E-Blast for May 17, 2019

Creation Care Pledge Workshop

Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Sunday, May 26 at 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. in the Bloom Room

All are welcome! A light lunch will be served.

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Please click here for the 19 climate-related resolutions passed by the 2018 General Convention of The Episcopal Church, collated from the Episcopal Climate News Weekly Newsletter website. - Angel Wang, GSP Green Church Committee

June 1 ^st – De-Escalation Training

Do you encounter people with challenging behaviors? Would you like to increase your skills in supportive listening, setting limits, and de-escalating someone who is angry or overwhelmed? If so, this interactive workshop is for you. De-Escalating People with Challenging Behaviors will be offered on Saturday, June 1 ^st , from 1-3 p.m. in Grace St. Paul’s McBride Hall. Gain knowledge through role-playing and discussion, and learn how (and when) to call for outside help. This free workshop is presented by Mara Levin, MSW, Health Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Community Services. Please call the church office to sign-up. Questions? Contact Pastor Kimberlee.

Centering Prayer Time Change!

We are moving the time from noon to 12:30 p.m. as it seems to better accommodate people’s schedules. Centering Prayer is a Christian form of meditation. We sit for twenty minutes of silent prayer meditation followed by a reading from Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating. If you’d like to try out this method of prayer, please join us some Thursday and come a little early for a brief instruction. Contact Pastor Kimberlee with any questions.

Preparing for the End of Life

We live in a culture that doesn’t like to think about death or grieving, and that’s understandable. But it’s important to be prepared.

These classes will help us to better prepared spiritually and also make practical plans.

Adults of all ages are welcome to attend this free course . Join us on four Saturday mornings (10:30 am-12:00 pm) in May

and June 2019.

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Carol Forshey's housekeeper's family is in need of financial help. Her brother's house burned down to the ground. His name is Patricio Molina; he lives in Nacozari, Sonora. they had no insurance. We are asking for financial donations to help the family get back up on their feet. Please write in the memo line, "Help Family". Any and all donations will be greatly appreciated.

Photo Directory Sessions Continue

Sessions for photos for GSP’s new photo directory are continuing each Sunday in May, with the exception of Memorial Day weekend, May 26. The “photo booth” is set up in the Social Services office from about

9 a.m. until 12 noon. Subjects are able to see and choose pictures at the time of taking.

This is a completely in-house production. There is no cost and no sales pitch, and the digital image files will be provided on request.

The directory will be published as a PDF, which will be made available to everyone who wants one. Print-on-demand physical copies can be arranged through a third-party provider.

Additional photo sessions can be arranged on alternate days or locations if needed. Please contact John Banks through the Parish office to make those arrangements.

Do plan to have your picture taken and included in our new directory. It’s a good way for us all to get to know each other!

Bread from the Pantry

*22 years of bringing bread

to the Tucson community*

We are in urgent need of a handful of volunteers to pick up bread one night a week at 8:00 pm at Beyond Bread on Campbell. We also need people to sort, bundle, and deliver the bread one morning a week (Mon. Wed. Fri. 7-9 am) to community agencies and churches who serve the hungry. Time commitment is 1- 2 hours weekly. We can be bread for each other.

Contact Sharon McKenzie 784-4867

or Nancy Meister 906-4203.

GSP Summer Camp is June 17-21,

the 3 ^rd week of June !

From 9am – noon, for children

ages 4-14.

Theme: Love First!

The camp is free and includes lunch. Registration forms are available online, in the church office and in the narthex. Volunteers needed! Please contact Pastor Kimberlee if you can help.

Youth Group Events

March - June 2019

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for more information.

All children are invited to camp regardless of ability to pay. Scholarships are available! Talk to Pastor Kimberlee for more information or go directly to chapelrock.net to register!

Here are important dates for your calendars:

June 2-8 – Chapel Rock Youth Camp for

grades 6-12

June 23 – 29 Chapel Rock Children’s Camp

for grades 2-6

Do you have questions about your faith? Most people do, and most find it challenging to get answers. Education for Ministry (EfM) was developed by the School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee, to provide a mechanism for people to work through those questions. This four-year course of study is led by mentors who provide the framework for the group to connect faith to their daily lives through reading and discussion.

For more information and who to contact, please click here .

Spirit Now:

A Contemporary Eucharist

Thursday, May 23 at 6:00 pm

in McBride Hall

Chants, contemporary prayers and readings, small group discussion and silence...

Adult Spiritual Formation

Ascension: Is It Important?

2 Sundays, May 19 & 26 at 9:00 am

in the Bloom Room

Presented by Chuck Dickson .