunity on Sundays between the 9:30 and 11:00am service -- grab your coffee and head up to the Fenton Room at the far end of Memorial Hall.
Friday, September 18 Fun(d)Raiser: Clearwater Sailing(6:30pm)
The Clearwater sail is sold out!
We have 50 people signed up, the maximum allowed by Clearwater. However, if you would like to be added to the waiting list, pleaseemail Jeff McDowell orPat Cose, or call the Parish Office and provide a phone number or email address so we can contact you in case of cancellations.All must be on board by 6:25 pm.We will return by 8:30pm (exact time is dependent on how dark it is -- return may be slightly earlier.) Tickets are $40.00 per person (same price children and adults). $30.00 of each ticket will go to the Clearwater for the upkeep of the ship and to support the Clearwater organization and $10.00 will go to Grace Church.
YOUR FAITH IN ACTION! Making a difference Through Faith, Hope, and Love - Representatives from all of our great commissions, ministries, activities, and programs will be on hand to answer your questions and sign you up! CLICK HERE for more.
Join us in Memorial Hall on Friday, September 26 for an evening of selections from musical theatre performed by singers from Grace Church and the Rockland Community while you share wine, cheese, and appetizers -- all to benefit the Safe Haven and Outreach programs of Helping Hands of Rockland. Suggested Donation $15
"Human beings suffer, They torture one another, They get hurt and get hard. No poem or play or song Can fully right a wrong Inflicted and endured.
The innocent in gaols Beat on their bars together. A hunger-striker's father Stands in the graveyard dumb. The police widow in veils Faints at the funeral home.
History says, don't hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme.
So hope for a great sea-change On the far side of revenge. Believe that further shore Is reachable from here. Believe in miracle And cures and healing wells.
Call miracle self-healing: The utter, self-revealing Double-take of feeling. If there's fire on the mountain Or lightning and storm And a god speaks from the sky
That means someone is hearing The outcry and the birth-cry Of new life at its term."
Seamus Heaney
from "The Cure at Troy," (Heaney's translation of "The Philoctetes," by Sophocles.)
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
130 First Avenue.Nyack.New York.10960.845-358-1297
