Grace Episcopal Church  Weekly Update October 24, 2018

The 2019 Stewardship Season Now Into the World has officially started. Be on the lookout in your mail for your Stewardship packet if you didn't pick it up on Sunday.

Sunday's Sermon Click here to see Emily's sermon from the last week on the importance of stewardship through our commitment, conviction, and community. 102118 Sermon

The Way of Love: Practices for a Jesus-Centered Life Thursdays, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Parish Hall Join us this Thursday, October 25th for our fourth gathering on Bishop Michael Curry's study The Way of Love. You may join in at any time! All materials are provided.

Week 4 will focus on the spiritual practice of  Worship .  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. In preparation for Thursday, listen to Bishop Mariann Budde's podcast (from the Diocese of Washington) as she explores this theme: Week 4: Worship

The next Rector's Forum and Youth Hot Chocolate Hour are October 28th at 10am. Mark your calendars!!

We will discuss vulnerability and empathy and how we can open our hearts to others in an often divisive world. Watch this short video to learn more: Brene Brown on Empathy Brown states that empathy is feeling with people. It's a vulnerable choice that makes us face emotions within ourselves as we support others in their own struggles. Yet, being vulnerable isn't easy. Brown suggests that true empathy means that we first have to take on the perspective of the person in pain, then we have to withhold judgement, and finally, we must recognize the emotion that is behind the pain. Maybe you have been on the receiving end of empathy. What was it like and how did someone help you? What can we learn from the times people got it right and when they got it wrong?

Announcements FOOD PANTRY - This Sunday, October 28th is Food Pantry Sunday. Please be as generous as you can. The pantry is feeding more families than ever before and needs our help. All non perishable items are needed. ALL SAINTS SUNDAY - All Saints Sunday is November 4th . On this day we will be recognizing the names of our recently departed loved ones. If you have a name that you would like to be included in the bulletin, please email Cindy at gracechurch2955@gmail.com with the information by October 31st . GRACE COOKBOOK II - The ECW needs your new recipes! We are updating our beloved cookbook and need recipes to add to our new  electronic format  (Thanks to Laura Rodgers)! Please email your new recipes to Laura at RecipesForCookingWithGrace@gmail.com  by October 31st . If you only have hard copies, please put them in the ECW mailbox outside of the Church office. FREE CLINIC VOLUNTEERS - Grace Church will once again be providing dinner for the Free Clinic Volunteers at Goochland Cares every Tuesday in November. We will be preparing and serving a weekly dinner for 15 people. Please contact Kate Sarfaty at 804-556-3344 or katesarfaty@gmail.com if you can help out. HOLIDAY BAZAAR - There will be a Holiday Bazaar Planning meeting on Sunday, October 28th after the 11:00 am service ! Please try to attend this important meeting so we can ensure we have all bases covered for our biggest ECW event of the year! Reminder: Holiday Bazaar will be on Saturday, November 10 ! OPEN MIC NIGHT - We are excited to present our first ever  Open Mic Night  at Grace Church. It will take place on Saturday, November 3rd from 6:30-8:00 pm in the Parish Hall. We welcome all who would like to share a song, some instrumental music, a poem, a story, whatever gift you would like to share. There will be a sound system available.  All ages are welcome.  We hope to open this up to the community as well. If you have any questions please contact Dee Kysor at 804-356-0200 or deevmom@comcast.net .

Coffee Hour Sign October 28 - The Slones November 4 November 11 If you would like to be a part of our Coffee Hour Ministry, please contact Sally Sutherland at ssutherland.ppp@juno.com or 804-784-3168.

Looking Ahead Wake Up with Grace - Every Wednesday at 8:30 am at the Goochland Restaurant) Thursday Morning Study - 10 am Food Pantry Sunday - October 28th Rector's Forum and Youth Hot Chocolate Hour - October 28th at 10 am Holiday Bazaar Planning Meeting - October 28th Open Mic Night - November 3rd at 6:30 pm If you have an announcement, please email it to Cindy Harper at  gracechurch2955@gmail.com by  Wednesday morning each week.

This Sunday at a Glance Rite II Worship Service - 9:00 am Rector's Forum and Youth Hot Chocolate Hour - 10 am Rite II Worship Service - 11:00 am followed by coffee hour (nursery care available) Holiday Bazaar Planning Meeting - after 11 am Worship Lectionary Readings for Sunday October 28, 2018: Mark 10:46-52 Jeremiah 31:7-9 Psalm 126 Hebrews 7:23-28

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