File - Grace Episcopal Church
Transcription
File - Grace Episcopal Church
GRACE NOTES Grace Episcopal Church January 2016 Coffee Servers - January Lay Reader Schedule for January Jan. 3 – Joanne Groves Jan. 10 – Kristin Wheeler Jan. 17 – Jackie Bjorke Jan. 24 – Jan. 31 – Connie Vicuna Jan. 3 – Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Lay Reader: Michael Mornard Jan. 10 – Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Lay Reader: Sherry VanDoren Jan. 17 – Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Lay Reader: David Wheeler Ushers for January– Arlan & Beth Brenner Jan. 24 – Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Lay Reader: Joanne Groves Jan 31 – Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Lay Reader: Ardie Freeman Acolyte Schedule January Save the Date! January 3 – Holy Eucharist Joey Hotchkiss & Jena Alford The Annual Meeting/Potluck will be Sunday, February 7th, following the service. (More info. coming in the February newsletter.) Annual reports are due in the office by January 17th—thanks! January 10 – Holy Eucharist Audrey & AnneClaire Rubish January 17 – Holy Eucharist Cecelia & Madeline Kleinsasser January 24 – Holy Eucharist Nick & Emma Freeman January 31 – Holy Eucharist Henry Rubish & Nik Voss VESTRY will meet on **NEWSLETTER ARTICLES ARE DUE IN THE OFFICE BY THE 20TH OF EACH MONTH. IF YOU ARE E-MAILING, PLEASE SEND IT TO THE CHURCH ([email protected]) AS WELL AS TO MARIE ([email protected]). Tuesday, January 19 , at 7:15 th 1 Grace Episcopal Church GRACE NOTES Notes from Mother Jean… January 2016 writes in his second letter to the Corinthians: It’s here! Or nearly here, depending on when you get this newsletter! 2016! So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:17-20) Don’t you just love the New Year? Everything is, well, NEW! We get to start again. A do-over. A brand new slate on which to write all those things we’re going to get right this year. All those resolutions. All those plans. It’s a brand new day! Except, as we all know, it doesn’t exactly work like that. Sadly, on January 4th, we still have to get up and go to work in the cold, ashamed of the crabby thoughts we’re having about those of us who are retired. And all those resolutions, well, they might last a little longer than the Christmas tree, but not by much. I usually never bother making them at all. This New Year I am making a resolution after all, and one I hope, with God’s help, to keep. I am resolved to be a better ambassador for Christ among you, in our community, and in the world. Who’s with me? But lest you think me a Debbie Downer (Google Saturday Night Live videos from 2004 – hilarious!) I have some good news! We ARE made new! Every year at this time we celebrate the birth of our Savior, and commemorate that great event that changed the world forever – God becoming man, and in the process, recreating us all. As the Apostle Paul I wish you peace, love, health, and joy in the New Year! 2 Grace Episcopal Church GRACE NOTES January 2016 Episcopalooza! (Grades K-8) Sunday School is from 9:20 until 10:15 every Sunday. Wednesday, Jan. 6 & 13 6:30 to 7:30 +++++++++++++++++++++++ MINUTE-TO-WIN-IT TOURNAMENT Come for regular Episcopalooza Classes or Confirmation both Wednesdays. FAMILY FUN NIGHT SCHEDULE ~Episcopalooza & Confirmation Classes Wed., 1/6 6:30-7:30 Wednesday, January 27th Supper will be served at 6:00 ~Episcopalooza & Confirmation Classes Wed., 1/13 6:30-7:30 Games from 6:30 to 7:30 All ages are welcome! ~Community Service for ALL kids Bingo at Sunquest Village Wed., 1/20 6:30-7:30 +++++++++++++++++++++++ UPCOMING EVENTS: FEBRUARY ~Family Fun Night Minute-to-Win-It!! Wed., 1/27 6:00 - Supper 6:30 - Games Feb. 3 – Episcopalooza/Confirmation Feb. 9 – Community Service – Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper & Races +++++++++++++++++++++++ Feb. 10 – Ash Wednesday Episcopalooza & Confirmation January Youth Service Sunday, January 10th 9:10 Feb. 14 – Youth Service Feb. 17 – Break—No Classes (Come to Pancake Races instead!) More information to come from Mo. Jean Feb. 24 – Family Fun Night—Skating! 3 Grace Episcopal Church GRACE NOTES January 2016 January Birthdays, Anniversaries & In Memorium The Guild will meet on Monday, January 18th, at 7:00 p.m. at Jackie Bjorke’s home. 3 Ralph Jones (I.M.) 4 Myrtle Lampe, Theodore Spaulding (I.M.) 5 John Fuglsang, Kelsey Fuglsang (B) 6 Emily Johnson (B); Art Bjorke (I.M.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 7 Juliet Demean (I.M.) 9 Glen LaFee (I.M.) There are no vestry minutes for December because the meeting was cancelled. 11 Anna Reilly (I.M.) 12 Carmen Eid (I.M.) 13 Andrew Tate (B) 14 Micah Robertson (B); Jeannette Lusk (I.M.) KINDERNOOK CORNER 15 Jacob Hotchkiss (B) January will find us snuggled up with snowy stories & artworks, reinforcing numbers, shapes, and letters, as well as learning more about animals that live in cold weather climates. We will discover what it means to “hibernate.” 17 Fern Brunick, Lee Snyder (I.M.) 21 Jane Haskell (I.M.) 23 Ted Ellwein (I.M.) 24 Betty Locker (I.M.) 25 John Sievert (B); Curtis Crawford, Dewey Gascoigne, Cleo Pappas (I.M.) We will also discuss the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, “Dream for Equality” and the significance of this special holiday. 26 Elias Bonnemann, Gladys Haggar (B); Jeff Wheeler (I.M.) 27 Keith Wilcox, Elizabeth Groves (B); Margaret Schaefer (I.M.) Our Best Wishes to you all for a New Year filled with much good health and happiness! 28 Jason Engel, Andy Ellwein (B); Teresa Lagarrigue Vicuna (I.M.) 29 Beulah Skezas (I.M.) 30 Vivian Johnson, Forry Lawson (I.M.) Karen Wehde & Staff 4