E-Blast for Jan. 21, 2022

Sunday, January 23, 2022

7:45 a.m. ~ 10:00 a.m.

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

January 23 — Meet the Vestry Candidates

The Vestry Candidates Forum will be a single, hybrid session, taking place in the church and on Zoom. It will begin at 12 Noon. Questions may be asked in person or on Zoom.

Topic: Meet the Vestry Candidates

Time: Sunday, Jan. 23, 12 Noon

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83115014881

Meeting ID: 831 1501 4881

The candidates for Vestry are:

Fiona Fischer, Paul Hetland, Harlan Hokin,

Courtney Pulitzer Joubeaud, and Christian Payne

Junior Warden - Angel Wang

Angel Wang has agreed to stay on as Junior Warden. The Junior Warden will continue serving and that is the will of the Nominating Committee.

Click here for the candidates’ biographies and photos. The election will be held during

Grace St. Paul’s Annual Meeting, Sunday, Jan. 30.

January 30 — Annual Parish Meeting

The Annual Parish Meeting will also be a hybrid session, beginning at 12 Noon. The agenda includes voting for new Vestry members and delegates to the Diocesan Convention. Votes can be cast in person and on Zoom.

Topic: Annual Meeting

Time: Sunday, Jan. 30, 12 Noon

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81443424205

Meeting ID: 814 4342 4205

Honor the Anniversary

of the UN Treaty on

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Watch the screening of “Original Child Bomb,” a meditation on the delusion of nuclear weapon utility, Wednesday, Jan. 26, from 6-8 p.m.

The 2004 documentary, named for a Thomas Merton poem, reviews the atom bomb history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The film contains historical and contemporary footage of reactions to the bombing.

The movie will be shown as a live-stream event. Registration is free but required and must be made by Tuesday, Jan. 25.

Email Kathy Altman at [email protected] for your registration.

Our Protocols for Live, In-Person Services

Both Sunday services at Grace St. Paul’s — 7:45 and 10 a.m. — are live and in-person. The 10 a.m. service will also continue to be live-streamed.

To ensure the safety of all present, all congregants must wear a mask, properly worn over nose and mouth. Congregational singing is now allowed with masks on.

Parents, please note. The nursery is staffed every Sunday in the Undercroft for the 10 a.m. worship service. Kids can be dropped off as early as 9:40 a.m. Nursery is for infants to age 3. Kids are welcome to enjoy church with their families in the Sanctuary.

New to GSP?

Have you recently discovered Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church? Would you like to know more about our beloved community? Please fill out our Visitor Card at www.tinyurl.com/gspvisitor

Live Stream Instructions - Please click here.
Altar Flowers - Please click here to find out how to request flowers.
GSP has a YouTube channel! - Please click here for more info.
How to Support Immigrants - Please click here.
Just Coffee - Please click here

LIVESTREAMING CHURCH on SUNDAY, 10 A.M.

Bulletins: GSPtucson.org/bulletins

Livestream the Sunday 10:00 AM service on Facebook: www.TinyURL.com/GSPVirtual

Sunday Worship

High quality recorded

By 7 PM Monday

www.tinyurl.com/gspvids

*Please wear name tags so folks can recognize you in your mask.*

Don't have a name tag?

Call the office, 327-6857,

or email

[email protected].

*If you requested a name tag, please check

with an usher on Sunday morning.

Sunday Offering

We do not take the offering during the worship services. Please drop your offering in the box in the narthex.

You may also make your donations by U.S. mail or via the EasyTithe online portal.

Thank you for your continued support of Grace St Paul’s. We are able to make a difference in the world because of your support & generosity.

First Friday Play Reading for February

The play for February is "Visit To A Small Planet," an imaginative comic affair written by Gore Vidal, in which an alien comes from another planet to do

a bit of sightseeing and to see or start a war.

He thinks he has arrived in time to see the Civil War, which he expects will be jolly, but he has misjudged his landing and arrives on earth in 1957.

Vidal wrote "Visit" as a television play for the Goodyear Television Playhouse, where it premiered in 1955. Vidal intended the play as a satire on the post-World War II fear of communism in the United States, McCarthyism, Cold War military paranoia, and the rising importance of television in American life.

People who wish to read on Friday, Feb. 4, should RSVP by email to Nanalee Raphael by Tuesday, Feb. 1; contact information is in the Parish Directory.

New this year is our starting time: the evening begins at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom and will finish at 8:30.

Everyone is encouraged to participate as readers or audience. No acting experience required.

The reading for this evening is suitable for humans of any age. You can request a

small part if you wish to read; roles vary in size from one liners to major characters. Scripts, cast lists and Zoom info will be emailed to all participants — readers and audience — by the Thursday before the reading.

Hope to see you there!

DATE CHANGE FOR MIGRANT SNACK PACKING

We will pack 500 snack packs for migrants on Monday, Jan. 31, and then again on the second and fourth Mondays in February — Feb. 14 and 28 — at 4 p.m. in McBride Hall. Come and join the packing party!

VIRTUAL ADULT EDUCATION

Dr. Chuck Dickson's latest Virtual Adult Education presentation is all about Candlemas: what is it, when is it, why is it called that, and more!

Click here for this and the entire collection of presentations!

Join Dr. John Dore in a free class/discussion/practice group each Wednesday, from 5 to 6 p.m. (MST) on Zoom. The goal is to integrate the deep parts of our self, to become more whole, healthy and balanced in heart, mind and spirit, and to connect with others. Each week Dr. Dore will offer a brief teaching from Jung and Taoism, followed by discussion and sharing, and then experiences using Jung's methods or Taoist practices.

There is a short video on YouTube called "Soul-Tending the Garden: Following Carl Jung into the Tao" which provides more information. Feel free to forward the link to anyone who might be interested. Contact Dr. Dore by email if you wish to join.

John Dore, Ph.D.

Emotional Health Systems

www.JohnDore.com

"We are empty awareness mirroring the ever-changing forms of Reality." ~ Lao Tzu

Join GSP's Anti-Racism Study Group

Next meeting will be Jan. 26

4th Wednesday — 4:30-5:30 p.m.

To enhance your spiritual considerations dealing with importance issues such as white privilege, white supremacy, critical race theory, — and knowing the difference, in today's language — please consider attending. Discuss what you know and want to know, and learn even more for your discussion and education (possibly) with your spouse, family, and friends.

We meet the fourth Wednesday of the month at 4:30 p.m. on Zoom (meeting link). Typically we read an article or two received from other members and sent out by Rev. Chris Ledyard to focus our discussions/learning. We have included articles by James Baldwin, articles and YouTube presentations on The Ghost Dance, and an article on Bruce's Beach.

To know more about these, please come to our meeting. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Rev. Chris or Peggy Scott through the Church Office. Your attendance would be an honor and most welcome!

Family Fun

at Himmel Park

PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE

Sunday, Feb. 6, 1-3 p.m.

Meet by the big playground & ramada on the east side of Tucson Blvd., between 3rd St. & Speedway.

There will be games and socializing. Bring your own snacks and drinks.

Let Jessica know if you plan to attend. [email protected].

We hope to see you there!

COVID-19 Free Testing in the Tucson area

The CDC states that anyone who may have been exposed to someone with COVID should test five days after their exposure, or as soon as symptoms occur.

Pima County COVID-19 Testing Centers

https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=575060

Embry Health Offers Free COVID-19 Testing

Self-swabbing - Accurate Results within 2 – 3 Days

Schedule an appointment: 480-376-2170

· Southern Baptist Church - 445 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85705

· Mount Zion Lutheran Church - 4520 W. Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ, 85746

· Casas Church Oro Valley - 10801 N. La Cholla Blvd., Tucson, AZ, 85742

MIGRANT JUSTICE

Migrant Monday!

DATE CHANGE FOR SNACK PACKING

We will pack 500 snack packs for migrants on Monday, Jan. 31, and then again on the second and fourth Mondays in February, the 14th and 28th, at 4 p.m. in McBride Hall. Come and join the packing party!

For more information, please call Margie at 310-903-0280 or email her at [email protected].

A Prayer Vigil is held every first and third Monday (Feb. 7), 4:30-5:30 p.m. for migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and those threatened with deportation. Prayers may be offered in Spanish and English.

All are welcome. Please join us on Zoom: zoom.us/j/336535932

Artisans Beyond Borders, (ABB) a bi-national ministry at Grace St. Paul’s, began in 2019 as a way to bring trauma-informed arts and activities to asylum-seekers and their families waiting in shelters and on the streets in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

Today, therapeutic arts and the dignity of artisanal craft continue to bring comfort to the traumatized and hope to asylum-seekers.

Bordando Esperanza / Embroidering Hope, the flagship program, also helps restore personal agency and income through Etsy shop sales of artisans’ original hand-embroideries.

For more information, please visit the ABB website.

Casa Alitas Welcome Center

Thank you to our volunteers & supporters! Please spread the word about our work & recruiting friends, family, & colleagues for volunteering. All of our teams could use the help!

Please click here for more updates on Volunteering, Donations, & Job Openings!

Donations Currently Needed:

For men: new underwear, socks, T-shirts, baseball caps, athletic pants (especially smaller sizes), shoes
For women: new underwear, bras, new men's underwear, lycra/stretch leggings, socks
For children: clothing sizes 2-12, new underwear, shoes
Backpacks

Do you need a

house cleaner or gardener?

One of our pantry volunteers is looking for work as a house cleaner or gardener. Please email [email protected] if you would like more information and to get in touch with this person. Thank you!