Weekly Update - 9.4.22

The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost - 9.4.2022

Almighty God, who created us in your own 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. Collect for Social Justice - Book of Common Prayer

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Our vestry, lay leaders, and congregation as we journey together on the search process for a new rector; Lainie Murrell, our postulant to the diaconate; Ian Cochran, Barbara and Peter dePinto, Carol Streichert, JoAnn Stone, Chris Mitchell, Bob, Ginny, Maura McGrath, Gerald and Marjorie Federico, Bob and Donna Weber, Bill & Theresa Weber, Yasso Herath, John and Shirley Federico, Robert Michael Weber, John Pluhowski, Margaret Fulmor Wagner, Margie Winslow, Diana Grace, Al and Carol Lalli, Bill & Lois Steinmann, Jean B., Lynn Johnson, Kim Hewlett, Maude M, Giuseppe Cristofalo, Carmela Cristofalo, Carmelo Cristofalo, Thomas Sproviero, Domenico Fragale, Marianina Fragale, Peter Zakrepine, Ileya Robinson, Sztyk Family, Drozdyk family, William,Ian, Jean, Stephen Yaw, Gloria Karpinsky, Tasha, Melissa Frustaci, Gina Lacey, Shirley Chalke, Amy Miller, David, Suzanne,Diane Churchill, Nancy Collins, Rebecca Gnann, Elizabeth M., Russell Fernando, Gilberto Rodriguez and family, Pastor Tyler. Victims of gun violence everywhere.

REST IN PEACE

Bernice Rosetta Georges, sister of parishioner Nigel Fraser.

Visitation is at Hannemann Funeral Home from 9-10:00am on Saturday, September 3, with a service there at 10:00am.

Emma Leigh Goodwin

Former parishioner Emma Leigh Goodwin (wife of Paul Goodwin) will be immured in the columbarium at Grace on Sunday, September 4 at 1:00pm.

Tanya Perez-Rock

Friday, September 2, 2022 Private immurement at Grace Episcopal Church

A gathering for the Grace Church family will be planned at a later date.

FLOWER MEMORIALS

George O. Harris, William H. Harris, Jr., Patricia Monroe, Jack & Joan Cullen

If you would like to add a name, please let us know: parishoffice@gracechurchnyack.org

Reflection

The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit of their times or causes them to anticipate a spirit which is yet in the making. In a moment of dedication they are given wisdom and courage to dare a deed that challenges and to kindle a hope that inspires.

Howard Thurman in Footprints of a Dream : The Story of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples (1959)

This Weekend

Sunday, September 4 - The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost

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

Readings available HERE

MORNING SERVICES WILL BE HELD IN THE AIR CONDITIONED MEMORIAL HALL

Please help by returning your chair to the hallway racks after the service!

Collect of the Day

Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

8:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite I

10:00am Holy Eucharist Rite II Also available via live-stream

Order of service for 10:00am service available HERE

Lainie Murrell, diaconal postulant, will be our preacher on Sunday

Brandon Beachamp will return from his summer sabbatical next Sunday, September 11.

Please thank Jan Valentine for so ably filling in as our summer musician!

Announcements & Ongoing Programs

THRIFT SHOP DOLLAR SALE TONIGHT FOR GRACE FAMILY!

UPDATE ON REFUGEE PROJECT AT GRACE IN COORDINATION WITH INTERFAITH GROUP

Amazing news! Our wonderful interfaith group that has been meeting and planning is now ready to accept our first family of refugees. This family of six is from Afghanistan. They are temporarily in Tennessee and will arrive in New York at the end of September. It will be a heavy lift as it is a family of 6 adults, one being a paraplegic. This family consists of a mother, father, two girls and two boys. We look forward to giving you more information on the family in the coming weeks at services. If you would like to read more about our partnership for this program, check out this website: https://www.heartsandhomesforrefugees.org / Joining me in this endeavor are: Karin Baere, Kathy Sestak and Paul Weiss. We will be sharing an Amazon Wish List soon if you would like to help participate in that way. Heidi R. Hill, Social Ministry Commission

REMEMBER YOUR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE DONATIONS - THE NEED IS GREAT

When you come to church please bring non-perishable food items to leave in the basket in the narthex. Peanut butter, tuna fish and cereal are greatly appreciated. If you don’t make it to church, you can always drop items off during office hours.

GIFT CARDS & LAUNDRY SUPPORT NEEDED

Occasionally individuals and families come to us with very basic immediate needs, like food and diapers for their children. When possible we try to help with small gift cards for stores like ShopRite, Target, or Walgreen’s. We’ve also found that help with laundry needs is appreciated, and have put together bags with quarters/soap pods/dryer sheets.We welcome donations of gift cards or materials/change laundry packages so we are prepared when the need arises — just bring them to the office or drop cards in the plate on Sundays.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED THESE EFFORTS IN THE PAST

Stewardship

PLEDGE DRIVE 2023 – FORWARD INTO NEW BEGINNINGS

Please Give As You Can

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

As we move forward your willingness to support our church is more important than ever.

Click here to estimate your annual gift (Pledge) for 2023 by completing a pledge card online.

We are so grateful for your support.

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

Parting Thought

"Human beings suffer,

They torture one another,

They get hurt and get hard.

No poem or play or song

Can fully right a wrong

Inflicted and endured.

The innocent in gaols

Beat on their bars together.

A hunger-striker's father

Stands in the graveyard dumb.

The police widow in veils

Faints at the funeral home.

History says, don't hope

On this side of the grave.

But then, once in a lifetime

The longed-for tidal wave

Of justice can rise up,

And hope and history rhyme.

So hope for a great sea-change

On the far side of revenge.

Believe that further shore

Is reachable from here.

Believe in miracle

And cures and healing wells.

Call miracle self-healing:

The utter, self-revealing

Double-take of feeling.

If there's fire on the mountain

Or lightning and storm

And a god speaks from the sky

That means someone is hearing

The outcry and the birth-cry

Of new life at its term."

Seamus Heaney

from "The Cure at Troy," (Heaney's translation of "The Philoctetes," by Sophocles.)