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The Season After Pentecost
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Many of us have been deeply blessed by messengers from God who happen to have fur or feathers, scales or shells, hooves or horns (or both!). On Sunday, October 8, Grace will acknowledge the gifts these creatures have brought us by returning the favor and blessing them in honor of St. Francis and the God who made them. The 10:45 a.m. service will move to the front lawn (weather permitting) for the occasion; please bring all your furry, feathered, and scaly friends/family members to be blessed by the clergy.
Should the current tropical system bring rain, we'll move to the Undercroft.
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Pet Blessing on Sunday
No Breakfast, Some Formation
Come to the Banquet!
March for Pride with Grace!
"Non-Fund Raiser" for Choir Chairs
Bishop's Retirement Celebration
Bach Choir & Friends Present
Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil
Thanks for Reception Aid
Thanks from Erik
Joseph Campbell RoundTable (10-16)
Meetings This Week
Serving on Sunday
Lectionary
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Please consider passing on some of the love your pets have bestowed on you in a tangible form to help the Chattanooga Humane Educational Society provide for animals in need – and there are lots and lots right now, with many hurricane refugee animals now in Chattanooga. The following items would be very helpful:
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Towels and blankets (new or used) – needed DESPERATELY
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Canned dog and cat food (pate style preferred)
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Peanut butter
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Stainless steel bowls
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Plastic pet carriers
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Cat litter pans
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Cat and dog toys
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Treats
Phaen Stone and Richard Hyatt are heading up the arrangements; they will be in the Undercroft at 9:30 a.m. on the 8
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to direct the set up – please come and help with chairs and tables and such. Come and enjoy the great variety of God’s creation!
A note to those whose allergies or sensibilities lead you to prefer your worship to be free of fur and dander:
the 8:00 a.m. service will be conducted along traditional lines, with no barks during the Gloria or meows during the Sanctus. You are welcome to avail yourself of its less chaotic atmosphere if you’d like!
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Breakfast, Christian Formation on Sunday
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There will be no breakfast this week – feed yourselves before coming to church!
No Sunday School for Children on Sunday:
Because of the Blessing of the Pets and the added layer of logistics required in bringing animals to church, there will be no Godly Play
class this morning for children. The regular schedule will resume next week.
Adult Classes:
Michael Waterson’s Young Adult Class WILL meet as usual – 9:30 a.m. in the Balch Room. Coffee available next door!
Weeks Forum
-- The Weeks Forum will NOT meet this morning (David Stanislawski will be away), but the Barth Room will be open, so if anyone wants to grab some coffee and talk, make yourselves at home!
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Every banquet worthy of the name is made up of a variety of courses, and as we go through the season of Stewardship, its sometimes helpful to reiterate what all is on the menu. This week, Rebecca Williams offers these thoughts on Centering Prayer:
Centering Prayer: Silence, Solitude, Service
Centering Prayer is a practice based on the Christian contemplative heritage described by the Christian mystics and on the wisdom saying of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. It has had a presence here at Grace since the 1980’s when a group was begun by Kathleen Russell and Andy Belcher. I began my practice at St. Paul’s in 2007 and later joined the Grace group becoming the facilitator when Kathleen left in 2014.
This practice, like EFM, has been, a life changing experience. The discipline of stopping twice a day to slip into my silence and open myself to the presence of God can help produce a continuous opening to what life puts in my path. Sharing the contemplative journey with others is an important part of Centering Prayer. It has been for me a joyful, spiritual experience.
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March for Pride with Grace
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On Sunday, October 8, come March with Grace to support LBGTQ+ brothers and sisters! Join us in the Unum parking lot behind Hair of the Dog starting at 10:30 a.m. and look for our Grace banner. The march will begin at 11:00 a.m. and proceed to Ross's Landing.
At 1:00pm, the festival begins and there will be a vendor market, food and beverages, kids’ activities, entertainment, and more. In addition, we welcome Meredith Jade Garret to our table. Her book:
Unseen: Intersecting Faith and Sexuality in the Bible Belt
went on sale this week! This is a family friendly event and we look forward to seeing you!
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“Non-Fund-Raiser” for Choir Chairs
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Have you noticed the new faces in the Grace Choir? Four sopranos, an alto, and a bass have been welcome additions to our choral sound this season, in addition to four more singers last spring. And with new faces come new, er, derrieres, which require some place to sit. Though the Music Department bought chairs when the new choir suite was prepared, it was for a very modest number of singers; the burgeoning choir now finds itself inadequately supplied.
In hopes of avoiding the delay formal fundraising will require, the Music Committee is asking the congregation to contribute funds to a “non-fundraiser” fundraising effort. This money will allow the music department to order more chairs in the near future so singers who have already joined the choir -- and singers yet to come -- will have a seat for rehearsals. If you feel compelled to spare yourself a bake sale or other fundraising efforts, please make a check to Grace Episcopal Church and put "choir chairs" in the memo line. Then, come hear the beautiful Sunday music and look forward with anticipation to a formal Evensong and Lessons and Carols services during the months of November and December!
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Bishop George's Retirement Celebration!
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October 28 | 11 am– 3pm | Grace Point, 300 Chamberlain Cove Rd., Kingston, TN
What better way to show our appreciation and send Bishop George off to his retirement than to join him in play at Grace Point?
Festivities begin at 11 am
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Music by Zammarin, the awesome group of intergenerational singers and instrumentalists from St. Timothy, Signal Mountain
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Friars for Hire will prepare a delicious BBQ lunch plate with hamburgers or hotdogs—dessert and beverages included. The cost for lunch is $10/plate or $25/family.
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Celebration of Bishop George and presentation of our gift to him and Kammy.
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Eucharist at the Pavilion
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Write a Limerick!
Bishop George enjoys creative limericks—so you are invited to write a limerick as a way of wishing him and his family well. These will be shared during the celebration after lunch. Please have fun, be creative, and please keep them clean and respectful!
Limerick: a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines rhyme with each other, and the 3rd and 4th lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.
example:
Hickory, dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
And down he run,
Hickory, dickory dock
Join us for a day of fun, relaxation and music in appreciation for Bishop George and Kammy’s service to the Diocese of East Tennessee!
Love Offering - Voluntary Retirement Gift for Bishop George and Kammy Young
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e have been blessed and privileged to have the Rt. Rev. George D. Young III as our bishop. If you would like to contribute to a
Voluntary Monetary Gift as a sendoff love offering
, please send your check by October 20 to: The Diocese of East Tennessee, 814 Episcopal School Way, Knoxville, TN 37932.
Please put “for the Bishop’s Voluntary Gift” in the note line. Please note that, as a personal gift, this donation is not tax deductible. If you have questions, please feel free to call the Rev. Edward J. Mills, III, president of the Standing Committee, at 423-276-5045.
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Chattanooga Bach Choir (and Friends) Present Rachmaninoff
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For this concert, the Chattanooga Bach Choir is collaborating with Voci Virili Men’s Consort and Voice of Reason Women’s Ensemble, Harv Wileman, artistic director. Featuring soloists Rosella Ewing, mezzo-soprano; Blaine Tooley, tenor; and Theodore Tsaltas, basso profundo, the ensemble will be conducted by David Long with associate conductors Laurie Redmer Minner and Jeff Parker. This performance of Rachmaninoff’s
All-Night Vigil
will be sung in the original Russian.
For those who might be alarmed by the title, the presentation will not take all night; the concert should last just a little more than an hour!
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Thanks for Reception Help
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Erik's ordination was a huge success and many were involved. I want to thank all who contributed food for the reception, helped set up and returned the Undercroft to its normal set up and those who cleaned up in the kitchen.
We cannot express our GRACEous hospitality without everyone's input.
Thank you!
Vivian Dodds
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Dear people of Grace,
I would like to thank you for being part of my ordination last week, by being present, by serving, by volunteering, by contributing, and by your generosity. I am grateful for the many years that Grace has been my home, and I will always remember you as such. Thank you for raising me up and sending me out in such a fantastic way. My thoughts and prayers are with you, and I hope you will continue your prayers for me and the congregations I get to serve.
Thank you so much,
Erik
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Joseph Campbell Mythological RoundTable
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October 16, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
with Presenter David Prestridge
TaiJi: A Journey Through Myths and Medicine
David Prestridge moves with a measured grace that comes from years of practicing TaijiQuan, the centuries-old Chinese martial art that emphasizes serenity and calm. When practicing TaiJi, his hands slowly push the air as he, “stands like mountain and moves as water.”
After spending most of his adult life as a professional musician and entertainer he came to a late vocation in the ministry. David holds a Master of Sacred Theology degree from St. Katherine’s Orthodox Catholic Theological Seminary and is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School programs for Stress Management and Lifestyle Medicine.
David studied TaiJiQuan with Dr. Zibin Guo, professor of medical anthropology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and one of the highest ranked martial artists in the Peoples Republic of China. David’s initial studies were with Mr. Steve Long a well-known and much respected TaiJi master.
David teaches beginning through advanced standard forms in Yang style TaiJiQuan. He also teaches Adaptive TaiJi, Medical TaiJi, and Rehabilitative TaiJi with forms for individuals with limited mobility. David believes in the healing and energizing powers of TaiJi. He continues in his study of this ancient art in order to provide the highest standard of teaching to his students.
RoundTable meetings are on the third Monday of the month at 7 pm at Grace Episcopal Church at
20 Belvoir Avenue
(Brainerd and Belvoir intersection). Visitors and guests are welcome. There is not charge to attend, though small donations are welcome, which go to support the RoundTable program with the Joseph Campbell Foundation, and our local host, Grace Church.
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A note: during the "Michaelmas" Equinox celebration, we learned that Eileen Meagher has a number of recent publications on Qi Gong and healing. The publications may be found at:
publicationslist.org/eileen.meagher
. There are eight publications listed. Click on the icon to the right of each listing to see the entire article. Three more publications may be added by the end of the year.
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Finance Committee – Tuesday, October 10, 5:30 p.m., Merritt Room
Vestry – Thursday, October 12, 6:00 p.m. Barth Room
Centering Prayer (Barth Room) -- Friday, 1:00 p.m., Merritt Room
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At the 8:00 a.m. service:
Lectors, Amie Brien-Slack, Dick McGee; Intercessor, Mairi Wright; Chalice, Alan McMurray, Diana McMurray; Acolytes, Cindy Davidson, Emily Evans, Thomas Evans; Ushers, the Dorris family; Greeter, Jim Oakes
At the 10:45 a.m. service:
Lectors, Riley Hendrix, Jackson Ricketts; Intercessor, George Reed, Jr.; Chalice, Anne Curtis, Terry Burnett; Acolytes, Kira Vassilev, Katherine Vassilev, Nikolas Vassilev, Jackson Ricketts, Sean McEwen; Lead Usher, Frank Watkins; Greeter, John Palmer, Crystal Hart
Lectionary Readings
8 a.m.
– Jeremiah 22:13-16, Psalm 148:7-14, Galatians 6:14-18, Matthew 11: 25-30
10:45 a.m.
– Genesis 1:1, 20-25; Psalm 148; Matthew 6:25-33
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