THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY - January 22, 2023

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Our vestry, lay leaders, and congregation as we welcome our new rector; Dustin+ our rector, Lainie Murrell, our postulant to the diaconate; Robert and Donna Weber, Gerald and Marjorie Federico, Theresa Weber, John and Shirley Federico, Yasso Herath, Rick & JoAnn Stone, Lin, Vicki Hudson, Caroline Tucker, Maura McGrath, Pastor Tyler, Phyllis & Bob Holgerson, Sean Murdock, Mureedullah Hashimi, Robert and Eunice Ruffin, Peter Zakrepine, Kayden Germosen, Christine Lubeck-Klinger, Victims of gun violence everywhere & those who are alone.

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

God, our Creator, we are held in your everlasting arms,

Jesus, our Savior, we are healed by your wounded hands,

Holy Spirit, be present as we reach out to one another in love.

REFLECTION

“What I love about the ministry of Jesus is that he identified the poor as blessed and the rich as needy...and then he went and ministered to them both. This, I think, is the difference between charity and justice. Justice means moving beyond the dichotomy between those who need and those who supply and confronting the frightening and beautiful reality that we desperately need one another.”

― Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood

THIS WEEKEND

Sunday, January 22 – The Third Sunday After The Epiphany

Please join us this Sunday as we welcome our new rector, The Rev. Dr. Dustin Trowbridge

ARE YOU ON THE WORSHIP MINISTRY SCHEDULE? CLICK HERE to check.

Readings available HERE

Collect of the Day

Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

8:00am Holy Eucharist Rite1

9:30am Family Eucharist followed by church school classes

Newcomers and visitors are always welcome

10:15-10:55am  Weekly informal Bible study of the day’s readings,

led by Roy Kepler, in Patterson Hall each Sunday. All are welcome – join us

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

Order of service for 11:00am service available HERE

Rockland County COVID risk is still rated as HIGH. For recommended precautions, CLICK HERE.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS

SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT GRACE

STEWARDSHIP & VIRTUAL PLATE

YOUR PLEDGE MATTERS

Annual pledges are the financial foundation of our church, our single most important source of funding. 

Think about what Grace Church means to you.

• Do you attend services – either in person or online – more than once or twice a year?
• Do you have a child in church school or senior youth group?
• Do you think of this as your “home” church, where you or a relative might arrange family baptisms, weddings, or memorial services? 

We can provide for these programs because of pledge commitments from our members.

Your pledge – of whatever size – says

“I am part of this church that is here for me.” 

We have not yet reached our goal of $340,000 or matched our total pledges from last year so if you would like to pledge, please take a pledge card from the back of the church or CLICK HERE to complete a pledge card online. Note that you must make a 2023 to vote at our Annual Meeting in February.

We are so grateful to all of you who have made a pledge for 2023. Thank You.

For answers to some frequently asked questions regarding payment of your pledge, please CLICK HERE.

You'll find further instructions on using Giving Fire, our online payment platform, HERE. Note that if you already use Giving Fire for your pledge payments, you may need to update your recurring payments to reflect the amount of your 2023 pledge.

If you need assistance with GivingFire, please contact Pat Cose (pacose@msn.com)

CHECK THE LIST!

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING — QUALIFIED VOTERS

If you are not a pledging member of the parish and did not submit a 2023 pledge card you will not be eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting on February 12, 2023.

If you have questions, please contact our pledge secretary, Sally Ann Mock (samock34@aol.com)

Our Virtual Offering Plate

Please keep your pledge current!

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 Offering Plate to make an online gift. Use the drop down menu under "FUND" to choose "Other Gifts" or "Pledge Payments".

PARTING THOUGHT

 GOD OF THE LIVING

A Blessing

When the wall

between the worlds

is too firm,

too close.

When it seems

all solidity

and sharp edges.

When every morning

you wake as if

flattened against it,

its forbidding presence

fairly pressing the breath

from you

all over again.

Then may you be given

a glimpse

of how weak the wall

and how strong what stirs

on the other side,

breathing with you

and blessing you

still,

forever bound to you

but freeing you

into this living,

into this world

so much wider

than you ever knew.

—Jan Richardson

from The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief