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Worship at Grace
Year-round Schedule
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
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Tuesday
Anselm
10:00 - 12:00 pm
Office Hours
2:00 pm
Internment in Middleton
6:00 pm
AA meeting
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Wednesday
John Muir
10:00 - 12:00 pm
Office Hours
10:00 am
Art Class
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Office Hours
12:45 pm
Clergy Staff Meeting
6:30 pm
Finance Committee Meeting
7:30 pm
Ryan's Recital
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Thursday
St. George
10:00 am
Wardens - Rector meeting
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Office Hours
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Office Hours
6:30 pm
LDI NSMH Meeting
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Saturday
St. Mark
9:00 am
Music Together
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Sunday
Easter IV
9:30 am
Choir Rehearsal
10:30 am
Choral Holy Eucharist
4:15 pm
Celtic Meditations Setup
4:30 pm
Quiet Time in Church
5:00 pm
Celtic Meditations
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Monday
Christina Rossetti
All Day
Rector at Clergy Conference
10:00 - 12:00
Office Hours
7:15 pm
Vestry
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Tuesday
10:00 - 12:00
Office Hours
All Day
Rector at Clergy Conference
6:00 pm
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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
Mike Ouellette
Tom Tucker
Bob Cole
Jon Papps
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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"Give them an inquiring and discerning heart"
These words prayed over the person being baptized, which is usually an infant, get me every time. During this season when many of our readings speak of faith, these words remind us that it is not a
blind faith that we seek, but a reasonable and hopeful faith, developed over time. It is not the mind we refer to either, but one's own heart is to seek and perceive the holy within themselves and in the world.
May we all continue to let our hearts discern and inquire of God's own heart, as we seek to live lives full of meaning.
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The Fourth Sunday of Easter
10:30 am
The Reverend Debbie Phillips, Presider and Preacher
Ryan Patten, Organist and Choir Director
Hugh MacKay, Joanne Moar, Verger
Jeremy Valatka, Acolyte
Babs Hawkes, Lector
Paige Nalipinski, Ingrid Fox, Chalicers
Jason and Christopher Barnes, Ushers and Greeters
Maureen Joyce, Flowers
Beth Brown, Altar Guild
David Ashton, Anne Busteed, Counters
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
5:00 pm
The Reverend Debbie Phillips, Presider
Ryan Patten, Eric Wagner, Musicians
Eric Fialho, Opening
Kourtni Brown, Lector
David Ashton, Reflector
Joanne Moar, Intercessor
Jane Stewart, Assisting at the Healing Station
Priscilla Lemons, Assisting at the Altar
Paula Cary, Greeter
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"The Lord is My Shepherd"
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The Fourth Sunday in Easter every year commemorates Jesus as "The Good Shepherd." Each year, we also chant the most familiar psalm, the 23rd. Just what does shepherding mean to us today? Come and consider the many ways Christ continues to lay down his life for us. The anthem at the morning service will be Edward Bairstow's, "I sat down under his shadow." Church School will begin at 10:30 am. Celtic Meditations, at 5:00 pm, will include prayers from Iona, Northumbria and the Episcopal Church. Healing is offered from just after the intercessory prayers throughout the remainder of the service. This week, David Ashton will offer a reflection on a personal encounter with God, and the music will include tunes from the Celtic tradition, plainsong and improvisations from Ryan and Eric.
We truly want you to be with us no matter where you are on your search for meaning.
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Come join us May 6th as we celebrate the inaugural year of the Music Academy at Grace, our after school program that is one part of our partnership with the Nathaniel Bowditch School.
From 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm, all are invited to come and meet the students, see a little bit of their choir rehearsal and then stay for their craft making activity. Special guests will include The Hon. Kim Driscoll, Mayor, The Reverend Sam Rodman, Diocese of MA, and Mr. Bill Shevory, Principal of the Nathaniel Bowditch School.
Please come and share your enthusiasm for all the ways we are connecting with these wonderful kids. Your presence matters to these students.
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Upcoming Degree Recital
Cathedral of the Holy Cross - Boston
TONIGHT!!!!
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| Now that the snow has cleared, we can all view the wonderful people and events remembered on the bricks that pave our patio. There are baptisms, marriages, memories of those who have died, favorite bible passages, and thanksgivings for the people in our lives. Would you like to have a brick in place to remember a special person or event in your life? We will be placing another order on Monday, May 18th. We must have at least 5 bricks to place the order. If you would like to make a $100 donation for a commemorative brick, there are order forms at the entrance of the church.
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 Each Sunday at 10:30 am from May until October, Grace Church offers a garden project for any child who is interested. They learn about creation, care of the environment, the food and agricultural needs of people in other parts of the world as well as in our own country, they grow vegetables and what they harvest, they give to a neighboring parish for their "Sunday Night Suppers" meal program to feed the hungry.
If you would like to learn more or discuss ways of supporting this project, please see Debbie, Melissa Barnes or contact the office at [email protected].
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Jan Linker, G. Oliver Papps, Fred Fox, Melissa Reynolds, the family of Dennis Burns, 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, 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, Do?a 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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