Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
Easter 2023 Message
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Easter Sunday & Flowering Of The Cross
April 9th, 2023
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IN THIS ISSUE
- Easter Sunday Services Begin At 9 AM
- Silent Auction Items Needed To Benefit Women's Center Of Brazoria County
- Tommy and Becky Peebles Update
- Lenten Soup Suppers And Communion With The Fitches
- Gratitude For Soup During Lent
- Palm Sunday Bishop's Visit Memories
- Men's Prayer Breakfast Saturday, April 8th, 9AM
- Easter Lily Dedications
- Fish Fry & Silent Auction April 22
- Troop 400 Spaghetti Bistro Date Change - April 29
- New Components of "Godly Play" begin April 30
- Discovery Weekend - May 12-14
- Vacation Bible School - July 10 - 14
Liturgy Of The Week
- Easter Sunday - Holy Eucharist Rite II With Baptisms
- The Preaching Moment Podcast
- A Holy Pause With Mother Suzanne
- Rector's Tuesday Bible Study Resumes April 18th
- Wednesday Noonday Prayer Around The World
- The Mobile Food Pantry - April 14th (Be Sure To Check-out The Thank You Note)
- Food Ministry Statistics Update
- PB&J Delivery Fridays
- On Generosity...
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- Click Here For The Server Schedule
- Click Here For Parish Directory
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If you know of a brother or sister with no computer or internet access - would you please print off this email and drop it off to that person? We don't have many, but there are some. Let's help all of our Grace Family stay connected.
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We will be having a Silent Auction in conjunction with our April 22 Annual Fish Fry, benefitting the Women's Center Of Brazoria County, in Memory of Vicki Ennis, the center's Executive Director for 23 years and lifelong parishioner of Grace.
Please consider contibuting items to the Silent Auction. Here are some Silent Auction Ideas:
- Baked Goods - pies, cakes, cookies, etc.
- Fishing rods (Adult or kid)
- Toys and games
- Jewelry, art, collectibles
- Handmade items
- Spa/Salon Gift Certificates
- Restaurant Gift Cards
- Vacation Home Stays
- Astros, Rockets, SabreCats, Texans, Cougars Game Tickets
- Hardware Store Gift Cards
- Themed Gift Baskets
Your donations can be dropped of at the Parish Office during regular office hours or in the Parish Hall during Sunday Coffee Hour.
For more ideas click below to see what All Saints Episcopal Church had
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Thank You Tommy & Becky!
And An Update
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Tommy and Becky dropped off this lovely basket for the Silent Auction |
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From Becky Peebles:
All finished. Excellent appt. With Tommy's neurologist.
Dr was very pleased with Tommy's progress. Wants to see him in 6 months( October)
He is not worried about his memory yet. He said he still needs time . But Tommy did pass all the tests this time.!!
God is great!!!... On this very cloudy , yucky day Tommy and I are feeling like everything is sunshine and rainbows!!
Thank you to all of you!!
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Holy Eucharist and Lenten Soups Delivered to Jay and Ruthie Fitch |
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Throughout Lent we have visited Jay and Ruthie Fitch in their home, sharing Holy Eucharist and Lenten soups with them.
They have loved their Grace family for 63 years.
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Thank You Ginny Davis, Teresa Garza, Craig Harland, And All Who Helped Make
The Soup Suppers A Success!
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Ginny Davis and Teresa Garza were the dynamic duo behind this year's Lenten Soup Suppers supporting youth of Grace to pull off this weekly feast without a hitch. Craig led the youth service team each week.
Ginny coordinated a great line-up of cooks, just to recap:
DATE COOK
3/1 Anne Harland/Chicken Noodle
3/8 Jolene Guilmet/Italian Sausage & Cabbage
3/15 Teresa Garza/Taco Soup
3/22 Suzanne Streetman/Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
3/29 Susie Credeur/Minestrone
4/5 Sara Jones/Chicken and Dumplings
Teresa Garza helped make sure the kitchen was ready to go each week, helped serve, and helped with clean up.
Thank you to all these folks and all the youth who helped make our Lenten Soup Suppers a success!
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Palm Sunday With Bishop Monterroso |
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Brunch & Egg Hunt
To Follow 9 AM Easter Sunday Service
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Easter Sunday Brunch
Bring your favorite breakfast or brunch dish to share with your church family on Easter Sunday. We'll gather in the parish hall after the worship service.
Don't know what to bring? Breakfast casseroles, fruit, pastries, are all welcome!
Mary Smith
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Time To Get Your Fish On!
Saturday, April 22
Pick Up A Yard Sign
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We will have yard signs in the Parish Hall on Sunday for those who would like to help us get the word out. |
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If you would like to help out with the Fish Fry, Anna Arendell will have a sign up sheet in the Parish Hall after the service on Sunday. If you can't make it Sunday, you can reach Anna via email at [email protected]. Here is who is signed up so far: |
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Since September, we have been using stories during our Children's Chapel time from a program known as Godly Play. |
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Vacation Bible School 2023
Mark your calendars! Vacation Bible School will happen July 10th-14th, 9am to noon, for kids ages 5 to 11. “Water, Water Everywhere!” will be our theme this year.
Get ready for stories where water shows up, arts and crafts that use water, even science experiments that use water! It’s going to be a lot of fun, and we hope you will join us!
**Adults and teens: interested in helping out in any way? Up front, behind the scenes, you name it, we'll probably need it. It takes many hands to make this happen! Contact our children's minister at [email protected] to let her know!
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Please help us conserve resources by downloading to your mobile device or printing ahead of time and bringing it along with you to church |
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Easter Sunday's Schedule
- During the Processional Hymn, after the acolytes and clergy, you are invited to the front to flower the cross
- Holy Eucharist Rite II with Holy Baptism - Led by Mother Suzanne.
- The service will also be live-streamed via Facebook Live - a musical prelude will begin at 8:50 a.m.
- 3 ways to Give today: Text the word ¨Fund¨ to 844-943-0932 to give via text, download and use the Vanco Mobile* app from the Google or Apple App Store, or visit the link below. Alternatively, you can mail a check to the church office at 112 W. Lang, Alvin TX 77511
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Or you can find The Preaching Moment on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify. |
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From Mother Suzanne:
This time together is between 2-5 minutes. A small touch-point throughout the week to remind Grace and others to whom you belong and that we are together walking the road of faith.
As well, I think it's a good practice to pause during the day and "look up".
Please join if you are able on Grace's Facebook or Instagram pages....no particular time... The Holy Pause is also uploaded to Tik Tok.
If you subscribe/like/follow our Instagram and Facebook you'll receive a notification when we go live.
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Lament
What is your lament today? What is your suffering? What pain of others weighs on you? Words are not necessary. Perhaps you need a break from them. Gaze at something broken. Shake your fists. Stomp your feet. Groan. Roar. Cry. God hears you. Take a deep breath. Lie down and feel your body fully supported. In the shadows with Jesus, cry out with trouble and trust.
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Rector's Tuesday Bible Study Will Resume April 18th |
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Wednesday Noonday Prayer
Around the World
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This Wednesday, let's pause together as we join our prayers with brothers and sisters around the world via Zoom and Facebook Live.
Beginning at 11:55 you can log in to Zoom here (passcode 032547) to join us as an active participant in the prayers. Or if you prefer, just follow along via Facebook Live beginning promptly at 12:00 PM this coming Wednesday, Book of Common Prayer beginning on page 103, which you can download ahead of time here.
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Church in the Streets
Mobile Food Pantry
Thursday, April 13th
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Please consider volunteering, even if just for an hour - we could use your help. We begin setting up at 7:30 am and distribution ends at 12 Noon. Clean-up follows that. We especially need volunteers for deliveries to the homebound and to help with tear down and clean up starting at around 11:30.
A delicious lunch will be provided for all volunteers upon conclusion
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Your Food Ministry Statistics |
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Weekly Update
The week of March 30th, 2023, we distributed 10,808 pounds of food to 231 families, including 56 homebound deliveries, totaling 675 people. We welcomed 20 new families. This was all made possible by the 49 volunteers (including drivers) who showed up to make it happen.
Monthly Update - March
For the entire month of March, we distributed 51,435 pounds of food to 1,189 families, including 330 homebound deliveries, totaling 3,319 people. We welcomed 94 new families. This was all made possible by the 282 volunteers (including drivers) who showed up to make it happen.
Year-To-Date
As of March 30th, in 2023, we have distributed 115,474 pounds of Houston Food Bank food to 2,613 families, with 190 new families coming to us for food. We have made a total of 755 deliveries. The total number of individuals served is 7,170. It required 619 volunteers to pull this off.
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Have you noticed the cards on the table as you enter the church on Sunday? Well, one of our parishioners sets these cards out for us to sign and send a greeting to someone we may not have seen in a while, or someone who is ill.
Please take a minute as you come in, or before you leave to sign the cards and maybe write a brief note.
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1st Sunday
Did you know that the loose plate offering on the first Sunday of each month goes to the Rector’s Discretionary Fund? This fund is used, at the Rector’s discretion, to assist the poor and indigent and to further the ministries of the church, not covered in the church budget. One of the main uses of this fund, at Grace, is to fund our Blessing Box and Blessing Refrigerator.
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
You are invited to make a financial offering in honor of your birthday or anniversary. These offerings go to the Herrington fund, which provides scholarships to church conferences and camps for members of our church. Your offering may be placed in this little basket beside the piano as you approach the Chancel steps.
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Kroger Community Rewards
You can help support Grace by simply linking your Kroger Rewards Customer number to Grace. You only need to sign up once and you will earn rewards for the church with every shopping trip! You can enroll at any time, so please try to get your family and friends to sign up as well! Every time you make a Kroger purchase, Kroger will make a donation to Grace. (And you still receive your reward points)
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Support Grace on Amazon Smile
Do you shop at Amazon? Grace is recognized as a charitable organization under the AmazonSmile program.
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Grace every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection, and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases, made each quarter of the year, to the church.
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