If you're the type who seeks out the mall's "You are Here" signs or hovers over the atlas or Google maps to see the details of either where you are or where you're going,
Inquirers’ Class
(or Episcopal Church 101) may have something to offer you! The glass continues its exploration of the Episcopal Church’s history, tenets and traditions under the guidance of Sean McEwen this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Undercroft. If you’re new to the church, come! If you’re a veteran who wants a refresher on the Episcopal map, come! All welcome!
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Sunday Adult Classes
Garden and Grounds Work Day
Musical Opportunities on Sunday
Summer Arts Camp
Southside Abbey/Empty Bowl Initiative
Spiritual Development Opportunities
Meetings This Week
Serving on Sunday
Lectionary
Hymns
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The Weeks Adult Forum
, facilitated by David Stanislawski, continues its discussion of
Living into God’s Dream: Dismantling Racism in America
at 9:30 a.m. in the Barth Room. Come join the conversation on this very pertinent issue!
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Gardens and Grounds Work Day
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GENERAL GROUNDS WORK DAY
is still planned for
Saturday, March 30 (not this Saturday, but the next), beginning at 9:00 am
. Lunch by Terry Burnett. Bring sipping beverages to share in the inevitable Pavilion After-Party. Please come for any part of the day you can spare. Wear: gloves, hat, probably raingear. Bring shovels, pruners, hand digging tools. WORK DAY GOES RAIN OR SHINE, short of tornado warnings.
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Musical Opportunities for Sunday, March 24
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Today offers a wealth of musical offerings both secular and sacred; see below for two options of particular interest:
Chattanooga Area Flute Society Flute Choir Annual Irish Concert
The Chattanooga Area Flute Society (CAFS) Flute Choir will repeat its
program of Irish music
from last weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day concert on
Sunday March 24th at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Belvoir Ave.in East Ridge from 3:00-4:00 p.m
.
The program will include two movements of
A Gaelic Offering
by Catherine McMichael, and several Planxtys and Jigs. As the group now has several alto and bass flutes, as well as its new contrabass flute, there will be two numbers that feature those instruments. One is
Legend of Llyn Llech Owain
by Jonathan Cohen which is written just for those instruments. They will also play
Pentland Air
, an original work written for them by Scottish composer Alexander Abbott.
Grace parishioner Nora Kile is the conductor of the group
. Joining them will be Bret Alford on string bass and
Grace parishioner Tom Lifsey on the bodhran drum
(who also plays flute with the group). Both performances are free and open to the public. They will also be joined by the Rome, Georgia, Flute Ensemble.
CAFS is a group of area adult flutists consisting of professional and amateur flutists and is conducted by flutist Nora Kile and assistant conductor Sandy Morris. For more information contact Nora at
nlskile@gmail.com
or call (423) 842-4570.
Compline at Church of the Good Shepherd
You are invited to the Office of Compline
at The Church of the Good Shepherd (211 Franklin Rd. at Scenic Highway, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee) on
Sunday, March 24, 8:00 p.m.
This is a meditative service for the close of the day. The entire
service is sung in plainsong, the earliest music of the church, by the Chattanooga Compline Choir,
In Spiritu
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Grace Summer Arts Camp -- Save the Date!
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Grace's annual Interfaith Arts Camp offers children enrichment through music, visual arts and drama; it also offers parents a week of quiet mornings! If you're interested in taking advantage of this annual boon for both kids and adults, take note of the dates below!
Grace Episcopal Church Interfaith Arts Camp
June 10 - 14
Ages: preK4 through elementary
Time: 9:00-12:30 p.m.
Please save the date and spread the word Arts camp returns this summer for grades Pre-K through elementary. Grace kids and all kids are invited. More information and registration will be announced shortly.
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Southside Abbey/Empty Bowl Initiative at Grace (3-30)
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Grace is hosting an event for Southside Abbey next weekend -- please see the official inviation below, and participate if you can! It offers the dual delights of helping some of the area's often-homeless and being in the beneficent presence of Erik Broeren, our former Pastoral Care associate, who is now serving as Southside's priest.
Please join Southside Abbey and the Empty Bowl Initiative on Saturday March 30 at 6pm for a service of Evening Prayer, followed by a Soup & Salad Supper in the undercroft of Grace Church. The Empty Bowl Initiative is an annual community-based fundraiser organized by local potter Lolly Durant, this year benefiting Southside Abbey. Come and see the wonderful bowls the community has made, and, after supper, take the bowl of your choice home.
The event is free but donations will support the ongoing ministry of Southside Abbey
, serving with our homeless neighbors, and all who would come for a shared meal, for conversation and fellowship, for prayer and holy communion. For questions, please contact Erik Broeren --
erik@southsideabbey.org
(423-227-2237 cell).
Speaking of Southside Abbey, you can see a display of photographs taken by members of its congregation from now until the end of April in St. Paul’s Exum Gallery. The gallery is open during regular church hours.
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Spiritual Development Opportunities/Meetings
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As the world begins to green up and burgeon with life with the warming weather, it's easy to start wondering how we ourselves might green up a bit. If you're looking for some spiritual growth options, see below for some future possibilities:
Lazarus, Come Out: Reflections on John 11 --
A Quiet Day at St. Mary’s
Led by Bonnie Thurston
When: April 13, 2019 from 9:30 am-3:30 pm
Where: The Community of St. Mary, Southern Province, 1100 St. Mary's Lane, Sewanee, TN 37375
Cost: $50 (A non-refundable deposit of $25 will need to be paid upon registering. The remaining $25 can be paid at the door ). Please send check or cash by mail to the address listed above.
Spring and Summer Programs at St. Mary’s (Sewanee)
St. Mary’s sent an e-mail this week highlighting rapidly approaching programs and retreats on Divino Lecto (a meditative consideration of/resting in/praying the scriptures and discussing them), Dream Work, and Aging with Courage and Grace. A trip to its website uncovered a treasure trove of other offerings later in the spring and summer on topics ranging from Centering Prayer and Mindfulness to Grace in the Garden. Cost varies in accordance with the length of the programs – some are single-day affairs and others run eight days. If you’ve got some time and a bit of disposable income, take a look at the possibilities at
https://www.stmaryssewanee.org/calendar/
Province IV Episcopal Church Women’s Annual Retreat & Meeting
Episcopal women, if you are interested in meeting with other Episcopal Women for spiritual exploration and congenial relaxation, consider taking part in the annual retreat and meeting of our particular province. It’s scheduled for June 3-5 in Pine Knoll Shores, NC, a small town on a barrier island on the Atlantic ocean not too far from Jacksonville, NC (the pictures are achingly gorgeous). Registrations must be submitted by May 8. You can get a registration form from the office upon request (243-3257;
dcarden@saygrace.net
). There’s a contact listed at the end of this article for those who’d like more information.
For questions or concerns, please contact Becky Taylor Scott: 903-571-0652 or
bekatay@me.com
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Vestry (Barth Room) -- Tuesday, March 26, 6:00 p.m.
Centering Prayer (Barth Room) -- Friday, 1:00 p.m.
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At the 8:00 a.m. service
: Lectors, Amie Brien-Slack, Dick McGee; Intercessor, Andy Lane; Chalice, Nan Fortiner; Acolyte, Lyn Martin; Usher, Mike Revenig; Greeter, Jean Williams
At the 10:45 a.m. service
: Lectors, Jean Whisenant, Jerry Draper; Intercessor, Janet McCollough; Chalice, Dick McGee, Paul Thomas; Oblations, George Reed, III, Sandra Reed; Acolytes, Jackson Ricketts, Jeff Bertrand, Jim Harris, Katie Sellers; Lead Usher, Bill Pickering; Greeters, Will Pinson, Kevin Boles; Web Broadcast (camera, sound), Richard Hyatt, Phaen Stone
Lectionary Readings
Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 63:1-8, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Luke 13:1-13
Hymns
Be thou my vision
(Hymnal 488);
When Israel was in Egypt’s land
(Hymnal 648);
Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless
(Hymnal 343);
Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, for thee
(Hymnal 707);
All my hope on God is founded
(Hymnal 665)
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