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30 April 2017
Third Sunday of Easter
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9:15 am Family Service with Eucharist
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:00 am Holy Eucharist with Hymns
Coffee hours are normally held in the Guild Hall after 8 am and 9:15 am services;
in the rear of the church
after the 11 am service.
Coffee hour after the 9:15 am service will take place in the gym this Sunday.
For detailed information about the parish calendar, ministries, and outreach please click the link below.
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Annual GRACE GALA
May 6, 2017
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What’s the Gala? It’s a party.
For everyone at Grace, old and new.
No auction. No raffle.
Just people, food, festive drinks, and music.
Come have fun with your fellow parishioners!
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There are several opportunities to volunteer! Please use the following sign-up sheet if you are interested in and able to volunteer.
No time to volunteer but would like to participate? Please consider making a donation to help cover the costs of the event or by leaving a check, payable to Grace Church Brooklyn Heights with "Gala" in the memo line, with Christian De Ruiter in the Parish Office.
This year we hope this event will help fund our effort to build an accessible restroom at Grace Church.
We look forward to celebrating Grace Church with this wonderful community event!
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Kids and Kits contribution drive, April 30
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Please help us support our friends at CHiPS soup kitchen and shelter for homeless people in Park Slope, by contributing travel-sized toiletry items such as soap, shampoo, deodorant, lotion, cologne, toothbrushes and toothpaste. There are baskets in the rear of the church to collect these items. Please consider contributing!
In addition, this Sunday, April 30, the Stroller Group Spring Brunch activity will be to decorate tote bags and fill them with the toiletry items we collect. We will gather in the Grace Church Gym after the 9:15 am service. Please join us!
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Grace Church Stroller Group Spring Brunch, April 30
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Calling all families (or soon-to-be parents) of young children ages three and younger--the Grace Church Stroller Group is having its spring brunch! Stroller group is a great way to get to know other parents at Grace Church with young children--it's basically the best playdate you never had to plan!
On this Sunday,
April 30
, following the 9:15 am family service, we are hosting our spring brunch, which also includes decorating tote bags filled with items collected in partnership with Grace Church's Kids and Kits initiative, to support the
CHiPS program in Park Slope (see announcement above).
As always, we are looking for volunteers--please let us know if you can bring a dish or if you have a musical talent that you'd like to share with the group.
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We would like to announce that Matilda Garrido, current head of the Altar Guild, will be stepping into a new role as head of a new Linens Guild (a new sub guild of the Altar Guild), caring for not only our service linens but also our beautiful tapestry pieces.
Matilda will be passing the Altar Guild torch to Kate Hill, a current Altar Guild member. If you are interested in joining either Guild, please speak with Kate, Matilda or Anne+.
Pictured: Kate Hill, left; Matilda Garrido, right
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Bible Study continues with The Gospel of John, May 2
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Grace Church is offering a four-week seminar focused on the Gospel of John, led by The Rev. Dr. Christian D. von Dehsen, a Lutheran pastor and biblical scholar, who has been leading our Bible Study this winter.
For more information, please see
here
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Sacred Sites Open House, May 21
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Once again, Grace Church will be participating in the Sacred Sites Open House on Sunday, May 21, sponsored by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, from 1 to 4 pm. Docents will be conducting guided tours of the church, and you're welcome to join! The theme of this year's Sacred Sites event is "Stained Glass: Windows on This World and the Next." Bob Whiteford, author of "Hidden Grace: A Study of the Signs, Symbols and History of Grace Episcopal Church, Brooklyn Heights," will be delivering talks at 2 and 3 pm on our stained glass windows.
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The Rector Search Committee is hard at work, reviewing application packages and recruiting potential candidates who have been recommended to us, encouraging them to apply.
We’ve increased our exposure by listing our position not only on the national Episcopal church and Diocese of Long Island web sites, but also through the Episcopal Digital Network, which now posts our opening on every page of its network of websites and in its digital newsletters.
Transition Ministry Officers across the country, as well as staff members at Episcopal Church headquarters, have also been notified personally about our search. To accommodate this broadened reach, we have officially extended our period of Receiving Names to June 15.
Pictured Below: Barbara Becker, left; Vivian Harrison, right
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Parents Night Out! May 31
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Everyone is invited to a Parents Night Out on Thursday, May 31 from 7 - 9 pm in the Guild Hall. Join us for an informal conversation with the Rev. Anne Richards: “Raising a Good Kid in a Culture of Affluence and Entitlement”. Leave your spouse at home with your children, or get a babysitter and come together. Wine and snacks, too. These have been very enjoyable evenings in the past….the fun continues! No RSVP necessary.
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Grace name tags available to all worshippers
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If you are new to Grace, welcome! Attractive magnetic name tags are available for you to wear when you are at church. These are a huge help in helping us learn each other’s names and in building community.
If you don’t yet have a name tag, fill out a Grace Contact Form (near the name tag board at the back of the church), and on the Welcome Table, also at the back of the church. Name tags are not only for newcomers…we all wear them, including kids! If you have a pacemaker, you should not wear a magnetic tag; we have an alternative tag for you. Questions? Contact our Parish Administrator, Christian DeRuiter, in the Parish Office at 718.624.1850.
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Pastoral News and Prayer Concerns
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Parish Prayer Concerns: Ann Gaffney, Wendy Hooker, Elisabeth Brewer, Sally Forbes, Sybil Payne, Patrick Owen Burns, Sr., Bill Newbury, David Pitou, David Chin, Dolly Mungai, Michelle Cadett, Jeanne Zebrowski and Jacob Conner.
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Grace Church | 254 Hicks Street | Brooklyn NY 11201
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