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A spiritual home where all are welcome; a healing place in a broken world.
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Sign Up Now to Help the Homeless Next Friday
Mary McLain writes:
Grace Church is hosting homeless families next Friday, March 30, at the College Hill Presbyterian Church. Please help if you can. Pick what you can do from the list below and let me know (
513-541-8509,
maryemclain55@gmail.com).
Set-up / clean-up (4:30)
Dinner host (5:00)
Overnight Host (1 of 2) 8:00
Activities w/ kids
FOOD for 22 people:
Meatloaf
Mashed potatoes
Green beans
Mac & cheese
Salad (fruit or green)
Dessert
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 Thanks ...
If we thanked everyone who made Grace Church possible last week, the list would really be quite long. That would include the wardens, Mission Council Members, Mission & Formation Team Leaders, all those involved in preparing and conducting our worship services, and those who worked with the parolees Thursday. But who should we be calling out to thank for their special contribution? Let us know by sending an email to eGraceNotes@GraceCollegeHill.org. |
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Decorate the Church with Flowers for Easter
 Putting flowers in church are one way to join in the celebration of New Life on Easter. For Easter, extra flowers will be put on the main altar and the peace chapel altar. We also will put Easter lilies and other spring flowers around the baptismal font. What a change this will be from the spare greens we've been using during Lent!
You can donate flowers in memory or in honor of someone. Suggested donations for spring flowers are $12 and for the altar flowers is $25 to $50. However, any donation is welcome. You can make your donation by signing up the flower sheet near the upper Belmont door entrance, or by calling the church office (513-541-2415), or by going to our website to make an online donation.
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A Note from Fr. Bob About Getting Ready for Easter
This Sunday, we begin our journey in earnest to Jerusalem and beyond. Our Lenten strivings are beginning to see their fruition and we can look ahead to the Easter Glory. Our spectacular spring weather, the flowers in bloom, all are a Lenten foretaste of what awaits us as we soon will celebrate restoration, renewal, resurrection. Only two more weeks and the ascent to the Holy City will be complete.  At the Convent, we have a picture in the hallway by our Oratory which comes from the medieval Eastern Church--St. John Climacus' Ladder of Ascent. It shows the People of God climbing a ladder to the Kingdom. It is a hard trip up the ladder with little demons trying to push the faithful off and preventing their ascent. But many strive forward and in the end are greeted by the Risen Lord and allowed to enter in. Will that be us? Hopefully, yes--if we are soldiers of Christ fighting our own personal demons and striving for the good.
It's time to get ready for Holy Week. Time to clear our calendars and our lives of all that clutters them and make room for Jesus--to make room to share Holy Week with Him. Can you free up Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter and be with Jesus at Holy Communion in the Church? Can you walk the Way of the Cross with Him? There can truly be no Easter if we do not participate in the time of Passion and Death. So plan to be at Grace on these great Holy Days. Be with Him as He enters into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, as he washes the feet of the disciples and breaks bread with them on Maundy Thursday, as He dies on the Cross on Good Friday. Your Easter will be blessed by your partaking in the discipline of Holy Week. These are the great days of our faith--let us be present and rejoice in the joy of Our Lord.
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 Support Asked to Stop War Criminal Joseph Kony
During a recent Snack 'n Chat, David Mukasa asked Grace members and friends to support the Kony2012 effort to arrest war criminal Joseph Kony and to disarm the Lord's Resistance Army and to bring the child soldiers and slaves home again. You can see one of the most-watched internet films and learn more about this effort at kony2012.com. |
 Interesting Things Happening at Procter Center
They'll be planting 400 bald cypress trees, there'll be a 5k run & walk, they're making plans to grow much of what's eaten at Procter. You can read all about it in the most recent Procter Center enewsletter. There's a link there where you can subscribe and keep up with our Diocese's conference center. |
| Coming Attractions The online Grace Church Calendar lists most everything we know about that's happening at Grace Church. If something's not listed, or if you see errors, please tell the office (office@gracecollegehill.org). Note especially: - Palm Sunday Service April 1, 10 am.
- Maundy Thursday Service April 5, 7:30pm
- Community Good Friday Service April 6, Noon to 3 pm. Come when you can, leave when you must.
- Sharing Sunday - 1st Sunday of each month - collection of goods/money for the College Hill Food Pantry
- Bible Study - Sundays, 9 AM, Parlor.
- Snack 'n Chat - Every Sunday after service, Small Assembly Room.
- Healing Service - 2nd Wednesday of each month, 7 pm, Grace Church sanctuary.
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Prayer Requests
 Please keep these people in your prayers for their special needs: Lee Hardy, Tara, Paul, Shari, Carl, Scott, Ruth, Doug, Susan, Marjorie, Rhonda Partin-Sharp, The Partin & Sharp Family, Angie and LaMont, The Fantetti Family, The Bennett Family, Rita, Nadine Renee, Rick, Bob, Jared, Teresa. Please remember these members and friends who are not often able to come to Grace in person: Mary Lou Bellows, Nancy Hall, Maureen Back, Carl Relyea, Mary Jane Showers, Jane Strohmeier, Naomi Koester, Elva Gscheidle, Mary Ratliff, Jo Carroll, Anne Henneberg. Please contact the Church Office (513-541-2415, office@gracecollegehill.org) with the names of the persons you wish to remain in our prayers. If you email, please place "Prayer Reqest" in the subject line. Please also indicate whether the name of the prayer recipient is to be listed in the bulletin. Pastoral Care
If you need pastoral care or know of someone who does, please call or email the office (513-541-2415, office@gracecollegehill.org). Keep us informed about about illness, hospital stays, requests for visits, communion, and prayers for special concerns. |
Selected Short Subjects
 Senior Warden Time Off Delayed. Senior Warden Roger Perna's wife Belinda's surgery has been postponed, so he won't be taking time off. Her kidney donation will be rescheduled when the doctors are sure the surgery will be successful. |
Worship Service Volunteers
Here is the worship volunteer schedule through the end of April. The whole schedule is available on our website ( gracecollegehill.org). If you're scheduled and can't make it, find a substitute and let Ken Lyon ( webmaster@gracecollegehill.org, 513-542-2941) know so the schedule can be updated.
Sunday Service Volunteers are needed in all volunteer positions. We will provide training as needed. We are a Common Ministry Parish - everyone is encouraged to serve. Contact Judy Handy (jhandy23@cinci.rr.com, 513-681-5829). March 25: Eucharist II
- Celebrant: Fr. Bob Hufford
- Keyboards: Bill Jenne
- Acolyte: Mathias Mukasa
- Healing Minister (lead): J White
- Chalice: Ken Lyon
- Lector: John Thayer
- Prayers of the People: Ken Lyon
- Offering Counter: Roger Perna
- Usher: Wanda Miller
- Altar Guild: Carol Lyon, Wanda Miller
- Flower Guild: Carol Lyon
- 9am Adult Bible Study: Ken Lyon
- Sunday School: Maria Mukasa
April 1: Palm Sunday, Eucharist II
- Celebrant: Fr. David Howard
- Keyboards: Bill Jenne
- Acolyte: Jammanuel Thrower
- Healing Minister (lead): J White
- Chalice: Wanda Miller
- Lector: Ken Lyon
- Prayers of the People: Carol Lyon
- Offering Counter: John Thayer
- Usher: Albertha Howard
- Altar Guild: Chuck Bowles, Jackie McCray
- Flower Guild: Chuck Bowles
- 9am Adult Bible Study: Ken Lyon
- Sunday School: Virginia Chapel
April 5: Maundy Thursday, 7:30 pm, Eucharist II
- Celebrant: Fr. Bob Hufford
- Keyboards: Bill Jenne
- Acolyte: Ken Lyon
- Healing Minister (lead): J White
- Chalice: Carol Lyon
- Lector: Carol Lyon
- Prayers of the People: John Thayer
- Offering Counter: Roger Perna
- Usher: David Mukasa
- Altar Guild: Chuck Bowles, Jackie McCray
- Flower Guild: Chuck Bowles
April 6: Community Good Friday Service, Noon to 3 pm
- Preaching: Ken Lyon, 6 others
- Keyboards: Bill Jenne
- Ushers: Wanda Miller, Mary McLain
- Altar Guild: Chuck Bowles, Jackie McCray
- Flower Guild: Chuck Bowles
- Offering Counter: John Thayer
April 8: Easter Sunday, Eucharist II
- Celebrant: Fr. David Howard
- Preaching: Fr. Bob Hufford
- Keyboards: Bill Jenne
- Acolyte: Mathias Mukasa, Jammanuel Thrower
- Healing Minister (lead): J White
- Chalice: Carol Lyon
- Lector: Grace Staples
- Prayers of the People: Marie Mukasa
- Offering Counter: Roger Perna
- Ushers: David Mukasa, Phyllis Mukasa
- Altar Guild: Chuck Bowles, Maureen Back
- Flower Guild: Wanda Miller
- 9am Adult Bible Study: Ken Lyon
- Sunday School: Roger Perna
April 15: Eucharist II
- Celebrant: Susan Lehman
- Keyboards: Bill Jenne
- Acolyte: Mathias Mukasa
- Healing Minister (lead): J White
- Chalice: Ken Lyon
- Lector: John Thayer
- Prayers of the People: Judy Handy
- Offering Counter: John Thayer
- Usher: Mary McLain
- Altar Guild: Lisa Perry, Tammy Robertson
- Flower Guild: Carol Lyon
- 9am Adult Bible Study: Ken Lyon
- Sunday School: Grace Staples
April 22: Eucharist II
- Celebrant: Fr. David Howard
- Keyboards: Bill Jenne
- Acolyte: Jammanuel Thrower
- Healing Minister (lead): J White
- Chalice: Carol Lyon
- Lector: Maria Mukasa
- Prayers of the People: Phyllis Mukasa
- Offering Counter: Roger Perna
- Usher: Wanda Miller
- Altar Guild: Carol Lyon, Wanda Miller
- Flower Guild: Chuck Bowles
- 9am Adult Bible Study: Ken Lyon
- Sunday School: Maria Mukasa
April 29: Celebration of Wholeness and Healing
- Officiant: Hawley Todd, TSSF
- Keyboards: Bill Jenne
- Acolyte: Mathias Mukasa
- Healing Minister (lead): J White
- Lector: Tammy Robertson
- Litany of Healing: Mary McLain
- Offering Counter: John Thayer
- Usher: David Mukasa
- Altar Guild: Chuck Bowles, Jackie McCray
- Flower Guild: Wanda Miller
- 9am Adult Bible Study: Ken Lyon
- Sunday School: Virginia Chapel
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