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JULY/AUGUST 2018
In this issue: Page:
Worship Schedule 1
Caring & Sharing 2
“The Word” for Thought Youth News
3
Birthdays & Anniversaries Men’s Breakfast
4
Grace Supper Club 5
Religious Coalition Emergency Family Shelter
6
Frederick “In The Street” 7
July/August Calendar 8-9
Daily Bible Readings 10-11
Greeting & Fellowship 11
Scavenger Hunt 12
For All the Saints 13-14
Church Notes 14-16
Pastor Rob is on Sabbatical Through August 31!
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Grace UCC Sabbatical
Preaching Schedule
July-August
~~~~~~~ Sunday, July 8~Rev. John Shillingburg
Sunday, July 15~Rev. Beth O’Malley
Sunday, July 22~Rev. Rebecca Shillingburg Sunday, July 29~Rev. John Shillingburg
Sunday, August 5~Gary Johnson
Sunday, August 12~Gary Johnson
Sunday, August 19~Rev. Beth O’Malley
Sunday, August 26~Rev. Beth O’Malley
The Grace Vine Grace United Church of Christ
An Open and Affirming Congregation
25 East Second Street Historic Downtown Frederick, Maryland
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Called To Care - Grace Folks in Need of a Visit
Following is a list of members and friends of our Grace Church family who are currently ill, home-bound, recovering from an injury or surgery, or hospitalized. If you know of other folks who should be added to this list, please call the church office or speak to Gary Johnson while Pastor Rob is away.
Caring and Sharing
Pastor Rob is on Sabbatical through August 31.
We have a schedule of pastors who will be with us on Sundays,
for emergencies, as well as a list of volunteers on call to visit
people in the hospital and nursing homes as we have the need.
Gary Johnson is coordinating this and will be the contact person for this
ministry while Pastor Rob is away. Thanks!
Millie Davis 801 Pine Ave.,Frederick, MD 21701
Joe Free 1117 Rocky Springs Rd., Frederick, MD 21702
Jean Gaver 7407 Willow Rd., AL 250, Frederick, MD 21702
Paul and Miriam Himes 9810 Masser Rd., Frederick, MD 21702
Karlene Kaufmann 2100 Whittier Dr., Apt. 405, Frederick, MD 21702
Pam Kehne 1632 Wall Dr., Pasadena, MD 21122
Betty Linton 990 Waterford Dr., Unit 206, Frederick, MD 21702
A Pastoral Care note: Due to the current HIPAA (Privacy) laws, hospitals are not permitted to contact churches on behalf of patients. If you know of a church member who is hospitalized, please inform the church office. In the case of an emergency hospitalization (whether yourself or a family member), for the months of July and August; please contact Gary Johnson at 240-60-0411.
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Isaiah 46:4
Even to your old age I will be the same, And even to your graying years I will bear you! I have done it, and I will carry you; And I will bear you and I will deliver you.
Leviticus 19:32
'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.
1 Timothy 5:1-2
Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers, the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity.
1 Peter 5:5
You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one an-other, for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.
“THE WORD” for Thought
YOUTH NEWS -- Taking a Summer Break!
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Youth Group will resume in September!
Be thinking of activities and events that
interest you and bring ideas to our fall meeting.
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July/August
Anniversaries
Bartgis, Earl & Anita 37 years
Taylor, Lloyd & Virginia 36 years
Tabbachino, Liz & Vinny 6 years
Haas, Ted & Norine 61 years
Marshall, Pam & Ron 49 years
We Need You! Would you like to serve on the Administration Ministry Commission Team? Please contact Steve Robeson at srobesonusmc@gmail.com.
Steven Robeson Sr., Administrative Ministry Commission Chair
Men’s Fellowship Breakfast Saturday, July 7th -- 9AM
Bob Evans on Route 40 (at the end of the
Golden Mile) . All men are invited to join us!
Congregational Life
MONTHLY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
On the last Sunday of every month, the
Congregational Life Commission hosts a
birthday party for everyone who celebrated a
birthday during that month. (Please be sure that
your birthday is on file with the church office so
that we can celebrate you!)
Charles Kehne July 2
Justin Kula July 5
Gloria Gafney July 6
Frank Erwin July 8
Raymond Gafney July 11
Loretta Hamilton July 15
Richard Hough July 15
Alex Moxley July 16
Catherine Jameson July 20
Trish Culler July 21
Teddi Garrison July 25
Samantha Johnson July 26
Jacob Taylor August 9
Steve Failor August 10
Ron Marshall August 10
Pam Marshall August 15
Jordan Kehne August 18
Sarah Malasky August 18
Paul Himes August 22
Eric Powell August 24
Norm Hardy August 25
Sophia Kaufman August 25
Vonnie Crum August 26
Doris Bottcher August 28
Administrative Ministry
Commission News
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Planning an Event at the Church?
Contact the Church Office to Schedule!
Are you planning an event at the Church? If so, PLEASE remember to call the church office and make sure to get on the calendar ASAP. This means BEFORE you make plans, invite people, advertise, etc... The church building is getting increasingly busy through-out the week and we’d like to avoid embarrassing double-bookings. Thanks so much!!
The German Church Delegation - October 24-November 1
We have most of our host families for the German Church delegation that will be visiting us this Fall (Oct. 24th-Nov. 1st). However, If you have space in your home to host 1 or 2 adults, please speak to Pastor Rob before October for the details. Thanks!
FOOD & FELLOWSHIP! SUPPER CLUB is coming back to Grace Church! After a hiatus, SUPPER CLUB is back this fall!
SUPPER CLUB is a social activity to bring Grace members and friends together. Singles and couples will be placed in groups of 6-8 to dine together once a month. Whether it’s at a restaurant or someone's home, SUPPER CLUB is a great way to meet your church family and have fun together!
The only rule is: NO CHURCH BUSINESS!!
This is about fun, making friends, and getting to know each other! And, what better way to do that than to eat together?
Please contact Sarah at admin@crucc.com in the Church office to sign up to be in a SUPPER CLUB group starting in September!
Congregational Life
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Mission & Outreach at Grace
Grace UCC Volunteers Needed
for Emergency Family Shelter hosted by Grace
August 11th through August 18th
As always, we are looking for individuals to partner with us in providing a safe place for homeless families. In addition to our usual evening volunteers, we are in need of one or two individuals who would be willing to assist Carol Garrison in opening the church for our families and volunteers. Unlocking doors, being available to welcome families as they arrive, assisting the volunteers to set-up, and locking up after everyone is settled in. This would be from about 5:30 to 7:00 in the evening. All volunteers must be vetted and trained, so if you have not yet signed up, please see Carol Garrison or Sarah Travis for information. If you have already been through the training process, get yourself on the schedule. She will be happy to walk-through the process with you. We are next hosting the Emergency Family Shelter August 11th through August 18th
and again November 10th through 17th. Thank you!
For Emergency Human Needs
Grace UCC Collects Basic Household Items
for Emergency Family Shelter
Grace has an opportunity to support the RCEHN’s Emergency Family Shelter in a new
way. Like all households (and RCEHN does have a home base just off Bentz St. where meals are fixed; belongings are stored; clothes are washed and instruction is given) there are continuing needs for the “little things” (paper towels, detergent, bath soap, etc.). We’d like to collect these items in July and deliver them in August (our next hospitality month).
There will be a cutout house on an easel near the sanctuary with a large basket underneath and small tags within the house with needs items, such as: 2 rolls paper towels; 8 oz. soft scrub, etc. You may take a tag, purchase the item(s), and then bring the items back and place in the basket for collection. Contact Carol Garrison for more info. Or visit https://www.thereligiouscoalition.org/support-us/supply-needs/
Thank you in advance for your ongoing support!
PAPER TOWELS ~ DETERGENT ~ BATH SOAP ~ ...etc.
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Mission, Outreach, and Volunteer Opportunities:
Sunday, August 19 - FREDERICK COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY’S SOUP KITCHEN: Volunteers from Grace Church serve at the Soup Kitchen on the 3rd Sunday of even months. It's a rewarding mission experience and we always have fun. Our next ser-vice date is October 21. Won't you join us?
Frederick FoodBank. On the third Sunday of every month, we dedicate the “Grace Groceries” that have been collected in our little red wagon (in the narthex), and then deliver them to the Frederick Foodbank. Thank you for your continued gener-osity!
Religious Coalition’s (RCEHN) Emergency Family Shelter is hosted by Grace Church four times a year. New volunteers to the program are always welcome! Volunteers must be over the age of 18, and a background check is required. Please contact the church office or speak to Sarah Travis for an application.
The Good Samaritan Fund of Grace Church is designated for emergency relief to members and friends of Grace Church. Only the pastor and person in need know who receives assistance. Donations to the fund are welcome at any time, in any amount. If you can help, please place a check in the offering plate made out to Grace Church with "Good Samaritan Fund" on the memo line. Thank you!
Mission & Outreach at Grace
Frederick “In the Street” Help Needed at the Grace booth!
Every year, “In the Street” brings thousands
of people to downtown Frederick. Grace
Church will have a booth with kids activities
in the festival this year and we need YOUR
help! Please consider taking a 2 hour slot
to help Pastor Rob work the booth and run
some fun kids activities and give out
balloons, stickers, etc. In the Street is Saturday, September 8th from 11-5.
Many Thanks!
Please email Sarah at admin@grucc.com in the church office to volunteer!
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This month's readings are all over the place as we begin the longest stretch of the year: Com-mon Time. But two things stood out at me as worthy of our atten-tion. I Samuel and Revelation. I
Samuel is a fun book to read because it is the history of Israel. The call of David as King and all the escapades of the Davidic Kingdom, worthy of its own daytime soap opera! There is mystery and intrigue, adultery and murder. Days of our Lives "ain't got noth-ing" on I Samuel! Revelation is a book that is just as fun to read if you can think of it as a book of hope rather than a "scare you into Heaven" reading. Revelation is often seen as a book of prophesies of the end of the world and the horror than will ensue. With its 6 headed beasts and secret codes, Revelation has been used to keep people in line and to read the newspaper with an eye on how close the end is. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth! Modern biblical scholarship teaches that Revelation is really a book of code for the early church that lived in terrible persecution. It is a book of hope for people whose faith meant almost daily threats of torture and imprison-ment. And every generation has read Revelation with an eye to how it applies to their time because every generation has had its share of persecuted people. Bottom line, we are NOT necessarily the last generation and we don;t know how any of these readings reflect ours or any other generation on earth. but what we do know is this: Whatever tribulation life may bring our way, personally or as a nation, Revelation teaches is that in the end....God wins! Thats the message for a persecuted Church: In the end...God wins. That's the message to a woman facing divorce or a family in poverty or a person facing cancer. The only thing that will ever win in the end is GOD. Enjoy!
Proper 8 (13) Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 1, 2018
2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 Psalm 130
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24 or Lamentations 3:22-33 Psalm 30
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Mark 5:21-43
Proper 9 (14) Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 8, 2018
2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 Psalm 48
Ezekiel 2:1-5 Psalm 123
2 Corinthians 12:2-10
Mark 6:1-13
Proper 10 (15) Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 15, 2018
2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Psalm 24
Amos 7:7-15 Psalm 85:8-13
Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29
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Greeters and Fellowship Hosts Needed!
WE NEED YOU! Please think about serving as a GREETER to welcome people to worship or as a FELLOWSHIP HOST to make people feel welcome after worship.
PLEASE SIGN-UP! The sign-up sheet is on the refrigerator in the Good Shepherd Room or speak to Rob Apgar (“Cop Rob”).
Proper 11 (16) Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 22, 2018
2 Samuel 7:1-14a Psalm 89:20-37
Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 23
Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
Proper 12 (17) Tenth Sunday after Pentecost July 29, 2018
2 Samuel 11:1-15 Psalm 14
2 Kings 4:42-44 Psalm 145:10-18
Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21
Proper 13 (18) Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 5, 2018
2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a Psalm 51:1-12
Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 Psalm 78:23-29
Ephesians 4:1-16 John 6:24-35
Proper 14 (19) Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 12, 2018
2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 Psalm 130
1 Kings 19:4-8 Psalm 34:1-8
Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51
Proper 15 (20) Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 19, 2018
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Psalm 111
Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 34:9-14
Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58
Proper 16 (21) Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 26, 2018
1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43 Psalm 84
Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 Psalm 34:15-22
Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69
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Finance and Property Commission
Worship and Education Commission
Treasurer’s Report
May 2018 2018 Year-to-Date Income: $14,664.19 Income: $70,740.63 Expenses: $15,539.34 Expenses: $99,414.11 Difference: ($ 895.15) Difference: ($28,673.48)
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Grace Scavenger Hunt
Welcome to the Worship and Education Section of your July-August 2018 newsletter. Been with us a long time? A short time? It doesn’t matter as long as you’re with us!
Here are some “old things” that, if you pay attention, are still hanging around the church for you to find – a Scavenger Hunt…good luck and have fun!
Where on the church property will you find these items?
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6. Sorry, there is no prize; but ... we’re all winners at
Grace Church! (Scavenger Hunt an-swers will be posted in the September issue of Grace Vine.)
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St Bernard of Clairvaux
Feast Day: August 20 Born: 1090 :: Died: 1153
Bernard was born in Dijon, in France. He had six brothers and sisters and they were very well educated. He was only 17 years old when his mother died and his heart was broken.
His lively sister Humbeline did not let him remain sad and she did whatever she could to cheer him up. Soon Bernard became a very popular man. He was handsome and intelli-gent, full of fun and good humor and people enjoyed being with him. Then one day, Bernard surprised all his friends by telling them he was going to join the very strict Cistercian order and become a Priest. They did all they could to make him give up the idea. But in the end, Bernard convinced his brothers, an uncle and twenty-six friends to join him. As Bernard and his brothers left their home, they said to their little brother Nivard, who was playing with other children: "Good-bye, little Nivard. You will now have all the lands and property for yourself." But the boy answered: "What! How can all of you go to heaven and leave me here on earth? Do you call that fair?" And when Nivard was older he too joined his brothers in the monastery. St. Bernard became a very good monk. After three years, he was sent to start a new Cistercian monastery and to be its abbot. The new monastery was in the Valley of Light which in French is called "Clairvaux" and Bernard was the abbot there for the rest of his life. Although he would have liked to stay working and praying in his monastery, he was called out sometimes for special work. He preached, made peace between rulers, and went to advise the Pope. He also wrote beautiful spiritual books. He became very famous and people every-where had great respect for him. But he did not want fame. More than anything else Bernard wanted to be a monk and be close to God.
For All the Saints
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WEEKLY Grace Vine E-News
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This saint had a great devotion to the Mary, the Virgin. It is said that when he passed her statue, he often greeted her with a "Hail Mary." One day, it legend says that the Blessed Mother returned his greeting: "Hail, Bernard!" and, Bernard believed this was Mary’s way to show how much his love and devotion pleased her. Bernard was famous for his reforms of the Church and his humility. Having been offered a bishopric on several occasions, Bernard refused preferring to remain a simple Monk and to see God’s spirit reform the Church in other ways. Bernard died on August 20th 1153.
For All the Saints (cont’d)
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COUNCIL OFFICERS
President Missy Moxley 301-695-3852
Vice President Jerry Princler 301-898-3877
Secretary Vonnie Crum 301-898-5755
Treasurer Lloyd Taylor 301-898-9259
At-Large vacant
At-Large Gary Johnson 240-460-0411
Pastoral Care Concerns (June/July/Aug, while Pastor Rob on Sabbatical)
Gary Johnson gljohnsonjr@outlook.com
COMMISSION CHAIRS
Administrative Steve Robeson 301-639-7039
Congregational Life Matt Bonin 845-326-7468
Finance and Property Mark Edwards 202-361-1559
Outreach Sarah Travis 304-993-7233
Worship and Education Jean Barrick 301-663-1203
Church Leadership Directory
GRACE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
An Open and Affirming Congregation
25 East 2nd Street, Frederick, Maryland, 21701
301-662-3312 ~ Office Hours: 9AM-3PM/M-F
admin@grucc.com ~ www.grucc.com
Rev. Dr. Rob Apgar-Taylor, Pastor pastorrob@grucc.com
Jonas Dawson, Director of Music music@grucc.com
James Taylor, Bell Choir director bells@grucc.com
Tammy Eyler, Nursery Attendant eyler32@gmail.com
Tom Tobery, Caretaker
Sarah Petermann, Administrative Assistant admin@grucc.com
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Grace United Church of Christ 25 East 2nd Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701
Church Office Hours: M-F/9AM-3PM 301-662-3312 ~ admin@grucc.com ~ www.grucc.com
11AM Sunday Morning Worship Service 9:45AM Christian Education Classes
(Holy Communion - 1st Sunday of each month)
Grace United Church of Christ 25 East Second Street Frederick, MD 21701 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
PLACE LABEL HERE
Grace UCC is Collecting Basic Household Items for the Religious Coalition - Emergency Family Shelter
ITEMS NEEDED: PAPER TOWELS ~ DETERGENT ~ BATH SOAP ~ ...etc.
Visit the collection box in the church narthex for more information and to learn what other items are urgently needed for the Emergency Family Shelter.
For Emergency Human Needs