Liturgy Of The Week

SERVE AT GRACE: Are you looking for ways to plug in at Grace, meet new people, and contribute to the beauty of our worship? Consider signing up for any of the following roles: ushers, lectors, lay eucharistic ministers, acolytes, Altar Guild, A/V, hospitality team, or coffee hour. Click here to learn more and sign up

We will be having a Silent Auction in conjunction with our April 22 Annual Fish Fry. Please consider contibuting items to the Silent Auction. Here are some Silent Auction Ideas:

Wine, Movie Night, Artisan Beers, Snack Pack, Bar-b-que Basket, Belgian Waffle Basket, Princess Basket, Kitchen Basket, Marqarita Basket, Beach Baskets, Tailgate Basket, Comic Book Basket, Children’s theme of any kind, Pet Baskets, Halloween and Thanksgiving themed baskets, Christmas baskets, My Favorite Sports Team Basket.

Grace celebrated her 94th birthday on Wednesday!

Before her fall last November, Grace could be seen tooling around town, volunteering at the Alvin Food Pantry, delivering to food to Jay & Ruthie Fitch, volunteering at our own Mobile Food Pantry (she never missed a day since we started in December 2019), teaching crochet at the Alvin Senior Center and singing Karaoke there too. She was active every day. Her little dog Stormie welcomed her home every day.

Please continue to keep Grace in your prayers as she continues her recovery at the Caring Country Cottage here in Alvin. She would love to receive notes and cards from you. Better yet - drop by and visit, she can't get out to us, so let's get in to see her (just be sure to call ahead)

Grace, can you guess who this Grace member is? All will be revealed on Sunday.

Mother Suzanne will offer The Rite of Reconciliation during Lent. To find out more about this, click on the link.

The youth of Grace are hosting the Lenten Soup Suppers every Wednesday from 6 to 7 PM during Lent. Soup suppers will continue through April 5. Soup suppers are a time where the community will gather and enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread.

Next Wednesday, Susie Credeur will be cooking up her delicious Minestrone Soup and Brooks Short will be baking us fresh homemade bread again.

Wednesday Evening Taizé Prayer

Each Wednesday through April 5th, from 5:30 - 6:00 PM, join us in the Nave for Contemplative Evening Prayer in the style of the monastery in Taizé.

Music of Taizé

This Lenten season you are invited to journey with Mother Suzanne through The Lives We Actually Have.

We see 65-100 visitors on our campus every day looking for food in our blessing box and blessing fridge. Thus we have a constant need for large quantities of food to give away. Our average Sunday attendance is now 60 - if every one brought two or three items each Sunday for our pantry, it would go a long way toward this.

Perhaps you would consider taking this on as your spiritual discipline during Lent. Please bring lots and lots of nonperishable food items to church on Sunday. Or Tuesday through Friday come by the office from 9 AM - 5 PM

When: Sunday, 3/26, after the morning worship service

Where: Outside in the pavilion, weather permitting

What: $10 fee per craft - we hope each household will want to create one of these simple Holy Week pieces that will adorn our tables on Palm & Easter Sundays. Then you may take yours home as an Easter symbol for your home.

In preparation for Bishop Monterroso's visit on April 2 (Palm Sunday) in which he will confirm and receive new folks into the Episcopal Church, Mother Suzanne will finish her series of confirmation classes this Sunday, March 26 after the 9 AM service. Please plan to attend.

In order to have good quantities and not have duplicates, we have created a sign-up sheet with the food items needed. The sign up sheet will be available after church on Sundays in the Parish Hall during the coffee hour. You may contact Mary Smith for more information and/or to sign up to bring an item or two.  

If you are interested in Holy Baptism, please contact Mother Suzanne.

We are handling dedications online. There are also hard copy dedication forms in the Narthex that you can fill out and turn in.

If you would like to help out with the Fish Fry, Anna Arendell will have a sign up sheet in the Parish Hall after the service on Sunday. If you can't make it Sunday, you can reach Anna via email at anamerican1@yahoo.com

They get to form their own authentic faith on their terms and in ways that are meaningful for them. It has been truly magical to witness it. Go to godlyplayfoundation.org to learn more about it.

Starting Sunday, April 30th, we will begin offering the other two components of the program during Chapel and coffee hour: the response time, and what's known as the "feast." 

This Sunday during coffee hour, you can sign up for the Bishop Hector's Reception Food Items or the April 1 Church Workday.

If you would like to host coffee hour, please contact Anna Arendell, anamerican1@yahoo.com

Or you can find The Preaching Moment on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.

Wednesday Noonday Prayer

This Wednesday, let's pause together as we join our prayers with brothers and sisters around the world via Zoom and Facebook Live.

Beginning at 11:55 you can log in to Zoom here (passcode 032547) to join us as an active participant in the prayers. Or if you prefer, just follow along via Facebook Live beginning promptly at 12:00 PM this coming Wednesday, Book of Common Prayer beginning on page 103, which you can download ahead of time here. 

Please consider volunteering, even if just for an hour - we could use your help. We begin setting up at 7:30 am and distribution ends at 12 Noon. Clean-up follows that. We especially need volunteers for deliveries to the homebound and to help with tear down and clean up starting at around 11:30.

Have you noticed the cards on the table as you enter the church on Sunday? Well, one of our parishioners sets these cards out for us to sign and send a greeting to someone we may not have seen in a while, or someone who is ill.

Please take a minute as you come in, or before you leave to sign the cards and maybe write a brief note.

1^st Sunday

Did you know that the loose plate offering on the first Sunday of each month goes to the Rector’s Discretionary Fund? This fund is used, at the Rector’s discretion, to assist the poor and indigent and to further the ministries of the church, not covered in the church budget. One of the main uses of this fund, at Grace, is to fund our Blessing Box and Blessing Refrigerator.

You are invited to make a financial offering in honor of your birthday or anniversary. These offerings go to the Herrington fund, which provides scholarships to church conferences and camps for members of our church.  Your offering may be placed in this little basket beside the piano as you approach the Chancel steps.

You can help support Grace by simply linking your Kroger Rewards Customer number to Grace. You only need to sign up once and you will earn rewards for the church with every shopping trip! You can enroll at any time, so please try to get your family and friends to sign up as well! Every time you make a Kroger purchase, Kroger will make a donation to Grace. (And you still receive your reward points)

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