This Week @ Grace - Grace Episcopal Church

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Welcome to Grace Episcopal Church
Our vision: to provide a community for all in the service of Jesus Christ.
Our Mission: Grace Church of Plainfield is a welcoming and affirming Christian community characterized by diversity,
worshiping and praising God in the Anglican tradition and proclaiming the Gospel in word and deed in active discipleship.
We extend a warm welcome to you this morning! If you are a guest, please fill out a pew card and put it in the offering plate so we
can be in touch with you. Please join us for refreshments after the service.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK of February 1, 2015
Please also check the website, display tables, and bulletin board for more information about
other activities in which you might want to participate.
Regularly Scheduled Monthly Events
Vestry – 3rd Wednesday, next month – February 19, 7:30pm
Finance – Friday before Vestry, February 13, 7:00pm
Stewardship – 1st Monday, February 2, 7:30 pm
Grace’s Kitchen – Last five days of month, February24-28
ESL Class – Mondays, 7:00pm; Wednesdays, 7:00pm
PCO Board – 1st Thursday, February 5, 7:00 pm
Grace Church Choir – Wednesdays, 7:30pm – 9:00 pm
WOG Craft Group – 1st Sunday, February 1, 12:00pm
Worship Commission – 1st Sunday, February 1, 12:00pm
Health Ministries – 2nd Sunday, February 8, 12:00pm
Men’s Guild – 3rd Sunday, February 15, 12:00 pm
Women of Grace – 4th Sunday, February 22, 12:00pm
Sunday, February 1 – 4th Sunday after Epiphany – Birthdays & Anniversaries
StarFish Food Collection
7:45 am
Holy Eucharist, All Saints’ Chapel
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Family & Children’s Eucharist, Church
9:00 am – 9:45 am
Grace Choristers, Church
9:45 am
Sunday School, “Jesus heals the sick,” Classroom 7
9:45 am – 10:15 am
Grace Choir Rehearsal, Chancel
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Adult Forum, “Spiritual Progress: Essays of the 17th Century,” Lounge
10:30 am
Sunday School 2nd Session, Classroom 7
10:30 am
Choral Holy Eucharist, Church
12:00 pm
Women of Grace Craft Group, Parish Hall
12:00 pm
Worship Committee & National Commission
2:00 pm
La Misa en espanol, la iglesia
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friendship World Outreach Church, All Saints’ Chapel
Announcements
Grace Church Parking
Parking for Sunday worship and events is
available in Public Parking Lot #7 across
7th St. from the church and in the YMCA lot
at corner of 6th St. & Cleveland Ave.
Parking is not permitted in the lawyer’s lot.
2015 Stewardship Campaign
$104,832
Today
 Worship Committee & National
Commission meeting, 12:15pm,
Priest-in-charge’s Office
 Women of Grace Craft Group,
12:15pm, Parish Hall
 La Misa en español, 2:00pm
Monday, February 2
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
7:30 pm
Parish Office Hours 9:00am to 12:00pm; 1:00pm to 3:00pm
ESL Class, ESL Classrooms
A.A., Parish Hall
Stewardship Commission, Lounge
Tuesday, February 3
Parish Office Hours 9:00am to 12:00pm; 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Wednesday, February 4
12:00 pm
7:00 pm
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Parish Office Hours 9:00am to 12:00pm; 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Adoration & Healing Eucharist, Chapel
ESL Class, ESL Classrooms
Grace Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room
 Black History Gala Dinner, 12:00
Thursday, February 5
2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
7:00 pm
Parish Office Hours 9:00am to 12:00pm; 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Final Sitting for Pictorial Directory, Church
PCO Board Meeting, PCO Office
 Absalom Jones Service of Witness
Friday, February 6
7:30 pm
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Parish Office Closed
Growing in Grace Bible Study & Prayer, Lounge
Principles Before Personalities: 12-Step, Parish Hall
Saturday, February 7
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Steppin’ to Serenity: 12-Step, Parish Hall
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Sunday, February 8 – 5 Sunday after Epiphany
7:45 am
9:00 am – 9:30 am
9:00 am – 9:45 am
9:45 am
9:45 am – 10:15 am
9:30 am – 10:15 am
10:30 am
10:30 am
12:00 pm
12:00 pm
2:00 pm
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cheryl Adams
Cynthia Archer
Dr. Rudy Archer
Michael Baptiste
Tricia Clark
Chris Colwell
Holy Eucharist, All Saints’ Chapel
Family & Children’s Eucharist, Church
Grace Choristers, Church
Sunday School, “Jesus calls his disciples,” Classroom 7
Grace Choir Rehearsal, Chancel
Adult Forum, “Spiritual Progress: Essays of the 17th Century,” Lounge
Sunday School 2nd Session, Classroom 7
Choral Holy Eucharist, Church
Black History Month Gala Dinner, Parish Hall
Health Ministries, Lounge
La Misa en espanol, la iglesia
Friendship World Outreach Church, All Saints’ Chapel
Birthdays
Robert Colwell
Amanda Garcia
Nii Mills
Rev. Theodore Moore
Maryadele O’Neil
Taroya Sargent
Anniversaries
Gerald Sarpong
Shyna’a Sarpong
Jeff Scott
Tina Sorsor
Leila Taitt
Joe Testori
Kenn & Sandy Gallimore
This Week
 Stewardship, Monday, 7:30pm,
Lounge
 Pictorial Directory – Final Sitting
on Thursday, 2:00-9:00pm
Upcoming Events
noon, Sunday, Feb. 8, Parish Hall
 Acolyte Festival, Saturday, Feb. 14,
9:30am-3:30pm
to Black Ministry: An Afternoon
Eucharist, Sunday, Feb, 15, 3:00pm,
Trinity Cathedral, Trenton
 Ash Wednesday, February 18
8:00am: Ashes-to-Go, Corner of
7th Street and Park Avenue
12:00pm: Imposition of Ashes,
Healing & Eucharist, Chapel
7:30pm: Imposition of Ashes &
Choral Eucharist, Church
 Celebration of Ghana, Sunday,
March 8
 Pre-Convention Hearings
Jan. 26 - Holy Apostles, Yardville
Jan. 28 - Christ Church, Somers Point
Feb. 2 - Holy Trinity, Wenonah
Feb. 4 - St. Elizabeth, Elizabeth
Next Sunday’s Readings
5th Sunday after Epiphany
1st Reading:
Isaiah 40:21-31
Psalm 147:1-12, 21c
2nd Reading:
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Gospel:
Mark 1:29-39
MUSIC AND WORSHIP INFORMATION, February 1, 2015
Sunday Collect and lessons on separate leaflet
Prelude
(A) Processional Hymn
(B) Gradual Hymn
Offertory Anthem
(C) Offertory Hymn
(D) Communion Hymns
(E) Processional Hymn
Postlude
Recit de Tierce en taille
“For the beauty of the earth”
“We praise thee, O God”
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
“Lord, make us servants of your peace”
“I am the bread of life”
“What a fellowship, what a joy divine”
Dialogue sur les Grands jeux
François Couperin
lucerna laudoniae
revive us again
Elizabeth Poston, arr. R. Gangewere
dickinson college
i am the bread of life
showalter
François Couperin
416
157 (levas)
Grace Choir
593
335
196 (levas)
Service Music for Choral Holy Eucharist (in the front of the Hymnal 1982, music numbers preceded with “S”)
Glory to God (Gloria in excelsis)
S 280
Great Amen
S 146
Lift up your hearts (Sursum corda)
S 120
Fraction Anthem: Christ our Passover
S 154
Holy, holy, holy Lord (Sanctus)
S 129
Psalm 111
Each section of the congregation shall pray
the corresponding names out loud at once.
Prayer List
Sick, shut-in, distress:
Chancel: Joyce Bazzey, Chris, Colwell, Charles Sevola, Muriel Lewis,
Danny Tusa, Yvonne Hemmings, Edgerton Williams, Cynthia Fields,
Natalie Moore, Gloria Fraser, Marie McKenzie, Sarah Hoskins, Oliver Gibbs, Denise Bellamy, Margaret Shilay, Robert Hart, Jr., Carla
Williams, Anthony Hoyte, Jehovah Copeland, Kenn Gallimore,
Sandy Gallimore, Kiva Brophy, William Brophy, Jr., Regina Brophy,
Travis Brophy, Joyce Russell, Cheryl Ishmael, Angela Young, Denise
Simmons
Pulpit Side: Amelie Rechenbach, Oscar Edwards, Kim Prime, Rev.
Frank Rose, Barbara Blix, Dave Malik, Rebeca Harper, Brian Smith,
Joelynn Valentine, Josh Stoffregen, Renate Baumgaertner, Wendy
Shibla, Ricky Scott, Gwen Scott, Ursaline Weston, Sam Boghdan,
David Howell, Sylvia McKenzie, Agnes Intsiful, Iris Ceres, Sonia
Leow, Gabriel Ejiochi, Antonio Tyson, Randy Johnson, Kohl Becker,
Richard Oliver, Janice Cornell, Sylvia Ott, Andre Rose, Myles Headly
Lectern Side: Catherine Mercurio, Jennifer Harvey, Cyril Mooloo,
Nadia Mooloo, Genny Benjamin, Ruby Gunthet, Ruby Prescod, Leon
Mirander, Sharon Epperson, Joyce Lewin, Helen Estremera, Woody
Boniakowski, Carolyn Sempepos, Annette Ciacca, Blossom Green,
Damany Loncke, Pearline Blackwood, Cephas Bowles, Leighton
Coley, Tricia Goddard, Nancy Gaskill, Donald Apgar, Erskine Oshea,
Grandma Regan, Megan Ramsey, Althea McKenzie, Errol Leow
Those who have died:
Peace and those in harm’s way: United States Military Personel:
Kurt Adams, Casey Alleman, Carlton George Clay, Anthony Gill,
Jake Lawrence, Pedro Leon, Michael Rasak, A.J. Rooney, Jason Rose
We pray for those to be baptized:
Ministers of the Celebration
Crucifer: Ian Simmons
Acolytes: Joshua McKenzie, Zachary McKenzie
Altar Guild: David Magee, Barbara Nichols
Carillonneur: Jeff Spelman
Celebrant: The Venerable Gideon A. Uzomechina
Preacher: The Reverend Theodore E. Moore
Deacon: The Reverend Theodore E. Moore
Organist & Choirmaster: Robert H. Gangewere, Jr.
M/C Subdeacon: David Magee
Lectors: 7:45 am – Carol Taitt
10:30 am – Valerie Andrew, Jason Algeo
Prayers: 7:45am – Trevor Forbes
10:30am – Holly Algeo
Chalice Bearers: 7:45 am – Colin Baptiste
10:30 am – Karen Moore, Harry Watson
Head Usher: Conrad Roberts
Ushers: Trevor King, Albert Pittis
Greeters: Beau King
Coffee Hosts: 7:45am – Anita Griffith
10:30am – Finance Commission
Counters: Robert Carlson, David Magee
A sanctuary candle is given to the Glory of God
in memory of Theresa Adda Quaye
by Angelina Adusei
 Names on our Prayer List will be removed after a month unless you specify otherwise to the parish office.
 The Sanctuary Candle Chart is on the wall by the Parish Office. If you would like to give a Sanctuary Candle, please write your name and
the name of the one to be memorialized in the appropriate space. The candle will burn for the week in memory of your loved one.
The cost of a sanctuary candle is $10.00.
 The 2015 Flower Chart is on the wall by the Parish Office. If you would like to dedicate flowers, pick an open date and write your name
and the name of the one to be memorialized in the appropriate space. The office will confirm with you the week before.
The cost of altar flowers is $50.00.
Please use the votive stand for prayers of thanksgiving, memorial, penitence, petition, or any other sacred use.
It is replenished with candles weekly. We welcome your contributions!