THIS WEEK’S READINGS

Acts 9:1-6, Psalm 30, Revelation 5:11-14, John 21:1-19

THIS WEEK'S WORSHIP SCHEDULE

10 AM Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion from the Reserved Sacrament and Sunday School (bulletin)

Wednesday
9 AM The Holy Eucharist

SUNDAY SCHOOL . . . is held at 10 AM each Sunday for grade school age children (kindergarten to 5th grade). After their lesson and activity, the children will join the congregation for communion.

ABOUT EASTERTIDE . . . The season of Easter is the celebration of the central truth of the Christian faith, that Christ is risen from the dead.  It is an historical fact that Jesus was crucified.  It is the core of the Christian faith that he rose from the dead.  But in the liturgical tradition of the Church, these are not things of the past or abstract theories.  The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is remembered and made present in our worship, and manifested in our common life today and always.

Grace Church follows the tradition of the Church in celebrating Easter for fifty days: from the Great Vigil of Easter through the Day of Pentecost. During this season Alleluias are multiplied, fasting and abstinence is suspended, and the general confession is omitted from the liturgy.

“Jesus Christ, yesterday and today, the Beginning and the End, Alpha and Omega.
His are all times and all ages. To him be glory and dominion through all eternity."

During Eastertide we will sing the Sequence, Victimae Paschale laudes, which dates from the 11th century and is one of only four medieval sequences to survive the liturgical revisions of the Council of Trent (a fifth was added in the 18th century).

OUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR . . . . the sick and those in need, especially The Rev. James Warnke, priest,  Nancy, Rae Palladino, Robert Young,Sr., Jennifer, Haiyan, Dave, Thomas Petrullo, Daniela Parisi, Michael Shumway, Greg Hutchinson, Catherine Gooch, Larry Toppin, Howard Goldin, Chris Spilker, Lexi Manning, Gina DeMarsico, Christian Davis, Shawn Davis, Suzanne Morris, Lauren Rosenthal, Charlotte Wilson, Rich Landi, John Whitlock, and Gaylord Hitchcock, priest.

For those celebrating birthdays especially Geoffrey Mueller (5/5), Stephen Schneider (5/6), Stephanie Valentine (5/7), Leann Lydon (5/8), and Aleena Natalya Sienna Porter (4/10) and those celebrating anniversaries.

For Jordan Howell and Paula Ricca, who upon receiving the laying on of hands by Bishop Hughes, will be formally welcomed into the fellowship of the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion on May 3.

For those receiving the sacrament of Baptism on June 22: Emma May Flynn, daughter of Ashley and Connor Flynn, and Charlotte Brendel Cox, daughter of Danielle and Glenn Cox.

For those who have died especially William Dolan (5/4), Howard C. Spilker (5/6), Sandra Carafiello (5/7), Alice DeFresne (5/7), Alexander Jeffrey, III (5/7), Florence Schorr (5/7), Agnes Bianchi (5/8), Leonard P. Botting (5/8), Ena Hollands (5/9), Hilma McCormick (5/10), and Walter Smith (5/10). 

PRAYER LIST REQUESTS . . . To add any names to the parish prayer list, please send an email to kmaccourt@gmail.com with the name of the person to be prayed for, your name and a brief description of the person’s health or other situation (note if long-term or chronic).  Names are listed for four weeks and then rotate off, but they can be added again as needed.  If you have questions, please speak with the wardens or Father Anthony.

Thank you to our volunteers for this Sunday

Evans Roache, acolyte
Larry and Daisy Toppin, ushers
Paula Ricca, Sunday School
Tom Bisdale, reader
Leslie Bisdale, altar guild
Barbara Tait, coffee hour
Akin Okunlola and Trish Landi, counters