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GraceNotes
The pulse of Grace Episcopal Church
Easter 2013
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Parish Contacts
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If you are planning a formal or informal meeting or event using any space at Grace, please contact Janet so we can be sure the space is available and reserved.
Did we miss your birthday? Has your address, e-mail, or phone number changed? Please contact Janet in the church office to keep us up to date at 255-5147 or via e-mail.
If you are in need of pastoral care or would like to add yourself or someone in need to the Prayer List, please contact either Father Jonathan at togracechurchrector@gmail.com or Deacon Carol Smith at csmith@carthage.edu or by calling the church office.
If you are interested in providing pastoral care for others, please contact Darby Puglielli at PCatGrace@gmail.com
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Become a Member of Grace
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Would you like to become a member of Grace? Are you interested in learning more about the Episcopal faith tradition? Please contact Fr. Jonathan at togracechurchrector@gmail.com
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Joys and Concerns
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We pray for
Janet Rodriguez, Deb Barber, Lucile Grieser, Noemi Mendoza, Michael Bemis, Peter Kloppenburg, Owen Williams, Al Kelm, Judith Ahrens-Sather, Ellie Germanson, Gloria Peterson, Jean Ambrosavage, Jerry Germanson, Sabine Lobitz, Glenys Hampson, Manami Terrien, Gertrude Waigumbulizi, Jeanne, Sue Carriaga, and Carolyn Hackler.
We pray for our homebound
Louise Bjorkland, Katie Binger, Genevieve Jackson, Jeannine Denning, Carole Jo Drives, Anne Hausner, Jean Maas, Eve Street, and Charles Ambrosavage.
For those who mourn For those serving
in the military Tim Wilson
John Koskinen For the Hispanic ministry Happy Birthday to: 3/30: Amanda Schutte
3/31: Stephanie Childs 4/1: Ann McDonell 4/2: Joseph Wilson 4/4: Preston Irving 4/5: Christy Mayer 4/6: Ashley Kommers 4/7: Emma Schaeffer 4/9: Carrie Scherpelz 4/10: Patricia Holtan, Linda Krug And a Blessed Anniversary to: Ann and Stan Kruger on March 30
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Worship and Fellowship
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March 30
*The Grace Food Pantry will be closed today.
8 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter - please bring bells to ring during the first Alleluia of Easter. Champagne reception to follow. Bring a sweet or savory finger food to share.
During the service, we will welcome Walter Conrad Gingerich into the family of God through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism.
 March 31
The Feast of the Resurrection - Easter Sunday
8 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite I) 9:10 a.m. Parents and children meet for an Easter egg hunt and breakfast 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II) Godly Play 11:15 a.m. Coffee Hour hosted by Corrie and Jonathan Noon Worship (in Spanish) 5 p.m. St. Francis House service with meal at the Melton's **We are still in need of one additional person to help staff the nursery during the 10 a.m. Easter Morning service. Please contact Lauren via e-mail.
Easter Message 2013
Rejoice, rejoice and sing, rejoice and be glad... for earth and heaven are joined and humanity is reconciled to God!
As the Lenten season ends in Easter rejoicing, note what has been wrought in you this year. A remarkable cross-section of America has been practicing Lenten disciplines, even some who are not active Christians. There is a deep hunger in our collective psyche to re-orient our lives toward life and light, healing and peace. We share a holy hunger for clarity about what is good and life-giving, and we yearn to re-focus on what is most central and important in life.
Easter celebrates the victory of light and life over darkness and death. God re-creates and redeems all life from dead, dry, and destroyed bones. We are released from the bonds of self-obsession, addiction, and whatever would steal away the radical freedom of God-with-us. Our lives re-center in what is most holy and creative, the new thing God is continually doing in our midst. Practicing vulnerability toward the need and hunger of others around us, we have cultivated compassionate hearts. We join in baptismal rebirth in the midst of Jesus' own passing-over.
The wonder of the resurrection is upon us once more. May we embrace God's ever-new life with every cell of our being, every yearning of our soul, and every muscle of our will. Christ is risen, death is vanquished, humanity is restored to holy and creative relationship with God's ongoing and eternal liveliness. Praise God who brings light out of darkness, life out of death, and newness out of the stale and moribund. Alleluia! Christ is risen!
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church
April 1 The church office will be closed today. April 3 12:10 p.m. Mid-day Eucharist, lead by Deacon Carol Smith
April 7
The Second Sunday of Easter
The Rev. Charles Granger preaches
8 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite I) 9:00 a.m. Weekly Lectionary Study, A.A. Room 9:10 a.m. Re:Form 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II) Godly Play 11:15 a.m. Coffee Hour hosted by Barb Karlen & Kathi Harker Noon Holy Eucharist or Morning Prayer in Spanish 5 p.m. St. Francis House service and meal at Grace
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 Your Happy Hearts & Hands are Needed
The Episcopal Church Women's Elka Lane estate sale is marked and ready to go, BUT we desperately need workers for the Friday and Saturday (April 5 & 6) sale days. We have only (gulp!) 5 workers signed up for Friday morning and afternoon, and for Saturday afternoon!!!! To HELP call Francine Hartman 241-3039 ( fmhartman@mac.com) or Jane Henning 238-4089 ( shennin2@wisc.edu). Marking for the second sale on Livingston Street begins the week following the first sale (that is, the week beginning April 8). Again, let either Francine or Jane know when you can help with this exciting enterprise. Preview photos of the fabulous assortment of items here. |
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 Confirmation Classes begin in April Confirmation begins again April 7 - April 28, between the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. services. Meets in the upstairs staff office reception area. Deacon Carol Smith will lead the first session. Contact Fr. Jonathan to sign up.
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Outings of Interest
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LYRA Concert
Saturday, April 6
7pm
St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church
An a cappella group of five professional vocalists from St. Petersburg, Russia, will present a concert of Russian choral music at St. Dunstan's Church. The first part of the concert, sacred music of Russian Orthodox church, includes works of famous masters and little-known but remarkable Russian composers of the 18th through the 20th centuries. The second part of their program is made up of Russian folk songs: comic, lyric, dancing, love songs. The concert is about an hour long. A donation of $10 is suggested at the door. CDs will also be available for sale. All are welcome!
Grace Presents
Black Marigold
Saturday, April 13
Noon - 1 p.m.
Grace Episcopal Church Nave
Black Marigold is Madison's newest all-female woodwind quintet.
"It's obvious that Black Marigold is very serious about delivering enjoyable,
expressive and professional performances." - Brian DuFord, composer
The Program:
Antoine-Joseph Reicha (1770-1836)
Quintet No. 2 in Eb Major, Op. 88
Bill Douglas (b. 1944)
Suite Cantabile for Woodwind Quintet
György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Quintet for Winds
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Grace Episcopal Church Our Sunday Worship Schedule: 116 W. Washington Avenue 8:00am - Holy Eucharist, Rite I Madison, WI 53703 10:00am - Holy Eucharist, Rite II (608) 255-5147 12:00pm - Holy Eucharist or Morning Prayer in Spanish
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