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Worship at Grace
Sunday Services at 10:30 am Celtic Meditations at 5:00 pm Nursery Care Offered from 10:15 until 12:15 Healing Services every week at 5:00 pm Young and the Restless Chapel at 9:00 am the second Sunday of the month All are always welcome to worship and pray with us at all services
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This Week's Calendar
Tuesday
Oscar Romero
9:00 - 11:00
Divorce Workshop
10:00 - 12:00
Office Hours
6:00 pm AA
Wednesday
The Annunciation
9:00 - 11:00
Divorce Workshop
10:00 - 12:00
Art Class
10:00 - 12:00
Office Hours
3:00 pm
Music Academy at Grace (MAG)
7:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
Thursday
Richard Allen
10:00 - 12:00
Office Hours
1:00 - 3:00
Office Hours
6:00 - 8:00
LDI - NBS Partnership Project
Friday
Charles Henry Brent
Saturday
9:00 am
Music Together
Sunday
Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
9:30 am
Choir Rehearsal
10:15-12:15
Nursery Care
10:30 am
Holy Eucharist and Church School
11:30 am
Lenten Study
5:00 pm
Celtic Meditations with Communion
Monday
Monday in Holy Week
10:00 - 12:00
Office Hours
11:00
Pre-Baptismal Meeting
2:00 pm
Music Meeting
6:00 pm
Pre-Marital Meeting
Tuesday
Tuesday in Holy Week
10:00 - 12:00
Office Hours
6:00 pm AA
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Leadership
The Reverend Debbie Phillips, Rector
Vestry
Joanne Moar,
Sr. Warden
David Ashton,
Jr. Warden
Peggy Carter, Clerk
Jesse Angeley,
Treasurer
Melissa Barnes
Jonathan Davis
Eric Fialho
Ingrid Fox
Tom Lemons
Caroline Watson-Felt
Staff
The Reverend
Laurel Deery,
Deacon
Ryan Patten,
Director of Music
Tom and Karen Tucker, Sextons
Worship
The Reverend
Debbie Phillips,
Chair
Ryan Patten,
Music
Hugh MacKay
Joanne Moar,
Vergers
Pauline Grady,
Altar Guild Directress
Deb Papps,
Flower Committee Chair
Celtic Meditations Team
David Ashton
Paula Cary
Kourtni Brown
Ryan Patten
Eric Wagner
Jane Stewart
Eric Fialho
Joanne Moar
Director of Church School
Melissa Barnes
Finance
Jonathan Davis
Jesse Angeley
Tom Lemons
Angela Williams
Anne Busteed
Real Asset Management/Property
David Ashton
Eric Wagner
Stewardship
Ministry Team
Joanne Moar, Chair
Priscilla Lemons, Clerk
Paige Nalipinski
Caroline Watson-Felt
Helen Watson-Felt
Nathaniel Bowditch School Partnership
David Ashton
Kourtni Brown
Laurel Deery
Ingrid Fox
Paige Nalipinski
Ryan Patten
Eric Wagner
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Last week, I began considering our two weekly services and how they are related. The 10:30 am service is quite different from our worship at 5:00 pm. I am not the only one who attends both services each week, which made me wonder why one might do this.
For me, Sunday morning church has always been a communal experience. I feel like I belong to other people, other people who love and follow God too. This time energizes me, nourishes me and sends me bravely out to bring the Good News. All the prayers, music and especially communion is equipping me to go out and serve the Lord in the world.
We hear in the Gospels that Jesus often went off to a quiet place to pray before he embarked on his mission. In these times and places, Jesus considers how he uniquely belongs to God and takes time to discern what God would have him do. This is how I experience the 5:00 pm time. I leave the service in the morning raring to go. Sunday evening gives me the space and time I need for this quiet time of prayer and discernment before I set out to serve God in Christ through God's people. It is a time for me to be very quiet and listen to the voice of God, to settle into God's presence.
I am so very grateful to all of you who make these two experiences possible for me and everyone who attends. There really is not simply one way to approach the divine and it is wonderful to be among people who respect each others' paths to the heart of God.
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This Sunday is Palm Sunday. Following the Blessing of the Palms and procession, we hear the Passion according to St. Mark read by members of the parish. If you wish to read a part in the narrative there is still one role left. Simply call or email the office and let us know.
The anthem is an old Scottish poem called, "How Much I Owe" set to the tune "Petra" and arranged by John Hudson. Following the service, Coffee Hour is hosted by Deb Papps.
Celtic Meditations at 5:00 pm also moves from the triumphant entrance of Palm Sunday to the Passion. The reflection will be given by the Rector and the opening is a poem by Mary Oliver. Two new tunes introduced this week are "O'Carolan's Lament" and "Farewell to Glasgow."
We are looking forward to seeing you this Sunday as we gather together to
encounter unconditional grace.
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There is no longer a Sunday service at 8:00 am
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*Note to leaders:
The new schedule is on the website at
www.gracechurchsalem.org
Sunday at 10:30 am
Holy Eucharist Rite II
The Reverend Deborah Phillips, Presider
The Reverend Laurel Deery, Deacon
Ryan Patten, Organist and Choir Director
Joanne Moar, Verger
Tim Reynolds, Acolyte
Laura Beasley-Topliffe, Lector
Deb Papps, Babs Hawkes, Chalicers
Jason and Laura Barnes, Ushers
Jason and Laura Barnes,, Counters
Cindy Rhodes, Altar Guild
Debbie Papps, Flowers
Joanne Moar, Helen Watson-Felt, counters
Sunday at 5:00 pm
Celtic Meditations
David Ashton, greeter
Ryan Patten, Eric Wagner, musicians
Paula Cary, opening
Eric Fialho, lector
Kourtni Brown, intercessor
Jane Stewart, assisting with healing
Joanne Moar, assisting at the altar
The Reverend Debbie Phillips, celebrant and reflector
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Celtic Service every Sunday at 5:00 pm
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We are now entering a time when we consider cosmic events in our relationship with God. We also walk with Jesus through this time to remember that his suffering had a purpose, and that purpose serves us in never letting us go, even unto our own death. The new creation is in the making, and we celebrate our new life in this while we consider its beginning.
Come and experience the quiet of this service and consider just how much you are loved by God.
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Envelopes are available for your Easter memorials and thanksgiving. This is one special way to acknowledge your gratitude for the significant people and events in your life. These gifts benefit many of our programs which serve our community. Please contact the office or return the envelope to the office. For inclusion in the Easter leaflets, names must be received by Sunday, March 29th.
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Easter Baskets and Brunch
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Don't forget to bring your Easter Baskets to church Easter morning for a special blessing (and treat)!
Following the morning service, we will host a potluck Easter Brunch. Baked ham is the main course courtesy of Tom and Priscilla Lemons. Come and share a bite to eat as we celebrate this holiest of days!
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Nathaniel Bowditch School Partnership
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NBS has asked for volunteers from 9:30 - 10:30 (or any part of that hour) to come and let a student practice reading to you. If you can go to the NBS any day for this, please let Laurel know.
The members of the Leadership Team for NBS/GCIS are David Ashton, Kourtni Brown, Laurel Deery, Ingrid Fox, Paige Nalipinski, Ryan Patten and Eric Wagner.
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New After School Program
Please see any of the above members of the team if you wish to volunteer for this program
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Some pictures from the opening of MAG
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G. Oliver Papps, Fred Fox, Melissa Reynolds, Caroline Ogah and family upon the death of her brother, Rufus Omogbai,; Deb Papps' sister, Kathleen Collins; David Latinik, Bob and Gerry Cole, Dan Maurno, Sr. Jane SFN, Elsie Telford, Sue Morey, The Madden Family, David, Joe L'Heureux, Joe Doherty, Giffy Russell, George and Sue Erickson, Kathleen Hoff, Pauline Grady, Pauline Zwicker, Vivien Forbes, Colin, Todd Cheney, Corey and Suzanne MacNeil, Karen Tucker, David, the Ryan family, Dorette Jodoin, Sally Coleman, Don, Jeanne Parler, Jeff Bowie, Gary Young, Jr., Elisabeth Thomas, Cindy Carr, Ross Dolloff, Fran Nalipinski, The Tache Family, Alison, Blair and family, Jeff and family, John Mason, Karen, Susan Warren, Camilo Notario, Jr., Esmunda Notario, Tom D., Robert Duff, Stephen Duff, Rick Rizoli, Ian J. Surabian, Ashley Galvin, Gerry M., Mary K., the Castiello Children, Eric Rielly, Maureen Joyce, Linda and Patrick Grant, the soul of Carol Sczerba Rielly, Glenn Murer, Carpenter Family, Karin O'Brien, Judy Rao, Marge Bastos, Patricia McDuffe, Beatrice Jideofor, Rachel Davis, Dr. Elizabeth Prout, Albert Engelken, Mary Carter, Harry Davis, Kori Rodriguez, Mary Manning, Pat Carr, Love, Tiffanie Surabian, Nate, Phoebe and family, Jannett, Marcie, Andrew Rossi, Norman Belanger, Joanna Morse, Virginia Steadman, Soiesette Robinson, Lisa J., Nancy Moore, Sarah Fialho, Jeannie and Harry W, Hank and Ann Cook, Doña Yoya, Patrick O'Donoghue, Kathleen Hoff, George and Sue Erickson, the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Salem Public Schools, especially the Nathaniel Bowditch School.
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