Bulletin Board
Regular Sunday Services
and Week Day Services are listed in
Times of Services
Upcoming
Events
Wed, Mar 10 6:30 pm Lenten Soup Supper & Program
5:30 – 7:00 pm Church open for Prayer & Meditation
Thur, Mar 11 5:30 – 7:00 pm Church open for Prayer & Meditation
Fri, Mar 12 7:00 pm Friday Night Social Club
Sat, Mar 13 10:30 am Liturgy Group
Tue, Mar 16 7:00 pm Vestry
Wed, Mar 17 6:30 pm Lenten Soup Supper & Program
5:30 – 7:00 pm Church open for Prayer & Meditation
Thur, Mar 18 5:30 – 7:00 pm Church open for Prayer & Meditation
Tue, Mar 23 6:00 pm Prayer Chain Meeting & Potluck
Wed, Mar 24 6:30 pm Lenten Soup Supper & Program
5:30 – 7:00 pm Church open for Prayer & Meditation
Thur, Mar 25 5:30 – 7:00 pm Church open for Prayer & Meditation
Sun, Mar 28 7:30 pm Camerata di Sant’Antonio Concert
See below for more information on many of these events
and more
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As our Diocese
progresses towards the election of the next Bishop in April 2011, you are
invited to follow the process via http://www.wnybishopsearch.org
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Family Album Pictures
will be taken after
church on First Sunday of each month:
4/4/2010
If your picture is not
yet posted on the Family Album wall outside the Walter Lord Room - See Lynn
Williams to get yours added there.
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Lenten Soup &
Supper Program
Wednesdays during Lent we will again meet at 6:30 p.m. for a light soup supper
prepared by John Tinti and some time together to talk about matters of our
faith. This year Fr. Phil will lead discussions on the topic, "The
Importance of Human Work." While we at St. John's-Grace are not, for
the most part, focused on "doing" this series will concentrate on
"what we do as a result of who we are." This is a conversation
for those who are working full or part time, those who are unemployed, those
who are retired -- in short, for all humans interested in Christian
productivity.
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Camerata di Sant’
Antonio Concert
On March 28 at 7:30 p.m., the Camerata di Sant’Antonio will perform a
benefit concert “Simple Gifts” for Episcopal Community Services at St.
John's-Grace Episcopal Church. The
program includes WNY premiere performances of Lars Erik Larsson’s Concertino for Cello and Strings and Leo
Weiner’s Divertimento no 1. The program will also include Antonio
Vivaldi’s L’Estro armonica in d minor and
Gustav Holst’s St. Paul’s Suite.
Tickets are $20. Send your check to St. John’s-Grace,
A reception will follow
the concert.
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Gentle Moves
Movement for the Mind,
Body and Soul
a gentle dance, yoga and pilates
class
taught by Suzanne Evans
Classes beginning in September
Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
$8.00 per session
Enjoy moving, dancing, and
stretching in a calm atmosphere and at your own pace. This recreational exercise program
incorporates gentle ballet and modern dance movements to improve balance
strength, and flexibility without stress and strain! For more information call 574-5503.
Have
Fun! Feel Better! Call Today!
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Thursday Adult Bible
Study
Thursdays 10 a.m.
Walter
Lord Room
(Lower level of
Parish Hall)
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CHOIR
REHEARSAL
Thursdays
September 10, 2009 – June 3, 2010
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Talk to David Mathewson, Organist/Choir Director for more
details
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PRAYER CHAIN
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
6:00 p.m.
In the Scaife Dining Room
And the 4th
Tuesday of each month thereafter
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FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIAL CLUB
for ambulatory adults with handicaps
Friday, April 9, 2010
Dances and other social events are held
in our Parish Hall, usually the second Friday of the month.
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Salt Shakers
Groups of 5 or 6
are encouraged to meet for Dinner at one another’s homes or in the Church
dining room for an informal chance to get to know one another. These groups are encouraged to meet about
once a month.
Dinner is arranged
by a host who assigns which dishes the participants might bring to the meal.
These groups of 5 or 6 are also encouraged to invite additional members of the
congregation to dinner thereby enlarging the number of members “getting to
know” one another.
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Sunday Adult Bible
Study
Sundays 9:30 a.m.
Bishop
Spong Classroom
(Bishop Scaife
Dining Room off the Parish Hall Upper Level)
Read and discuss
lessons used at Sunday Services. This is a relatively informal group. You may
join it any Sunday
Bring the Sunday
Bulletin with you to this discussion group.
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Sunday Morning
Adult Education &
Discussion
Sundays
12:00 noon to 12:45 p.m.
Current Offerings
Adult Study Groups 12:00
noon to 12:45 p.m.
Solo
Holy Women: Facilitated by Ann Dutton, Stacey Miner and The Rev.
Cecily Whiteford. Meets: Lower Level Parish Hall across from Walter Lord Room.
A New Christianity: Bishop John Shelby Spong is a best
selling author and major spokesperson for reframing Christianity for the 21st
Century. Discuss the challenging issues raised in Bishop Spong’s weekly
internet question and answer series. Facilitated by Carol Brothers and Rob
Petersen. Meets: Bishop Scaife Dining Room Upstairs in Parish Hall off the
Kitchen.
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ADULT DISCUSSION GROUP
First
and Third Sundays of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Next
Meeting date is March 21
The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
1/17
Homo Religiosis
2/7
God
2/21
Reason
3/7 Faith
3/21
Silence
4/4
Faith and Reason
4/18
Science and Religion
5/2
Scientific Religion
5/16
Enightenment
6/6
Atheism
6/20
Unknowing
7/18
Death of God? and Epilogue
One may purchase the book
at the Church Office
Or see Rob Petersen
The adult
discussion group has also read
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The Third Jesus:
The Christ We Cannot Ignore by Deepak
Chopra
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The Great
Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why by Phyllis Tickle
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The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus by Peter J. Gomes
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Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice by Curtiss Paul DeYoung
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The Pagan Christ by Tom Harpur
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The Heart of Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
o
The
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Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
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The Left Hand of God by
Michael Learner
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The I of the Storm by Gary Simmons
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A People Called Episcopalians, A Brief Introduction to
Our
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Original Blessing by Matthew Fox
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The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg
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A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional
Faith is Dying and How a New Faith is Being Born by Bishop John
Shelby Spong
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Beyond Belief: the Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels
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Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony
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Why Christianity Must Change or Die by Bishop John
Shelby Spong
The
conversation has been stimulating, revealing, wide-ranged, unorthodox, deeply personal,
challenging, reassuring, and very rewarding.
The
group will continue to meet on the first and third Sundays of each month at
7:30 p.m. in the Walter Lord Room (downstairs in parish hall).
Please
read at least the chapter(s) of the book according to the schedule above.
Come
and join us for any or all of these sessions. The rules for discussion allow
each to present her or his own ideas without criticism from the other
participants. We crave a wide range of views, so come and tell us yours! For more
information contact Carol Brothers (carolbros@adelphia.net) or John Schimminger
(johnwschimminger@hotmail.com).
NEXT
BOOK: To be Announced
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Stewardship Campaign
Pledges
for 2010
Letters
went out in December 2009
As of
2/21/10
59
pledges received pledging $103,423 for 2010
6
“new” pledges
21
increases
$10,569
annually in new and increased
25 no
change
5
decreases for ($1,360)
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Books available for sale
The
following are available for purchase from the church office.
Anglican Prayer
Beads & Instructions $16 (1 set)
Beyond Smells and
Bells $12.50 (3 copies)
Dreams and Healing $12 (1 copy)
Dreamwork $14 (2 copies)
The Healing
Labyrinth $14 (1 copy)
Jesus for the Non
Religious $20
(2 copies)
Lent with
Listening Hearts $12
(6 copies)
Living with
Contradiction $14
(4 copies)
Medicine of the
Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationships $12 (1 copy)
Open Mind, Open
Heart $12 (1 copy)
A People Called
Episcopalians $8.75 (4 copies)
Seven Songs of
Creation $28 (3 copies)
Traveling Mercies $12 (4 copies)
Wounded Healer $12 (2 copies)
Writing the Sacred $20 (4 copies)
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