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; 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, Georgia Moss and Family, parishioners of St Michaels and All Angels Episcopal Church on Sanibel and all those affected by Hurricane Ian, Phyllis & Bob Holgerson, Sean Murdock.   Victims of gun violence everywhere. 

FLOWER MEMORIALS Raymond G. Frae, Emily Kreisinger, the Sippell Family  



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

“Waking up into even the most ordinary day is a discipline, a test of our ability to hold the interior world, where we have just been re-imagined and revolutionized, with the moving, tidal, seasonal, not to be controlled, physical world we are just about (to) enter.”

–David Whyte, in  Essentials

Sunday, October 30 – The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost

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

Readings available HERE

Collect of the Day

Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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• 8:00am Morning Prayer

• 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 The Rev. Richard Gressle, who was our rector here at Grace from 1995—2011 and now serves regularly as a supply priest for several parishes in the area.

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

Newcomers are always welcome!

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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  

A NOTE FROM THE SENIOR WARDEN RE MASK POLICY

In this month’s Messenger, the mask policy for Grace Church was reiterated.  I want to assure the entire congregation that the question of the wearing of masks has been discussed and debated by the vestry repeatedly over the last 2 ½ years.  As the transmission and COVID rate in Rockland has increased recently, we revisited the question this past Monday.  

Currently while the wearing of masks is optional for congregants, we are encouraging the use of masks while the Rockland COVID rate is now at medium. We are asking that ushers and those on the altar wear masks. They are asked to wear masks unless they are speaking so that others in the congregation who wish to wear masks know that wearing masks is okay, as a demonstration that we are concerned about the health and well-being of the congregation and that that we will go the extra mile to ensure that.  

The vestry has taken the view that the CDC guidelines will inform our practice at Grace.  Should Rockland move to a high transmission and infection rate, later this fall or winter we may very well require the wearing of masks.   And should Rockland return to a low level of transmission we will revisit the question again.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue with this new normal.



Jeff McDowell

ALL SAINTS SUNDAY November 6, 2022

The Church invites us to honor our relationships with the saints on All Saints Sunday, and this year we will do so at the 8:00 & 11:00am services on November 6.  

If there are names you wish to have remembered as an offering of praise and thanksgiving please use the envelopes you'll find at the church entry, or call/email the church office (845-358-1297/parishoffice@gracechurchnyack.org) and then mail a check if you so choose.

You can also follow this link to our Virtual Offering Plate to make a donation by credit/debit card, indicating memorial names in the comments section.

We need to receive names by Tuesday, November 1 for reading at All Saints Sunday services. 

The Dancing Saints above are part of a much larger series located at St. Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco -- you can learn more about them and see the entire series HERE

All Souls Day Vigil

in Remembrance of Those Lost in USA Mass Shootings

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (112 N. Main Street., Pearl River)

From 7-9:00pm on Wednesday, November 2 (All Souls Day) Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (112 N. Main Street., Pearl River) will remember those lost in mass shootings in the US in 2022 -- more than 500 thus far -- with a vigil during which names will be read and ribbons representing each person tied to a string of lights outdoors.All are invited to attend, either to help with reading names, or simply to sit and bear witness. If you would like to participate by reading, you can sign up here: https://volunteersignup.org/H9KM7.

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

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.

Click here to complete a pledge card online

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.

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".

A Blessing for Equilibrium 



Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,

May the music of laughter break through your soul.

As the wind wants to make everything dance,

May your gravity be lightened by grace.

Like the freedom of the monastery bell,

May clarity of mind make your eyes smile.

As water takes whatever shape it is in,

So free may you be about who you become.

As silence smiles on the other side of what's said,

May a sense of irony give you perspective.

As time remains free of all that it frames,

May fear or worry never put you in chains.

May your prayer of listening deepen enough

To hear in the distance the laughter of God.

John O'Donohue in To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings