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Life With Grace | August 8

Four people sit on stone steps outside a historic stone church, smiling at the camera. Two dogs are seated with them—one small, white, and brown with long fur, and the other large and black with white patches. A young woman in blue sweats and a "Washington & Lee" shirt sits on the far left, and an older man in a cap and vest sits next to her. A woman in a plaid shirt and shorts sits next to him, and a young woman in glasses and a striped sweatshirt sits on the far right. A red table with drinks is visible behind them, and greenery surrounds the church.
The new school year is nearly here and so is our Campus Ministry program. Read below for what's new in Life with Grace.

Dear Friends,

We are drawing near to the beginning of the new academic year.  RATS Matriculate this coming Saturday, August 16.  The following Sunday we will meet our new RATS.  If you might be interested in Adopting a RAT please contact me.

Other students will be returning and our Campus Ministry program will restart.  This year a group of students will be playing a larger role in leadership.  Maggie Leventis, a rising W&L Sophomore and Grace Vestry member will provide communications support. Mia Remington, a rising W&L Sophomore will lead community outreach planning. Connor Wolfe, a rising First Classman at VMI and Grace Vestry member, will provide leadership for the Sunday evening programming and assist with outreach to VMI students, especially Rats. Stone Gardner and Sterret Prevost, rising VMI Third Classmen, will coordinate the Sunday Evening dinner meetings twice a month on first and third Sundays. Paws to Connect starting 11:30 Tuesday September 3, and Choral Scholars will continue under staff leadership.

If you would like to participate in College Ministry please know there are many opportunities from helping with stocking snacks in the College Room to Adopting a RAT for a semester, to supporting the College Ministry leaders. 

And please mark your calendar for the report by our Delaney Center Interns Jessie Zhang and Julie Charles at 6:30 pm, Wednesday, September 3. Jessie and Julie have done a tremendous amount of work over the summer on Race at Grace and will share some of their results and insights.  

With Gratitude,

Tuck Bowerfind (he/him)

Rector | Grace Episcopal Church


Worship Services | Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Proper 14 | Sunday, August 10th


Holy Eucharist Rt I | 8 a.m. | In-Person and on Zoom




Holy Eucharist Rt II | 10:30 a.m. | In-Person and on YouTube





Ceiling fans in the nave: Questions have been asked about using the ceiling fans in the nave during the summer months. Because they force the warm air that collects near the top of the nave downward, it negatively impacts the effectiveness of the air conditioning. Accordingly, the recommendation has been made to leave them off. 

Six smiling adults pose inside a church with arched stained glass windows; one person holds a tablet displaying a group video call with additional participants.
Morning Prayer | Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.

In-Person & Zoom








RARA Diaper Drive

RARA has a Diaper Drive going on now and we are extending the drop offs at Grace Episcopal to this Sunday, August 10! 1 in 2 households with young children struggle to afford the diapers necessary to keep their children clean, dry and healthy. Let's combat this issue together! If you didn't get a chance to bring diapers to church last Sunday, you still have time. Please bring the diapers you are donating to the Parish Office or bring to church on Sunday, August 10. All sizes are needed. You may also drop diapers off at RARA, 350 Spotswood Drive at the outside donation bin. If you would like to make a monetary donation online, click the link below. Thank you for your help!

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Music in the Garden at Boxerwood

130 Munger Lane

Gates open at 5:30 pm, music from 6:30-7:30 pm

$5 per adult, kids are free.

BYOB, BYO chairs and pack out your waste.

Leashed pets welcome.


August 8 Honest Labor

August 22 The Ruckus Bluegrass Band

September 5 Betty and the Hot Flashes

The Saint John's Bible Returns

It was such a wonderful experience having The Gospels and Book of Acts with us. In mid-September, The Pentateuch volume of the Saint John's Bible will be arriving and staying with us up until Christmas. We are hoping that some of our parishioners might like to be involved with this second "visit".  Please let Joanne Robblee know if you want to volunteer and attend an initial planning meeting.


If you have questions, please contact Joanne Robblee at joannerobblee@gmail.com.

Renewing Grace Capital Campaign

In an effort to share current information about the Renewing Grace Capital Campaign building project, in August there will be three opportunities for our parishioners to find out what the upcoming plans are as elements of this ambitious project begin over the next few months.

 

On three Sundays during August (10th, 17th and 31st) between the services, please join us for coffee hour down in the Parish Hall at 9:00. At about 9:20, Tuck or David Passmore will provide a brief overview of what will be happening over the coming months and years.  Then there will be a tour of the building as to the specific renovations that will be occurring.


Many thanks to everyone who has made a pledge or gift to the Renewing Grace Campaign:

Lori Apgar

Cecilia & John Arpin

Laurent & Elizabeth Boetsch

Tucker & Delea Bowerfind

Jane Brooke

Alexandra Brown

Madison & Katharine Brown

Ruth Brunner

Martha Burford

LM & Elizabeth Carter

Jonathan Clawson

David & Marjorie Connolly

Virginia Cooke

R. David & Melissa Cox

Marlys & Ed Craun

Jay & Joan Crawford

Roger & Anna Crockett

Dennis & Susan Cross

Susan Denson

Lynwood & Carol Dent

Gail Dick

John & Gail Dickerson

Langston & Page Donkle

Lu & Ed Dooley

Jonathan Eastwood & Maria Nava

Cary & Will Edgar

Donald & Claudia Ellis

Carole Elmore

James & Katharine Farrar

Matthew Fogo, Kevin Manning & Dot Fogo

Anzolette Pendleton Gadsden Trust

Timothy & Catharine Gaylard

Rene' Glidden

Thomas & Carol Gosse

Julianne Grimes

David & Anne F Grizzle

Peter & Julia Grover

Margaret Haberman

Woody & Becky Hall

David & Anne Hansen

Sandy & Catherine Harcus

Winifred Hart

Heather & Hunter Hawley

Helen Head Estate

Anne Hershbell

Harold & Kathryn Hill

Judy Hotchkiss

Benjamin & Laurie Huger

Patrick & Phyllis Hugg

Virginia Jardim

James & Darlene Keane

Suzanne Keen

Emily King & Diego Millan

Trudie Kirkland

William & Kathy Kozak

Raymond & Carolyn Kuper

Sharon & Frederick Kurtz

Greg & Janet Lemmer

A.W. “Buster” & Signe Lewis

Maurice & Julia Littlefield

Bill & Barbara Luton

Mary Jane Mayerchak

William McCorkle

Patrick & Lisa McGuire

Josephine McMurtry

John & Drusilla Milford

Susan Minor

Elizabeth Moss

Grigg & Cindy Mullen

Ann & Jerry Nay

Elaine & Mark Nelson

Donna Noyes

David O'Connor & Linda Merrick

Anita Ogard & George Strickland (in honor of Tom & Paul Strickland)

Elizabeth & Bill Oliver

David & Nan Partlett

David & Jeanne Passmore

Michael Perry

Henry Porter

Steve & Peggy Riethmiller

Joanne & Paul Robblee

Martha & Donald Robey

Rose & Connor Rothermel

Woodson & Lori Sadler

William Sayre & Melissa Gladwell-Sayre

Judy Schram

Maurice Seaton

Frank Settle, Jr. & Cecile West-Settle

Marjorie Sherrill

Steve & Susan Shultis

Hampden & Aine Smith

James & Ruth Smith

Andrew & Katherine Squires

Stephen & Janice Straske

Paul Strickland

Eliza Stucki

Elizabeth Tracy

David Wade

Kent & Mary Wilson

Michael & Beverly Wirtz


A special thank you to our friends from AA and Project Horizon for donating to our Renewing Grace Capital Campaign. Your generosity and friendship are a true blessing.



To learn more about the Renewing Grace campaign and its priorities, and to make a gift or pledge online, visit www.givingsites.com/renewinggrace/.



Bakers Wanted for the Community Table

Please contact Virginia Cooke at 348-5367 if interested!

Clothes Closet at Christ Episcopal

The Clothes Closet at Christ Church, Buena Vista, continues to need girls' clothing sizes 10-18, winter clothes only and boys summer clothing, sizes 10-12. They are not accepting any other items at this time as they are chock full! The Clothes Closet is open every first and third Saturday of the month from 9 am until noon. You may drop your items off then. Alternately, you can bring your items to the Grace Church office and Lisa will ensure your items are conveyed to the Clothes Closet. Thank you for your support of this valuable asset to our community.

Prayer List

Please pray for the wider Church and intercessions requested by our Congregants: Pray for Presiding Bishop The Most Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe. Pray today for the people of Emmanuel, Bristol and their rector, the Rev. David Bridges. Pray for Brendon, Timmy, John Perry, Laura Stearns, Lynda deMaria, Polly Lawrence, Betty Cadden, Jeff Mason, Joe Irby, Kent Wilson, Diana Kenney, Jerry & Ann Nay, Paula Cooper, Ned Henneman, Sharon Humphreys, Nancy Mastin, Elizabeth Klein, Carl & Rachel Pattison, Wes O’Dell and family, Virginia Poston (sister of Betsy Carter), Dot Fogo, David Austin (friend of the Keanes), Buddy Atkins, Rebecca Robblee (daughter-in-law of Joanne & Paul), Stan Driver, Chris Clayton Syrrist (cousin of David Sorrells), Glen Jones, Charlotte & Mike Murphy, Jean & Mike Walsh, Cullen Bahr, Lane Hewett, Susan Martin, Carolyn, and those we name aloud or in our hearts.

Pray for the people of Israel, Gaza, Sudan, Haiti, Ukraine, and pray for cessation of violence, and for reconciliation, and peace. Remembrance: Lt. Francis Thomas Glasgow d. 1952 in Korea age 24. Memorialized in 1955 window in Grace Church Lexington. Second Lieutenant Glasgow was a member of the 90th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on August 9, 1952.  

Pray for those who have died, Rosemary Phillips (sister of Paul Robblee), John Hicks (brother of Joanne Robblee).

In Thanksgiving for August Birthdays

8/8 Greg Lemmer, Carol Dent

8/10 David Partlett

8/11 Mimi Knight, Gabi Eastwood

8/14 Gerry Locher, Nick Murphy, Kathy Kozak, David O'Connor

8/17 Kent Wilson

8/18 Luke Camp

8/20 Marjorie Connolly

8/21 Lena Simcoe

8/26 Elaine Nelson

8/28 David Howison

8/29 Pierson Hotchkiss

8/31 Pat Gibson

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