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grace episcopal church
galena, illinois
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First Sunday after Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Holy Eucharist
June 12, 2022 at 10:30 am
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Due to a decrease in COVID infections in Jo Daviess County, masks are now optional.
Masks and hand sanitizer are at each entrance for those who need them.
Baskets are located at each entrance for your offerings. If possible, please place them in the baskets prior to the service so they may be dedicated with the other gifts at the offertory.
Communion will be offered -- wafer only -- at the altar rail.
Should you become ill after attending worship, please notify the church so that others present may be contacted.
Social hour following the service.
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Ministers of the Service
Members and Guests, Celebrants
Rev. Andrea Mysen, Presider
Rev. Diane Luther, Deacon
Greg Serwich, Lector
Elizabeth Ludescher, Intercessor
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Robin French, Music Director
Nancy Cook, Erben Organist
Richard Luther, Vestry Coordinator
Alice Maffit & Kim Kreiser, Altar Guild
Maren Coates, Greeter
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HOW TO WATCH GRACE CHURCH ON YouTube:
If you plan to attend a Grace Sunday service online, it’s now available as a live-stream on YouTube.
Click on either the red or the green link (buttons) at the top of this eBlast.
(You may have to wait a minute or two for your computer to open its browser and make the connection.)
The RED link gives you a choice of services. You will also see when the next scheduled live-stream
will start. The GREEN link only connects after the streaming has started at the church.
All you need to remember is Red link: go to anytime
Green link: go to when the service starts.
For “early birds” we’ll start the live-streaming at 10:25 am CST.
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UPCOMING GRACE WORSHIP
6/12/22 Holy Eucharist - Rev. Andrea Mysen
Music: Mary Lou Smith, soloist
6/19/11 Holy Eucharist - Rev. Linda Packard, Rev. Diane Luther
Music: Steve Coates, French Horn
6/26/22 Morning Prayer - Deb Pausz, Cathie Elsbree
Music: Dara Kort, Flute
7/3/22 Morning Prayer - Rev. Diane Luther, Richard Luther
Music: Greg Serwich, soloist
7/10/22 Holy Eucharist - Rev. Linda Packard, Rev. Janet Eggleston
Music: Dave Mikelson, Melanie Hoffman
7/17/22 Holy Eucharist - Rev. Linda Packard
Music: Phil & Terri Jackman, vocals
7/24/22 Holy Euchrist -
Music: Robin, Melanie Hoffman, Kathy Jo Gutgsell
7/31/22 Holy Eucharist - Rev. Linda Packard, Rev. Diane Luther
Music: Rose Buttell
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MEMBER MOMENT
I have never experienced Easter with the same degree of depth that I did, during my first in-person Easter at Grace.
As a kid, Easter was for a new hand-made dress and for dying eggs soft colors. The kit from the market would arrive complete with perfectly designed bent wires permitting you to carefully lower your egg into the vat of color and remove it, with only the egg-shaped wire around it. No fingerprints or pastel-colored fingers. No mess.
But maybe Easter is supposed to be messy. This year, for me, it was – messy with emotion.
It began with Maundy Thursday’s service and Greg Serwich’s homily. I left that service with the vision he gave us of a Priest projecting images of his parishioners, one at a time, and saying, “The body of Christ.” Then click-click, and another image and, “The body of Christ.” then click-click and on and on.
Then Good Friday and John’s gospel read by Melanie, Cathie and Phil. Those words are hard, but the division of the text by three drove it home.
Then Robin’s angelic voice pierced the silence as she stood quietly, alone and sang Crucifixion. My heart and eyes swelled.
Then Diane, barefoot, slowly carried the cross down the center aisle, “Behold the wood of the cross.” This image returns to me constantly – not only whenever I see Diane (sorry Diane) but when I think of Jesus’s death.
Then when I approached the alter, the cross laid on the steps adorned with a wreath of thorns and petals resembling blood it was impossible to hold tears back.
I think this is what Easter is supposed to be about – not the safe little wires wrapped protectively around the eggs but the agony and torture of Christ’s death and the gift he gave to us with that death.
Joy Von Wolffersdorff
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Events this Week:
Sunday 6/12
Holy Eucharist 10:30am online (YouTube)
and in-person
Hal Martin's Birthday
Jayme Frank's Birthday
Greg & Karen Serwich's Anniversary
Monday 6/13
Poetry Group 2:00pm
Tuesday 6/14
Compline online 8:30pm
Wednesday 6/15
Midweek Worship in Chapel 7:30am
Morning Study Group in person/Zoom 10:00am
Bob Burton's Birthday
Thursday 6/16
Friday 6/17
Centering Prayer online 9:00am
Curt Most's Birthday
Joe & Alice Maffit's Anniversary
Saturday 6/18
Important Links:
Office Hours
9:00am-Noon, Tuesday through Friday
Sr. Warden Office Hours
The Sr. Warden will have office hours on Thursdays and Fridays from 10am until 2pm.
ROTA (5-1-22 to 10-30-22)
Website: includes a password protected members' portal where most recent Vestry minutes, financials, and Grace Church Directory are found.
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
WHAT?! No Coffee Hour?
YOU can be the ones to make coffee hour happen!!
No need to be fancy.
Light snacks are fine.
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COFFEE HOUR SCHEDULE:
June 12th - Carmen Ferguson
June 19th - Andersons
June 26th - Coates & Strykers
July 3rd - Kallbacks
July 10th - Mary Lou Smith
July 17th -
July 24th -
July 31st -
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CHOIR NEWS
After this Sunday, the choir will be on Summer break until Labor Day. Every Sunday
there will be special music in place of the choir anthem.
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CANAPES & CONVERSATIONS
Bring a beverage, a treat to pass and a good story to share-
next Friday at AmyHardwicke's!
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Schedule:
June 17th -- Amy Hardwicke's
July 15th -- Stryker's
August 19th -- Lynn Giles'
September 16th -- Davis'
October 21st -- Joy and Melanie's
November 18th --Coates'
December 16th -- Luther's
2023
March -- Joyce Davis
If you wish to fill an empty month, contact
Cathie Elsbree at elsbreecaal@yahoo.com.
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SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE
The Search Committee is pleased to report that the opening for the position of Rector at Grace Church is now posted on the Diocesan website. We will be notified by the Diocese of candidates whose interest and background they think will be a good match for Grace.
Patience!
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Dear People of God in the Diocese of Chicago:
The words of the prophet Jeremiah come to mind so often these days:
Thus says the Lord:
A voice is heard in Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
because they are no more. (Jeremiah 31:15)
On days such as this one, we are all Rachel, all weeping, all beyond comfort. Please pray today for the dead in Uvalde, Texas, and in Buffalo, New York. Pray too for those who die daily on the streets of Chicago and other cities, for victims of domestic violence, and for those who die alone and in despair.
We are heartbroken, and I pray that our anguish moves us to action. The Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations has provided resources for taking advocacy action and contacting your members of Congress. You can also participate in
Especially now, as we struggle to understand this unfathomable violence, may God grant us the peace that passes understanding.
Faithfully,
Bishop-elect Paula Clark
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OUTREACH NEWS
HELP UKRAINIAN FAMILIES
According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), over 2 million people have already fled the war in Ukraine to other parts of Europe. Please help Episcopal Relief & Development to supply needed items for displaced families and individuals in response to this crisis.
Grace Church will be sending money to ERD for Ukraine. If you wish to contribute, send or drop off a check to Grace marked for Ukraine.
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YARN MINISTRY NEWS
The Richard Babcock Memorial Yarn Ministry will take a recess over the summer and will meet again on September 15th at 1:30 in the Parish House.
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MINISTRY OF CARE
Grace Church continues to offer pastoral care to its community. Many volunteers are available for rides to doctor appointments (or elsewhere), providing meals, picking up prescriptions, or providing other small services when someone is unwell or unable to do so for themselves.
Call Bonnielynn Kreiser at 815-777-1468 or 815-291-9005 who coordinates the helping hands when needed. Our clergy are also available for spiritual aid.
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CHRISTIAN FORMATION NEWS
COMPLINE on Zoom 8:30pm on Tuesdays
On Tuesday evenings, at 8:30 pm, Lynn Giles leads an interactive service of Compline. This service of the Daily Office in our Book of Common Prayer is a brief, contemplative service that is ideal for prayerful letting go of the cares of the day and preparing for a restful night. Find the link button above.
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We are a group that studies spiritual subjects, including the Bible. Everyone is welcome to join us to enhance your knowledge of spirituality and explore how to apply it to their life. We’re currently studying the Gospel of Luke. Meetings (in the Parish Hall conference room and on Zoom) begin at 10:00 a.m.
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MEDITATIVE PRAYER 9:00am on Fridays
Looking for a way to improve your prayer life, to open your heart, mind and soul to the Holy Spirit? Consider joining the Centering Prayer Group Friday mornings for about forty minutes of meditative prayer: twenty minutes of Centering Prayer followed by Lectio Divina.
Contact Greg Serwich (gserwich@gmail.com) for a Zoom invitation which includes a description of these types of prayer.
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ZOOM POETRY GROUP 2:00pm on Mondays
A Zoom Poetry meeting from Grace Church has been organized and meets Mondays at 2:00pm. This is not specifically a Grace ministry, but a number of Grace members and friends are part of it If you are interested, write Carol Poston at poston@sxu.edu or call her at 815-777-0220.
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First Sunday after Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Holy Eucharist
Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31
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Vestry:
Lynn Giles, Senior Warden
Richard Luther, Jr. Warden
Jim Berry, Treasurer
Crystal Mason, Clerk
Nancy Cook: Outreach
Phil Jackman: Fellowship/Parish Life
Eric Kallback: Building & Grounds
Crystal Mason: Pastoral Care
Carl Davis: Finance
Amy Hardwicke: Worship
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Staff:
The Rev. Linda Packard, Priest Associate
The Rev. Diane Luther, Deacon
Nancy Kenney, Parish Administrator
Robin French, Music Director
Nancy Cook, Erben Organist
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grace episcopal church office
107 s. prospect street
galena, il 61036
815-777-2590
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