Our vestry, lay leaders, and congregation as we prepare to welcome our new rector; Lainie Murrell, our postulant to the diaconate; Robert and Donna Weber, Gerald and Marjorie Federico, Bill and Theresa Weber, John and Shirley Federico, Yasso HerathRick & JoAnn Stone, Jean B., Lin, Vicki Hudson, Caroline Tucker, Maura McGrath, Pastor Tyler, Phyllis & Bob Holgerson, Sean Murdock. Victims of gun violence everywhere. 

Flower Memorials: Ruth G. Mock, George D. Fee III, Semo P. Sennas, Rose & Robert Gunderson, Mr. & Mrs. John J. Dobbins, Samuel McCormick, Arthur & Bertha Simmons, Orville H. Mann, Sr., Deceased Members of the Friendly Society, and Alice Zanerra,

Collect for Social Justice - Book of Common Prayer

God, who created us in your 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.

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

A Grounded Thanksgiving Prayer (2016)

Diana Butler Bass

God, there are days we do not feel grateful. When we are anxious or angry. When we feel alone. When we do not understand what is happening in the world, or with our neighbors.

God, we struggle to feel grateful.

But this Thanksgiving, we choose gratitude. We choose to accept life as a gift from you, from the unfolding work of all creation. We choose to be grateful for the earth from which our food comes; for the water that gives life; and for the air we all breathe.

We make the choice to see our ancestors, those who came before us, and their stories, as a continuing gift of wisdom for us today. We choose to see our families and friends with new eyes, appreciating them for who they are, and be thankful for our homes whether humble or grand. We will be grateful for our neighbors, no matter how they voted or how much we feel hurt by them. We choose to see the whole planet as our shared commons, the public stage of the future of humankind and creation.

God, this Thanksgiving, we do not give thanks. We choose it.

And we will make thanks, with strong hands and courageous hearts. When we see your sacred generosity, we become aware that we live in an infinite circle of gratitude. That we all are guests at a hospitable table around which gifts are passed and received. We will not let anything opposed to love take over this table. Instead, we choose to see grace, free and unmerited love, the giftedness of life everywhere, as the tender web of all creation. In this choosing, and in the making, we will pass gratitude onto the world.

Thus, with you, and with all those gathered here, we pledge to make thanks. And we ask you to strengthen us in this resolve. Here, now, and into the future. Around this table. Around the table of our nation. Around the table of the earth.

Amen.

Sunday, November 20 – The Last Sunday After Pentecost/Christ the King

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Readings available HERE

Collect of the Day

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

• 8:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite1)

• 9:30am Family Eucharist, followed by church school classes

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

            Order of service for 11:00am service available HERE

On Sunday we welcome back The Rev. Judy Ferguson as guest celebrant.

The Rev. Judy Ferguson recently retired from 26 years of active, full-time ministry. She attended All Angels’ Church and St. George’s Church while living in New York City. St. George’s Church was her sponsoring parish for Holy Orders. Rev. Ferguson went to University of the South, The School of Theology, Sewanee, Tenn. for her seminary training. She was the Curate at the Church of the Virgin Mary, Chappaqua (1 year); Curate/Assistant at St. John’s Church, Larchmont (4 years); and Rector at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls/St. Mark’s Chapel, Fort Montgomery (21 years). Rev. Ferguson continues to serve as the Episcopal Civilian Chaplain to USMA, West Point (21 years), which is the campus/alumni ministry for Holy Innocents’/St. Mark’s parish. She retired at the end of July 2022; and is now supplying for parishes in the Hudson Region.

We’re grateful that Mo. Judy can be with us on Sundays through the end of the year as we await our new rector in January..

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

Newcomers and visitors are always welcome!



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!

COVID RISK UPDATE

Based on CDC data, the Rockland County COVID rate has recently moved to medium. While not required, the wearing of masks is strongly encouraged at Grace. The wearing of masks by ushers and those serving on the altar will continue.

A reminder about receiving wine at communion. The approved methods are:

• sip directly from the chalice (chalice bearers are expected to wipe the chalice both inside and out, and spin it a quarter turn after each person receives, or
• take the wafer in your hand and allow the chalice bearer to dip the wafer and return it to your hand for you to consume.

What Prevention Steps Should You Take Based on Your COVID-19 Community Level?

At medium risk level CDC guidelines suggest:

• If at high risk for severe illness, talk to your healthcare provider about whether you need to wear a mask and take other precautions
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines
• Get tested if you have symptoms  

Meet Our New Rector - The Rev. Dr. Dustin Trowbridge.



Currently serving as the rector of St. James Church in Danbury, Connecticut, Fr. Dustin will begin his tenure at Grace on January 16, 2023 and celebrate his first services with us on Sunday, January 22.  Learn more about Fr. Dustin HERE.

Lord God, make me a true steward of your bounty, where there is a need – let me see it;

where there is abundance –let me share it; where there is time – let me spend it;

 and where there is treasure – let me use it for your glory. Amen.

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

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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 begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.

The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on.

We chase chickens or dogs away from it. Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it.

It is here that children are given instructions on what it means to be human. We make men at it, we make women.

At this table we gossip, recall enemies and the ghosts of lovers.

Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms around our children. They laugh with us at our poor falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back together once again at the table.

This table has been a house in the rain, an umbrella in the sun.

Wars have begun and ended at this table. It is a place to hide in the shadow of terror. A place to celebrate the terrible victory.

We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here.

At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow. We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks.

Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.

— Joy Harjo,“Perhaps the World Ends Here" from The Woman Who Fell From the Sky