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August 25, 2019
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am Holy Eucharist with hymns
9:15 am Family Eucharist with hymns
11:00 am Holy Eucharist with Summer Choir
All services are held in the air-conditioned Guild Hall.
Please join us afterwards in the Choir Room for coffee and fellowship.
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Les Petits Chanteurs and
Chamber Ensemble
Sunday, September 8, 2019, 4:00 pm
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Join us on Sunday, September 8, at 4:00 pm, for an amazing performance by
Les Petits Chanteurs,
a choir of 30 singers ages 10 through 16 and an eight-piece chamber ensemble from Holy Trinity Music School, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Holy Trinity is the oldest music school of its kind in Haiti, and the concert will showcase the country’s rich musical traditions, highlight the talent nurtured at the school, and raise awareness of Haiti’s ongoing rebuilding effort and need for assistance. A free-will offering will be collected at the concert to support the Music School. A reception will follow.
Grace families are needed to host 40 youth and adults, generally housed in pairs. Special events include a Saturday evening dinner for host families and choir members in the Guild Hall. On Sunday, September 8, the choir will worship at Grace and the concert will be held later that afternoon. Guests will spend Sunday night with their host families before returning to Grace on Monday morning to continue their travels.
For more information or to become a host family, please contact Takisha Brown, Parish Administrator, at 718-624-1850 x 10 or click
here
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August Hymn Sings at Grace Church Brooklyn Heights 2019
Our last August Hymn Sings at Grace Church Brooklyn Heights will be held this
Tuesday, August, 27 at 7:00-8:30 pm
in the air-conditioned Choir Room, led by Paul Olson.
Special Presentation
Jacque Jones
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Heights
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The Auxiliary of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is asking for support. Each year the Auxiliary fills and distributes backpacks with school supplies to patients served by the hospital’s out-patient Pediatric Medicine and Behavior Health Services. Your donations prevent our families from choosing between paying bills and purchasing school supplies. If you would like to donate, we are asking that you please send only new backpacks and supplies. For further information, please reach out to Maria Finley at 917-282-9873 or the Mission's Department at St. John's Episcopal Hospital at 718-869-7411.
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Men's Summer Book Group
Thursday, August 29
The Men's Summer Book Group will meet this Thursday on
August 29
at
6:00 pm
in the
North Room.
Come on out and join the Rev. Dr. Allen F. Robinson as we begin our first book,
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng (available for Kindle and in hard copy at the Brooklyn Public Library).
For more information, please reach out to our very own
Jim Williamson.
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LIFT Summer Reading Recommendation
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A recurring question heard in the media these days is whether the latest comment or tweet or politician is racist. Is racism today different from the Jim Crow era? How do you answer those questions? How would Jesus answer?
Grace Church is forming answers through our summer reading theme, "Obstacles and Elevators to Beloved Community." What aspects of race in the current cultural and political environment are obstacles that get in or way on our journey to Beloved Community? What influences elevate and lift us closer to God's intent?
Our primary recommended summer book is America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America, by bestselling author and Christian activist Jim Wallis. Here's what others are saying about the book:
"Jim Wallis is a clarion voice our nation desperately needs right now, especially the parents and grandparents raising our next generation of children." -- Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children's Defense Fund
"Jim Wallis makes a convincing argument that honestly confronting the sins of our past does not paralyze us but rather compels us to act with moral urgency. His book is simultaneously a sermon of hope and repentance and a practical guide for making real and positive change, based on the gospel lessons of empathy and social responsibility. America's Original Sin is a work of both splendid critical analysis and profound faith." -- Daren Walker, president, Ford Foundation
"Read this book not because you must. Read it because together we are compelled to set right the path toward our country’s promise of greatness as a diverse people who must treat one another in a gracist manner, not a racist one. I commend to you Wallis’s message of hard truth with practical help toward a better future.” —David Anderson, talk show host and author of Gracism: The Art of Inclusion
Join us in reading America’s Original Sin. We’ll reflect on the book together in a Rector’s Forum this fall.
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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 on Sundays. In the meantime, for more information, please click
here
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As our pattern continues through the summer, we will again have a docent tour the first Sunday of the month. Our next tour will be
September 1, 2019 at 12:15 pm.
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Tuesday, September 17
,
Evening Prayer
will resume with a
new schedule
. We will now meet during the week on
Tuesday-Friday at 5:30 pm
. Questions regarding Evening Prayer can be directed to the
Rev. Erika Meyer.
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Are you/your family/parents or grandparents
from another country?
Australia, China, Ecuador, England, Guyana, India, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Norway, Panama and South Korea.
Is your country represented?
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Don't be left out. Join us on
Sunday, September 29, 10:00 am-11:00 am
in the
North Room
to plan the inaugural Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Multicultural Day.
Festivities are scheduled for Sunday, October 20th 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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Please mark your calendars. We will host the first Stroller Group potluck brunch of the season on Sunday,
September 29th
, immediately following the 9:15 am service. Stop by for fellowship with other parents of young kids at Grace Church and make a new friend, or three.
Who:
Parents with youngsters (generally pre-K and below, though older siblings are welcome to join in on the fun).
What:
Welcome back potluck brunch. We will have a fun craft for the little ones and plenty of space for them to play.
Where:
The gymnasium.
Why:
We are blessed to have many wonderful young families and we want to make sure we all have the chance to get to know each other.
We welcome any and all potluck donations you can share. The Genius link to sign up will be available soon.
If you’d like to be added or removed from the Stroller Group listserve, please reach out to
Anne
.
Thanks!
Stroller Group Committee (Anne, Helen, Jenny and Shannon)
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Are You a Volunteer at Grace?
Our new volunteer hours are
Tuesday-Thursday
between the hours of
10 am-12:45 pm
and
2:15 pm-5:00 pm
. To schedule a time to utilize office space, please email our
Parish Administrator
or call our office at 718-624-1850 x 10 to set up an appointment. Please be mindful that the Parish Office is
closed Monday-Friday from 1:00 pm-2 :00 pm.
Thank you in advance for helping us to transition into becoming more effective in every area of ministry.
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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. Boys and girls aged 10 1/2 to 18 are 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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Schedule of Upcoming Baptismal Dates
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2019
- September 22 - 5 slots available
- November 17 - 6 slots available
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2020 (All open)
- February 23
- April 11 (Easter Eve)
- May 31 (Pentecost Sunday)
- September 27
- November 22
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At Grace, we baptize up to seven candidates at a service, usually during the 11:00 am Sunday service of Holy Eucharist. 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:
Kay & family; Steve & family; Roger; Bill; Anne, Moe & family; Mercedes; Jean; Sybil; Julian; Mary; Dolores; Baby Daniel; Samuel; Aryiro, Eric & family.
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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 send all information to the
Parish Office
no later than
5:00 pm
on
Wednesday
of each week. Please be aware that submissions that do not meet the deadline will be published the following week. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
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