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Growing in Faith. Creating an Inclusive Community.
Serving with Compassion. Working for Social Justice.
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Holy Eucharist
in person at
8:00, 9:15, and 11:00 am
and online
Vimeo link for 11:00 am
Service Bulletin Here
Online services can be viewed on our live Vimeo feed.
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Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter Schedule
Palm Sunday, April 2
One Service only at 10 am
Liturgy of the Palms, Procession, and Holy Eucharist
Monday, April 3
7:30 am: Holy Eucharist
Tuesday, April 4
7:30 am: Holy Eucharist
7:30 pm: Stations of the Cross
A service of devotion following the Way of the Cross
Wednesday, April 5
7:30 am: Holy Eucharist
7:30 pm: Tenebrae
Readings and candlelight from the monastic tradition
Maundy Thursday, April 6
7:30 pm: Holy Eucharist & Vigil at the Altar of Repose
This liturgy includes the Washing of Feet & Stripping the Altar,
followed by a Vigil until 10 pm
Good Friday, April 7
12 noon: Good Friday Liturgy
7:30 pm: Good Friday Liturgy with the Parish Choir
Easter Sunday, April 9
8 am and 9:15 am: Festival Eucharist
11 am: Festival Eucharist with Holy Baptism
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LENTEN NOON ORGAN RECITALS 2023
Tuesdays at 1 pm
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28 March 2023
Ellen Wright
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Park Slope
4 April 2023
Paul Richard Olson
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Easter Flower Dedications
We invite Grace parishioners and friends who would like to contribute to our Easter Flowers, in memory of loved ones or in thanksgiving for a blessing in their lives, to fill out the Easter Flowers Dedication Form. Copies are also available in the back of the church; drop the form in the offering plate or send it to the Parish Office. More information can be found on the form, or by contacting Melissa Kelly, Parish Administrator, at parishoffice@gracebrooklyn.org or (718) 624-1850 x 10.
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Come Back to Red Hook Farms
Grace Church is returning to Red Hook Farms on our designated second Saturday of the month, April 8, 10 am – 1 pm, and we need you! This second Saturday commitment will continue throughout the farming season and the dates are May 13, June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9, October 14, and November 11, 2023.
Our relationship with Red Hook Farms aligns perfectly with Grace’s Core Values! By contributing your time and talent, you serve with compassion in an underserved community. In addition, by supporting a sustainable urban agricultural enterprise that financially benefits the local community, you are working for social justice to address food insecurity by improving access to healthy and affordable food.
On April 8, we will meet at the Columbia Street Farm, 560 Columbia Street. Coincidentally, that is also the same date of a Farm Volunteer Kick-off and Ribbon Cutting to celebrate the water installation and beginning of the farm season. Click here to register. For questions, email Theresa Seabaugh, taseabaugh@gmail.com. Hope to see you at the farm!
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Upcoming Baptism Dates
The Easter Sunday, April 9th, Baptism service is now fully reserved. We still have space at the remaining Baptism services in 2023. Please contact Melissa Kelly, Parish Administrator, for more information or to sign up for one of the available slots.
Additional 2023 Baptism Dates
April 16th
May 28th
September 17th
November 5th
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Rector's Bible Study
The Rector’s Bible Study group meets in person on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 11:30 am in the McKittrick Choir Room. All are welcome to join Bible Study.
We are currently discussing the book of Proverbs. If you would like to attend via Zoom, please use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7186241850.
Please note that Bible Study will not meet on April 4, 11, and 18.
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East Brooklyn Congregations is an interfaith, multi-racial, non-partisan grassroots organization of committed individuals, religious congregations, and voluntary organizations who believe in making Brooklyn a better place to live, work, and raise a family. A Grace team working on improving mental health resources in Brooklyn will meet on April 20, May 25 and June 22 from 7-8 pm on Zoom.
For more information, including the Zoom link, please email Mark McIntyre at markmcint@gmail.com.
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Sunday School
Children in grades K-5 are invited to participate in Sunday School. Classes meet immediately following the 9:15 am service in the Poplar Room (classroom 2 downstairs at the bottom of the stairs). Trained volunteers lead children in 45 minute sessions focusing on the week’s Bible readings, using the Storymakers curriculum. Please email Jess Smith, Intern for Youth Education, with any questions.
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The most recent issue of the Justice Journal, a newsletter of our Social Justice and Reconciliation Ministry is now available. Click here for an e-copy. Hard copies are available on the table at the back of the church. | |
The Rector's Discretionary Fund
As the Grace Church community continues to deal with the after-effects and continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to ask parish members to consider making an offering to the Rector's Discretionary Fund.
With this fund, the Rector is able to help those in our community when they need it most.
If you would like to contribute to this important fund, you can do so by check or via our online payment system, Realm. If you prefer to make a donation by check, it should be made out to Grace Church with "Rector's Discretionary Fund" in the memo.
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Evening Prayer
Grace Church offers Evening Worship every Tuesday - Friday at 5pm online.*
To attend Evening Prayer online, please use the following Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7186241850 .
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Parish Prayer Concerns & Thanksgivings
That our faith in Christ will transform our fears into hope, selfishness into love, and deaths into new life. For those who are discouraged by the dry bones of the world—the many things in our everyday experience that are hostile to God and contrary to God’s wishes for the world: may God’s Spirit breathe new life into all that is dead in us, restore us to hope, and redouble our commitment to bring God’s healing care to others. For all who are in a dry season; for those who cry to God and wait for God’s word, but whose prayers seem to be unheard or unanswered; for those who thirst for God, but feel that God has abandoned them—may God breathe his Spirit into all of them and may they live. That God will grant Joe, our president; Kathy, our governor; Eric, our mayor; and all national and local public officials the discernment and strength to act with true concern for the well-being of those they are meant to serve, and the courage to pursue equal justice for all people. That all who suffer the brutalities of war, all who struggle to find their daily bread under corrupt governments, and all who try to survive in places of lawlessness and gang conflict may, with God’s help, come to peace, order and justice. That all places divided by dissension and discord may be reconciled. That God, who knows us inside and out, may not judge us too harshly for our errors and omissions, but rather for what is in our hearts—may God show us her mercy and forgiveness, and lead us to walk in her daylight. For the poor, the hungry, the homeless; for those who are discriminated against and those who are marginalized. For all who have suffered injuries or losses because of snow and flooding. For those in any need or trouble, and for those commended to our prayers, especially Janice; Lauraine; Patricia; Anne M.; Heather; Claude; Isabel; Vivian H.; Jane P.; Pam; Judith & Sandra; Amanda; Irma; Tom C.; Patti & Steve; Sarah Jane; Judith H.; Linda; Heidi; Christine; Ladson & Xandria; Manjit; Lauren; Marilyn; and Lenore. For those who endure chronic or incurable illnesses, and those who care for sick or aging loved ones. For those who are near death. For those whose names and needs are known only to God. For all who have died, especially Wanda Albright, cousin of Linda Wexelblatt and faithful Episcopalian; and for all who mourn. Merciful God, Hear our prayers.
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Sunday Services
Grace Church holds in-person services at 8 am, 9:15 am, and 11 am each Sunday unless otherwise noted. All are welcome. Masks are no longer required to attend Sunday services. We have child care available for those who need it during the 9:15 am and 11 am services.
Join us for coffee hour! Please join us for coffee and snacks after each service.
The 11 am service will be live-streamed for anyone unable to attend in person.
If you have any questions about our worship schedule, please contact Melissa Kelly, Parish Administrator, at parishoffice@gracebrooklyn.org or (718) 624-1850 x 10.
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Giving to Grace
We are happy to let you know that you can make a pledge or general offering donations by text!
Please send a text to 73256 with the message "GraceBrooklyn". The first time, you will be prompted to provide your name and address, including your card number. If you save that information for future use, the second offering by text will be immediate. You can also make one-time pledge payments and general offering donations online here.
If you would like to set up a recurring pledge payment on Realm, please contact Melissa Kelly, parish administrator, for an invitation to join.
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In Remembrance or Gratitude...
Altar flowers are a wonderful way to express gratitude for life's blessings or to memorialize a loved one.
If you would like to contribute Altar flowers, please contact Marilyn Grant. An acknowledgment will be included in the service bulletin.
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Weekday Visits to Grace
When you visit, please use the Clergy Door, which is the first door on your right in the Hicks Street courtyard. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
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