The Season After Pentecost
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Our next Family Promise hosting starts September 29 and goes through the first two
weeks of October. Both Joy Bond and I have some conflicting commitments for the weekends, so we are hoping to get things squared away quickly since we can't step in if needed. Unless we have to switch days, we will need the following:
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Family Promise -- Volunteers Needed!
Blessing of the Animals (9-29)
Pride Celebrations (9:00 a.m liturgy on
October 6 (and breakfast afterward!)
Spirits in the Garden
St. Francis Fountain
Food Pantry Needs (LOTS of needs!)
More Thanks from David Burman
Climate Strike at Aquarium (9-20)
Memory Care Meeting (9-27)
Diocesan Survey on Formation
The Way of Love Podcast -- Season 2
Meetings This Week
Serving on Sunday
Lectionary
Hymns
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Family Promise (continued)
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Thursdays (October 3
rd
and 10
th
) and Fridays (October 4
th
and 11
th
), we need volunteers to:
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Cook serve and clean up a meal (funds are available to defray costs)
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Sleep over in your own room. Arrive by 8:00 p.m., leave when guests leave the next morning. That's about 6 a.m. Mon-Fri. On Saturdays, we can sometimes allow them to sleep in.
We also need a volunteer to Greet guests about 5:00 at First Church of the Nazarene on North Terrace on the Friday evenings (October 4 and 11).
Thank you for checking your calendars and letting us know ASAP.
Skeeter Makepeace
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Blessing of the Animals – Sept. 29 @10:45 a.m.
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Bark, a thrilling voice is sounding, bringing good mews to all -- Grace will celebrate St. Francis’ Sunday on September 29 with the annual “Blessing of the Animals” at the 10:45 a.m. service! If the weather cooperates, the service will be in the courtyard; if it’s rainy, we’ll retreat to the undercroft with our furry buddies. If your life is regularly enriched by an animal, bring him or her with you to church – past years have brought dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, and even goats. Macaws, komodo dragons and your favorite goldfish are welcome too!
Giving thanks and blessing are good, but backing that gratitude up with an offering is better, so part of our celebration will be a collection of items needed by the local Humane Educational Society. You’ll find a list below of items currently needed – please cast your eye over it and bring something to help our local strays and the refugee animals who have been taken in from flooded North Carolina shelters.
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Canned cat and dog food (paté-style preferred
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Towels and blankets (they don't have to be new)
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Newspaper
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Peanut butter
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Stainless steel bowls
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Cat litter pans
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Wire crates, all sizes
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Plastic pet carriers, all sizes
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Grooming items – clippers, dryers, shampoo, brushes, combs
For links to specific items on Amazon, visit https://www.heschatt.org/donate.wish-list/
If you are allergic to animals or simply prefer your worship to proceed along more traditional lines, you are welcome to attend the 8:00 a.m. service, which will be indoors and reasonably free of fur and drool.
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Pride Activities -- October 6 and 12
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Chattanooga Pride
comes to Ross’s Landing on Sunday, October 6, 1-8 p.m.; because so much of our congregation is involved one way and another,
Grace will have ONLY ONE SERVICE that morning, and it will be at 9:00 a.m.
As a reward for getting up early and coming to church,
you are invited to enjoy breakfast by the Stones AFTER the service in the Undercroft. Cost is $5 per person, with a family maximum of $20.
Set your clocks early (cursing allowed when the alarm shrieks in the middle of your dreams); come and worship and then dine at leisure if you can and hastily if you have to run down to the Riverfront.
Our celebration of Pride will continue the next weekend with a
Pride Mass here at Grace on Saturday, October 12, 5:30 p.m.
If you are a member of the LGTBQ+ community, have friends and/or relatives in that community or simply want to add your voice to the chorus of appreciation for every variety of God’s human creation, come and worship with us!
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If you enjoy an encounter with Spirits – either the kind that sends shivers up your spine or the kind that is red or white and served in a glass, it’s time to make haste to get your tickets for Spirits in the Garden!
See event chairs
Tom Carroll and Cathy Stone, or Kristina Shaneyfelt
, to volunteer or BUY YOUR TICKET! Electronic purchase will be available on the Grace website shortly, under “Giving.”
When:
Saturday, 26 October, 5:00 to 9:00 pm.
Rain date:
Sunday, 27 October, 5:00 to 9:00 pm.
Where:
At Grace, of course
How:
tickets are $25/adult, $5 kids under 12, $50 family max.
Why:
All proceeds donated to in-house church needs, but including and especially replacing the courtyard fountain and other Grace Gardens & Grounds projects.
Bring:
your FB page event shares, your relations whether liked or not, neighbors and neighborhood groups, strangers and other angels
ALSO: Chili cookoff (see
Jerry Evans
to register), costume contest (need a judge, s'mores fire, complementary wine and hors d'oeuvres,
NURSERY AVAILABLE
(thanks,
Maria
) with child's costume parade through the grounds. Ghost stories, ALL SET ON GRACE GROUNDS. EYC is looking at, well, stay tuned.
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As the Creation Season unrolls, we are raising money to install a new and different version of our beloved St Francis fountain. The Vestry approved the new design and as of this, we need $7000 more to fully fund this. If you would like to support this rebuild, please donate; a donation tab is being set up on the Grace website. If you wish your gift to memorialize a loved one, please so note.
Many, many thanks to the parishioners,
Grace Gardeners
in the forefront, who have contributed extraordinary support to date.
- This fountain was a gift from previous generations and for 50 years has been a major architectural asset of our church. It represents a spiritual focus for the many Grace parishioners who share the Creation Spirituality particularly espoused by St Francis of Assisi.
- The fountain also serves as a water source for urban wildlife -- sadly lacking in hot, paved Brainerd. This water is part of our guarantee to provide 'food, water, shelter, and a place to raise young' we agreed to provide when we certified as an Urban Wildlife Habitat through the National Wildlife Federation (# 128,150, effected in 2010). We consider its presence essential to the stewardship of our piece of Earth, in conjunction with our certifications with GreenFaith and Interfaith Power & Light.
- See Lisa Lemza, Kristina Shaneyfelt, and Jeff Workman for design and structure details.
- Lisa and/or Kristina will be in the Courtyard after both services this Sunday to answer questions, cries of outrage, and/or approval.
- BREAKING NEWS: the work may begin right away. We expect to demolish the existing fountain (recycling any available rock) and then begin the installation as the contractor (Ponds ‘N’ Plants) is able. Target installation: November. Working it out now.
New design, by Dawn White of Ponds ‘N Plants (See above for sketch; program balks at putting the picture near this paragraph). It incorporates both the colors in our yellow brick and in our grey slate roof. It will have a deep but inaccessible recirculating basin, which will greatly reduce our current fountain’s constant maintenance. It is also designed to be self-cleaning, through the filtering provided both by rocks and plants—mosses and ferns -- planted among the walls. Once the system stabilizes, the plants will remain green all winter.
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Isaiah 58: 11
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Dear heavens: we put food on the pantry shelves and it vanishes! A good thing, over all, since it’s going out to curb people’s hunger rather than hanging around making the pantry look opulent, but frustrating all the same, especially after two pilgrimages to Aldi and Sam’s in less than a week (much thanks for the $$ that made those possible, by the way!). This week’s needs are many:
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hearty soups/beef stew
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canned chicken and tuna
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canned hams
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Saltine crackers
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jars of peanut butter (16-oz. jars)
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granola bars/breakfast bars
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pop tarts, oatmeal, grits
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Vienna sausages
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pinto beans
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pudding
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Chef Boyardi ravioli and the like.
One can, three cases – all of it helps! Thanks to all of you in the church and in the Belvoir neighborhood who supply us with the means to help our neighbors. And special thanks to Richard Hyatt, Phaen Stone, Jerry Evans, and Anderson Barger-Howell, who coordinate with our generous Belvoir neighbors to keep us well-supplied.
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More Thanks from David Burman
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This week I received a wonderful new communion kit from the people of Grace on the occasion of my ordination as a priest. Thanks so much! It will be so helpful to have that kit. Thanks also for the funds that I can use to get more helpful stuff, like a suit that I can wear with my clerical collar when the occasion calls for it. And finally thanks again for the set of lectionary commentaries that are so helpful as I prepare sermons! Y'all are so wonderful!
David
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Climate Strike on Friday at Aquarium
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Friday, September 20, finds students in New York, Portland and other American cities going on strike from school to protest the inaction of our leaders on climate change. If you would like to add your voice to theirs, you are invited join like-minded individuals at the Chattanooga Aquarium from 4:30-6:00 p.m. this evening.
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Memory Care Group at Grace
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As much as we work to maintain body, mind and spirit, age has a way of finding our weakest area. For some, this may be memory-related. Dementia may be due to genes, but what we do influences how any genetic predisposition is expressed.
With that in mind, a Memory care group will be a new offering this fall at Grace. This does not require a diagnosis of dementia or even a noticeable problem, but an intention to maintain quality of life during aging, even as disabilities such as memory arise. Those with a diagnosis and caretakers are, of course, very welcome.
The group will meet in the Merritt Room on Friday, September 27, beginning with a few minutes of socializing. Coffee and snacks available at 10 am, with the speaker starting at 10:30. The program ends at 11:30, for those who might like to have lunch and come back for Centering Prayer at 1 p.m.
The first speaker is Bill Reynolds, a local psychologist. For Bill, Alzheimer's became a personal issue when a family member was diagnosed. Knowing the genetic tendency was likely within himself, Bill has developed healthy personal habits to both enrich and maintain his quality of life. He can also address the neuropsychology of this illness.
There is no charge to attend, though any donation of a dollar or two will given directly to Grace.
Diana Peterson
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Diocesan Survey on Christian Formation
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We all want opportunities to go deeper in our faith and relationships -- with God, with each other, and with ourselves.
The Christian Formation Task Force for the Episcopal Church in East Tennessee invites you to spend a small amount of time to carefully provide answers to our survey on Christian Formation. We will prayerfully reflect on the collective responses, and summarize for our Bishop. Together, the Task Force, Canon for Mission & Lay Ministry, and our Bishop will discern ways the diocese can potentially assist with Christian Formation in our parishes, worshipping communities, chaplaincies, and diaconal ministries.
We use "Christian Formation" to mean numerous ways the church can intentionally form Christians - classes, lectures, courses, programs, special events, retreats, pilgrimages, etc. - experiences that develop, evolve, or cause spiritual growth - including, but not limited to educational teaching, instruction, or schooling. We are not limiting our inquiry to Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings.
The URL below will take you to a Diocesan site where you can begin the survey:
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Presiding Bishop’s Podcast Returns
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Season 2 of The Episcopal Church’s
podcast
The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry, returns September 17. These weekly conversations, featuring Bishop Curry, podcast hosts Kyle Oliver and Sandy Milien, and a variety of guests, explore living a life committed to living the way of God’s unconditional, unselfish, sacrificial and redemptive love.
Each episode of Season 2 focuses on one of the seven
Way of Love Practices for a Jesus-Centered Life
: turn, learn, pray, worship, bless, go, and rest, with a focus on living these practices every day. Listeners will first hear from Bishop Curry, usually in conversation with a colleague. Then faith leaders from around the country will consider how each of the Way of Love practices takes on a distinctive character in a particular setting that might not look like Sunday morning "business as usual," exploring questions about faith practices outside of church and some questions raised by following Jesus in a diverse and increasingly secular culture.
Season 2 guests include:
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Greg Russinger, co-founder and board president,
Laundry Love
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The Rev. Dr. Patricia Lyons, author of Teaching Faith with Harry Potter
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Dr. Ruth Anderson and the Rev. Greg Farrand, co-directors,
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Hugo Olaiz, assistant editor, Latino/Hispanic Ministries,
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The Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers, vicar and director,
The Abbey
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Andrea McKellar, diocesan ministry developer,
The Way of Love for Children
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The Rev. Nurya Love Parish, co-founder and executive director,
New episodes air every Tuesday through November 5.
Reflection guides and related resources will be available with each episode.
The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry, is available on all podcast apps and at
episcopalchurch.org
. Visit the
Way of Love podcast webpage
to subscribe to the podcast through Apple iTunes, Google Play or Spotify and to sign up for notifications of new seasons as well as additional featured content.
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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, Susan Brown; Chalice, Diana McMurray; Greeter, Jim Oakes; Usher, Mike Revenig
At the 10:45 a.m. service
: Lectors, Janet McCollough, Jean Whisenant; Intercessor, Edith Snider; Chalice, Paul Thomas, Terry Burnett; Oblations, Richard Hyatt, Phaen Stone; Acolytes, Jim Harris, Sean McEwen; Lead Usher, Frank Watkins; Greeter, Anne Curtis; Webcast (camera, sound), Augie Sevart, Bill Boren
Lectionary Readings
Amos 8:4-7, Psalm 113, 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Luke 16:1-13
Hymns
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
(Hymnal 390);
All things bright and beautiful
(Hymnal 405);
Creating God of every star and atom
(from a congregation-produced hymnal supplement from a North Carolina church – ask Music Director David Long about it!);
All creatures of our God and Kin
g (Hymnal 400)
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