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Other Programs and MinistriesHere are some other programs and ministries in which you can participate at St. John's-Grace. Click on the subject for more information.
Adult Christian Education
Each Sunday morning adults gather for a variety of Christian Education classes or discussion groups after the 10:30 service. Click here to see details on Christian Education Programs at St. John's-Grace
Bible 101 is an informal group which meets on Thursday mornings at 10:00 a.m. Each week the group reads a chapter or so of the Bible together. Each person brings their life experience to the discussion which lends a new perspective on the passages.
The Adult Book Discussion Group meets each first and third Sunday evening of the month at 7:30 downstairs in the Walter Lord Room
to discuss a
chapter of the book the group is currently reading. We have read and discussed John Shelby
Spong's Why Christianity Must Change or Die and A New Christianity for a New World, Resident Aliens: Life in the
Christian Colony by Hauerwas and Willimon, Elaine Pagels'
Beyond Belief: the Secret Gospel of Thomas, Matthew Fox's Original Blessing, Thich Nhat Hanh's Living Buddha, Living Christ, Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God Is Within You, Seyyed Hossein Nasr's The Heart of Islam, and others. Everyone is invited to join the group for
any
or all of these sessions. Our conversations are stimulating, surprising, revealing, wide-ranging,
unorthodox, deeply personal, challenging, reassuring and very rewarding. The rules for
discussion do not allow anyone’s ideas to
be criticized by others. We revel in our diversity of views. Come and tell us yours! For more
information, contact Cecily Whiteford (882-7296), Carol Brothers (877-1369) or John
Schimminger (834-3923). If the cost of the book is a problem, don’t worry! Just pay what
you can and join us.
The Altar Guild is responsible for the care and preparation of the sanctuary and the various sacramental objects and liturgical decorations such as altar linens, vestments, communion vessels, hangings, candles, and floral decorations.
VOICE-Buffalo is an interdenominational community action organization of 29 congregations in the Greater Buffalo area working for the betterment of our community through systemic change. Voice-Buffalo is part of the Gamaliel Foundation's internation network of organizations. Click here to visit the Gamaliel Foundation Website.
Loaves and Fishes Dining Room (Soup Kitchen)
St. John's-Grace participates in providing lunch for the hungry five days a week through its volunteers and financial support for the Loaves and Fishes Dining Room, operated by Concerned Ecumenical Ministries to the Upper West Side (CEM), and housed at Lafayette Presbyterian Church two blocks to the east at Elmwood and Lafayette. CEM is a community service agency supported by several Upper West Side congregations on an interdenominational basis as a means to providing cooperative charitable services to those in need in our neighborhood.
Members of the Healing Team provide the laying on of hands, anointing and healing prayers at the two Sunday services. We meet once a month (usually the first Saturday of the month at 9:00 a.m.) to talk, listen and pray. We have read several books including: The Wounded Healer by Henri J. M Nouwen, Medicine of the Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship by I. T. Garrett and Michael Garrett, and Dreams and Healing by John Sanford. If you are interested in becoming part of this healing ministry, please speak with Deacon Cecily Whiteford.
The Salt Shakers Dinner Groups gather in groups of six or eight in individual homes to share a meal and conversation. It's a wonderful way to really get to know your fellow parishioners, and enjoy great food and fellowship. The hosts provide the main dish and the others bring hors d'oeuvres, bread, wine, salad or vegetable, and dessert. Those who have participated in the past make it a point to invite someone new to their group - there's room for all!
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