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19 November 2017
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am Holy Eucharist
9:15 am Family Eucharist
11:00 am Holy Eucharist with Parish Choir
Coffee Hours are held in Guild Hall after 8 am and 9:15 am services; in the rear of the church after the 11 am service.
For detailed information about
the parish calendar, ministries, and outreach please click the link below.
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The Grace community offers special thanks to Jim Waechter and Paul Olson for sharing the joy of their marriage with us by hosting the Coffee Hour last Sunday, November 12. We also offer our thanks to the many helping hands that ensured the event's success, especially to Franklin Stone and her team.
We are so happy for Jim and Paul, and we wish them many joyful years together!
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Heights and Hills Thanksgiving Day Dinner
Now in its 46th year, Grace Church Brooklyn Heights will host a Noon-time Thanksgiving feast for 200 local homebound senior citizens, in a true community effort co-sponsored by Heights and Hills, Grace Church and the Cobble Hill Health Center, with assistance from the 84th Precinct and the wider Brooklyn Heights community. Grace Church provides the wonderful location, with table settings, paper goods and coffee — and pies are baked and donated by people locally, including Grace members, as is a tradition! Heights and Hills supplies the rest of the trimmings.
Volunteers are needed for hospitality and other logistical support at Grace Church with serving and set up. Please
contact
Betsy Guttmacher of Heights and Hills in advance to volunteer on behalf of the Grace community to RSVP your volunteer time.
Home-baked pies brought to Grace on Wednesday or Thanksgiving Day for the dinner itself or for guests to take home are most especially encouraged!
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Important Thanksgiving Week Notifications
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There will be a 10 am Eucharist on Thanksgiving Day.
The Grace Church Parish Office will be closed on Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24, in observance of Thanksgiving. Grace Church School will be closed Wednesday, November 22 through Friday, November 24.
For your information, the Parish Office is normally open from Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
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East Brooklyn Congregations Housing Initiative Meetings Sunday, November 19 and Thursday, November 30
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I want to invite everyone who attended the rain-soaked EBC housing rally at City Hall on October 9 to meet in the
North Room at 10 am
this coming
Sunday, November 19
, to learn what people felt about the rally and discuss next steps for Grace with EBC (East Brooklyn Congregations). Matthew Marienthal, our EBC organizer, will join us.
Meanwhile, EBC continues to press the mayor to embrace its senior housing plan. The next step will be a meeting at St. Paul Community Baptist Church on Thursday evening, November 30, at which candidates for City Council Speaker will discuss the EBC housing plan, along with Public Advocate Letitia James. Anyone from Grace is invited to attend.
Thank you, Mark McIntyre
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Grace Bereavement Group returns
Sunday, December 3
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Sunday, December 3, 12:30
to
1:30 pm
in the Colonial Room.
Any who have suffered a loss (recent or not) are most welcome to come.
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Advent Organ Recitals begin Tuesday, December 5
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Dear Friends,
Please come and listen to wonderful music and to take a half hour out of your busy dayfor some quiet Advent reflection.
All good wishes, Paul Richard Olson
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Save the Date: Stroller Group Christmas Brunch Sunday, December 10
We can hardly believe it, but December is just around the corner, which means our annual Christmas brunch is too! Please join us downstairs in the Gym on Sunday,
December 10
, immediately following the 9:15 am Family Service, to decorate gingerbread houses!
We will be decorating to benefit our friends at Habitat for Humanity and suggest a donation of at least $5 for each house
. We'd greatly appreciate it if everyone remembers to bring their donations to the brunch--it is difficult to ensure that all donations offered after-the-fact make it to our friends over at Habitat.
Since this is such a big event, we want to make sure everyone will be properly fed while decorating--please let us know if you can bring a dish to share! A couple of our younger members have food allergies so if your dish includes nuts, please be sure to include a label for it. Thank you and please be in touch if you have any questions, with
Lauren
or
Becky
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Grace Church Christmas Pageant Sunday, December 17
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It's time! This year's pageant is coming up -
Sunday, December 17
at the
11 am service
. Everyone (not just Pageant Parents!) should click
here
to find out more and how to get involved.
Most roles are open, so please discuss with your kids (ages 3 to 14) who they'd like to portray. Clear your calendars for three Saturday morning rehearsals on
Saturdays, December 2, December 9, and December 16
. All rehearsals will begin promptly at 9 am and end by 11 am.
Please
contact
Brianna McCarty
with any questions.
Don't miss this opportunity to share in a very special tradition here at Grace!
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Please remember that a Grace Church priest is available for hospital and home visits, and also to meet in the office for informal discussion of personal issues. Jim Hagen’s phone is 917-627-0771. Small cards are available on the table at the church entrance with email and phone information.
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Wise Aging Forum continues
The next two sessions of our Wise Aging Forum will be held on Thursdays from 1 to 2:30 pm, on November 30 (Choir Room), and December 14 (North Room).
We are going to read and discuss
Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience and Spirit
, by Rabbi Rachel Cowan and Dr. Linda Thal. The book is available on
Amazon.
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Rector Search — Live Interviews Now Under Way
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Search Committee pictured above:
Front row, left to right
: Sarah Davies, Marilyn Grant, Vivian Harrison, Barbara Becker, Anne Silver, Brianna McCarty.
Back row, left to right
: Thomas Baldwin, Craig Whitney, Michael Rycheck, Chris Larson.
Having completed our telephone interviews in September, the Search Committee is scheduling live interviews with each of the selected candidates. These in-person meetings will take place here at Grace, throughout October and November.
Following all those interviews, the Committee will provide Bishop Provenzano, and then the Wardens and Vestry, the names of three final candidates for the Wardens and Vestry to interview.
The Committee is grateful for the prayers and support of the clergy, the Wardens, the Vestry and the entire parish throughout this important process of transition.
You can view our Parish Profile
here
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Pastoral News and Prayer Concerns
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Parish Prayer Concerns:
Wendy Hooker; Sally Forbes; Sybil Payne; Jacob Connor; Eric and Frances Harrison;
Karl Steinbrenner; The Rev. Anne Richards.
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Grace Church | 254 Hicks Street | Brooklyn NY 11201
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