Grace Episcopal Church - E-News June 1, 2023

Grace Episcopal Church E-News
June 1 2023 - VOL 494

Trinity Sunday

Worship services:
Saturday 5pm
Sunday 10am

Our Sunday service is also livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.

Access the service leaflet here.

You do not need to have a Facebook or YouTube account to access the services, and they are recorded so that they can be watched anytime.

The office is open:
Tuesday - Thursday
9am - 3:30pm
Please call 508-993-0547 or email office@gracechurchnb.org for an appointment.

To reach the clergy on call for a pastoral emergency, please call Charlene Ryder at 508-728-4374, or call the church office and follow the telephone prompts.

Pride Festival at Buttonwood Park: Saturday, June 3rd from 11a-4p
Stop by Grace Church's Table!

Grace Church is once again proud to be a sponsor of the South Coast LGBTQ+ Network's Pride festivities. Stop by our table at Buttonwood Park this Saturday, where we will be greeting people, sharing balloons, bubbles, and information about our parish and our call to be God's beloved community. For more information about South Coast Pride 2023, click here:
https://www.sclgbtqnetwork.org/pride-2023.html

Send Us Your Names by June 5th: Blessing for Graduates

Are you or a member of your family graduating from high school or college this season, or have you or they graduated in the past year? If yes and you would like for them to be prayed for by name, please let us know by emailing Charlene Ryder the graduate’s name by Monday June 5th. Charlene’s email is cryder@umassd.edu

We will offer a special blessing for graduates during our service on Sunday June 11th, which is also Sundae Sunday—mark your calendars and stay after the service for ice cream and fellowship!

Translators Needed for Food Pantry

Martha's Pantry meets Wednesday and Friday mornings at Grace. Our hours are 9:30-10:30 am.

We are experiencing an increase in guests that speak only Spanish, Portuguese or Creole. This causes difficulties for the guests and for those who serve them.

We are looking for a parishioner who might be interested in helping with translation on Wednesday and/or Friday mornings.

Please contact the office at Grace
(office@gracechurchnb.org or 508-993-0547) if you are able to help.

Thank you!

Memorial Flower Requests

If you would like to have flowers for the altar in memory or in honor of someone, please follow these two steps:

1. Fill out a flower request form located in the narthex and give the form to Charlene Ryder or contact or text her directly with the name of the person to be honored or memorialized.

2. Place your donation in an envelope marked for the Flower Fund and send to the Church Office or place it in the offering plate at a service.

Prayer Requests

Please send your prayer requests, birthdays, and anniversaries to Charlene Ryder at 508-728-4374 or cryder@umassd.edu to be included in the Saturday 5PM and Sunday 10AM services by the Friday before the service you would like your request mentioned.

Weekly Remembrances for the Deceased

Is there an anniversary, birthday or day you want your deceased loved ones prayed for during the Prayers of the People at all services that week? You can contact Charlene Ryder by text, phone or email at 508-728-4374 or cryder@umassd.edu.

Vestry Minutes & Financial Reports

Copies of approved Vestry Minutes and Financial Reports reviewed by the Vestry are available to any parishioner who would like to have a copy.
Approval of vestry minutes occurs at the subsequent month's vestry meeting.
Please contact the church office at office@gracechurchnb.org if you would like either the minutes or financial reports.

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Parking During the Week

Parking adjacent to the Samuel Rodman House and along the east side of that building facing Little People’s College is solely for the use of their tenants and clients. Please help us in maintaining the spaces for Rodman House tenants during the week.

Next Vestry Meeting

June 28th at 6:30PM

PLEASE - LET GRACE CHURCH KNOW! If you or a member of your family is hospitalized and would like a visit, please call the church office 508-993-0547 or Charlene Ryder 508-728-4374.
Also, when someone is ill and in need of our prayers, we encourage you to tell us so that we may put them on the prayer list. The name will be read on or about the weekend nearest when we are informed and placed on the published prayer list, if desired. In an effort to manage the prayer list and keep it up to date, a name will be left on the published sick list initially for one month. If you would like to extend the period of time, contact Charlene Ryder at 508-728-4374 or cryder@umassd.edu to renew your prayer request.

For the grace of God’s healing for those who need our prayers:
Shirley Beck, Mary Bettencourt, Janet Doe, Beatrice Bentz Dole, Ken Garrett, Mary Lou Garrett, Jack Haney, Linda Massa, Thomas Sargent (members of Grace); Mary Cutting (friend of the McNamaras); Marlene Hincks (cousin of Elaine O'Neill); The Reverend Dr. William Arthur Jeffrey, Jr. (father of Mark Jeffrey); Stephen Shaw (son of Harriet & Roland Shaw); Stan (friend of Grace); Uncle John (friend of the McNamaras)

For all those serving in the armed forces, especially those associated with our parish

Deceased:

Remembrances for the Deceased:

For children, infants, and family who have been separated at the US border and throughout the country

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
Parishes of the Merrimack Valley Deanery; Brooks School Chapel, North Andover; St. Anne’s Church, (North) Billerica; All Saints’ Church, West Newbury; St. Mark’s Church, Westford; Episcopal City Mission

*New prayers this week are listed in blue