Gretchen is recovering at home. As you may know - she broke her ankle moving into her new residence. If you wish to send her a card - contact Tim Feeley or the Church Office for her address.
BIBLE STUDY on 18 APRIL WILL NOT BE IN SESSION!!!
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Saint of the Week
Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012
April 19
Born in 954, Alphege (or Aelfheah) gave his witness in the troubled time of the second wave of Scandinavian invasion and settlement in England. After serving as a monk at Deerhurst, and then as Abbot of Bath, he became in 984, through Archbishop Dunstan’s influence, Bishop of Winchester. He was instrumental in bringing the Norse King Olaf Tryggvason, only recently baptized, to King Aethelred in 994 to make his peace and to be confirmed at Andover.
Transferred to Canterbury in 1005, Alphege was captured by the Danes in 1011. He refused to allow a personal ransom to be collected from his already over-burdened people. Seven months later he was brutally murdered, despite the Viking commander Thorkell’s effort to save him by offering all his possessions except his ship for the Archbishop’s life.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle relates that the Danes were “much stirred against the Bishop, because he would not promise them any fee, and forbade that any man should give anything for him. They were also much drunken ... and took the Bishop, and led him to their hustings, on the eve of the Saturday after Easter ... and then they shamefully killed him. They overwhelmed him with bones and horns of oxen; and one of them smote him with an axe-iron on the head; so that he sunk downwards with the blow. And his holy blood fell on the earth, whilst his sacred soul was sent to the realm of God.”
Collect Commemorating Alphege
O loving God, your martyr bishop Alphege of Canterbury suffered violent death when he refused to permit a ransom to be extorted from his people: Grant that all pastors of your flock may pattern themselves on the Good Shepherd, who laid down his life for the sheep; and who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Those serving today, Sunday, 15 April, 2018: Crucifer/Acolyte: Steve Engels; Eucharistic Minister: Lori Weidner; Lector: Jeff Rogers; Intercessor: Mark Dickman; Ushers: Jeff Rogers & Mark Dickman; Coffee Hour: Barb Rudin & Berg McNutt; Altar Guild: Team #1: Bonnie Byrd & Kathy Rogers; Counters: Team #1: Bonnie Byrd & Emily Feeley; Bishop’s Committee Member of the Month: Bill Lynn
Those serving Sunday, 22 April, 2018: Crucifer/Acolyte: Debbie Staggs; Eucharistic Minister: Steve Engels; Lector: Tommy Stephenson; Intercessor: Tim Feeley; Ushers: Tommy Stephenson & Tim Feeley; Coffee Hour: Darlene Wolff & Steve Duncan; Altar Guild: Team #1: Bonnie Byrd & Kathy Rogers; Counters: Team #1: Bonnie Byrd & Emily Feeley; Bishop’s Committee Member of the Month: Bill Lynn
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Grace is pleased to announce our Spring
2018 FREESTORE FOODBANK DISTRIBUTION!!!!!!!!!
Saturday - 19 May beginning at 10am ending at 12 noon
If you would like to PRE-REGISTER to receive food, please call 371-5951 starting Monday 14 May (from 9am - 1pm) through Friday 18 May (again 9am - 1pm). Your name, address and telephone number will be taken and you will be given a number. Please remember that number and come to Grace at 10 am on Saturday 19 May to REGISTER and receive free food.
This Distribution is sponsored by the kind and gently folks at Trinity Episcopal Church in Covington.
Thank You Trinity!!!!!!!
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Digital Photos Sought for Website
The Grace Episcopal Church website is undergoing updating, and recent photographs of parish activities are needed. Anyone with pictures that can be put on the website to give a good idea of life here at Grace are asked to provide digital copies to the office.
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In Our Prayers This Week
Our Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Church of Ireland The Most Rev’d. Richard Lionel Clarke Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and Metropolitan
Our Diocesan Intercessions: Calvary Church, Ashland -- The Rev. Antoinette “TJ” Azar, Rector, The Rev. Deacon Tina Mussetter, The Rev. Deacon Diane Zwick
Our Parish Intercessions: Gretchen, Robert, Perry, Barb & Robert, Donna, Eric, Sadie, Arya, Adam & Tera, Tom, Larry, Karen, Ian, Steven, Kimberly, Jan, Rachel, Bonnie, Ginger, Mariann, Lisa, Mark, Ken & Michelle, Grace, Ken, Mike, Lori, Gail, Kim, Karen, Lisa, Robbie, Susan, Jason, Dick, Sharon, Dawn, Steve, Tony, Joyce, Michael, Lew & Cheri, Joseph, Donna, RJ, Shirley, , Emily, Patsy, Becky, Chris, Tyler, Bill & Mary, Gladys, Bruce & Marie, Jennie, Pidge
Those serving in the Armed Forces: Adam, Deron, Tyler, Adam, Ben, Jimmy, Clif, David, Jake, Shaughn, Adam, Matt, and all Soldiers and Veterans
Our Faithful Departed: Denise, Ginger
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If you would like to support our hunger ministry, there are spots open for sponsoring the Sanctuary Candle in memory, in honor, or in commemoration of whatever or whomever you wish. The candle burns to indicate the presence of Christ in the consecrated bread and wine in the tabernacle.
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The Catechist’s Corner
The Sacraments
Q. What are the sacraments?
A. The sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means by which we receive that grace.
Q. What is grace?
A. Grace is God’s favor towards us, unearned and undeserved; by grace God forgives our sins, enlightens our minds, stirs our hearts, and strengthens our wills.
Q. What are the two great sacraments of the Gospel?
A. The two great sacraments given by Christ to his Church are Holy Baptism and the Holy Eucharist. (Pp 857-8, BCP)
BIBLE STUDY on 18 APRIL WILL NOT BE IN SESSION!!!
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Saint of the Week
Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012
April 19
Born in 954, Alphege (or Aelfheah) gave his witness in the troubled time of the second wave of Scandinavian invasion and settlement in England. After serving as a monk at Deerhurst, and then as Abbot of Bath, he became in 984, through Archbishop Dunstan’s influence, Bishop of Winchester. He was instrumental in bringing the Norse King Olaf Tryggvason, only recently baptized, to King Aethelred in 994 to make his peace and to be confirmed at Andover.
Transferred to Canterbury in 1005, Alphege was captured by the Danes in 1011. He refused to allow a personal ransom to be collected from his already over-burdened people. Seven months later he was brutally murdered, despite the Viking commander Thorkell’s effort to save him by offering all his possessions except his ship for the Archbishop’s life.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle relates that the Danes were “much stirred against the Bishop, because he would not promise them any fee, and forbade that any man should give anything for him. They were also much drunken ... and took the Bishop, and led him to their hustings, on the eve of the Saturday after Easter ... and then they shamefully killed him. They overwhelmed him with bones and horns of oxen; and one of them smote him with an axe-iron on the head; so that he sunk downwards with the blow. And his holy blood fell on the earth, whilst his sacred soul was sent to the realm of God.”
Collect Commemorating Alphege
O loving God, your martyr bishop Alphege of Canterbury suffered violent death when he refused to permit a ransom to be extorted from his people: Grant that all pastors of your flock may pattern themselves on the Good Shepherd, who laid down his life for the sheep; and who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Those serving today, Sunday, 15 April, 2018: Crucifer/Acolyte: Steve Engels; Eucharistic Minister: Lori Weidner; Lector: Jeff Rogers; Intercessor: Mark Dickman; Ushers: Jeff Rogers & Mark Dickman; Coffee Hour: Barb Rudin & Berg McNutt; Altar Guild: Team #1: Bonnie Byrd & Kathy Rogers; Counters: Team #1: Bonnie Byrd & Emily Feeley; Bishop’s Committee Member of the Month: Bill Lynn
Those serving Sunday, 22 April, 2018: Crucifer/Acolyte: Debbie Staggs; Eucharistic Minister: Steve Engels; Lector: Tommy Stephenson; Intercessor: Tim Feeley; Ushers: Tommy Stephenson & Tim Feeley; Coffee Hour: Darlene Wolff & Steve Duncan; Altar Guild: Team #1: Bonnie Byrd & Kathy Rogers; Counters: Team #1: Bonnie Byrd & Emily Feeley; Bishop’s Committee Member of the Month: Bill Lynn
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Grace is pleased to announce our Spring
2018 FREESTORE FOODBANK DISTRIBUTION!!!!!!!!!
Saturday - 19 May beginning at 10am ending at 12 noon
If you would like to PRE-REGISTER to receive food, please call 371-5951 starting Monday 14 May (from 9am - 1pm) through Friday 18 May (again 9am - 1pm). Your name, address and telephone number will be taken and you will be given a number. Please remember that number and come to Grace at 10 am on Saturday 19 May to REGISTER and receive free food.
This Distribution is sponsored by the kind and gently folks at Trinity Episcopal Church in Covington.
Thank You Trinity!!!!!!!
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Digital Photos Sought for Website
The Grace Episcopal Church website is undergoing updating, and recent photographs of parish activities are needed. Anyone with pictures that can be put on the website to give a good idea of life here at Grace are asked to provide digital copies to the office.
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In Our Prayers This Week
Our Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Church of Ireland The Most Rev’d. Richard Lionel Clarke Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and Metropolitan
Our Diocesan Intercessions: Calvary Church, Ashland -- The Rev. Antoinette “TJ” Azar, Rector, The Rev. Deacon Tina Mussetter, The Rev. Deacon Diane Zwick
Our Parish Intercessions: Gretchen, Robert, Perry, Barb & Robert, Donna, Eric, Sadie, Arya, Adam & Tera, Tom, Larry, Karen, Ian, Steven, Kimberly, Jan, Rachel, Bonnie, Ginger, Mariann, Lisa, Mark, Ken & Michelle, Grace, Ken, Mike, Lori, Gail, Kim, Karen, Lisa, Robbie, Susan, Jason, Dick, Sharon, Dawn, Steve, Tony, Joyce, Michael, Lew & Cheri, Joseph, Donna, RJ, Shirley, , Emily, Patsy, Becky, Chris, Tyler, Bill & Mary, Gladys, Bruce & Marie, Jennie, Pidge
Those serving in the Armed Forces: Adam, Deron, Tyler, Adam, Ben, Jimmy, Clif, David, Jake, Shaughn, Adam, Matt, and all Soldiers and Veterans
Our Faithful Departed: Denise, Ginger
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If you would like to support our hunger ministry, there are spots open for sponsoring the Sanctuary Candle in memory, in honor, or in commemoration of whatever or whomever you wish. The candle burns to indicate the presence of Christ in the consecrated bread and wine in the tabernacle.
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The Catechist’s Corner
The Sacraments
Q. What are the sacraments?
A. The sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means by which we receive that grace.
Q. What is grace?
A. Grace is God’s favor towards us, unearned and undeserved; by grace God forgives our sins, enlightens our minds, stirs our hearts, and strengthens our wills.
Q. What are the two great sacraments of the Gospel?
A. The two great sacraments given by Christ to his Church are Holy Baptism and the Holy Eucharist. (Pp 857-8, BCP)
