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Worship at Grace
Year-round Schedule
Sunday Services at 10:30 am Celtic Meditations at 4:00 pm Healing Services every week at 4:00 pm Young and the Restless Chapel at 9:00 am the second Sunday of the month Morning Prayer Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 am All are always welcome to worship and pray with us at all services
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This Week's Calendar
Wednesday
9:30 am
Morning Prayer
10:00 am
Staff Meeting
11:00 - 2:00
Private lessons in church
7:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
Thursday
10:00 - 12:00
Office Hours
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Diocesan Convention
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
7:00 pm
AA
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All Saints Sunday
9:30 am
Choir Rehearsal
10:30 am
Holy Eucharist
Church School
11:45 am
Coffee
4:00 pm
Celtic Evensong
and Communion
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Monday
9:30 am
Morning Prayer
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Tues
day
9:30 am
Morning Prayer
6:00 pm
AA meeting
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11:00 - 2:00
Private lessons in church
7:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
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Leadership
The Reverend Debbie Phillips, Rector
Vestry
Tom Gaither,
Sr. Warden
Joanne Moar,
Jr. Warden
Peggy Carter, Clerk
Joanne Moar, Treasurer
Melissa Barnes
Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Paige Nalipinski
Jane Stewart
Jason Stonehouse
Angela Williams
Staff
Larry Kamp,
Director of Music
Tom and Karen Tucker, Sextons
Cheryl Robinson, Bookkeeper
Worship
The Reverend
Debbie Phillips,
Chair
Hugh MacKay
Joanne Moar,
Vergers
Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Beth Brown
Lois Nicholson
Cindy Rhodes
Helen Watson-Felt,
Altar Guild
Deb Papps,
Chair
Jane Thompson
Maureen Joyce,
Flower Committee
Celtic Meditations Team
Ryan Patten, musician
Eric Wagner
Jane Stewart
Joanne Moar
Kathleen Tone
Directors of Church School
Melissa Barnes
Anna Layne
Real Asset Management/Property
Eric Wagner
Mike Ouellette
Tom Tucker
Bob Cole
Walter Weizenauer
Robert Hoffman
Stewardship
Ministry Team
Tom Gaither, Chair
Caroline Watson-Felt
Priscilla Lemons, Clerk
Creation Care
Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Tom Gaither
Jane Stewart
Garden of Life
Jason Stonehouse
Ad Hoc Fundraising
Peggy Carter
Melissa Barnes
Joanne Moar
Caroline Watson-Felt
Convention Delegates
Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Joanne Moar
Eric Wagner, Alternate
Deanery Delegates
Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Joanne Moar
Walter Weizenauer
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Dear Seekers,
One of the seven disciplines of the Way of Love is "Worship," where we "gather in community weekly to thank, praise, and dwell with God." When we worship, we gather with others before God. We hear the Good News of Jesus Christ, give thanks, confess, and offer the brokenness of the world to God. As we break bread, our eyes are opened to the presence of Christ. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are made one body, the body of Christ sent forth to live the Way of Love.
We often forget that when we worship together, the Holy Spirit is working in us to make us one. Rather than coming to church as a bunch of individuals, we come as a collective, praising God for our relationship to God through others. It is called corporate prayer because we not only come together with others, we are incorporated to each other through the corporate body of Jesus Christ. We are not alone. In Christ, we are made siblings who are loved unconditionally by our common God. Worship is reunion; we are united rather than divided, we are made whole. The common thread that binds us together is celebrated when we worship together.
For Reflection and Discernment * What communal worship practices move you to encounter God and knit you into the body of Christ? * How will (or do) you commit to regularly worship? * With whom will you share the commitment to worship this week?
In the Way of Love,
Debbie
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This Sunday, Jesus gives us the beautiful words of the Beatitudes to illustrate the Way of Love.
At 10:30 am, Lisa Duffy will be our "Epistler" for our Stewardship season. We will celebrate the communion of saints during our All Saints' Sunday service. The flowers at the altar are given in thanksgiving for the birthdays of Steve Allen and his sister, Rachel Blower. Following the service,Caroline Watson-Felt and Gavin Watson-Bertrand will host coffee hour.
At 4:00 pm, we will sing hymns and hear music from the Celtic tradition as we meditate on God's Word. Lisa will return to give the reflection and the service concludes with Holy Communion celebrated by The Reverend Manny Faria. All are welcome to come.
Please join us wherever you are
in your search for meaning.
Everyone is welcome at any and all services at Grace Episcopal Church
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*Note to leaders:
The new schedule is found on the website
here
The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
10:30 am
The Reverend Debbie Phillips, Presider and Preacher
Larry Kamp, Organist
Joanne Moar, Hugh MacKay, Vergers
Gavin Watson-Bertrand, Charlotte and Avery Ross, Acolytes
Stephen Allen, Lector
Lisa Duffy, Epistler
Deb Papps, Barbara Layne, Chalicers
Tom Gaither, Angela Williams, Ushers
Cindy Rhodes, Altar Guild
Tom Gaither, Angela Williams, Counters
The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
4:00 pm
The Reverend Manny Faria, Presider
Ryan Patten, Musician
Joanne Moar, Opening
Lisa Duffy, Reflection
Paige Nalipinski, Prayers
Paige Nalipinski, Chalice
Tom Lemons, Greeter
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Thank you to all who made the Silent Movies such a success, especially Ryan Patten, who not only played magnificently, but composed amazing scores for the productions.
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The Way of Love is our Church's response to a need for further connection with God. Rather than a program, it is a process that leads us to the sacred. It is comprised of seven disciplines: Turn, Worship, Learn, Pray, Bless, Go and Rest.
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. - Luke 24:30-31
Celebrant: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them to the Lord. - Book of Common Prayer, 361.
(From the Episcopal Church website)
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Shining Our Light: Stewardship Series
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Zacchaeus: A Model for spiritually motivated giving
By Cathy Clement
As the alumni president of my small Christian college, I worked with the vice president who was a part-time pastor. He told me of a parishioner who came to him for counseling but spent all his time bragging about his love affairs. When my friend finally asked the man, "How much money did you make last year?" the man blushed.
We have a funny relationship with money.
Speaking of how we feel about money - who has it, how they got it, what they do with it - I was inspired to view Jesus' encounter with Zacchaeus as a model for stewardship and was surprised at the depth of the story.
As a child, I sang "Zacchaeus Was a Wee Little Man." That's as far as I took the story. Later in life as a fund-raiser I came to realize that the story has all the features of spiritually motivated philanthropy.
In development-speak, step one is prospect identification. What's the first thing we learn about Zacchaeus? "He wanted to see who Jesus was." He sought out Jesus. Before he knew anything, Zacchaeus was committed to finding out. We also know that he was rich. He had the capacity to be generous. He also had a guilty conscience.
Step two is cultivation - Jesus singles him out from the many in the crowd. "Zacchaeus, come down immediately." In spite of the fact that the people are critical of Jesus' paying attention to a rich sinner: "They muttered, He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.'" (The Bible seems to use "air quotes.")
Step three - Jesus makes a proposal: "I must stay at your home today." The use of the word "must" implies divine imperative. Then Jesus meets Zacchaeus face-to-face, not in Jesus' "office" but on Zacchaeus's turf.
What is Zacchaeus's response (step four)? He welcomes Jesus gladly. And he takes action: Zacchaeus gives half of his assets to the poor and offers to pay four times the amount if he has cheated anyone - the most extreme repayment required under the law (Ex 22:1; 2 Sam 12:6).
Finally, there's the follow-up. As an individual, Zacchaeus receives a spiritual reward. "Today salvation has come to this house." The community observers learn that even a rich sinner is part of the family: "This man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." Both the individual and the community are blessed by spiritually motivated giving.
Cathy Clement is the retired Director of Philanthropy at Five Acres, a child-abuse prevention, treatment and education center in Altadena, California. She is a member of All Saints Church, Pasadena, and the president of the TENS board of directors.
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Debbie will be joining Bishop Gayle yet again as she leads the Diocese of Massachusetts pilgrimage to the Holy Land. She leaves after the 10:30 service on Sunday and will return on Saturday, November 16th. This year, Rick and Maureen Bingham, and Cliff Cutler will be joining them on the pilgrimage. The pilgrims also thank Christine Reichert and Nancy Brown for their Anglican rosaries to take on their travels. Please continue to pray for peace in the land of the Holy One.
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No Young and the Restless this Month
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As Debbie will be in the Holy Land on November 10th, there will be no Young and the Restless Chapel this month. We look forward to singing the Christmas Story with you on December 8th when chapel services resume.
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Christmas in Salem at Grace Church!!!
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Christmas in Salem is coming to Grace Church on December 6-8! We will be on the Historic Salem, Inc. annual house tour. If you would like to meet to decorate the church, please join Debbie on Saturday, November 30th from 9 am - 12 pm. Think of it as an Advent Retreat!
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