Announcements at Grace
Grace Episcopal Church
55 New Park Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone 860-233-0825
THIS Week at Grace
CALENDAR OF MASSES AND ACTIVITIES
Sunday, January 29 The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00 a.m. Low Mass 9:45 a.m
10:30 a.m. Solemn High
Mass, followed by the Laying-on of Hands for healing
12:15 p.m. ANNUAL
MEETING
(a light lunch will be provided)
Tuesday, January 31 
5:30 p.m.
Low Mass in the Chapel7:00 p.m. Contemplative Prayer Group
Wednesday, February 1
Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, 5237:15 a.m.
Low Mass in the Chapel, followed by breakfast at Effie’s7:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, February 2
THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE also called the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin
5:30 p.m.
Low Mass in the Chapel
Sunday, February 5
THE SOLEMNITY OF CANDLEMAS (transferred from February 2)
8:00 a.m.
Low Mass, followed by the Laying-on of Hands for healing (see note below)9:45 a.m
. Education Hour10:30 a.m.
Solemn High Mass, followed by the Laying-on of Hands for healingFollowing the 8:00 a.m. Low Mass on the first Sunday of each month, Fr. Maxwell provides the laying-on of hands and prayers for healing. Following every 10:30 a.m. mass, lay members of our parish with healing ministries are available in the chapel to provide this service. If you would like to receive this rite, please quietly enter the chapel during the postlude; our lay ministers will remain in the chapel as long as necessary.
Grace Episcopal Church
55 New Park Ave. Hartford CT 06106
860 233-0825
GRACE HAPPENS bulletin inserts for
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Read the March 5, 2008 Hartford Courant Feature by Susan Campbell about Grace Church
EARLY MUSIC CONCERT
performed on
Baroque oboe, Baroque Violin, Baroque Cello and Harpsichord
In Hartford’s premiere chamber setting
Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 7:30 p.m.
Grace Episcopal Church
55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, CT
Admission is Free (seating is limited) – All are Welcome!
Reception follows concert – meet the performers
Supported by the Parkville Classicals Series at
Grace Episcopal Church
Becoming Ourselves with God
King David, Mary, St. Paul, Thomas Aquinas and Francis of Assisi, our friends
and guides, lead us on a journey to live out our vocation, becoming completely
and fully ourselves with God.
A Quiet Day with the Rev’d
Dr. Minka Sprague
Saturday, March 17, 9 a.m. - lunch
St. John’s Episcopal Church
679 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT 06119
A popular speaker and formerly Professor of New Testament and Greek at New York Theological Seminary, Minka Sprague currently serves St. James’ Episcopal Church in Jackson, MS. Her introduction to the New Testament One to Watch, One to Pray is available from Amazon.com.
Cost: $20 (includes lunch). Reservations: office@sjparish.net or 860-523-5201
Jointly
sponsored by St. John’s and Grace Episcopal Churches
Get ready to Live Big! Mr. John Pryor is leading an education hour for the young and the young at heart every Sunday morning at 9:45 in Nason Hall. They will be using the curriculum “Live B.I.G.” which employs games and songs, art projects and stories to teach us about our faith. Visit <www.ilivebig.com> to learn more.
Come join in the fun!
Contemplative Prayer Group
Our own Grace Church is hosting an ongoing Contemplative Prayer Group in collaboration with members of Christ Church Cathedral every Tuesday evening. Sessions will be an hour and a half in length, from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Please join us for meditation, centering prayer, personal experiences on the path into the silent land of contemplation, and lively discussions about the writings of ancient and modern contemplatives and mystics from the Desert Fathers to Saint Benedict, Meister Ekhart, Thomas Merton and others. It is recommended that participants purchase and read Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird, available from Amazon for around $12. For more information please call Larry Malick from the Cathedral at (860) 560-9085 (h) or (860) 677-2177 (w).
Our Fourteenth Season in Parkville
October 22, 2011: Linden String Quartet
February 11, 2012: Sebastian Chamber Players
May 19, 2012: CitySingers
June 23, 2012: Musical Friends
All concerts free, begin at 7:30 p.m. at
Grace Episcopal Church
55 New Park Ave, Hartford
Limited seating
Reception follows to greet the musical guests
“A Place of Grace” Food Pantry
distribution on Thursdays, at 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., except the First Thursday of each month
(packing on Wednesdays, at 4:00 p.m.)
Please consider joining our wonderful packing and/or distribution team as a new volunteer.
Ministry Opportunities
There are many opportunities for joyful service open in the parish:
We hope you're noticing all the repairs and improvements that are taking place at Grace: The roof of the church has been replaced and new eaves troughs have been installed. A brick buttress on the north side of the church has been rebuilt, the chimney repaired, and other masonry has been re-pointed. The vinyl siding has been power washed and all our exterior woodwork is being repainted. Overgrown shrubbery has been removed and new landscaping is been planned for planting in the spring. We also hope to refinish the floor in Nason Hall soon. Grace is looking quite shiny and bright!
Needless to say, all this work costs money; fortunately, under the careful guidance of our junior warden, our expenses are being kept quite low and we expect all these improvements to cost approximately $30,000. To meet these expenses we've taken out a low interest loan from the diocese. One of the stipulations of this loan is that the parish raise at least 20% of the total cost of the project. The vestry is delighted to report that parish leaders have contributed almost $11,000 toward all these capital improvements, easily surpassing the requirements of the diocese. If you would like to join in this effort to maintain and improve Grace's buildings, contributing to our building fund, please write a check to Grace Episcopal Church noting "for capital expenses" in the memo line.
Choir Spots Available
The Grace Church Choir is always willing to welcome new members. A reasonable singing voice and a desire to sing are the only requirements, but previous musical training and experience certainly helps. For those that are unable to commit to the full choral schedule of Sundays and Holy Days, it is possible to rehearse and sing select Sundays or a particular Feast. Anyone so inclined: please speak to me!
--Kyle Swann, Choirmaster and Organist
kyleoperdressage@aol.com
~ We need your help to fill Grace Church with the beauty and fragrance of exquisite flowers! With your support, glorious flowers will “grace” our church all year long. Please consider contributing to the Flower Fund.
~Volunteers to help out in the parish office.
~Shoppers to help us keep our kitchen and cleaning closet well supplied.
~"Handy-folk" to do minor repairs at the church and rectory.
~The
Altar Guild needs additional members to assist in preparing for both Sunday and daily masses, and in maintaining our vestments and linens.
~Greeters and Ushers are wanted to welcome visitors to the parish.
~Our
food pantry welcomes volunteers both to pack groceries on Wednesdays
at 4:30 p.m. (except the first Wednesday of each month) and to distribute them on Thursdays
from 9 to 11:00 a.m.
~Coffee Hour Sign-up: We have need for more people to volunteer to provide refreshments for the Coffee Hour after the 10:30 a.m. services in the coming weeks. Please consider making this one of your ministries here at Grace. There is a sign-up sheet in Nason Hall. Thank you!
Please contact the rector if you feel called to serve in any of these areas;
the burden is light and the reward is great!
THANKS FOR ANY AND ALL HELP!
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