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June 16, 2019
First Sunday after Pentecost
11:00 am Combined Worship
Please join us after service for our Annual Spring
Barbecue.
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Sanctuary Cinema
Friday, June 14 at 7:00 pm
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Please join us for our next
FREE
Sanctuary Screening, in the air-conditioned Guild Hall.
Blowin' Up
is an inspiring documentary of an amazing judge in the Queens court who pioneers a compassionate method of handling human trafficking intervention from within a broken criminal justice system. In this movie, a partnership between "Girls Educational and Mentoring Services" (GEMS) and other organizations changes the way women are prosecuted. There are no offensive images in this film, it evokes empathy for these women who have already faced so much exploitation and abuse and it provides hope to those who have faced such trials and tribulation in their lives.
Popcorn and lemonade will again be served and a facilitated discussion will follow. Please take note that this will be our last screening for the summer.
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Father's Day
Sunday, June 16
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 16 -- a day to honor fathers and, actually, all who parent and nurture. At Grace we will celebrate fathers with a sweet treat. The treats will be available on Father’s Day, in the rear of the church, please take one or two after service to share with someone you care for, maybe even a sick or shut-in member of the community.
With love and appreciation from your Grace Family!
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Annual Summer Cookout
Sunday, June 16
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Join us as we celebrate the end of the program season with combined worship this Sunday at 11 am and our annual Summer Cookout on Grace Court. As always, we rely on your help to ensure the success of these picnics! There's still time to sign up to participate. If you are interested in donating please contact
Emily Horcher
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Are you/your family/parents or grandparents from another country?
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Australia, China, Ecuador, England, Guyana, India, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Panama and South Korea.
Is your country represented?
Don't be left out, join us on
Sunday, June 23, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
in the
Hope Library
to plan the inaugural Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Multicultural Day. Festivities are scheduled for Sunday, October 20 with an awesome worship service at 11:00 am, followed by a spectacular international food festival with live music in the Guild Hall. For more information, contact
Denise Young Farrell
or
Allison Robinson
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Summer Worship Experience
Beginning
Sunday, June 23
, our worship service will be held in Guild Hall with our wonderful summer choir. Please let
Paul Olson
know if you would like to sing.
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Escape the Great Indoors!
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Scout Me In.
Boy Scout Troop 213, active in Brooklyn Heights for more than 50 years, is actively recruiting new scouts. If you are a boy or a girl between the ages of 10 1/2 and 18, you're invited to come to a meeting to experience what we do. You will learn outdoor skills, develop leadership qualities, and much more. We are an active troop that hikes or camps at least once a month. We meet weekly at St. Francis College on Thursday nights from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. For more information, stop by or contact Scoutmaster
Rich Kelley
(917.576.1310).
Troop 213 does not discriminate based on race, gender, or sexual orientation.
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Summer Church Camp Registration is Now Open!
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Grace Church, together with St. Ann's and the Holy Trinity Church, is hosting
The Brooklyn Heights Episcopal
Story and Song
Summer Church Camp
for the week of
August 26 - 30
. Story and Song Camp hours are from
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
with
aftercare available until 5:30 pm.
Opportunities are available for adult, middle school, and high school volunteers. For more details please click
here.
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Stewardship in Giving
We’re excited to announce that a group of supportive parishioners have put together a matching fund for our Annual Giving Stewardship campaign. All new and increased donations in the month of June will be matched up to $30,000, to help us reach our goals and to continue important ministries. More information will be sent out in a mailing, but we hope you will use this as a perfect opportunity to join the Grace pledging family, or to increase your pledge if that is right for you. Pledges can be made
here
or by returning a pew card.
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Becoming Beloved Community: Sacred Ground
In response to key themes that have emerged from Grace’s ongoing Core Values inquiry, we are developing a new "
Becoming Beloved Community"
initiative. In the near future, you will receive a letter with more detailed information concerning this initiative.
One of the pieces in
Becoming Beloved Community
is
Sacred Ground
, the Episcopal Church’s exciting new film and readings - based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith.
You will hear more about
Sacred Ground
during the announcements in church Sunday. In the meantime, for more information, please click
here
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Grace Education for Ministry
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The Grace Education for Ministry group is looking for people who may be interested in joining them come this September. Each year, EfM participants commit to meeting on Wednesday evenings from September to June. In a safe and trusting environment, we study the Bible, our Christian tradition and theology, reflecting on our call to ministry in the world.
Contact co-mentors
Kathy Page
or the Rev.
John Musco
for more information. Or you can speak to or contact our current participants; Jane Parkerton,
Cub Gichenje
,
Claude Scales or Elizabeth Stong.
To learn more about this international program with 80,000 participants since 1975 please click
here.
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Our 11:00 am Sunday morning worship experience is now being live streamed every Sunday excluding the summer months! Join us online as we begin this new facet of our Communications Ministry. For more information we encourage you to stay tuned
here
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Thank You For Being Our Host!
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Thank you to our host, Marlo Marron for hosting Coffee Hour last Sunday, June 9, 2019 after our 11:00 am service. You are very much appreciated!
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Calling all Coffee Hour Hosts.
Coffee Hour is a time for fellowship and conversation among church members to share a cup of coffee, a pastry, a smile and to engage in small talk amongst our church family. What a great way to spend time after Sunday service?
As we continue in this awesome fellowship, we are looking for volunteers to host Coffee Hour after the 11:00 am service.
It can be very simple or as elaborate (but not expensive) as you'd like, infusing fruits, carrots, celery with hummus dips or pastries. You can prepare your favorite goodies to share, some homemade cookies or brownies. If you would like to participate but just do not have the time to shop, you can also make a monetary donation and the Church will do the shopping for you.
We hope you will consider this amazing opportunity to participate in this special ministry of bringing people together and volunteer a small amount of time to host.
If you are interested in volunteering one Sunday, please sign up by adding your name to our volunteer book located in the back of the sanctuary or contact
Marilyn Grant,
Emily Horcher,
or
Sheila O’Neill
. We look forward to you being our host.
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Grace Schedule of Upcoming Baptismal Dates
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2019
- July 14 - 4 slots available
- September 22 - 5 slots available
- November 17 - 6 spots available
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2020
- January 12
- February 23
- April 11 (Easter Eve)
- June 7 (Pentecost Sunday)
- September 27
- November 22
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At Grace, we baptize up to seven Candidates during the 11:00 am service of Holy Eucharist with Baptisms. For further information or to obtain a Baptism application, please
contact
the Parish Office.
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For those we have been asked to remember:
Samuel; Philip & Mary; Kurt; Baby Daniel; Frank; Elizabeth; Tom; Mary P.; Scott & Joanne; John; The Nixon Family; Suzanne; Ginny; Eric & Frances; and Ann.
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Do You Have An Announcement?
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If you would like to submit an announcement for Grace Notes and or our Parish News, please submit all information to the
Parish Office
no later than
Wednesday
by
5:00 pm
of each week. Please be aware that any and all submissions that do not meet the deadline will be published the following week. Thank you in advance.
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Grace Church | 254 Hicks Street | Brooklyn NY 11201
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