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Year-round Schedule

Sunday Services at 10:30 am 

 

Celtic Meditations at 4:00 pm

 

 

Healing Services  every week at 4:00 pm

 

Young  and the Restless Chapel at 9:00 am the second Sunday of the month 

 

Morning Prayer 

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

at 9:30 am

 

 

All are always welcome to worship and pray with us at all services


This Week's Calendar


Wednesday

10:00 am
Art Class

6:15 pm
Bible Study

7:30 pm
Choir rehearsal

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Thursday
   
9:30 am
Morning Prayer

Office Hours 
10:00-12:00 pm

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Friday

Rector at BCH Camp and Conference Center for Diocesan Council Retreat


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Saturday

9:00 am
Music Together

4:00 pm
Rector returns from Retreat


7:00 pm
AA

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Epiphany II


9:30 am
Choir Rehearsal

10:30 am
 Holy Eucharist 
Church School

11:45 am
Coffee Hour

4:00 pm
Celtic Evensong 
and Communion 

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Monday

Office Closed

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Tues day

9:30 am
Morning Prayer


6:00 pm
AA

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Wednesday
 
10:00 am
Art Class

6:15 pm
Bible Study

7:30 pm
Choir rehearsal


 
Leadership
 
The Reverend Debbie Phillips, Rector
 

Vestry
Tom Gaither,
Sr. Warden
Joanne Moar,
Jr. Warden
Peggy Carter, Clerk
Joanne Moar, Treasurer


Melissa Barnes
Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Paige Nalipinski
Jane Stewart
Jason Stonehouse
Angela Williams


Staff
  
Larry Kamp,
Director of Music
 
Tom and Karen Tucker, Sextons
 
Cheryl Robinson, Bookkeeper
  
 
Worship
The Reverend
 Debbie Phillips, 
Chair


Hugh MacKay 
Joanne Moar,
Vergers
 

Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Beth Brown
Lois Nicholson
Cindy Rhodes
Helen Watson-Felt,
Altar Guild
  
Deb Papps,  Chair
Jane Thompson
Maureen Joyce,
Flower Committee 
  
Celtic Meditations Team
Ryan Patten, musician
Eric Wagner
Jane Stewart
Joanne Moar
Kathleen Tone

 
Directors of Church School
Melissa Barnes
Anna Layne 
  

 
Real Asset Management/Property
Eric Wagner
Mike Ouellette
Tom Tucker
Bob Cole
Walter Weizenauer
Robert Hoffman


 
Stewardship 
Ministry Team
Tom Gaither, Chair
Caroline Watson-Felt
Priscilla Lemons, Clerk


 Creation Care
Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Tom Gaither
Jane Stewart

Garden of Life
Jason Stonehouse


Ad Hoc Fundraising
Peggy Carter
Melissa Barnes
Joanne Moar
Caroline Watson-Felt

  
Convention Delegates
Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Joanne Moar
Eric Wagner, Alternate


Deanery Delegates
Laura Beasley-Topliffe
Joanne Moar
Walter Weizenauer



Thought this Week
Dear Seekers,

While listening to Boston Public Radio last week I heard an interview with Michael Norton, a researcher at Harvard Business School. His work has focused on how everyday rituals strengthen relationships. An article about this can be found here

He is basically stating what we, as Anglicans, have known all along; that rituals don't just strengthen our relationship with God, but they bind us together as well. This is one reason for coming to church every week. We join in a common and accessible ritual with one another that is open and inclusive of all people.We have the ritual of coming together each week, hearing stories, offering prayers and breaking bread. 

I look forward each week to my Sunday ritual. I am connected more deeply to you, to God, and even myself.

In the Way of Love,
Debbie 
This Sunday
                                                                  
This being the weekend we celebrate The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we will commemorate his witness, work and love of God during our services.

At 10:30 am, the music will come from Lift Every Voice and Sing. In the Gospel from John, we hear the story of John the Baptist's calling Jesus the Lamb of God, and hear of an early encounter between Jesus, Andrew and Simon Peter .

At 4:00 pm, we will use the Iona community's service for peace and justice. Eric Wagner will give the reflection followed by communion. All are welcome to come.


Please join us wherever you are
in your search for meaning. 

Everyone is welcome at any and all services at Grace Episcopal Church
Leaders for Worship

Lord's Prayer
 
*Note to leaders:
The new schedule is found on the website here 


The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
10:30 am

The Reverend Debbie Phillips, Presider and Preacher 
Larry Kamp, Organist
Joanne Moar, Verger
Gavin Watson-Bertrand, Campbell Boisvert, Acolytes
Tony Boisvert, Lector
Tony Boisvert, Jane Thompson, Chalicers
Jason Barnes, Katie LaBonte, Ushers
Lois Nicholson, Altar Guild
Melissa Barnes, Laura Beasley-Topliffe, Counters



The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
4:00 pm

The Reverend Debbie Phillips, Presider
Ryan Patten, Debbie Phillips, Eric Wagner, Musicians
Paul Massari, Opening
Eric Wagner, Reflection
Eric Wagner, Prayers 
Eric Wagner, Chalice
Jane Stewart, Greeter

Grace-Notes
Larry has started posting on our Music at Grace Facebook page. Each week, you can learn something about the music coming up on Sunday. Here is the link
https://www.facebook.com/MusicAtGraceChurch/
Bible Study new time: 6:15 pm
Bible Study continues each Wednesday at 6:15 pm. No prior knowledge needed at all. Come for the insights (and laughs) of studying Scripture together.
January 19 services
We will be giving thanks for the prayerful work of Martin Luther King, Jr. next week. The "prelude" at the 10:30 am service will be the "I Have a Dream" speech . The Epistle will come from "A Letter from a Birmingham Jail." We will sing hymns from the African American tradition and the anthem will be a beautiful setting of "This Little Light of Mine.".
 
At 4:00 pm, the Celtic service will offer music from the protest movements in both Ireland and America, and will use the "Peace and Justice" liturgy from the Iona Community.
 
Faith-Rooted Justice
Episcopal City Mission is hosting a Faith-Rooted Justice Workshop for individuals and teams from Episcopal congregations on Saturday, Jan. 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at St. Andrew's Church (135 Lafayette Street) in Marblehead. This training and community building opportunity will lay the groundwork for communities to respond to injustice on a local or statewide basis. Sign up  here .
So Sweet!
We will be showing two films at Grace Church on Saturday, February 8th. At 4:00 pm, the movie "Lady and the Tramp" will be shown. From 5:30-7:00 pm, a spaghetti supper is offered in Abbot Hall. Following that at 7:00 pm is the movie, "Moonstruck," with Cher and Nicholas Cage. Whether you bring the family and watch a love story told through the eyes of two cartoon dogs, or come and be a part of our family as we watch love bloom beneath the full moon (yes, we even have one that night!) come and enjoy a delicious spaghetti supper and entertainment.
 
There are a number of ways you can help:
  •  Help with the dinner
  •  Come and bring your friends
  •  Help decorate the front of the church for the event
  •  Make a donation for supplies
  •  Be here the night of the movie to usher, collect tickets and greet
 


Annual Meeting January 26


Reception as an Episcopalian
Please let Debbie know by February 1st if you are interested in knowing more about the Episcopal Church and wish to be confirmed or received.

The Episcopal Church recognizes all baptized with water and in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as members of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Those whose baptisms have been registered in The Episcopal Church are considered baptized members. Upon reaching 16 years of age, baptized members are considered adult members.

A person seeking to join The Episcopal Church from another Christian church, if that person has been baptized with water and in the name of the Trinity, may become a baptized member of The Episcopal Church by having their baptism duly recorded in this church.

It is expected that all adult members of The Episcopal Church will be confirmed or received at some point.
Baptized persons who have received the laying-on of hands at Confirmation by a Bishop in apostolic succession should be considered baptized and confirmed and may therefore be received by a Bishop in this church "Bishops in apostolic succession" includes the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and the Polish National Catholic Church.

Baptized persons who have been confirmed or received by Bishops in communion with this church should be received, not confirmed. Bishops in communion with this church include other Bishops of the Anglican Communion, Bishops of churches resulting from the union of Anglicans with other churches (the Church of Bangladesh, the Church of North India, the Church of South India, and the Church of Pakistan), Bishops of the Old Catholic Union of Utrecht, the Philippine Independent Church, the Mar Thoma Church of Malabar, bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and bishops of the Northern Province and Southern Province of the Moravian Church.

Baptized persons who have not made such adult affirmations in their own traditions may be confirmed in this church. 



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