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Summer Service Schedule
Sunday Service at 9:30 am
Young and the Restless Chapel resumes
September 14 at 9:00 am
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This Week's Calendar
Sunday
9:30 am
Holy Eucharist
9:30 am
Abundant Life Garden Project for Children
Monday
10 am to 12 noon
Office open
Tuesday
6:00 pm
AA Meeting
10 am to 12 noon
Office Open
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Leadership
The Reverend Debbie Phillips, Rector
Anne Busteed, Sr. Warden
Joanne Moar, Jr. Warden
Peggy Carter, Clerk
Gary Young, Treasurer
Vestry
David Ashton
Melissa Barnes
Eric Fialho
Tom Lemons
Jacquie Valatka
Caroline Watson-Felt
Ryan Patten,
Director of Music
Tom and Karen Tucker, Sextons
Pauline Grady,
Altar Guild Directress
Deb Papps,
Flower Committee Chair
Eric Wagner,
Member Engagement Chair
Stephen Allen,
Stewardship Chair
Jonathan Davis,
Finance Chair
David Ashton,
Real Asset Management Chair
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Ralph Vaughan Williams composed the tune for Sunday's opening hymn (At the Name of Jesus) specifically for that text. The title of the tune, King's Weston, refers to a manor house on the Avon River near Bristol, England. Vaughan Williams' music has often been described as "characteristically English." Peter Ackroyd writes, "If that Englishness in music can be encapsulated in words at all, those words would probably be: ostensibly familiar and commonplace, yet deep and mystical as well as lyrical, melodic, melancholic, and nostalgic yet timeless." Vaughan Williams was fond of folk music, and in honor of this, the opening voluntary on Sunday will be an improvisation on a folk tune, but this one from Ukraine.
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We are looking for volunteers to help keep the Parish House open for at least two hours in the morning on Monday through Thursday from ten to noon. The primary responsibility would be answering the telephone and taking messages. There is a sign up sheet in the lobby. Contact: Priscilla Lemons 978-854-5100 or [email protected]
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One service at 9:30 am
The Reverend Matthew Kruger, Presider and Preacher
Joanne Moar and Hugh MacKay, Vergers
Avery Ross, Acolyte
Priscilla Lemons, Lector
David O'Ryan and Deb Papps, Chalicers
Walter Lederhaus and Pauline Grady, Ushers
David Ashton, Greeter
Judy Rhodes, Flowers
Beth Brown, Altar Guild
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Thank you to everyone who has participated in the Special Ask! We are now over 50% funded for our current deficit, but have not yet reached our goal. We are asking that each household make a special one time donation of $600 to Grace Church to eliminate our deficit for 2014 and so that we may hire a part time administrator for the office, as Debbie can not continue with the added responsibilities forever. Please direct your payments to "Grace Church" noting "Special Ask" in the memo line. Thank you.
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This week's Gospel reading is Matthew 16:21-28, in which Jesus predicts his death.
Just as the last shall be first in the kingdom, here again Jesus turns things upside down, confounding the wishes and preconceptions of his closest friends. Clear-headed, unclouded by emotion, Jesus pulls Peter up for allowing his personal preferences to interfere with the purposes of God. Of course, that is hard; it is the cross that Peter, and the others, and we, will have to shoulder and walk with until the kingdom comes.
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Bishop's Ordination and Consecration
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Ordination and consecration of
the Rev. Alan McIntosh Gates
Saturday, September 13 at 10:30am
Boston University's Agganis Arena
925 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
All are welcome to come to the ordination and consecration of our new bishop. The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, will be presiding, and The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth Jr., Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, will be delivering the sermon.
Seating is at 9:30 a.m.; processions begin at 10:30 a.m. A reception will follow the service. Tickets are required and can be picked up at the Cathedral on September 8, 9, and 10 between 10am and 3pm. The event will also be streamed on a webcast.
More information, on ticketing, driving directions, parking info, etc can be found at: http://www.diomass.org/diocesan-news/gatesconsecration
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Thank you to all who took leaves from the school tree on Sunday. If you did not have a chance to take one, there are still a few left. The teachers are very grateful to receive these supplies. More opportunities to be involved in this exciting partnership will be forthcoming over the next weeks and months.
Supplies from Grace Church getting stuffed into individual baggies for students.
Empty baggies on chairs waiting to be stuffed!
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Sunday Evening Musicians Needed
During Debbie's sabbatical, one of her projects is to design a Celtic meditative service that will be offered on Sunday evenings beginning this fall. More information on the service itself will be announced soon, but we will be in need of instrumentalists (any instrument is welcome) to lead the musical worship aspect of the service. If you or someone you know might be interested or would like more information, please contact Ryan Patten ([email protected]).
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Parish Choir Starts Again!
The Parish Choir at Grace Church will be singing
for the first time this season at Rev. Debbie's first service back with us after her sabbatical (September 14th). To prepare for this service, rehearsals will begin on September 3rd at 7:30. New members are always welcome, so if you love to sing, and enjoy praising God in fellowship with like-minded friends, and generally like having fun, please join us! For more information, please contact Ryan Patten, visit the church's website, or grab a Parish Choir information leaflet in the back of the church.
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Choir School Starting September 3rd!
For centuries, the church has provided quality education to young people in music and the arts. Here at Grace Church, all young people in grades 2 through 8 are invited to audition for the Choir School, an opportunity to gain a quality musical education.
In addition to learning about various aspects of
the church and its liturgy, students will learn how to read music, sing with proper vocal technique, and have many opportunities for performance! We rehearse on Wednesdays from 4-5:15pm, and our first meeting of this season is September 3rd! For more information, please contact Ryan Patten, visit www.gracechurchsalem.org/music, or pick up a Choir School brochure from the back of the church.
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Please continue to add to and remove from the prayer list in the lobby. It will be updated each week for Sunday's leaflet and for Grace Notes.
M. Thomas Shaw, Pauline Grady, Pauline Zwicker, Vivien Forbes, Colin, Todd Cheney, Alan Gates and Family, Corey and Suzanne MacNeil, the Ryan family, Dorette Jodoin, Sally Coleman, Don, Jeanne Parler, Jeff Bowie, Nancy Dolan, Gary Young, Jr., Elisabeth Thomas, Cindy Carr, Ross Dolloff, Fran Nalipinski, The Tache Family, Alison, Blair and family, Bernice Conway, Jeff and family, John Mason, the DaSilva family, 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., Peter Brown, Glenn Murer, Carpenter Family, Karin O'Brien, Judy Rao, Kathy Christopher, Marge Bastos, Paul Williams, Patricia McDuffe, the Clancys, Beatrice Jideofor, Rachel Davis, Dr. Elizabeth Prout, Albert Engelken, Mary Carter, Harry Davis, Fatima Pinto, Kori Rodriguez, Mary Manning, Pat Carr, Love, Tiffanie Surabian, Nate, Phoebe and family, Carolyn Kent, Jannett, Marcie, Taylor Griffin, Joanna Morse, Virginia Steadman, Soiesette Robinson, Lisa J., Nancy Moore, Sarah Fialho, Hank and Ann Cook, the Dodd family, Patrick O'Donoghue, the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Salem Public Schools, especially the Nathaniel Bowditch School.
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