Mother Suzanne Goes To Wall Street | |
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Dear Grace,
Earlier this year, Mother Suzanne was accepted to be a Trinity New York City Wall Street Leadership Fellow. She will be in New York City this upcoming week as the program begins. Here's a little bit about the program:
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The Seventeenth Sunday Of Ordinary Time
September 15, 2024
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IN THIS ISSUE
- Coming To A Kelley's Near You - Saturday, Sept. 14 - Men's Prayer Breakfast
- A Theological Education Sunday Message From Bishop Andy
- Thank You Kroger Rewards Members!
- JDOK Is Collecting Items For The Hope Center Of Houston
- From The Brothers At SSJE - Reveal
- Thank You For The Undies!
- All Things Pumpkin Patch - Check Out The Calendar of Events
- Annual Pet Blessing - Sunday, October 6
- Altar Flower Dedications - John & Susie Credeur
Liturgy Of The Week
- Morning Prayer Rite II - Livestreaming Via YouTube
- The Preaching Moment Podcast - Celebrating 2,078 Downloads
- DATE CHANGE - Rector's Tuesday Bible Study On Break For Summer, Resumes September 24
- Wednesday Noonday Prayer Around The World
- Wednesday Evening Sanctuary Choir Practice
- The Mobile Food Pantry - Thursday, September 19
- Friday Get Clean Mobile Shower Ministry
- Friday Morning Panera Bread Doughnation Bagging By Waymakers
- On Generosity...
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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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Men's Prayer Breakfast Tomorrow | Reminder for Gents of Grace, prayer breakfast tomorrow 9/14 @ 9 AM Kelly's Country Cooking. | |
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Theological Education Sunday
Dear Suzanne,
As you may know, Theological Education Sunday is coming up on October 6th. In Ephesians, Paul writes, “we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ…” Part of our growing up and into Christ is the important work of theological education, both for lay persons and clergy.
Clergy in particular all receive some theological education, which hopefully was a strong foundation or provided building blocks for your ministry. As we prepare to mark Theological Education Sunday, I encourage you to do two things:
· First, I encourage you to mark Theological Education Sunday in some way in your congregation. It is an opportunity for you to share about the importance of theological education, to give thanks for it in your congregation, and to bring awareness to the members of your community of the importance of supporting seminaries and of opportunities available for formation.
· Second, I hope you will continue to identify strong candidates for ministry, people who will benefit from theological education in the future. The Church needs faithful followers of Jesus who can become emotionally mature leaders in our congregations, schools, and institutions going forward.
· Third, please donate and ask your leadership and congregation to make a gift to your seminary or school of formation. If you prefer, (or if you are a lay head of congregation) please give in support of one of the seminaries or schools forming our Diocese of Texas students.
I do this every year, in recognition of the importance of formation, not only for my own life and ministry but for the ongoing life of our church. In a recent blog post, retired Bishop Kirk Smith noted that alumni giving across seminaries averages at about 15%. This is lower than most colleges and universities and I hope you will join me as we seek to increase participation in giving to seminaries.
Thank you for supporting theological education all year, and especially by marking it with your congregation on October 6.
Faithfully,
C. Andrew Doyle, D. D.,
IX Bishop of Texas
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Thank You Kroger Rewards Members! | |
Please Help The Junior Daughters Of The King Support The Hope Center Of Houston | |
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We are collecting small size hand sanitizers and refillable/reusable water bottles. This is for all JDoK chapters in our diocese.
There will be a basket in the narthex to collect the items.
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Reveal
The imprint of the hand of God – the divine potter – is on everything God created. This intimacy between creator and created is very important, because the created world – the trees and flowers and birds, the sunshine and snow – have the power to reveal God to us.
Br. Geoffrey Tristram, Society of Saint John the Evangelist
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Thank Your For Your Generosity! | |
We collected over 250 clothing items. Thank you for supporting our Mobile Shower Ministry! | |
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Altar Flowers
Sunday's Altar Flowers Given To
The Glory of God
In Celebration Of Our Anniversary,
John and Susie Creduer
The Altar Flower Dedications Book is located in the Narthex, for those of you who would like to make flower dedications. Once you sign up you can drop a check in the collection plate with "Altar Flowers" in the memo line, or in the blue mailbox to the left of the parish office entrance. The dedications will be $45.
The Altar Guild
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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 | |
- Morning Prayer Rite II, Led by Community Missioner Ed Carrette
- The service will also be live-streamed via YouTube - 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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The coffee hour hosts sign up sheet will be available in the parish hall kitchen every Sunday. You can also contact Anna Arendell at anamerican1@yahoo.com. | |
Or you can find The Preaching Moment on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify. | |
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Rector's Bible Study
Resumes September 24
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Mother Suzanne teaches an interactive and engaging class, walking through the each book of the Bible, chapter by chapter. All are welcome, regardless of your knowledge of the Bible. | |
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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Sanctuary Choir Practice
Wednesdays, 7 PM
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The Grace Sanctuary Choir rehearses Wednesdays 7:00–8:00 pm and sings each Sunday at the 9:00 am Sunday Worship Service and on some Holy Days (the choir meets 30 minutes before each of these services).
This group is open. Contact our Organist and Music Director, Paul Humphrey to meet and learn more about our choir - gphumphrey@yahoo.com
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Church in the Streets
Mobile Food Pantry
Thursday, September 19
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Click on the arrow above to watch our
Thursday Mobile Food Pantry story
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Please consider volunteering, even if just for an hour - we could use your help. We begin setting up at 7:00 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. | |
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Thursday Mobile Food Pantry Schedule
If its Thursday, we have a Mobile Food pantry, come rain or shine!
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Your Food Ministry Statistics
From Harriet Sturgeon
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Weekly Update
The week of September 5, 2024, we distributed 11,066 pounds (nearly 6 tons) of food to 254 families, including 74 homebound deliveries, totaling 700 people. This was all made possible by the 34 volunteers (including drivers) who showed up to make it happen.
Monthly Update - August
For the entire month of August, we distributed 50,129 pounds of food to 1,528 families, including 242 homebound deliveries, totaling 3,523 people. We welcomed 35 new families. This was all made possible by the 208 volunteers (including drivers) who showed up to make it happen.
Year-To-Date
As of the end of August, in 2024, we have distributed 545,657 pounds of food (nearly 273 tons) from the Houston Food Bank to 9,440 families, with 418 new families coming to us for food. We have made a total of 2,165 deliveries. The total number of individuals served is 25,702. It required 1,691 volunteers to pull this off!
The Catholic Daughters Have Cooked Up 6,333 Meals Year To Date
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Volunteers Needed From 9 AM - 1 PM | |
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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MISSION & OUTREACH AT GRACE
Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you
all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us
to forget: the homeless and the destitute, the old and the sick,
and all who have none to care for them. Help us to heal those
who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow
into joy. Grant this, Father, for the love of your Son, who for
our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
BCP - Prayers and Thanksgivings #35
Grace is committed to helping those in need, including vulnerable children, the unhoused, and those experiencing food insecurity. To learn how you can get involved, check our website or send us an email edcarrette@gracechurchalvin.org
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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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Matching your gift is a great way to make a bigger impact. Many companies match cash gifts from employees to qualified non-profits. Some even match gifts from retirees or spouses. To find out if your company will match gifts to Grace, visit your Human Resources Department. The Parish Office can provide you with a copy of our IRS Letter of Determination and W9 should you need it. | |
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