The Twentieth Sunday of Pentecost - October 11, 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, Carl, Sally Sarvent, Alexandra Mettler,.Helen Scalici, Rosemary Owen, Kathleen Hoenveld, Tom LaColla, Joanne Carter, Luke Oullen, Barbara Krusko, Andrew Biscamp, The Rev. John Meyer, May, Barbara, Dennis McSherry, Joanne, Dolores Puhl, Pam, Brady O'Sullivan, Ruth Daly, Elizabeth, Janine Carter, Mike Maslanek, Dr. John Finn, Anita Sevier-Berg, Diane, Sally, Ethan Mathews
Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.]
Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Reflection
God is in every person's life. God is in everyone's life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else - God is in this person's life. You can, you must try to seek God in every human life. Although the life of a person is a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.
Pope Francis
This Week
Are you on the worship ministry schedule for this weekend?
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 (Postponed)
Sunday, October 25 GraceMusic presents Ensemble Tremblay
CLICK HERE for details & check out the great new GraceMusic site too!
Saturday, November 7 - Annual Parish Family Hike - 1:30pm
Bring the whole family - sociable canines included - for our 49
th annual parish hike, led by Win & Tom Perry. We'll meet at 1:30pm at St. John's-in-the-Wilderness (16 Johnsontown Road, Stony Point), enjoy an easy walk through the woods of Harriman Park, and return to the cozy barn for a potluck supper in front of the big stone fireplace. Plan to bring something to share for supper. If you have questions, call Win at 845-358-0552
ANNOUNCEMENTS
LAST CHANCE!
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
THANK YOU to everyone who has already made a pledge for 2016. Click on the image for links to pledge card and brochure.
Pledge Sunday is November 1, 2015
Parting Thought
"Prayer" By Marie Howe
Every day I want to speak with you. And every day something more important calls for my attention-the drugstore, the beauty products, the luggage I need to buy for the trip. Even now I can hardly sit here among the falling piles of paper and clothing, the garbage trucks outside already screeching and banging. The mystics say you are as close as my own breath. Why do I flee from you? My days and nights pour through me like complaints and become a story I forgot to tell. Help me. Even as I write these words I am planning
to rise from the chair as soon as I finish this sentence.
