Saturday, 3/28, 9AM-6PM, Mask & Snack collection for Health Care Workers
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Sunday, 3/29
9 AM |
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"Livestream Morning Prayer"
Rev. Amy Denney Zuniga, Preaching & Presiding
10:15 AM |
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Virtual Coffee Hour
hosted by Myles Clarke
12 PM |
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| Call Info Below | A Pilgrimage Through Holy Week: The Great Vigil of Easter
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Sunday Morning Worship will be held online.
You can participate in any of the following ways.
Because of the shelter-in-place order, Rev. Amy and those helping to lead worship will be participating from their homes and you'll see them on your screen, with the bulletin also displayed so you can follow along. We're all learning about online worship together! We’ve made some changes that will make it easier to hear. Hang in there... it’s going to take some practice before we're confident in our new skills.
There are four ways to participate in worship: Live options are: Facebook Live, Zoom video, or Zoom conference call (no computer needed). Later you can view just the sermon or the
entire service on YouTube.
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Sunday Morning Tech Support: 9 am to 11 am.
Zoom practice sessions are held Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 6 pm.
Joanna will be offering help to those wanting to participate in, or host, a Zoom meeting.
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On Sacred Space
The Rev. Amy Denney Zuniga
Church, sanctuary, temple—these are our sacred spaces. We set this space apart (“set apart” is the root meaning of “sacred”) to connect with God, to re-center ourselves, and go into the rest of our lives and the world with a renewed sense of God’s presence. In the time of coronavirus when pubic worship spaces are closed, we have a unique opportunity to discover God in our everyday lives and to create sacred space at home.
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This article,
Making an Altar at Home,
has wonderful, simple instructions for creating a sacred space in your home that can work for the whole family. Children who have spent time in our Atrium will be familiar with the Prayer Table—
this video shows
a Catechist of the Good Shepherd from All Souls Cathedral in Asheville, NC describing how to create a prayer table CGS-style. Finally, my family shared on Facebook this week our sacred spaces—my own prayer area (be ready for some mess!), my children’s prayer table, and the sacred space I have created as a backdrop for our virtual Sunday worship
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I encourage you to find a place and some items that draw you closer to God, and set up a sacred space at home this week. You can’t go wrong! As we worship at home in the weeks to come and through Holy Week, this will draw us closer to God and one another, helping us to see the Holy One who is yearning and reaching out for us in love in every intimate, mundane moment of our lives.
Deep peace, Amy+
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Psalm 139: 6-9
Where can I go then from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I climb up to heaven, you are there; if I make the grave my bed, you are there also. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there your hand will lead me and your right hand hold me fast.
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Saturday | 3/28 | 9AM-6PM | Mask & Snack collection for Health Care Workers
In addition to N95 masks, health care providers have asked for fruit (peelable) and nuts (in-shell) from local trees. and. Grace members please pick from your trees and deliver to Grace Church in the large containers outside on the patio.
Any fruit with peel or shelled nuts are requested!
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"Livestream Morning Prayer"
The Rev. Amy Denney Zuniga, Preaching and Presiding
prompted: 306 596 280
Join other Grace parishioners by Zoom (call in or click link from a computer, tablet or smartphone) to catch up and check in. Hosted by Myles Clark. If you are participating in the service by Zoom, you’ll be in the right place for the Zoom coffee hour!
prompted: 306 596 280
A Pilgrimage Through Holy Week: The Great Vigil of Easter
The services of Holy Week are a journey with Jesus through passion and death to resurrection. Join Susan Calkin, Edie Kausch, Rev. Amy and Rev. Wendy as we explore the origins of these ancient rituals and the resonance they have for our own journey through loss to new life. As we conclude the series, come learn about our most mysterious service… which you can celebrate this year at your house!
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Reminder: Zoom practice sessions are held Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 6 pm.
Joanna will be offering help to those wanting to participate in, or host, a Zoom meeting.
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A calling ministry is getting underway!
We hope to connect with all Grace’s households over the next few weeks.
If you would like to be involved in responding to:
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Call
For questions about this project, contact Sr. Warden Joan Heller who is overseeing it.
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Help
Do simple requests
(e.g. grocery, prescription pick-up) please email
Bob Cantrall at
bobcantrall@gmail.com
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Prayer
If you would like to join
Grace’s prayer team, please email Helen Christianson
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Coming Soon to Your House:
Holy Week @ Home!
It looks like we will be unable to
celebrate the holiest days of our faith--
the week we walk with Jesus and his disciples through his passion, death, and resurrection-- in person at Grace this year. In this unique moment our parishioners have stepped forward with creativity and passion. Filmmaker Brian Capener is working on a series of inspiring videos set in our beautiful sanctuary (shot before shelter-in-place!) to ground us as we celebrate the Great Three Days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Great Vigil of Easter on Holy Saturday in our homes. Prayers, reflections, and family-friendly rituals you can engage at home will be provided.
Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday services will be
live via Zoom at 9AM.
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Community Resources During Covid-19
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Napa County now has reported cases of COVID-19. The County's snap shot page is the best place to keep updated with information vetted daily on the situation status, what the stay-at-home order means, and where to find testing.
Grace is part of the Napa COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disaster) and we will continue to share information and resources we receive through them; they will have a centralized website with COVID-19 resources available beginning next week. In the meantime:
- Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) for low to moderate-income workers facing serious financial hardship because of the dramatic disruption of the local economy. You can apply for funding and see what other state or federal benefits you qualify for by contacting:
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Mentis Mental Health
for over 60
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Mental health
no-school-resources
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Spanish Mental health
no-school-resources
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You can donate to the the Disaster Relief Fund through the Community Foundation
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- PG&E had placed a moratorium on disconnection of service for non-payment.
- Small Business Administration - The SBA has issued COVID-19 small business guidance and loan resources. Small business owners in California are eligible for loan interest loans due to COVID-19. CLICK HERE FOR LINK
- St. Helena Unified School District (as well as districts and private groups in Calistoga and Napa) is making free bagged breakfasts and lunches available to any children for drive-through pick-up at the high school, 9-10AM M-F (children must be present). CLICK HERE FOR LINK
- The Chamber & City of St. Helena are working to help our local businesses as we navigate the impacts of the Coronavirus. Purchasing gift cards from our local businesses can help stimulate the economy now and our businesses. CLICK HERE FOR LINK
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"Don’t forget to pray for your Grace Church community every day at 7PM
… we are praying for you! Can’t you just feel it??
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The Refugees’ Way of the Cross
This resource has been digitized and is available to download.
You may pray with it whenever you wish. It draws parallels between the way of suffering that Jesus walked and the stories of those forced to flee their homes over the last 100 years.
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Important Reminders:
- Due to Napa County’s Shelter-in-Place order, the campus is completely closed for all and the sanctuary locked.
- The labyrinth and grounds will remain open for safe social distance walking!
- All in-person church events, including Sunday services, youth group and atrium, have been suspended for the time being. We are moving online! Watch your e-news resources and ways to connect in “virtual church.”
- If your group would like to get set-up to meet on a digital platform or via conference call, please contact Joanna Normoyle, joanna@grace-episcopal.org.
- Staff are working remotely. You may contact staff via email or call the church office (707) 963-4157.
- Staff may also be available by cell and text within their normal schedules.
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In order to stay closer digitally while we cannot be together physically, we will be increasing our Enews to twice weekly. You can unsubscribe at any time. Know someone who should join our virtual church?
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1314 Spring Street
St. Helena CA 94574
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