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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Our rector, vestry, lay leaders, and congregation, Lainie Murrell, our candidate for ordination 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, Mureedullah Hashimi, Robert and Eunice Ruffin, Peter Zakrepine, Kayden Germosen, Nancy Haile, Mari, Richard Holt, Alice Uy, Marlene Van Saders, Jan Conley, John Burton, Audrey Washington, Nicole, Nick and Rose Garza, Mike Barraclough, victims of gun violence everywhere, those who are alone, and all of those lost and suffering in the aftermath of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
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.
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Be watchful, brethren, lest the mysteries of this season pass you by without your gaining from them their due fruit. Abundant is the blessing; you must bring clean vessels to receive it, and offer loving souls and watchful senses, sober affections and pure consciences for such great gifts of grace. … All Christians practice more than usual devotion in these seven days and try to be more humble and more serious than is their wont, so that in some sort they may share Christ's sufferings. And rightly so. For the Passion of the Lord is here in truth, shaking the earth, rending the rocks and opening the tombs; and His Resurrection also is at hand. …
Bernard of Clairvaux 1090-1153
On Keeping Holy Week
De Passione Domini
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SATURDAY, April 1
9:30am - Worship Ministers run-through Maundy Thursday/Good Friday(noon) services.
SUNDAY, April 2 - Palm Sunday
ARE YOU ON THE WORSHIP MINISTRY SCHEDULE? CLICK HERE for Sundays in April; CLICK HERE for Holy Week
Readings available HERE
Collect of the Day
Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
8:00am Holy Eucharist Rite1
9:00am Church School Families (& donkey!) gather for pre-service procession.
9:30am Family Eucharist followed by church school classes (Resurrection Scavenger Hunt)
Newcomers and visitors are always welcome - CLICK for 2023 church school calendar
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 rated as LOW. For recommended precautions, CLICK HERE
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EASTER FLOWER AND MUSIC MEMORIALS - Deadline is THIS Monday, April 3
We invite your memorial gifts for special flowers and music to enhance our festive Easter celebrations. Envelopes are available in the church on Sundays or you may make a memorial gift via Giving Fire (https://gecnyack.givingfire.com/?fund=4577) Donations will be split between music and flowers. Please leave names in the comments section.
Names must be received by Monday April 3 to be included in the Easter bulletins.
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EASTER VIGIL RECEPTION
Following the 7:30pm Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 8 -- the service that begins our celebration of Easter -- there will be a reception in Memorial Hall with light refreshments and fellowship.
If you can bring festive finger food (savory or sweet) or help with set-up and clean-up,
please contact Pat Cose (pacose@msn.com).
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SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 22 5:30-7:30pm
BOY SCOUT APPRECIATION DINNER
Our own Boy Scout Troop 2 invites you to let them cook dinner for you! Cost is $8 per person or $20 for a family of 3 or more.
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EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT - Turkey Syria Earthquake Response Fund
February 21, 2023
With the support of Episcopal Relief & Development, Action by Churches Together (ACT Alliance) continues to respond to emergency needs in Syria. This work includes:
- Provision of temporary accommodation and safe shelter
- Distribution of emergency supplies including food baskets and hygiene kits
- Repairing damaged bakeries to restart bread production to provide fresh food for local communities
- Constructing solar power systems to provide electricity for schools, homes for the elderly, and to provide clean water
- Implementing cholera prevention awareness
- Conducting life skills and job training for youth
- Providing mental health and psycho-social support for people affected.
Please continue to pray for those who have been affected by the earthquake. Donations to the Türkiye (Turkey)-Syria Earthquake Response Fund will help the organization to continue to respond to communities impacted by this disaster.
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STEWARDSHIP & VIRTUAL PLATE | |
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We are so grateful to all of you who have made a pledge for 2023. Thank You.
If you would like to pledge, it is not too late! CLICK HERE to complete a 2023 pledge card.
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)
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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".
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Goodness
by Kathleen Norris
Despite our good deeds,
the chatter
of our best intentions,
our many kindnesses,
God is at work
in us, close
to the bone,
past the sinews
of our virtues, to the marrow
we cannot feel,
the sudden, helpless tears
when we know what we are,
and can go on.
from
Journey: New and Selected Poems (1969-1999)
by Kathleen Norris
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