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Weekly News from Grace Episcopal Church
Published July 17, 2020
We Invite You to Worship With Us!

In responding to public health concerns our Bishop has once again called us “into a time of sacrificial love as cases of COVID-19 begin to rise in the State of Missouri and around the world.” All in-person public worship within our diocese has been suspended until at least September 1, 2020.

Worship services will now be online. Sunday services will be pre-recorded and posted to our website and our Facebook page late Saturday evening.

Please join us at a time that suits you and your family. And… be sure to invite a friend to join these online events.
Worship Sunday, July 19

The Holy Eucharist

The Service will be posted on our webside ( www.GraceKirkwood.org ) and

Recordings will also be available On Demand all day.

Be sure to join Fr. Todd for
Virtual Coffee Hour on Zoom at 11 a.m.

Renewal of Baptismal Vows

Wednesday, July 22
6:30 p.m.

Live on Facebook
& Diocesan Website

Each year, priests and deacons publicly renew their ordination vows in a special worship service. Because of our pandemic-related restrictions this year, the Diocese will host a very small, socially distanced service and livestream that service for everyone to participate. This years’ service will also feature a renewal of baptismal vows for all.
We pray to you, Lord Christ, for all members of your Church in their vocation and ministry, that they may serve you in a true and godly life.


Seek!
A quarterly magazine published by the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri

The ordination of our 11th bishop, the coronavirus pandemic and new calls for racial justice are just a few of the stories you'll find featured in the summer 2020 edition of Seek! 

You can view a digital version of the magazine by clicking the photo above or a download a printable copy (.pdf) by clicking below.



Virtual Coffee Hour

Connect with other parishioners each Sunday at 11 a.m. service via Zoom

Sundays at 11 a.m

Parish Chat with Fr. Todd

Join Fr Todd and other parishioners for an informal chat each Thursday at 1 p.m.. Catch up on what is happening at Grace and connect old friends or make a new friend.

Thursdays at 1 p.m.

To Join: 




Morning Prayer

Rite II (BCP p. 75)

Begin your day with the service of Morning Prayer each Tuesday via Zoom.

Tuesdays 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday Book Group

The Tuesday Book Group gathers to read and discuss books via Zoom each Tuesday morning. The group is also very pastoral among its members and regularly prays for the people of our parish.

The book group is currently reading The Boston Girl.



Tuesdays 10 a.m.

Men's Breakfast

Connect with other men of the parish each Wednesday morning at 8 a.m Grab a cup of coffee and join the group via Zoom

Wednesdays 8 a.m.





Sign into Realm

Update your personal information and/or access the online membership directory.

If you have not set up your Realm account, please email the parish office at [email protected]

with your full name, birth date, and e-mail address and you will be sent a personal invitation.

Pastoral Care Continues at Grace

Pastoral Care is available. Fr. Todd is the only person making face-to-face pastoral calls for those in need. As always, in cases of severe illness, hospitalization, when a person is near death, or at the death of a member of Grace, please notify Fr. Todd or the parish office as soon as possible in order to secure the ministrations of the church. 

For a pastoral need you may call/text Fr. Todd at 314-365-1964. He will also continue to be available for individual and family face-to-face pastoral/spiritual care, both in his office or in your home. Please contact him for an appointment.
Prayer List

Parish List
Shelly Burklow
Tom Coulter
David Fly 
Carol Guarino       
Mary Etta Heggie                            
Alice Jones                 
Marilyn & Joel Monson
Dick Russell
Ben Voller & the Voller Family
Jane Webster

Friends & Family
Keith Baker
Jan Erdman
Cindy Hein
Emily Major 
Nancy Simpson
Karla Stutsman                                    
Kelly Thompson 

Prayer list requests and updates should be e-mailed to the parish office.

Names will be left on the prayer list for one month unless the parish office is notified.
Birthdays

July 19
Adelaide Meyer
Elliana Wefel

July 22
Marilyn Riley

July 23
Chris Kurth

July 24
Mike Casey
Lewis Lueking

July 25
LauraEsser
Killian Malottke
Randy Yanuck

Anniversaries
July 24
Becky & Dick Entenmann
Give to Grace When You Shop on Amazon

Shop at Amazon Smile and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to Grace Church—no fees, no extra cost.
Click on the link below and enter Grace Church Kirkwood when prompted for your charity.

You keep the same Amazon account you always use and give to Grace (or the charity of your choice) at the same time. This can also be done by clicking on the “give” tab on our website. It is easy. It is free. It supports the mission and ministries of Grace Church.

Please note the Amazon.com website link is different for Amazon Smile. Shopping during the regular Amazon.com will not generate a donation. Always shop using Smile.Amazon.com.

Click below to get started...
Online Giving

We are grateful to everyone who is keeping their pledge current. Your generosity is gratifying and inspiring. Grace will continue to be in ministry with you and our church community. We can keep the lights on now. When the time is right, we will be prepared and look forward to being fully engaged in all ministries again. To give online please click the link below and checks may be mailed to 514 East Argonne, Kirkwood, MO 63122. If you are out of work and unable to make your pledge, we understand. Please let the parish office know.

Giving is easier than ever. Just click below.

Select your desired fund from the drop down menu
and follow the prompts to complete your donation.
Sunday, July 19: The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

A lmighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

Genesis 28:10-19a
Psalm 139: 1-11, 22-23
Romans 8:12-25
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Grace Episcopal Church
514 East Argonne Drive
314-821-1806