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Join us as Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22
6-8AM Ashes-to-Go, NJ Transit—Madison & Convent Station
Noon Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes, In-Person
7PM Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes, In-Person & Livestream
8AM Holy Eucharist Rite II
Brief, spoken mass. Beginning in July, the service will be held at the outdoor chapel.
10AM Choral Mass BULLETIN
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
The Sunday School children will attend service with their family.
Nursery care available.
Summer Sunday School will begin on June 25.
The 4PM service will return in the fall.
Sundays at 8AM
Spoken Eucharist, Rite II, In-Person
Sundays at 10AM
Choral Eucharist, Rite II, BULLETIN
In-person and Live-Streamed
Nursery care available. Sunday School during the 10AM service. Coffee hour following the service
Wednesdays & Saturdays
Morning Prayer at 8:30AM via Zoom
As we seek to further a partnership with our tenants CEC (Center for Evaluation and Counseling) we have been blessed to learn more about their work, and the creative ways they further their mission of improving individual and family functioning. Daily they advocate for vulnerable people who are confronted with poverty, food and housing insecurity and family crisis In July we received a request for art supplies for a pre-teen who was undergoing difficult circumstances, was facing homelessness, and needed an advocate. CEC began to work with them, and told us some of their struggle. This young person shows artistic promise and found an outlet in painting. A member of our outreach team delivered art supplies in a matter of days, offering canvases and brushes as well as comfort and therapeutic creativity during a difficult time. The young person responded with a kind note of thanks, and a landscape that they had painted with the supplies. We celebrate this thoughtful gift, continue to pray for the artist, and ask God how we might to continue to love our neighbors through working with CEC.
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The Crafters will meet on June 20 at 7PM in the upper classroom. Come work on your project or make an item for the Seamen's Church Institute. We can teach you if you'd like to learn.
Sunday Worship
December 24
8AM Spoken Worship, Holy Eucharist, Rite II
10AM Choral Mass, Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Nursery care available. Sunday School is during the 10AM service. BULLETIN
Coffee Hour following the 10AM service
September gatherings
Women's Book Group will meet on Monday, July 17 at 7PM to discuss Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore in Grace Library.
Our book for September book will be Native Speaker by Chang Rae Lee. We will be meeting on Sept 19 at 7:30PM. Conta
Tuesday, March 14 at 7PM, Library All men of Grace Church are invited for conversation, fellowship, and prayer.
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Tuesday, March 14 at 7PM
The Crafters return to Grace! Come create something--knit, crochet, stitch, whatever -- with other crafters. Don't know how to knit? We can teach you! Contact Kathleen for more into.
Wednesday, March 15, 6PM
Pizza Dinner for Kids and their Families
before Stations of the Cross.
This week we will make Easter cards to send along with the Easter chocolate bunnies we collect.
formation
All Things New
a Bible Study in the Revelation of Saint John the Divine
Join Father Asa on Wednesdays, April 26 - June 7, at 10:30AM or 7:30PM. Both session are in-person, and meet in the Library.
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Thanksgiving Food Collection
What an amazing offering of thanksgiving and love! The Grace community has surpassed our goal of creating 35 Thanksgiving Dinner bags. This year we are supplying 40 bags with turkeys for the food pantry at First Baptist Church Madison.
Sunday Worship
Weekly Lenten Opportunities
Monday-Friday
NOON Noonday Prayer & Lent Madness, Evelyn Underhill Region, Zoom
Tuesdays
6:30PM Evening Prayer, Chapel, In-Person
Wednesdays
8:30AM—Morning Prayer, Zoom
10:30AM—Lenten Bible Study, In-Person
12:15PM—Mid-Week Holy Eucharist, In-Person
6:30PM—Guided Stations of the Cross, In-Person
7:30PM—Lenten Bible Study, In-Person
Thursdays
8:45-9PM Chanted Compline
Adult choir will lead Compline by candlelight in the choir stalls
Fridays
12:15PM—Noonday Prayer & Organ Recitals
March 3 Charles Wesley celebration with Dr. Anne Matlack, organ
March 10 Pingry Upper School Strings & Dr. Andrew Moore, organ
March 17 Irish celebration with Anne Matlack, organ & Merynda Adams, harp
March 24 Helen E. J. Thomas Memorial Concert: Patricia Ruggles, alto; Gerall Heiser, cello
March 31 Poetry of John Donne, Anne Matlack, organ, In-Person & Livestream
Saturdays
8:30AM Morning Prayer, Zoom
Monday, September 20 at 7:00pm gathering will discuss The Guest List by Lucy Foley. Contact Judy Honohan for meeting details.
Men's Book Group
Join us for a discussion of Forget the Alamo on Tuesday, September 21 at 7:30pm. Contact Bruce Rudin for meeting info.
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Tuesday, September 28 at 7PM on the terrace. Mother Susan facilitates this group which is part book club, part support group and a safe place to explore our beliefs and feelings. Contact Mother Susan with any questions.
Circle of Women
Tuesday, September 28 at 7PM on the terrace. Mother Susan facilitates this group which is part book club, part support group and a safe place to explore our beliefs and feelings. Contact Mother Susan with any questions.
The Crafters return to Grace! Come create something--knit, crochet, stitch, whatever -- with other crafters on this Thursday, at 7PM in the Library. Don't know how to knit? We can teach you! Contact Kathleen for more into.
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Pizza Compline
Children and their families are invited!
Wednesday, November 2; 6PM-7PM
We will meet on the first and third Wednesday make & eat pizza, do a community service craft, and worship together. It is a wonderful way to spend an hour. .
If your child would like to help with the service. they can read a short scripture passage, play their instrument, sing, and or light the candles. Let us know how they'd like to participate.
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All men of Grace Church, from all walks of life, are invited to this monthly in-person gathering for conversation, fellowship, and prayer held on the Second Tuesday of each month; October 11, at 7PM. Light refreshments and non-alcoholic beverages will be served at this first gathering, however feel free to bring another refreshment of your choice. Contact Erik Donough or Charlie Jurgensen with any questions.
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Thank you!! We delivered 50 lunchboxes for the children served by Interfaith Food Pantry.
8AM Holy Eucharist Rite II,
Brief, spoken service
10AM Holy Eucharist Rite II
Worship service with music.
Sunday school during the service.
Nursery care available.
10AM BULLETIN
4PM Holy Eucharist Rite II
Brief, spoken service
Youth Conference
From Wednesday, July 6 to Sunday, July 10 join Father Asa and youth from across our diocese on a trip to the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, held this year in Baltimore, Maryland. As a group we will meet with deputies from our diocese, attend legislative hearings and worship, explore Baltimore, and engage with a local outreach ministry. This trip is open to Youth who have participated in the Grace Confirmation Program through those entering college in the Fall 2022 (Grades 8 -12).
Registration deadline is April 9, space is limited. Click here for registration information
Please contact Father Asa if you have any questions.
outreach
help restock the shelves
Grace Church's Food for Friends shelves are nearly empty as well. Last Saturday, we responded to a call for donations from the Ukrainian Church in Whippany. We cleared out our shelves and dropped off food and supplies that will be sent to Ukraine for the refugees and troops. We need your help restocking! Please bring donations for the Military Assistance Pantry this Sunday, or drop them off in the Grace Lobby any time this week.
Thank you for your generosity.
Most needed items:
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Paper Towels
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Cereals
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Rice
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Peanut Butter
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Canned Chicken & Tuna
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High protein Soups
Rite 13 is a ceremony that celebrates a child's rite of passage into adolescence. Rite 13 offers a way to mark the transition to adolescence while saving the rite of confirmation for high schoolers who have had more time to grapple with what they believe. Rite 13 is a complement to Confirmation, not a replacement. This is an opportunity for families and friends to gather and recognize the maturation of our youth. The ceremony is for youth turning 13 before the next school year starts or who have turned 13 since last July. Most who participate are in 7th or 8th grade.
An application form for participation in the next ceremony of September 2019 can be submitted to the church office (see form).
Please remember to include items to donate to Food for Friends when you shop. We can always use hearty soup, chili, stew (the higher protein is better), canned chicken, Spam, tuna, Vienna sausages, peanut butter, 100% fruit juice, shelf-stable milk, powdered milk (smaller pouches preferred), healthy cereal, instant oatmeal, rice and rice mixes (smaller packages). Learn more. Contact Barbara Hughes for more information.
North Porch has seen an increased need. As you can imagine, the shelves are near empty! Please help stock them by adding some baby item when you grocery shop. The most needed items are Enfamil (yellow), size 6 diapers, wipes, Stage 2 baby food, baby wash/diaper cream. Thank you!~ Crary Brooks & Stacy Wilde
FOOD INGATHERING
Every Sunday at Grace between 10am-noon
You can dedicate altar flowers in memory for or in honor of loved ones. The dedication will be listed in our Sunday bulletin which is available for those worshipping in-person or those joining in worship online. Contact the parish office to let them know your desired Sunday date, and to whom the dedication is for and from. You may pay by check or online with VANCO.
Sunday worship
8AM Worship, Outside at Grace
Simple, spoken worship service and Holy Eucharist outside on Grace Campus. Bring a mask, a chair, and join us Sunday!
9:45AM Summer Sunday School
We will have summer Sunday School every Sunday at the Outdoor Chapel! Parents will need to sign-in their children before heading in to church!
10AM Worship in our Sanctuary
Worship service with Holy Eucharist, and choir. No sign up required. Masks must be worn inside the buildings at all times.
When gathering in-person, we will follow the latest diocese COVID guidelines. Please be aware that all recommended health and safety precautions will be observed to help keep us as safe as possible. All must wear masks while in the building. The Eucharist will be celebrated with consecrated wafer only. Distancing will take place within the pews. These guidelines may need to be adapted in the coming months.
a contemplative service as we approach the Longest Night
Sunday, December 19, 5PM, While the world around us is bustling with Christmas preparations this service is designed for those who need a moment to step away from the business and reflect on the past year; finding refreshment for our souls. Everyone is invited to this candlelight service of prayer meditative Taize music with instruments in our Sanctuary. Join us in person or on Live-Stream.
This service will replace the 4PM Mass on Sunday, December 19.
Advent Evensong
Worship update
In light of the recent COVID surge in our area, we are encouraging home worship using our live-stream. This is especially true if you have any COVID symptoms, are unvaccinated, are immunocompromised, or have had COVID exposure in the past 5 days.
For people who worship in person, please note that masks will be worn at all times (covering the nose too, please!) and that social distancing is critically important. For safety reasons, worship is shortened and there is no Coffee Hour at this time. The 8AM and 4PM services are very brief, spoken services. Minimal music is offered at the 10AM service. More information at COVID ActNow.
help is available
Survivors of Suicide
Monthly meetings at Grace Church
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: 741741
NJ Hope Line (suicide prevention) 1-855-654-6735
NJ Mental Health Cares
1-866-202-HELP (4357)
TTY: 1-877-294-4356 Email: help@njmentalhealthcares.org
Sunday Worship Schedule
8:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
10:00 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Sunday School
5:00 pm "Last Chance" Mass,
Holy Eucharist Rite II
We are hiring for the position of Director of Children and Family Ministries.
Send inquiries/resume to sironside@GraceMadison.org
Job Posting
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Daily Office
Morning Prayer Service
Monday-Saturday at 8:30am in Grace Zoom Room
Daily Morning Prayer will be temporarily suspended in the month of August. Please know that we are all still praying! The prayer list on our website will always be current, as the needs of the world will not stop, and God’s people do not take vacation from prayer. But this will provide Worship Leaders a break from extra screen time in the parish Zoom room.
Tree of Light
Sunday, December 18 following the Advent Evensong, we will light a Christmas tree in front of Grace Church to honor and remember people in our lives. Join us for a brief program outside with light refreshment.
A Communicant of Grace Church is one who worships regularly at Grace, has received Communion here at least three times in the past year, and has contributed to general parish support in the past year in an amount at least equal to the church and clergy fees charged to non-parishioners ($1200 – $1500, depending upon whether the clergy perform the premarital counseling). If at least one member of the couple, or the parents of one member, fit this definition, the “Communicant rate” applies. If the required contribution has not been received y the church one month prior to the wedding, the rule for non-members applies.
Feeling a bit blue this Advent? Understandably, not everyone is excited for the Advent and Christmas seasons. We invite you a simple prayer service of scripture and song on December 18, at 7:30 pm.
Fr. Asa will lead an Advent bible study. Come join the discussion Dec. 18 at 12:15pm.
Feeling a bit blue this Advent? Understandably, not everyone is excited for the Advent and Christmas seasons. We invite you a simple prayer service of scripture and song on December 18, at 7:30 pm.
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Grace Notes
Messenger
Monthly Newsletter
sermons
SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHEDULE
Sign-in outside at 9:45 on the following Sundays:
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June 20
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July 4
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July 18
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August 1
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August 22
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September 5
The Sunday School program year will begin on September 12.
welcome
Grace warmly welcomes all newcomers and visitors. We’re an inclusive faith community and pride ourselves on our attention to liturgy and our love for fellowship. Our programs for children, youth, and adults — including our talented choirs — inspire worship and hospitality. We enjoy serving God together.
At Grace, we root ourselves in our rich Anglican traditions. Services are celebrated every day of the year. Please join us.
sunday school
Fees for Weddings
Standard Fees (for both communicant and non-members)
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Organist fee: $350
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For the organist (music consultation, rehearsal and wedding).
If there is special music, an extra rehearsal with soloists, or more than one consultation, this is increased to $425. If an outside organist is requested and the Grace Church organist would have been available to play, the basic music fee must still be paid. -
Soloist(s): fees vary and should be paid directly to them. Our music director will arrange and advise.
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Sexton’s fee: $200
Reservation Fee
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Communicants: no fee
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Non-member: $100
Payable at the time the wedding date is placed on the church calendar; applied to other fees owed at the time of the wedding; fully refundable up until six months before the wedding date if the wedding is cancelled.
Use of Church
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Communicants: no fee
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Non-member: $1000
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Use of window candles for communicant and non-member: $100
Bulletin Preparation
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Standard Format: Free
8.5 x 11 paper, folded and booklet-stapled to make a booklet. Services include basic design, printing and folding only. Collating or attachment of decorations such as ribbons not included. White and ivory paper are available. If another color is desired, it must be provided by the bride and groom.
Clergy Fees
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Communicant: no fee
It is traditional for the couple to give the priest an honorarium. The size and nature of the wedding, other fees, and the amount of time required of the clergy should be taken into account when determining the amount. (The fees charged to non-communicants can be used as a guideline.) The couple should consult with the clergy person about how to make out an honorarium check.
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Non-member: If the clergy person does the premarital counseling: $700.
If the counseling is done at an approved site: $400.
Note: If an unusual amount of time in preparation is required (additional counseling sessions, coordination with other clergy, extra correspondence, etc.) the amount of the fee will be adjusted accordingly.