E-Blast for Friday, May 8, 2026

The Sixth Sunday
After Easter
Mother's Day
Healing Sunday

May 10, 2026
7:45 & 10 a.m.

Celebrant:

The Rev. Steve Keplinger

Sermon Title:

Academia and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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Join your Grace St. Paul's friends and fellow parishioners for a ballgame at Hi Corbett Park, THIS SATURDAY! May 9th, 6pm game time, UofA vs Univ of Houston. This is the last home series of the season. We're not doing the pre-game gathering like last year (the picnic ramada is not reservable), but we will secure a group of seats together and just enjoy cheering on the Wildcats.

Group tix are $6pp -- the ultimate cheap date!
Email Don & Pat to secure your spot:
don.a.gates@gmail.com | jpatricej@gmail.com

Urgent: Money Counters

We have a two person team to count the Sunday Offering and money that comes in from other sources each week.

We are urgently looking for folks who would enjoy the weekly camaraderie and have skill with numbers. Time commitment is approximately two hours per week and training will be provided.

Please reach out to parishadmin@grace-stpauls.org or

Memorial Day is the time we set aside to honor those men and women who wore the uniforms of our armed services and never got to take off that uniform.
It is a day to balance the joy of our current freedoms with a sober respect for the cost at which they were purchased. It is an act of collective gratitude for those who gave up their futures so that others could have theirs.

Honoring those within GSP who have lost loved ones in service is deeply personal and we want to share as a community on Memorial Day. Our hope is to move the holiday from a national concept to a supportive, shared experience among neighbors and friends.

If you have lost a friend, relative, child, sibling, or spouse in the military and would like to submit their name, relationship, branch of service and which conflict they were lost in we will add them to a Memorial page to be printed in the Bulletin on Sunday May 24.

Submissions must be in no later than Monday, May 18th.
Please send submissions to bulletins@grace-stpauls.org

We are going to kick off an ongoing Bible study group with an adaptation of a curriculum shared with me about the Psalms. Join us Saturday, May 30 at 6 pm in McBride Hall as we explore the Psalms and what they can offer us today. Bring some kind of salad to share (not required), what you would like to drink, your Bible, a notebook, and your enthusiasm to explore this sometimes-neglected book of the Bible.

For more information and to R.S.V.P., please contact Deacon Kym at tucsonkym@gmail.com or 520-249-1796

One of Grace St. Paul’s deep commitments is Migrant Ministry;
welcoming and supporting migrants, and advocating for their human and civil rights. We are called to be a compassionate and welcoming faith community.

Everyone is welcome at our weekly Monday meetings, which are held from 2:00 to 3:30 pm in the Bloom Room. Through education, advocacy, prayer, collaboration with community groups, and by direct support, we promote social justice in our border region.

Migrant Stories through book and film

Join us monthly as we explore the personal stories of individuals in our community, deepening our compassion and knowledge.

Upcoming:
‘Undeterred’ TONIGHT! May 8th from 6-8pm in McBride Hall

A documentary about Arivaca, AZ and their interactions with Border Patrol, which initiated the sanctuary city movement. Paula Miller, who lived through this time, will share some of her memories from this movement.

Sunday, May 10 at 9:15 am in the Bloom Room
Discuss Solito, by local author Javier Zamora. This is his memoir written from the viewpoint of his 9-year-old self about his migrant journey from
El Salvador

Sunday, June 14 at 9:15 in the Bloom Room
View and discuss a TED talk by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez who grew up in Tucson and remained here after her parents were deported when she was 15 years old

Sunday, July 12 at 9:15 in the Bloom Room
Discuss Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez' memoir My Side of the River
who remained in Tucson to graduate high school.after her parents were deported She then graduated from U of Pennsylvania and is now working in New York.

Have you been serving as a lector at Grace St. Paul’s for a long time? Or is this a new interest for you? Either way, we’ll being having a workshop for current and future lectors on Sunday May 31 from 12 to 1 in the Bloom Room. We’ll talk about what draws us to this ministry, share tips for reading, and practice with both Hebrew Testament passages and, since poems now often appear as Continuing Revelation of God readings, poetry, too. For more information contact Elizabeth Jaeger at elizabethjaeger56@gmail.com

Have you been enjoying Continuing Revelation of God readings (typically more contemporary poetry and prose) in addition to Hebrew Scripture and Gospel readings in recent GSP Sunday services? Do you have other readings you might wish us to consider? If so, please reach out to Elizabeth Jaeger elizabethjaeger56@gmail.com

Thanks, in advance, for your interest.

DESPERATELY NEEDED:
SUMMER VOLUNTEERS & GROCERY BAGS

Summer is a rough time for many, but especially the unhoused. Yes friends, we are seeing a huge increase to the population as many have lost their food stamps and that number continues to rise. We have been running out of food by 10:30am consistently.

Could I ask for you each to pick up a few ramen noodle packages and/or an extra canned vegetable for the red donation bin at the side of the church entrance?

If you don’t use your plastic grocery bags, please save them and place in the bin as well. They are a valuable commodity as we go through 150 of them 3 times a week!

Many of our volunteers are winter visitors, and every summer we are desperate to fill our volunteer calendar, coordinated by Connie Ingram. Even if you can do it just once, we are looking for people on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday from 9am-12pm; if you can only commit to 2 hours, our rush is roughly 9-10:30am. Social services is also a vital part of our outreach and we need volunteers there as well. Training is provided.

We are very grateful that our peanut butter & jelly sandwiches and bagels are packed by others with the exception of Thursdays; this occurs from 9-11am in our church kitchen. This is another volunteer opportunity if the hustle and bustle of our active JP Café days are not for you.

If you are able to drive at night, the bread ministry needs help on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7pm. This would involve picking up bread from Beyond Bread on Campbell and Ft Lowell then delivering it back to the church. So fun for all ages!!

Details on each role will be provided. Thank you for considering volunteering.

Gratefully Rev Gary Cyr, Director of Social Justice in Action

Contact gary.cyr@grace-stpauls.org or 520-327-657

Or Connie Ingram volunteer coordinator

520-490-6230 or Cjones634@yahoo.com

Ready for another GSP Fall Craft Fair? We’re ready to do it again if you are. We will need your help: first and foremost for items to sell! Without your generosity and creativity there can be no fair.

Whether you sew/embroider, write, paint, bake, knit, crochet, create with clay, felt, paper, resin, wood, stone, metal or any other material we would appreciate hearing from you and would love to be able to display your creativity and creative goodies at the fair! All proceeds will be donated to the GSP General Fund.

If you have any questions or if you’re ready to commit to donating some of your personally made items to display/sell at the fair, please contact Debbie Fricke (frickedeb2@gmail.com) or Anne Sunderland (asunder11@gmail.com).

We look forward to hearing from you!!

Dr. Chuck Dickson presents a study of Bishop Richard of Chichester in his latest virtual adult class: https://bit.ly/4tZvYOM

The mission of GSP Faith in Action is to offer personal and spiritual support for those of us who are struggling in the current political climate and to encourage faith-filled and appropriate actions as individuals and in collaboration with other groups. We meet in the Bloom Room on the 2nd and 4th Sundays from 11:45-12:45; please plan to arrive and settle in at 11:40 as we begin with prayer and a period of silence.
At the 5/10 meeting, Elizabeth Jaeger will speak about her work as a restorative justice conference facilitator, including ways for those who might be interested to get training for this work. At the 5/26 meeting, Daniel Peterson-Snyder from St. Michael’s and All Angels Episcopal Church will talk about the work of his church’s Social Action Committee. You are most welcome to join us and/or ask to be placed on our email list.

You are most welcome to join us and/or ask to be placed on our email list.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Jaeger, elizabethjaeger56@gmail.com

-Thursday, May 14th, 5pm, in McBride Hall, a service full of prayer and meditation led by Reverend Delle McCormick, followed by an agape meal.

-Thursday, May 21st, 5pm, by Zoom-only, Kim Braun leading a service on the theme “Breathwork” (zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/948146775).

-Thursday, May 28th, 5pm, in McBride Hall, Communion service led by Father Allen.

If you’d like to receive announcements regarding Spirit Now’s services direct to your email, please contact Kim at moanatucson@gmail.com

Every Friday from 12:15pm - 1:30pm in the Bloom Room

Our Centering Prayer group continues to meet every Friday at 12:15 in the Bloom Room for the shared practice of Centering Prayer. Our membership includes people from other faith traditions as well as many GSP parishioners.

The practice of Centering Prayer can be done alone by anyone anywhere, but our members find that being together (even in silence) really makes a difference. Our group is open to all who are in need of some quiet, dedicated time to rest in the presence of God in this busy and uneasy world.

Blessings,

Sara Heitshu scheitshu@gmail.com