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www.graceepiscopalcolosprings.org
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O heavenly Father, who hast filled the world with beauty: Open our eyes to behold thy gracious hand in all thy works; that, rejoicing in thy whole creation, we may learn to serve thee with gladness; for the sake of him through whom all things were made, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer page 814
| Saturday, March 1 | Youth Group Ski Day to Monarch Mountain | 6:05 am |
| Women of Grace | 9:30 am | |
| Sunday, March 2 | Adult Education | 11:30 am |
| Middle School Youth Group | 11:30 am | |
| Choral Eucharist at FCC | 12:45 pm | |
| Children's Sunday School | 11:30 am | |
| Coffee and Fellowship | 2:00 pm | |
| Monday, March 3 | Communications Committee | 7:00 pm |
| Tuesday, March 4 | Holy Communion | 10:00 am |
| Father Michael's Bible Study | 10:40 am | |
| Brown Bag Lunch | 12:00 pm | |
| Grace Notes Handbell Choir | 7:15 pm | |
| Senior High Cawfee Tawk Tuesday | 8:30 pm | |
| Wednesday, March 5 | Lenten Noontime Reflections | 12:00 pm |
| Memorial Service -- Laura Alexander | 2:00 pm | |
| St. Nicholas Choir Rehearsal | 4:30 pm | |
| St. Cecilia Choir Rehearsal | 5:30 pm | |
| Taylor and St. Stephen's Choirs Rehearsal | 7:00 pm | |
| Thursday, March 6 | Healing Service | 12:00 pm |
| Sunday, March 9 | Daylight Saving Time begins Set clocks ahead one hour | 1:00 am |
| Adult Education | 11:30 am | |
| High School Youth Group | 11:30 am | |
| Choral Eucharist at FCC | 12:45 pm | |
| Children's Sunday School | 11:30 am | |
| Coffee and Fellowship | 2:00 pm |
To see this in a printable calendar layout, click here.
I am pleased to announce Grace and St. Stephen's newest ministry for Intercessory Prayer, led by Leslie Bergstrom. Intercessory Prayer is prayer said on behalf of another person. I like how one study Bible puts it, "[Intercessory Prayer] is holy, believing, persevering prayer whereby someone pleads with God on behalf of another or others who desperately need God's intervention." And boy, do we need God's intervention!
Intervention for healing. Intervention for the poor. Intervention for the homeless. Intervention for "traveling mercies"--especially during the summer months. Intervention for pregnant moms and newborn babies. Intervention for those in harm's way in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Intervention for God's Holy Spirit to bring renewal and to empower us as an Episcopal community of Christ to love God and our neighbors as we love ourselves. Of course, the list goes on and on.
You can begin to see why praying for others is such serious business and, therefore, an all-important ministry of our Church! And Leslie certainly can't do it alone. In fact, her prayer is for others to join her in this new ministry, so that our parish is surrounded by God's holy angels and the Kingdom's work--in which He has called us to join Him--is expanding on a daily basis. My prayer is that you'll contact Leslie and join her in interceding on behalf of our parish.
Speaking of Intercessory Prayer, we have another beautiful, candle-lit TAIZE service planned for this upcoming Monday night, March 3rd, in Shove Chapel on the campus of Colorado College, starting at 9:00 pm. This might be a wonderful opportunity for some "intercessors" to kick-off our new prayer ministry and "declare our dependence upon God" for its success with silent meditation, singing and Scripture readings.
When Holy Spirit closed last year, Leslie transferred to Grace. She serves as a lector and participates in the Tuesday morning Eucharist, Bible Study, and Brown Bag, and in the Thursday noon Healing Service.
In addition to many and varied church ministries over the years, Leslie also has been active in the community. She belongs to a spiritual repertory company, Women of the Bible, whose members present monologues in costume; she portrays four characters.
Leslie spent decades as a docent at the Fine Arts Center, where she trained this year's class, at the Zoo, and at Bear Creek Nature Center, and was one of the historical interpreters for the Pike Bicentennial last year. She is finishing her 30th year with her own business, Talk of the Town, doing commentary on tour buses, walking tours of historic Colorado Springs neighborhoods, classes, and programs, and has authored three guidebooks.
Having been part of an Intercessors Prayer group for many years and, most recently, of a centering prayer group, Leslie looks forward to God's guidance in coordinating the intercessory prayer ministry at Grace.
- In His Love, Pastor Shelly Garrison
And if you are an Anglophile you may remember the Fourth Sunday in Lent as Mothering Sunday. Mothering Sunday derives from the ancient British custom of giving apprentices and young people working as servants a holiday on Mid-Lent Sunday to go home to visit their mothers. This original "mother's day" later became linked to the parochial life of the Church of England, with people attending the church of their youth, their "Mother Church." Mothering Sunday reminded us of our natural mothers and also of our spiritual mother, the Church.
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