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The Second Sunday of Easter
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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Bob & Donna Weber, Mickey Federico, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Shirley Federico, Miranda Pinckert, Clinton Taplin, Betty Mettler, Jeannie, Joanne Carter, Janine Carter, Mike Maslanek, Dr. John Finn, Anita Sevier-Berg, Jean, Bill Weber, Sylvia Manley, Dr. Roufa,Michael Maslanek, Hubert Connoly, Noreen, Steve Fanning, Peter Foley, Ian, Jean, Harper Grant, Constance Thompson, Ethan Mathews, Thomas Humeston, Rosemary Owen, Sadie Graham, Al and Carol Lalli, Dr. John Finn, Audrey Graves, Kathy, Risa, Elaine MacPhee, Marianna Quinn Parsekian, Bill Honeger, Molly MacQueen, Peggy Lehrecke, John Loftin, Sr., Peter Zakrepine, Chris Drysdale, Shirley Chalke, Candice Boyle, Nury Serrer, Geoff Blank, Bill Fox, Patrick, Stephanie, Phyllis Richey, Elizabeth Putnam, Gaye Giunta
Please also remember: The people of Flint, Michigan Refugees from the violence and turmoil in Syria. We continue to take up a special offering for Syrian refugee relief at Sunday services. You may make your check out to Grace Episcopal Church with Syrian Refugee on the memo line, or go to Episcopal Relief and Development to learn more and make your donation online.
Please note: Names will generally remain on the prayer list for one month. If you would like to add or return a name to the list, please be in touch with the office.
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Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.]
Collect of the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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A Healing Channel Parker Palmer
It is the suffering already present in the world which we can either ignore or identify with.
If pain were not real, if it were not the lot of so many, the way of the cross would be pathological. But in our world with its hungry and homeless and hopeless, it is pathological to live as if pain did not exist. The way of the cross means letting pain carve one's life into a channel through which the healing stream of the spirit can flow to a world in need.
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Are you on the worship ministry schedule for this weekend? Check here.
FRIDAY, April 1
7:30pm GAME NIGHT! (Patterson Hall)
SATURDAY, April 2
9:00am - Noon Private Rental (Memorial Hall)5:00pm - 11:00pm Private Rental (Memorial Hall)
5:00pm - Senior Youth Group gathers for Midnight Run (Patterson/Bradley)
SUNDAY, April 3
8:00/9:30/11:00am am Holy Eucharist
10:10am Church School & Confirmation Classes/Refreshments/Bible Study
WEDNESDAY, April 6
6:00pm Healing & Wellness Service (Bradley Chapel)
THURSDAY, April 7 7:00am Men's Prayer Breakfast
12:00pm Brown Bag & A Bible (Patterson Hall) 5:30pm Graceful Yoga (Memorial Hall) FRIDAY, April 8 5:00pm Pizza for a Purpose (Memorial Hall) SATURDAY, April 9 10:00am Midnight Run (Memorial Hall) SUNDAY, April 10
Fundraising Breakfast to benefit Youth Summer Mission Trip
8:00/9:30/11:00am Holy Eucharist
10:10am Church School Classes/Refreshments/Bible Study
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TONIGHT!
GAME NIGHT POP-UP
No Fooling! Friday, April 1
Games, good company, and snacks anytime from 7:30 to 11:00 pm in Patterson Hall.
Free-will donation, with half the proceeds going to Helping Hands.Bring games, or just come ready to play! Questions? Contact Pat Cose (pacose@msn.com or 845-371-3205)
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REMINDER:
There is NO Choral Evensong on Sunday afternoon. Please mark your calendars for the final Choral Evensong on Sunday, May 1 at 4:00pm, with a festive garden reception to follow.
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SOME CHURCH SCHOOL EVENTS
There are regular church school and confirmation classes this Sunday.
PIZZA WITH A PURPOSE FRIDAY, April 8 5-7:00pm (Memorial Hall)
This month's non-profit is Keep Rockland Beautiful. A non-denominational event, this is open to all middle school & high school students from all schools, who will receive community service hours for working on our project and learning about Keep Rockland Beautiful. Bring a friend!
SERVICE SUNDAY will be on April 24 and we will celebrate EARTH DAY by planting in the Children's Garden.
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Join us in Memorial Park on Saturday, April 16
for Keep Rockland Beautiful's big Earth Day clean up.
SENIOR YOUTH GROUP Meets at 5:00pm tomorrow (Saturday) to prepare for late night trip into New York City to deliver meals and clothing through Midnight Run.
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THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH WELCOMES YOU- Remaining session Saturday, April 9
10:00am to noon
Would you like to be Confirmed or Received into the Episcopal Church when the Bishop is here on May 8? New to Grace, or just want to know more about the Episcopal Church in general? Curious about what the Narthex or a thurifer is? Fr. Owen will lead the conclusion of this two-session introductory course - open to all - offering an overview of history, beliefs, and more. Did you miss the first session? Please contact Fr. Owen to learn more.
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NEXT SUNDAY, APRIL 10
All morning in Memorial Hall
Senior Youth Group Fundraising Breakfast for Summer Mission Trip
Come Hungry!
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BLOOD DRIVE ST. ANN'S SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Next Sunday, April 10 from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Spring is here, so Spring into action and sign up for the Spring Blood Drive on Sunday, April 10th at St. Ann's School Cafeteria from 8:00am to 2:00pm. Please also ask your family, friends, coworkers and Facebook Contacts to join you in saving lives. Thanks again for your past (and current) support. o make an appointment, please contact George Berry at 358-2424 or email benison65@yahoo.com. Walk-ins also welcome!
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No joke, for seventeen years our Fellowship Commission has planned a trip to the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival on the grounds of Boscobel in Garrison, NY. This June is no different as we are ordering twenty tickets@ $38 each to the Sunday, June 26 7:30 pm performance of As You Like It. This crossdressing comedy of romantic confusion features two of Shakespeare's most enchanting heroines - Rosalind and Celia. Already thirteen tickets are reserved for previous playgoers so check your calendars and let us know if you are joining us that evening. If more than twenty folks are interested, we can try to increase our order early next week. To be included in the fun, contact Barbara Cross: call her @845- 358-4599 or send an e-mail to babcross@aol.com. You may also call the church office (845-358-1297, ext. 10) or send Thayer an email to reserve. Then write a check ($38.00 per ticket) to Grace Episcopal Church (Shakespeare on memo line), hand it in or mail to the church office, 130 First Avenue, Nyack, NY 10960. Hope you can help us celebrate eighteen years at the festival.
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IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PLEDGE.
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To Live in This World Requires
By Eleanor Lerman
To live in this world requires
that you leave your house every morning
and step into the wind
Every morning: with all your memories
on file and the future pinned to some wall
you will have to build and tear down and
build again. If you get there. If. If.
Into the wind: first you walk the dog whose
blessed face belies the beast it is built upon
Millennia behind you, that beast enters a cave
and decides whether or not to kill a child sleeping
by a fire. It does not kill the child
because its heart has been surprised by love
Both softened and sharpened by it, inexplicably
Inexplicably, to this day
And on this day, the wind relents
The morning star lifts itself into a changeable sky
and you, carrying extra weight, wearing
last year's clothes, start walking towards the train
Seeds that grew from ancient science digest in your stomach;
your bones begin to separate because science did not plan
this length of life; your heart slows down and you feel
the pressure of dragging a million, billion years
behind you. A million, billion lie ahead that you
will know nothing about
Thus, harnessed to time, facing the inevitable,
constructed by science and fed on inexplicable events
taking place somewhere in the middle of history,
your day goes by. Miles away, the ocean
murmurs to its own beloved creatures, a mountain
applies pressure to the weaving of a golden seam
And in your house, the dog wonders
if you will make it home again. And each day,
despite or because the performance of this feat
is both a mystery and a triumph, somehow
you will. You do.
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GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 130 First Avenue, Nyack, New York 10960 845-358-1297
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