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The Fifth 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,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 Ferrer, Geoff Blank, Bill Fox, Patrick, Stephanie, Phyllis Richey, Elizabeth Putnam
REST IN PEACE: Joanne Carter
Please also remember: Victims of the earthquake in Ecuador and flooding in Houston,Tx. The kidnapped girls of Nigeria 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 God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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"There are days when I am convinced that Heaven starts already, now, in this ordinary life, just as it is, in all its incompleteness, yet, this is where Heaven starts.
See within yourself, if you can find it. I walked through the field in front of the house, lots of swallows flying, everywhere! Some very near me. It was magical. We are already one, yet we know it not."
- Thomas Merton
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Are you on the worship ministry schedule for this weekend? Check here.
9:00pm Helping Hands Safe Haven (Memorial Hall)
SUNDAY, April 24-EARTH DAY
8:00am/9:30am/11:00am (baptism)- Holy Eucharist
10:10 Community Activity: Planting in Memorial Garden
Bible Study/Refreshments
12:30pm Program Council - Patterson Hall
6:30pm Senior Youth Group -Helping Hands
9:00pm Helping Hands Safe Haven (Memorial Hall)
MONDAY, APRIL 25
9:00pm Helping Hands Safe Haven (Memorial Hall)
WEDNESDAY, April 27
7:00pm Group Meditation (Bradley Chapel)
THURSDAY, April 28
7:00am Men's Prayer Breakfast (Patterson Hall)
12:00pm Brown Bag & A Bible (Patterson Hall)
5:30pm Graceful Yoga (Memorial Hall)
7:00pm Choir
SATURDAY, April 30
4:00pm Thomas Wedding
SUNDAY, May 1
8:00am/9:30am 11:00am - Holy Eucharist
10:10 Church School/Bible Study/Refreshments
4:00pm Final Choral Evensong of 2015-16
Followed by reception in Memorial Garden
6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Fenton Room)
SUNDAY, MAY 8 - TWO SERVICES: 8:00am and 10:00am (Confirmation)
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SOME CHURCH SCHOOL AND YOUTH EVENTS
SUNDAY, APRIL 24 - After the 9:30am service, we'll be celebrating Earth Day by planting outdoors in the Children's Garden.
SUNDAY, MAY 15
SENIOR YOUTH GROUP TAG SALE
Supports mission trip to the Dominican Republic
Drop off is Saturday the14th from 9-11am, or on the morning of the 15th. SAVE YOUR STUFF!
THE SENIOR YOUTH GROUP IS GOING RAFTING The annual rafting trip will be the weekend of June 4 - please be in touch with Joe Paskowski if you're interested! (jpaskowski@msn.com). SYG meets regularly on Sundays at 6:30pm in the Fenton Room.
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NEXT SUNDAY, MAY 1 - Choral Evensong
Come at 4:00pm to mark the Feast of the Ascension (May 5) with the traditional Anglican service of sung evening prayer with hymns, canticles, and anthems. Rooted in the monastic tradition, Evensong is a unique offering of the Episcopal Church. Across the world, people revel in the service's simplicity, beauty, and stillness at the close of the day. For this final choral evensong of 2015-16, we'll gather for a simple reception in Memorial Garden following the service.
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CONFIRMATION IS ON MOTHER'S DAY
SUNDAY, MAY 8 at 10:00am
Services on the 8th will be at 8:00 and 10:00am
We'll need helpers and tasty treats to make the post-Confirmation reception Grace Church Special for the Bishop and our confirmands. Please be in touch with the office if you can help with the reception or food donations.
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Saturday, May 7, 10:00am to 2:00pm
IN MEMORIAL GARDEN
Join us in our beautiful Memorial Garden for our annual plant and flower sale. We will offer:
- Hand made bouquets and fresh flower arrangements for Mothers' Day
- An array of annual bedding plants and perennials from our parishioners' own gardens.
- A wonderful plant sale in a beautiful space!
We need plants from folks' gardens, we have 4 in. pots available for people to use, we need help pricing and making bouquets on Friday evening May 6, and setting up before 10am on Saturday. Contact Sondra Holt 358-0553, sondrasholt@gmail.com
if you're able to help.
Our friends at the Nursery School of the Nyacks (our weekday neighbors in the church school rooms) will be having a Craft Fair (Memorial Hall) and outdoor Tag Sale (Playground) on the 7th as well, so come prepared to browse and find some great bargains and unique gifts.
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IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PLEDGE.
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Devotion
The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to the ocean -
Holding the curve of one position,
Counting an endless repetition.
Robert Frost
O, Pilgrim
O pilgrim, where have you been?
Where are you now?
While you have been searching the world
the Beloved has been here all along
waiting for you.
Let the caravan carry you home
to your deepest heart's desire.
The treasure you sought was buried in your own garden.
Come home, o wanderer, and behold the face in the mirror.
Look behind the eyes and see the One
who has been searching for you.
You are seen;
you are known
and you are beloved.
If your seeking has brought you here at last,
you know that there is nowhere else to go
and nothing more to say.
Jellaludin Rumi
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GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 130 First Avenue, Nyack, New York 10960 845-358-1297
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