This Sunday, March 14, 2010 We Gather for the celebration of the Eucharist at 8am and 10am. Child care is available during the 10am service.
This Sunday is Day Light Savings! Be sure to set your clocks ahead one hour and show up to service on time!
Sunday School Pre-K -
From March until June, preschool children will
attend
childcare. A bible story will be read during this time. Early Elementary: Ebby Akiba; Assistant:
Genita Johnson Upper Elementary: Julia Lisella;
Assistant: Sarah Brady ***The Sunday
School children will be visiting the Food Pantry at the Unitarian Universalist
Church during their classes today.***
There is a Children and Youth Committee Meeting this Sunday after the 10am service in the Commons Room.
Wheat Free Communion wafers are now
available. Please see Noah if you would like to participate
in communion using them.
Acolytes: Ebby Akiba,
Jordan Williams and Chioma Akiba
Ushers:
Abby Williamson
and Vincent Manganzini
Altar Guild:
Joan and
Bill Williams Counters:
Jane Scherban and Steve
Duggan
Coffee Hour:
Carrie Cross and David Choi
* click on link to prepare for this week's readings
Birthdays
Akilah King (3/14)
Michael Rogers
and Susan Honeycutt (3/15)
Eberechukwu Akiba and Hugh Skeete (3/16)
Kaylie Cruz (3/18)
Deb Smith (3/20)
If we do not
have your birthday, please contact the church office at
781-396-7215
or office@gracemedford.org
Wednesdays at Grace
5:30:
Pre-K Godly Play
6:00:
Community Dinner
6:45:
Godly Play 1 & 2, Rite 13 Dinner Hosts:
Barbara Novaes
Adult Education- 7-8PM:
Wednesday
March 17th:Famine and Feast in the Bible with Esther Brown.
Esther Brown will lead the class through Biblical stories about times
of hunger and times of plenty. We'll look at a food drive in the early
Church, a widow sharing her last piece of bread with a stranger, an
Israelite all-you-can-eat poultry buffet that ended in mass food poisoning,
and more. Come prepared to think about the relationship between how
we treat food and what we believe.
Outreach Corner!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT LENTEN CAMPAIGN
Grace Church is uniting in community to end hunger in Medford by giving generously of our time and resources. Let's share the love and compassion of God through our service to others!
The Food for Thought campaign continues. There are many opportunities
to help - see the flyers around church and the March newsletter for
more information.
Wednesday March 17, 6-8 PM: Famine and Feast in the Bible.
Esther Brown will lead the class through Biblical stories about times
of hunger and times of plenty. We'll look at a food drive in the early
Church, a widow sharing her last piece of bread with a stranger, an
Israelite all-you-can-eat poultry buffet that ended in mass food poisoning,
and more. Come prepared to think about the relationship between how
we treat food and what we believe.
Food for Thought Food Drive
The food drive continues! The stage is beginning to fill with food.
Let's fill 144 boxes by Easter. The drive will benefit the food pantries
of St Francis, St Luke's and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford.
For more information contact Nanci Palladino (nanci.palladino57@comcast.net).
Food cards are also needed!
Please bring in $10 gift cards from your local supermarket. These are
given out to people who come to Grace Church in need of food. They can
be placed in the collection plate or given to Father Noah.
The next St Luke's soup kitchen opportunity will be on Saturday, March
27th. You can come for the whole time or just for a couple hours,
helping to set up, cook, serve, or clean-up. Sign-up sheets are on the
Outreach Bulletin Board (in the parish hall, near the books). Any questions,
contact: Brenda Pearson (brendapearson@comcast.net).
Food pantry items are needed!
The item for Sunday is canned vegetables.
A Food For Though Dinner!
Join us on Saturday March 20th 6-9pm For a fabulous Spaghetti Dinner And Auction!
The Teens going on the Hunger Justice Mission Trip are hosting a Spaghetti Dinner and Auction to help fundraise for their trip to New York City this July 2010.
Tickets are being sold for $10 per person, $30 for a family
Please see Rachael Pettengill or Matt Fenn for tickets, or purchase your ticket at the door.
If you have any items you would like to auction off please speak with Rachael (rachael@diomassintern.org).
Some items already in the auction include:
A painting from Adele Travisano
Dinner at Boccelis with Noah provided by Warren Ramirez
Babysitting by Siobhan and Marina
A living green consultation from the Hunts
Four books from Oscar Greene's collection
A child's birthday party at Grace Church
And more!
There will also be a pound auction so feel free to bring a pound of something wrapped up to auction off!
For more information about the Hunger Justice Mission Trip visit www.ysop.org or speak with any of the teens going on the trip: Ebby Akiba, Siobhan Glynn, Conor Daly, Ryan Donnelly, Evan St. Clair, and Katherine Timmins.
Other Announcements
Young at Heart will be hosting a potluck on Saturday
March 13th at 5:30 p.m.
Contact Ann and James Kossuth (afrenning@gmail.com) for more details.
The next Children
and Youth Committee meeting will
be on Sunday March 14th at 11:30a.m.
Early
Communion Classes:
In the Episcopal Church all
children are invited to receive communion. We offer early communion
classes as a chance for children to explore the meaning of the Eucharist
and then celebrate their learning with a small ceremony during the 10:00
service on a Sunday. This year we will be holding our Early Communion
classes as part of the Wednesdays at Grace Classes. The Reverend
Noah Evans will teach these classes. Lower Elementary Early Communion
Class: April 7 & 14 - 6:45PM, Early Communion Celebration:
Sunday, April 25 during the 10:00AM service.
The
Children and Youth Committee meets
today at 11:30a.m.
A Christian Prepares
for Death: Hospice and End of Life Decision Making
Sunday, March 21, 2010, 11:30AM
Led by: Nancy Strong, Hospice
Social Worker and the Reverend Noah H. Evans. During the season
of Lent, we will learn about and discuss hospice and end-of-life decisions.
This session will provide a time to learn and discuss hospice and the
decisions that are made near the end of life, whether for ourselves
or a loved one.
We will also discuss planning
for your own end of life concerns and desires, preplanning your funeral
service and burial arrangements and making legacy gifts to your Church.
There will be a booklet and other written materials shared also. Having
these conversations now often helps us bring vitality to the way we
are living our lives today, and it is also a way to help us prepare
for the end of life. This session is for adults of all ages, this is
a topic that one is never too young to think about. Please bring your
questions and personal stories to share.
Grace church
clean up day:
A church clean up day will
be held on Saturday March 27th from noon to 2:00 p.m. All
are welcome. Come help spruce up the church grounds for Holy Week.
The Green Up Clean Up kickoff event and ice cream social will be held on Sunday April 11th
after the 10 AM service.
Lem/lector training
There will be a LEM/Lector
training for ALL current LEMS and Lectors and anyone interested in becoming
LEM/Lectors. We will be changing things around a bit so this will
be a mandatory training. Training is on Sunday, April 18th
at 11:30 a.m. If you are unable to attend the training please
contact Rachael Pettengill (rachael@diomassintern.org or 781-396-7215) to schedule a separate
training
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
Palm Sunday
March 28, 2010
8:00 AM - Liturgy of
Palms and Holy Eucharist
9:30 AM - Liturgy of
the Palms with St. Joseph's Church
10:00 AM - Holy Eucharist,
Passion Play with music and choir
Wednesday March 31st
BISHOP TOM SHAW,
SSJE
5:30 - Stations of the
Cross for Young Children
6:00 - Community Meal
6:45 PM - Stations of
the Cross for Children and Adults
7:15 - The Journey
of Holy Week,
a discussion with Bishop
Shaw
Maundy Thursday
7:00 PM - Holy Eucharist
with
foot washing and stripping
of the altar
Good Friday
12:00 noon - Liturgy
for Good Friday
7:00 PM -Liturgy for
Good Friday with music and choir
Holy Saturday
7:00 PM - The Great
Vigil of Easter with music and choir
Easter Sunday
April 4, 2010
8:00 AM - Holy Eucharist
with Traditional Language
10:00 AM - Festival
Holy Eucharist with music and choir
with Easter Egg Hunt
following
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For information on all of our upcoming events, check out our March Newsletter.
Snow Policy 10 AM services will not be cancelled except for extreme circumstances. If the 8AM service or the 10AM service is to be cancelled, an announcement will be recorded on the church answering machine by 7:30 AM Sunday.
A Food For Though Dinner!