Weekly Update from Grace

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

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,Geoff Blank, Bill Fox, Patrick, Stephanie, Phyllis Richey, Elizabeth Putnam, George Fee, Savannah and Waldo Ferrer Rodriguez

REST IN PEACE: Nury Ferrer

REMINDER:
There will be a memorial service for former parishioner and choir member Lincoln Colwell at 11:00am on Saturday, April 30 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Pearl River.

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.

Readings [We are using Track 2 of the indicated readings.]

This Sunday The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Next Sunday The Seventh Sunday of Easter

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Collect of the Day

O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Reflection

"Imagination is a danger, thus every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist. It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry of imagination to keep on conjuring and proposing alternative futures to the single one the king wants to urge as the only thinkable one."

Walter Brueggemann, The Prophetic Imagination

This Week

Are you on the worship ministry schedule for this weekend? Check here.

SATURDAY, April 30
11:00am Memorial Service for Lincoln Colwell, St. Stephen's, Pearl River

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)

WEDNESDAY, May 4

6:00pm Healing & Wellness service (Bradley Chapel)

THURSDAY, May 5

10:00am Pastoral Care Team (Patterson Hall)

2:00pm Brown Bag & A Bible (Patterson Hall)

5:30pm Graceful Yoga

7:30pm Choir

FRIDAY, May 6

Plant Sale Set Up (Memorial Garden/Patterson)

SATURDAY, May 7

9:00am-2:00pm Nursery School of the Nyacks

Craft Fair/Tag Sale (Memorial Hall/Playground)

10:00am-2:00pm Mother's Day Plant in the Garden

SUNDAY, MAY 8
TWO SERVICES: 8:00am and 10:00am (Confirmation)

12-Step meetings at Grace

Announcements

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.

SOME CHURCH SCHOOL AND YOUTH EVENTS

SUNDAY, May 1 - Church School Classes will meet as regularly scheduled.

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.

MOTHER'S DAY PLANT SALE

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.

CONFIRMATION IS ON MOTHER'S DAY

NEXT 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.