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22 April 2018
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
8:00 am Holy Eucharist
9:15 am Family Eucharist
11:00 am Holy Eucharist with Parish Choir
Please join us after each service for fellowship, coffee and refreshment in the Guild Hall.
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For detailed information about
the parish calendar, ministries, and outreach, please click the link below.
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We’d like to get to know you!
Please join us on
Sunday, April 29
at
6 pm
in the North Room for fellowship and conversation, with light fare and refreshments.
Don’t forget that kids are welcome and we’ll be feeding them also!
Please
RSVP
by
Tuesday, April 24
to Christian DeRuiter.
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EBC Housing Rally Tuesday
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East Brooklyn Congregations will hold a rally on the steps of City Hall n
ext Tuesday, April 24
at
1 pm
to press Mayor de Blasio to put $500 million in the city's capital budget to fund EBC's plan to build 15,000 units of senior housing on surplus NYCHA land. This is the senior housing plan many parishioners rallied for in the rain on Columbus Day, and EBC, aligned with City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, continues to push for funding of its plan. If you can attend the rally, please
contact
Bill Schimoler for more information. Those who do plan to attend are encouraged to arrive by 12:30 pm and enter City Hall through the police check points at the Broadway or Park Row (near Brooklyn Bridge) entrances.
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Volunteer and Contribute Food!
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A great deal of parishioner involvement will be needed behind-the-scenes to make sure the evening is a success.
To that end, here is the
Sign-Up Genius
, where you can put yourself down to bring appetizers, platters, Cakes, Desserts and/or you can volunteer an hour or three of your time in the days leading up to May 5, or even on the night. A great way to get involved and meet new people!
We have a around 100 slots to fill!!
Warm regards --
Co Chairs
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Sacred Sites Open House comes to Grace:
Sunday, May 6
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On
Sunday, May 6
, Grace will open its doors to friends, neighbors and tourists as part of the Sacred Sites Open House tour sponsored by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Grace has always been a popular destination and we invite you to help greet visitors as they view our beautifully restored interior. Please
contact
Marianne Hurley to volunteer or for more information. Note: Grace will be open from 12:30 - 4 pm and the afternoon will be divided into 3 shifts.
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Emily and Marilyn would like to thank thank Jim and Molly Williamson for recently hosting coffee hours. We are truly appreciative.
We hope you also will consider this special ministry.
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Attend a dinner in the homes of Grace Church parishioners to welcome Allen and Allison Robinson!
The Rector Transition/Welcome Team is organizing welcome dinners for our new Rector and we'd love for you to attend. Spots to attend are still available for the July 14 gathering which will be hosted in a parishioner's home in Brooklyn Heights.
Please
email
Brianna McCarty or call 785-550-1598 if you're interested in attending and, if so, what dates you'd be available. We appreciate your understanding that, due to space limitations, it is possible that not all sign ups can be accommodated this Spring. More welcome gatherings will be held in the Fall and until then, join us at the Spring Gala Welcoming the Rector on May 5. Thank you!
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Pastoral News and Prayer Concerns
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Parish Prayer Concerns:
Wendy, Sally, Sybil, Jacob, Eric & Frances, Lesley, Charles, Bill, and Sandra
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Grace Church | 254 Hicks Street | Brooklyn NY 11201
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