Grace Notes February 142016
Noted: —Teresa Pasquale in Abiding with God
We live in a time when we are called, as people of God and reflections of Jesus, to wake up to the world as it is. The prayer we are called into is one that asks more of us than to just show up to our own lives—we are asked to transform and be transformed in the act of prayer. Then, we are called to be the act of prayer in the world.
Our lives are intended to be intercessory prayer for the world. We must prayer for the world, not only in the pews of Sunday worship but also in the streets, in the middle of suffering. Let the prayers we say now, in the quiet, express themselves in our lives in the world, breath after breath, day after day. Let us be the justice-seekers and the change-makers born of our intercession in silence, shouted into the world each and every day.
Leading the Parish in Worship this Morning
Guest Celebrant: Rev. Carol Burnside
Organist: Martha MaczkoGreeters/Offering: The Betts Family
Readers: Kelly Betts, Scottie VajdaOblation Bearers: Bonnie Payne, Libby Reeves
Chalicist: Anne BurtonAcolytes: Mike Nelson, Liz Betts
Altar Guild: Anne Burton, Bernadette Low
This week at Grace:
Sunday,February 149 a.m.Worship (Church)
10:30 a.m.Annual Parish Meeting (Parish Hall)
Monday, February 156:30 p.m.Yoga (Parish Hall)
Tuesday,February169 a.m.Morning Prayer(Church)
7:30 p.m.A.A. (Parish Hall)
Wednesday, February176:15 p.m.Prayer, Meal, andLenten Movie
Thursday,February189 a.m.Morning Prayer(Church)
7 p.m.Choir Rehearsal (WMC)
7:30 p.m.A.A. (Parish Hall)
Friday, February 197 p.m.Potluck and Food Bagging (Parish Hall)
Saturday, February 139 a.m.Food Distribution (Parish Hall)
7:30 p.m.Deer Creek Coffeehouse
In Our Prayers This Week:
Merciful God, comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit, especially Clint Adams, Bill Advent, Terri Almony, the Amos Family, Bill Beatty, Colin Bradley, William Butts, Mike Cassidy, the Cagle Family, Carol, Cary Clark, Verneal Cooley, Janice Cooper, Al Cullum, Anna Davis, Dawn DiPaola, the DuBree Family, Bethly Douglas-Snyder, Betty Elliott, Mary Gerlach, Margaret Gibson, Ellie Gillis, Steve Grant, Joan Grant, June Gratson, Donald Guilbault, Chris Hanlon, Chris Harkins, Charlotte Harless, Joe Heaps, Nancy Hill, Blanche Jourdan, Bob Kelly, Tommy Kelly, Alicia Kumerling, Norman Long, Richard Meloy, Nancy McMullen, the McMullen Family, Richard Olive Murphy, Karen Near, Jean Nelson, Ben Payne, Jim Penley, J. Cory Randall, Peggy Ross-McLaughlin, Sylvia Sanzone, Brynn Schaedl, Dennis Shoemaker, Kathy Slusher, Jude Smith, Sarah Standiford, Olga Stansbury, Tom Taylor, Sonny Todd, Shirley Torbet, the Van den Heuvel Family, Cathy Walker, Debbie & Jeff Waugh, Audrey West, Myra Williams, Lloyd Winter, Sylvia Winterling, and Mark & Barbara Yow.
We commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces, at home and abroad, especially Eric Adair, Eric Betts, Nick Brown, Paul Caudill, Lucy Daghir, Katherine Hostetler, Christopher Kelly, Jacob O’Neill, Sean O’Neill, David Penley, and Corey Waugh. Amen.
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Do you know someone who is unable to attend church because of illness? If that person would like to receive Eucharist, we have two licensed Lay Eucharistic Visitors who can bring the Eucharist following church, or during the week. Speak to Anne Burton to make arrangements.
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Our Annual Meeting will be held in the Parish Hall immediately following this morning’s service. We will review our accomplishments for 2015 and discuss the next step for finding a new priest. Your attendance is important – please join us!
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Paper goods and supplies for bath, kitchen, and laundry are needed for our Food Pantry - toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, adult pullups (size large), soap, shampoo, toothpaste, liquid dish detergent, and laundry detergent. If you can help, bring an item to church and put it in the basket in the back.
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Lent Madness will continue next Sunday. Today – join us for Annual Meeting Madness!
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At Deer Creek Coffeehouse on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 pm are Tommy & Saundra O'Sullivan all the way from Dingle, Ireland. They perform traditional and new Irish ballads as well as traditional and contemporary American tunes. Tommy O'Sullivan is acclaimed as "one of the great contemporary folk voices of Ireland".
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Our Lenten Journeys around the World program kicks off this week. Every Wednesday from February 17th through March 16th join others in the Parish Hall at 6:15 for brief Lenten prayers followed by a light supper. After dinner enjoy a movie and discussion. The movie this week is The Way, a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever changing and complicated world. The setting is the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, one of the great pilgrimages of the world. Other movies in the series are: Hundred Foot Journey, Tracks, The Straight Story, and Philomena.
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Leading the Parish in Worship on Sunday, February 21,2016
Guest Celebrant: Rev. Carol Burnside
Organist: Jean PenleyGreeters/Offering: Bob & Tina Caudill
Readers: Pauline Koszoru, Susan NewsteadOblation Bearers: Pauline & Art Koszoru
Chalicist: Cole NelsonAcolytes: Susan Newstead, Carolyn Nelson
Altar Guild: Anne Burton, Bernadette Low