THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT - March 5, 2023 | |
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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Our rector, vestry, lay leaders, and congregation, 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, Mureedullah Hashimi, Robert and Eunice Ruffin, Peter Zakrepine, Kayden Germosen, Nancy Haile, Theresa Burton, Mari, Richard Holt, Alice Uy, Marlene Van Saders victims of gun violence everywhere, those who are alone, and all of those lost and suffering in the aftermath of the earthquaks 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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Forgive and Be Forgiven
Søren Kierkegaard
Jesus says, “Forgive, and you will also be forgiven” (Matt. 6:14). That is to say, forgiveness is forgiveness. Your forgiveness of another is your own forgiveness; the forgiveness you give is the forgiveness you receive. If you wholeheartedly forgive your enemy, you may dare hope for your own forgiveness, for it is one and the same.
From Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Soren Kierkegaard
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Sunday, March 5 – The Second Sunday in Lent
ARE YOU ON THE WORSHIP MINISTRY SCHEDULE? CLICK HERE to check.
Readings available HERE
Collect of the Day
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, 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 - 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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ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS | |
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STARTS THIS WEEK!
LENTEN OFFERINGS FROM OUR ADULT SPIRITUAL FORMATION COMMISSION
Programs Begin This Week
Spiritual Memoir: Writing about Our Own Sacred Moments and Journeys
Workshop led by Margie Winslow
Tuesday Evenings -- March 7, 14, 21, 28
7:15 to 8:45 pm, Patterson Hall
"Spiritual" can mean sacred, inspirational, transcendent, challenging, life-changing, or revealing moments in our lives. Participants will explore several ways to capture those experiences using some simple tools of memoir writing. No prior writing experience necessary.
Margie Winslow has published three award-winning memoirs and has taught Memoir Writing at The Learning Center, both at Long Island University and at the New City Jewish Center. She is a member of the Columbia Fiction Foundry and has participated in memoir writing workshops for the International Women Writers Guild and the Hudson Valley Writers Center. A professor emerita of Geology of the City University of New York, Margie has been a member of Grace Church since 1985.
Spiritual Memoir CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Lenten Suppers
Theme: 4 Kinds of Prayer
Wednesday Evenings -- March 8, 15, 22, 29
6:30 pm supper, 7 to 8:15 program, Memorial Hall
After a simple supper of soup, salad and bread, we will focus on four types of prayer -- thanksgiving, praise, petition, and intercession -- one each week. There will be a brief introduction, followed by a hands-on activity that serves as a "window" to that type of prayer. There will also be time to reflect, share in groups, and actually pray. Our goal is to offer tools that allow us to experience prayer in a fresh way.
For Lenten Suppers CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Saturday, March 11
Join us in Memorial Hall on Saturday, March 11 at 10:00am as we assemble meals to be distributed to the homeless poor of New York City through Midnight Run. If you are able to bring necessary food items (ex: lunch meat, cheese, bread, cookies, etc.), please email Heidi at nyack13@gmail.com to make sure you are included on the list.
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MORE FROM THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL MINISTRIES - Prayer Shawl meeting on March 12
Calling all Knitters: Would you like to take part in a new PRAYER SHAWL project?
We would love to have parishioners knit prayer shawls or blankets to be distributed to those in need of some loving care and prayer while dealing with an illness.The first gathering for our new Grace Prayer Shawl Project will take place at church on Sunday, March 12 at 10:00am Please reach out if you would like to join! - Heidi Nyack13@gmail.com
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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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EASTER FLOWER AND MUSIC MEMORIALS
We invite your memorial gifts for special flowers and music to enhance our festive Easter celebrations. Envelopes will be available in the church on Sundays beginning in March 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.
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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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"May the beauty of your life become more visible to you, that you may glimpse your wild divinity.
May the wonders of the earth call you forth from all your small, secret prisons and set your feet free in the pastures of possibilities.
May the light of dawn anoint your eyes that you may behold what a miracle a day is.
May the liturgy of twilight shelter all your fears and darkness within the circle of ease.
May the angel of memory surprise you in bleak times with new gifts from the harvest of your vanished days.
May you allow no dark hand to quench the candle of hope in your heart.
May you discover a new generosity towards yourself, and encourage yourself to engage your life as a great adventure.
May the outside voices of fear and despair find no echo in you.
May you always trust the urgency and wisdom of your own spirit.
May the shelter and nourishment of all the good you have done, the love you have shown, the suffering you have carried, awaken around you to bless your life a thousand times.
And when love finds the path to your door may you open like the earth to the dawn, and trust your every hidden color towards its nourishment of light.
May you find enough stillness and silence to savor the kiss of God on your soul and delight in the eternity that shaped you, that holds you and calls you.
And may you know that despite confusion, anxiety and emptiness, your name is written in Heaven.
And may you come to see your life as a quiet sacrament of service, which awakens around you a rhythm where doubt gives way to the grace of wonder, where what is awkward and strained can find elegance, and where crippled hope can find wings, and torment enter at last unto the grace of serenity.
May Divine Beauty bless you."
John O'Donohue, from Beauty - The Invisible Embrace
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