St. Michael & All Angels/The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost - September 27, 2015
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, 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, Brady O'Sulliven, Ruth Daly, Elizabeth, Janine Carter
REST IN PEACE: Hilbert Riker, Jean Crabtree, John Sarent
Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.]
Everlasting God, you have ordained and constituted in a wonderful order the ministries of angels and mortals: Mercifully grant that, as your holy angels always serve and worship you in heaven, so by your appointment they may help and defend us here on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Reflection
We cannot love God unless we love each other, and to love we must know each other. We know [God] in the breaking of bread, and we are not alone any more. Heaven is a banquet and life is a banquet, too, even with a crust, where there is companionship.
Dorothy Day
This Week
Are you on the worship ministry schedule for this weekend?
10:10am Church School Classes/refreshments/Bible Study
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite II w/choir)
Followed by refreshments in Memorial Hall
12:15pm Program Council (Patterson Hall) 6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Fenton Room)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
8:30am Hunger In The Nyacks A Breakfast Discussion On Meeting The Needs Of Our Neighbors In Need 6:00pm Healing & Wellness Service (1st & 3rd Wednesdays) Bradley Chapel
Join us in Memorial Hall on SATURDAY, 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
6:30-7:45pm, Memorial Hall The Adult Spiritual Formation Commission presents:
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. Please LET US KNOW if you plan to attend.
NEXT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 - Feast of St. Francis Pet Blessing at all services
Does your pet have a short attention span? You may also bring your pet to be blessed outside in Memorial Garden, any time between 12:30 and 1:30pm. All creatures great and small are welcome, just make sure they are on a leash or secured safely! Free and open to all.
First At Four: Choral Evensong On the first Sunday of the month at 4:00pm, the Grace Choir leads the traditional Anglican service of sung evening prayer with hymns, canticles, and anthems. After a busy weekend, come be refreshed by the service's simplicity, beauty, and stillness at the close of day.
Confirmation Orientation - Potluck at 5:00pm for the incoming class of confirmands and their parents. Confirmation classes begin on October 18 - if you'd like to know more, please talk with Fr. Owen or contact the church office.
SAVE THE DATE & WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON THESE EVENTS!
Friday, October 9 - Pizza for a Purpose Every 2nd Friday of the month Pizza For A Purpose will be a chance for students to be with their peers, help a good cause, receive 2 hours of community service and the first 75 students* who arrive get a FREE slice of pizza (and a drink!). The NON-PROFIT in the spotlight for October is Grace's Thrift Shop in Nyack.
Saturday, October 17
Quiet Day at Marydell, sponsored by Adult Spiritual Formation Commission
Friday, October 23
Junior Youth Group Nightwatch
Saturday, October 24 Senior Youth Group Haunted House (benefits the Church Youth Service Mission Trip)
Sunday, October 25 GraceMusic presents Ensemble Tremblay
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Did you receive your pledge packet in the mail? Click on the image for links to pledge card and brochure.
Pledge Sunday is November 1, 2015
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH MEMORIAL GARDEN FUNDRAISER Through 10/10/15
The Grace Church Memorial Garden committee has partnered with Flower Power Fundraising for this season's fundraiser.
Flower Power offers top-quality flower bulbs for our friends and family members to purchase. All orders ship directly to our customers' homes and come with a 100% money-back guarantee. And the best part, we get to keep 50% of every dollar sold!
Start now by checking out this link, and then sharing it with your friends and family.
Here's how the program works:
We've created a special web page, dedicated to our project. The page features specific information about our group and explains how supporters can help us achieve our fundraising goals by purchasing flower bulbs and plants directly from Flower Power. For every purchase made, Grace Church's Memorial Garden receives 50% of the sale price, which counts towards our fundraising goal.Our success is up to you! We hope that you'll take advantage of this opportunity to purchase some beautiful bulbs for your garden, and also use the links on the fundraiser page to share the information with your friends via email and facebook!
Have fun and thank you! Sondra Holt GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH MEMORIAL GARDEN
I know this happiness is provisional: the looming presences- great suffering, great fear-
withdraw only into peripheral vision: but ineluctable this shimmering of wind in the blue leaves: this flood of stillness widening the lake of sky: this need to dance, this need to kneel: this mystery:
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