Growing in Faith. Creating an Inclusive Community.
Serving with Compassion. Working for Social Justice.
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July 3
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Holy Eucharist
in person at 10 am
We are unable to offer online services on Sundays during the summer months.
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Sunday Services in Summer
During the summer, Grace Church will hold 1 service only every Sunday at 10 am through September 18th. Sunday services will be held in the air-conditioned Guild Hall for the summer. Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer a livestream or Zoom for our Sunday services June 26th through September 18th.
Coffee hour is back! Please join us for coffee and snacks after each service. Coffee hour will be held in the Courtyard during the summer months.
If you have any questions about our worship schedule, please contact Melissa Kelly, Parish Administrator, at parishoffice@gracebrooklyn.org or (718) 624-1850 x 10.
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Grace Church’s Fourth Annual Multicultural Day Celebration
Save the event date: October 16, 2022
Join us for our next planning meeting on Sunday, July 10th, at 9 am in the North Room. Anyone with an international background and/or interest in celebrating our international diversity is welcome to join. This annual celebration aligns with Grace Church’s second Core Value: “Creating an Inclusive Community.” For more information, please contact Denise Young Farrell, dlyfarrell@gmail.com or Allison Robinson, A.robinson2@verizon.net.
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FREEDOMTIDE 2022
Freedomtide is a liturgical season spanning Juneteenth to Independence Day (June 19th- July 4th). Each week, you’re invited and encouraged to read the resource provided within the context of our complicated national history. Consider: what does it mean to be free in America? In what ways is freedom yet to be realized fully for all people in America? What does it mean to be created free as children of God?
To access the resource for Week I, please click here.
To access the resource for Week II, please click here.
To access the resource for Week III, please click here.
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July Book Group
Everything Happens for a Reason:
And Other Lies I’ve Loved
by Kate Bowler,
cancer survivor and Duke Divinity School professor.
Use link to order book or watch a TED talk of the author
BOOK GROUP will meet on Zoom the following Wednesdays at 11 am: July 13th, 20th, and 27th.
(If you are interested in an evening online group, please email Rev. Erika.)
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The Rector's Discretionary Fund
As the Grace Church community continues to deal with the after-effects and continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to ask parish members to consider making an offering to the Rector's Discretionary Fund.
With this fund, the Rector is able to help those in our community when they need it most.
If you would like to contribute to this important fund, you can do so by check or via our online payment system, Realm. If you prefer to make a donation by check, they should be made out to Grace Church with "Rector's Discretionary Fund" in the memo.
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Red Hook Farms: Come Join Us This Summer
Come make a difference this summer! Volunteer at Red Hook Farms!
Red Hook Farms, with two locations in Red Hook, Brooklyn, is a youth-centered urban farming and food justice program. You will work with youth farmers to help harvest produce, weed the garden, clean, and lay compost. Produce is sold at their local farm stand, distributed to families through their farm-share programs, and donated to local food pantries.
The summer is Red Hook Farms busiest season, so please join us for the next Grace Church designated date to volunteer on Saturday, July 9th, 10 am-1 pm. Click here to register. For questions, e-mail Cara Dorr, caradorr@gmail.com. Please sign up no later than Tuesday, July 5th.
If you cannot come out to the farm, but want to support urban agriculture and youth empowerment, consider signing up for the Red Hook Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). You will receive seasonal and fresh weekly produce, grown right here at Red Hook Farms, at affordable prices! Or check out the farm stand at 560 Columbia Street on Saturdays, 10 am - 2 pm. For more information about CSA, click here and to register. Thank you for your support!
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Internship Program
The Red Hook Initiative, a community-based non-profit serving youth and residents in public housing in Red Hook, Brooklyn, is looking for Grace Church parishioners interested in offering young adults an internship in their places of work.
The young adults, 18 to 24 years old, will first receive 30 hours of job readiness training from RHI’s Employment Program that covers résumés, cover letters, navigating challenging work dynamics, effective communication, and approaching one’s career path from a strength-based perspective. After the completion of training, candidates will be interviewed for internship positions.
These internships, which will begin in the fall, are for 20 hours per week for 12-15 weeks. Interns will be paid $15 an hour by RHI.
RHI seeks to place young people in the following fields: fashion, graphic design, business administration, accounting, sales, non-profit organizations, small businesses, or in entrepreneurial settings.
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Red Hook Initiative
Freedom School Summer- Harambee Reader
As a part of Red Hook Initiative’s Freedom Schools Program, we invite valued members at Grace Church to share their love of literature and activism by reading to our cohort of 40 young RHI scholars in our Read Aloud Series. For information on this program, which promotes critical thinking, literacy skills, and social action while exploring the history of the civil rights movement, please contact Theresa Seabaugh at taseabaugh@gmail.com for more information.
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Evening Prayer
Grace Church offers Evening Worship every Tuesday - Friday at 5pm online.
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Parish Prayer Concerns & Thanksgivings
For the Fourth of July: as we approach the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we pray for our country and its future; and specifically, that God will guide us in living the values which we proclaim, so that all may experience the fullness of life, liberty, and justice. That, in this time of bitter setbacks, we may not despair or grow weary of doing what is right; with God’s help, let us work tirelessly for the good of all, and especially the poor and the marginalized. That God will inspire us to find ways for us to help those who will suffer because of the recent Supreme Court decisions on abortion and guns; and may God equip us to fight for justice. That God will bless and protect the clergy and staff of Grace Church this summer, and grant them rest and replenishment as they take well-deserved vacations. That God will continue to transform our hearts and strengthen our spirits so that, eventually, all we do may be an outpouring of living faith. For migrants and those who seek refuge from poverty, persecution and bloodshed. For all who are suffering from heat, drought, wildfires and famine. For all who continue to be sickened by COVID. For those who have been commended to our prayers, especially, Patricia; Vivian H.; Claude; Noreen K.; Gwen & Marybeth; Pam; Jane P.; Barbara; Jim; Richard B.; Jane K.; Richard & Linda F.; Rosemarie; Andrew; Katie Lynn; Noreen H.; Stephen; Kathy P.; Lally; Kathy; Chris; Jesse; Max; Sean & Fiona & family; Kim B.; and all who love them and hope for their healing. For those who endure chronic or incurable illnesses; and those who care for sick or aging loved ones. For those whose names and needs are known only to God. For all who have died, especially longtime parishioner Donald Owings, and those who were abandoned and left to die while trying to migrate to the United States. For all who mourn.
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Giving to Grace
We are happy to let you know that you can make a pledge or general offering donations by text!
Please send a text to 73256 with the message "GraceBrooklyn". The first time, you will be prompted to provide your name and address, including your card number. If you save that information for future use, the second offering by text will be immediate. You can also make one-time pledge payments and general offering donations online here.
If you would like to set up a recurring pledge payment on Realm, please contact Melissa Kelly, parish administrator, for an invitation to join.
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In Remembrance or Gratitude...
Altar flowers are a wonderful way to express gratitude for life's blessings or to memorialize a loved one.
If you would like to contribute Altar flowers, please contact Marilyn Grant. An acknowledgment will be included in the service bulletin.
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Weekday Visits to Grace
When you visit, please use the Clergy Door, which is the first door on your right in the Hicks Street courtyard. Please note our summertime office hours: Monday through Thursday from 9 am to 5 pm, and Fridays from 9 am to 12 noon.
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