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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
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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!
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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!
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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.)
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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
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