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; Rick & JoAnn Stone, Jean B., Lynn, Vicki Hudson, Caroline Tucker, Maura McGrath, Pastor Tyler, Georgia Moss and Family, parishioners of St Michaels and All Angels Episcopal Church on Sanibel and all those affected by Hurricane Ian, Phyllis & Bob Holgerson Victims of gun violence everywhere. 

FLOWER MEMORIALS Kenneth L. Sarvent, Mary L. Kilby, Gail L. Gressle, Elizabeth A. & Edgar C. Flender, Bradford M. & Lulu Johnson, Charles (Buddy) Cleveland, Edward P. Hauser, Gloria Hill

If there are names you would like to add to the prayer list, please contact the church office: parishoffice@gracechurchnyack.org/845-358-1297

"The desert is the home of despair. And despair, now, is everywhere. Let us not think that our interior solitude consists in the acceptance of defeat. We cannot escape anything by consenting tacitly to be defeated. Despair is an abyss without bottom. Do not think to close it by consenting to it and trying to forget you have consented.

This, then, is our desert: to live facing despair, but not to consent. To trample it down under hope in the Cross. To wage war against despair unceasingly. That war is our wilderness. If we wage it courageously, we will find Christ at our side. If we cannot face it, we will never find Him."

From "Thoughts in Solitude" by Thomas Merton

Sunday, October 9 – The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost

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Readings available HERE

Collect of the Day

Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.   

8:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite I

9:30am Family Eucharist, Church School is on hiatus this week 

11:00am Holy Eucharist Rite II Also available via live-stream

Order of service for 11:00am service available HERE

This morning we welcome The Rev. Maxine Cleghorn as guest celebrant. The Reverend Maxine Cleghorn MDiV, MSEd, MS (MHC) is a priest in the diocese of New York (Holy Trinity, Rockland County) and an educator employed to the Department of Education, New York. The author of two children’s books, she is working on a book for adults, and is a contributor to the Episcopal New Yorker. Reverend Cleghorn has also written plays reflective of liturgical seasons, and her song depicting unity, first sung by her graduating class from UWI (University of the West Indies) is being used by two churches in Queens and Brooklyn. Her philosophy is, “I am more than I can think of or conceive. Therefore, there are endless possibilities that already have my name on them and my quest in life is to turn possibilities into realities.”

CHURCH SCHOOL CLASSES ARE ON HIATUS THIS WEEK

Church school calendar through end of the year is available HERE.

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THIS SUNDAY!

Proceeds benefit Senior Youth Group's annual summer service trip

DISCOVERY GROUP: Bible Study

Our weekly informal Bible study of the day’s readings, led by Roy Kepler, takes place from 10:15 -10:55am in Patterson Hall each Sunday. All are welcome – join us!

Out of an abundance of caution for our neighbors, we recommend that our visitors continue to mask inside. In Rockland County, New York, community level is Low.

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People may choose to mask at any time. People with symptoms, a positive test,

or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask.

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REMEMBER YOUR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE DONATIONS - THE NEED IS GREAT

When you come to church please bring non-perishable food items to leave in the basket in the narthex. Peanut butter, tuna fish and cereal are greatly appreciated. If you don’t make it to church, you can always drop items off during office hours.

GIFT CARDS & LAUNDRY SUPPORT NEEDED

Occasionally individuals and families come to us with very basic immediate needs, like food and diapers for their children. When possible we try to help with small gift cards for stores like ShopRite, Target, or Walgreen’s. We’ve also found that help with laundry needs is appreciated, and have put together bags with quarters/soap pods/dryer sheets.We welcome donations of gift cards or materials/change laundry packages so we are prepared when the need arises — just bring them to the office or drop cards in the plate on Sundays. 

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED THESE EFFORTS IN THE PAST

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has given throughout 2022.

As we move forward your willingness to support our church is more important than ever.

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We are so grateful for your support.

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To help ensure continuity for the church and our outreach programs to the community, please keep your pledge current if you are able, or make one-time donations as you would on Sunday. You can mail a check to us at 130 First Avenue, Nyack, NY 10960 or use our Virtual Offeering Plate to make an online gift. Use the drop down menu under "FUND" to choose "Other Gifts" or "Pledge Payments".

The World Has Need of You

by Ellen Bass

 everything here seems to need us

               —Rainer Maria Rilke

I can hardly imagine it

as I walk to the lighthouse, feeling the ancient

prayer of my arms swinging

in counterpoint to my feet.

Here I am, suspended

between the sidewalk and twilight,

the sky dimming so fast it seems alive.

What if you felt the invisible

tug between you and everything?

A boy on a bicycle rides by,

his white shirt open, flaring

behind him like wings.

It’s a hard time to be human. We know too much

and too little. Does the breeze need us?

The cliffs? The gulls?

If you’ve managed to do one good thing,

the ocean doesn’t care.

But when Newton’s apple fell toward the earth,

the earth, ever so slightly, fell

toward the apple.

Ellen Bass, from Like a Beggar