Grace Church eVine
                         
                     September 4, 2014


WHAT'S IN THIS WEEK'S eVINE?
For the Love of Grace
Preparation Weekend
Homecoming Weekend
Outreach & Music Weekend
2014-15 Concert Series to Begin
Chancel Choir Begins!
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Please join
Grace Church
for

An Evening with Jason Ferris

A free organ recital at 5pm

Sunday,
September 21
(please note date correction from last week's eVine)

 A wine & cheese reception will follow in the Parish Hall. 
    


For the Love of Grace

Parishioners and staff members are combining in mutual ministry to kick off the program year. Please see the schedule below

and

click here

for an enthusiastic welcome!  
Preparation Weekend

 

Saturday Sept 6 - 8am  Men of Grace Breakfast Meeting: 

 

Open to all.  Please let the Parish Office know so we can save you a seat.  540-253-5177  [email protected]

 

Saturday Sept 6 - 8:30am  Presentation by Ken Garrett: Origin of Civilization in the Americas. 

 

 

Saturday Sept 6 -  

9:30am-12pm   

Parish Workday:  Getting ready for Homecoming

Preparation Weekend, cont.
 

Sunday Sept 7 - HE at 8am & 10am: The Rev. Linnea Summers Turner celebrating

 

Sunday Sept 7 - 9am

Adult Forum: Dr. Jason Farris

Our Music Director will be inaugurating the 2014-15 season with a discussion of Anglican music, both traditional and contemporary.

 

Sunday Sept 7 - 11:30-12:30:

Choir Homecoming.  Following coffee "hour" the choir will convene to work with Jason for the first time as a group.  The choir season will be discussed and a new Homecoming anthem will be rehearsed.  Choir members will be invited to launder vestments.

Homecoming Weekend

Saturday Sept 13: (as needed) Additional preparation for Homecoming

 

Sunday Sept 14 - 9am:  Set up and Choir Rehearsal

 

Sunday Sept 14 - COMBINED SERVICE - HE at 10am: The Rev. Joie Clee Weiher celebrating. Following the service will be a parish luncheon with main course furnished, sides and desserts provided by parishioners. Please sign up in the Parish Hall to let us know what you plan to bring.

Please click here for details on Outreach & Music Weekend (Sept. 19-21) and Community Weekend (Sept. 27-28)
Collect  
for the
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost 
     September 7, 2014    
 
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

 

This Sunday we welcome The Rev. Linnea SummersTurner   

as out guest preacher and celebrant.     

 

       This Sunday at Grace        

 

8 am - Holy Eucharist

8:45 am - Coffee Hour 

9 am -  Sunday School

9:05 am - Adult Forum: Dr. Jason Farris, guest speaker

10 am  - Holy Eucharist  

11 am - Coffee Hour

11:20 - Choir Rehearsal   

 

Click for this Sunday's Lectionary Readings. 

 

Clergy schedule:

Sunday, September 14: The Rev. Joie Clee Weiher  

Sunday, September 21: The Rev. Linnea Turner

Sunday, September 28: The Rev. Joie Clee Weiher

SPECIAL 15TH-ANNIVERSARY SEASON
GRACE CHURCH CONCERT SERIES

 

The Grace Church Concert Series in The Plains begins its fifteenth year of fine music with a new artistic director and a special celebratory slate of artists. Dr. Jason Farris assumed the position of organist and choirmaster at the church on August 1, and will also direct the concert series. He comes to Grace Church from The University of the South, and will be introduced to the community in a free recital on Sunday, September 21, at 5 pm, followed by a reception to meet Dr. Farris.

 

The 2014-2015 season opens with the Treble Choristers of the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys from Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York City. Read More 

 


From the Director of Music

 

It's time to make a joyful noise!  The Chancel Choir will have its first 11:20 rehearsal on Sunday, September 7th, and will resume its regular duties (rehearsal at 9:00, service at 10:00, rehearsal at 11:20) on Sunday, September 14th.  If you've always wanted to  sing in the choir, but never joined, now would be a great time to start!  If you've taken a leave of absence, now would be a great time to return!  You don't have to read music to join the choir.  You only need an ability to match pitch, and a commitment to attend rehearsals. 

 

Jason



Opportunity for Service
Our roster of Tellers is down to just five individuals. We are seeking additional volunteers to serve in this role. The Tellers (two are required for each Sunday) are the official "counters" who tally cash and checks after worship and make the deposit in the bank, following a very straightforward protocol. If you would be willing to serve in this important capacity, please contact the church office at 540-253-5177 or [email protected]. Thank you!

 

Have you pledged for 2014? 

 

       

Our 2014 pledge commitments have reached $259,384. Please prayerfully consider your 2014 pledge to the life and ministry of Grace Church. 

 
For a 2014 pledge card
click here

 

You can also pledge by email, click here.  

 

Thank you, all, who have pledged in 2014 and for your consistency in fulfilling your pledge. Anyone may pledge anytime throughout the year.

 

   

For the promise is for you, for your children,

and for all who are far away, everyone whom

the Lord our God calls to him.  Acts 2:39

 

GRACE CHURCH VESTRY 

      
Charles Turner, III
Senior Warden
email

Bruce LeLacheur
Junior Warden
  
Jim Ivancic
Register
 
Jeff Brown
  email
  
Donna Caudill
  
Ken Garrett
  
Lennie Lauh
  
Gail Matheson
 
Pat Tucker

Mike Whitticar
  
 
Grace Episcopal Church
6507 Main Street, P.O. Box 32, The Plains, Virginia 20198
Phone: 540-253-5177   Fax: 540-253-5193 
  
Staff
Dr. Jason Farris, Music Director
Mary Ball, Parish Administrator
Mary Houston Wright, Associate for Children and Youth
Sue Carter, Sexton
 
  Vestry
Charles Turner III, Senior Warden; Bruce LeLacheur, Junior Warden; Jim Ivancic, Register
Jeffrey Brown, Donna Caudill, Ken Garrett, Lennie Lauh,
Gail Matheson, Pat Tucker, Charles Turner III, Mike Whitticar