Almighty God, who created us in your own image: Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil and to make no peace with oppression; and, that we may reverently use our freedom, help us to employ it in the maintenance of justice in our communities and among the nations, to the glory of your holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Collect for Social Justice - Book of Common Prayer

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Our vestry, lay leaders, and congregation as we journey together on the search process for a new rector; Lainie Murrell, our postulant to the diaconate; Ian Cochran, Barbara and Peter dePinto, Carol Streichert, JoAnn Stone, Chris Mitchell, Bob, Ginny, Maura McGrath, Gerald and Marjorie Federico,  Bob and Donna Weber, Bill & Theresa Weber, Yasso Herath, John and Shirley Federico, Robert Michael Weber, John Pluhowski, Margaret Fulmor Wagner, Margie Winslow, Diana Grace, Al and Carol Lalli, Bill & Lois Steinmann, Jean B., Lynn Johnson, Kim Hewlett, Maude M, Giuseppe Cristofalo, Carmela Cristofalo, Carmelo Cristofalo, Thomas Sproviero, Domenico Fragale, Marianina Fragale, Peter Zakrepine, Ileya Robinson, Sztyk Family, Drozdyk family, William,Ian, Jean, Stephen Yaw, Gloria Karpinsky, Tasha, Melissa Frustaci, Gina Lacey, Shirley Chalke, Amy Miller, David, Suzanne,Diane Churchill, Nancy Collins, Rebecca Gnann, Elizabeth M., Russell Fernando, Gilberto Rodriguez and family. Victims of gun violence everywhere.

REST IN PEACE

Emma Leigh Goodwin 

Former parishioner Emma Leigh Goodwin (wife of Paul Goodwin) will be immured in the columbarium at Grace on Sunday, September 4.

Tanya Perez-Rock    Arrangements for Tanya Perez-Rock are as follows:

Saturday August 27, 2022   First Baptist Church (407 New Rochelle Road, Bronxville NY, 10708)

Viewing 2-4:00pm/Service 4:00pm  Repast immediately following in the Fellowship Hall at First Baptist

Friday, September 2, 2022     Private immurement at Grace Episcopal Church

A gathering for the Grace Church family will be planned at a later date.

FLOWER MEMORIALS Stacey Sennas McGowan, Roderick E Bohr & Louise M. Bohr, and William W. Sayre  

If you would like to add a name, please let us know: parishoffice@gracechurchnyack.org 

Being a Neighbor

Søren Kierkegaard

Christ says: “Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” The Pharisee answers correctly, “The one who showed mercy to him” (Luke 10:36). Christ does not speak about recognizing our neighbor but about being a neighbor yourself, about proving yourself to be a neighbor, something the Samaritan showed by his compassion. Choosing a lover, finding a friend, yes that is a long, hard job, but your neighbor is easy to recognize, easy to find – if you yourself will only recognize your duty and be a neighbor.

Søren Kierkegaard in Provocations

Sunday, August 28 - The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Readings available HERE

MORNING SERVICES WILL BE HELD IN THE AIR CONDITIONED MEMORIAL HALL

Please help by returning your chair to the hallway racks after the service!

Collect of the Day

Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

8:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite I

10:00am Holy Eucharist Rite II

Also available via livestream

Order of service for 10:00am service available HERE

WELCOME:

Jan Valentine will be our organist through Labor Day while Brandon Beachamp is on summer leave.

The Gate

By Marie Howe

I had no idea that the gate I would step through

to finally enter this world

would be the space my brother’s body made. He was

a little taller than me: a young man

but grown, himself by then,

done at twenty-eight, having folded every sheet,

rinsed every glass he would ever rinse under the cold

and running water.

This is what you have been waiting for, he used to say to me.

And I’d say, What?

And he’d say, This—holding up my cheese and mustard sandwich.

And I’d say, What?

And he’d say, This, sort of looking around.

Marie Howe, from What the Living Do