Thank you so much to Steve Siebert for preaching this Sunday, and sharing ways we can notice outsiders in our midst. Please see his note below about ways we can help people who are incarcerated.
This Sunday we will have first communion for Theo and Laila Duda. If your child is interested in a first communion, or more information about communion, please reach out to me at lauren@gracehastings.org
Also this Sunday, we will celebrate Eliza Zimmerer at coffee hour. Please come to thank Eliza for her ministry with us as our Sunday school director these past three and a half years.
See you Sunday!
Faithfully,
Lauren
The Rev. Lauren Kuratko, Rector of Grace Church
A message from Bishop Heyd
Please take the Diocese of New York Mission Review Survey before Monday. Anthony and I have been working on the Mission Review and we need your feedback! Click the link for details: Click Here
Sunday School Director
We are looking for a new Sunday school director -- do you know anyone who might be interested?
The link to the job description is here: Job Link. Interested folks can reach out directly to Lauren at lauren@gracehastings.orgwith their resume.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW 2’S PROGRAM AT THE RIVERTOWN PRESCHOOL!!
Join us as we open our doors to prospective Rivertown families! Click the LINK for more information.
OPEN HOUSE: MAY 8th @ 6:00 PM
Special Food Collection - April
Proteins! This is an area where the pantry often runs short and contributions of canned chicken, salmon, tuna and Spam are much appreciated. We’ll collect the food on April 28th. No signup needed, but please be generous. As always, Foodtown gift cards in the amount of $10 are also welcome!
Please contact Mary Manto (mmanto765@gmail.com) with any questions and many thanks for supporting this important outreach.
No time to shop? Won’t be in church that week? We’ve got you!
Donations can also be made through the following links:
Hastings Farmers Market: Click Here (funds go toward fresh food delivered to the Pantry on Saturdays)
Mary Manto
Actions for Restorative Justice
Our Easter season reflections on “inside”/“outside” encourage us to express our Christian convictions about restorative justice in public ways. You can do so by encouraging our legislators to pass two simple parole reform bills.
Lots of ways to take action: Click Here
The most important call you can make (or email/letter you can write) is to Senator Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, urging her to bring the bills to the floor for a vote (there are enough Senators in support for these bills to pass). Call her Albany office at (518) 455-2585, or click here for other ways to contact her: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/andrea-stewart-cousins/contact. You can identify yourself as a Grace Church member, or simply as a Christian, for whom this matters, or simply make it clear that we need to have restorative justice.
MaryJane Shimsky (representing many of us) has signed onto both bills, but if you have a chance, thank her for her support, and encourage her to continue to push for their passage.
Additional information, along with postcards we can sign, will be available in church when the Easter “inside”/“outside” series continues on April 28th.
Steve Siebert
Breakfast Run, June 2nd
Hello All,
Our next Breakfast Run is Sunday, June 2nd. All toiletries have been donated thanks to the Temple Beth Shalom, Grace Church and First Reformed Church Multi-Faith MLK Day of Service event. Yay!
We really need hot egg casseroles (easy, easy recipe found on separate tab in google sign up sheet - hardest challenge is waking up in the morning to meet the 7am dropoff) bagels, and other breakfast supplies. Volunteers wanted!
Please consider signing up HERE.
Thank you!
Alicia Sweitzer, Dan Fingleton and Aidan Dorn (Grace student lead)
Bible Study & Spiritual Discussion
Wednesday, April 24th
Bible Study Reading & Commentaries The reading for Wednesday's Bible Study is HERE. ClickHERE and HERE for Bible study commentaries.
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Sunday (4/21) - Zoom Service @ 9am Lector: Bruce Jennings
Sunday (4/21) In-person Worship 10:00am Altar Guild: Laura Frobel Ushers: Jim DeVita, Ken Murphy Lectors: Ken Murphy, Elsa DeVita
Chalice Bearer: Dennis Prahl Counters: Dennis Prahl, Mia Johnson Coffee Hour: The Fewell/Triantafillou Family Wednesday (4/24) - Bible Study & Spiritual Discussion @ Noon
