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A church in the heart of the citywith the city in its heart: To be acommunity of disciples, a house ofprayer, a place of hope.

Greetings Grace by the Sea Family,

If you have never heard me say this, I am sovery thankful to Jesus and GBTS for my job!Everyday as I am getting ready for work, Ithank Him that I truly have a job I LOVE(something I thought was what people saidand really a hoax)! While I was at mydaughter's on vacation, I told her what ablessing it is to not be stressed out andanxious about going back to work. If you

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have never had an absolutely miserable job, Ican tell you from experience that it is quitehorrible leaving work on a Friday only toalready be dreading work on Monday. So thank you to everyone who make it a joyto come to work (I don't even think of it as'work'). It is an honor and a blessing for meto serve as your Administrator. In Him, Chrissie

Sunday Ministries - 17 SeptemberSunday Ministries - 17 SeptemberAltar Guild Janet Heverling & Diana Edwards

Worship Leader Kathy Roth

Lay Eucharistic Ministers Chris Aburto

Crucifer Debb Leach

Lector Renetta Thomas

Prayer Team Ron & Gretchen Smith

Nursery Attendants Kate Aguirre & Madison Bash

Sunday School Kayla Danback & Sheila Davies

Ushers/Greeters/Shepherds David & Pam Jamieson

AV Tech Chrissie Dunlap

Coffee Hour Matt & Laura Zelinskas

Readings for 17 SeptemberReadings for 17 SeptemberExodus 14:19-31 Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35

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PrayersPrayersDAILY PRAYERS IN THE PARISH

September 17 Debb Leach

Just Because

September 18Rick & Jan Leslie

Lotus Tea Bar & Studio

September 19 Doyle & Sharon Lewis

Midway Florist

September 20Pete & Diane Macaluso

Mr Music

September 21 John & Felicia Marshall Ms Ashley's Pre-School

September 22Debbie Matthews

My Tailor

September 23Kitty McCann

New Image Salon

PRAYERS IN THE PARISH--- Continue to pray for: Roger Edwards; the Hickinbotham Family;Roger Edwards; the Hickinbotham Family;Felicia Marshall.Felicia Marshall.--- For Blake, Blake, that he gets the help he needs, he continues to yield himselfto God & the healing process, and that he is able to fully embrace the loveof God & his forgiveness.--- For Mani,Mani, give him the peace that passes all understanding. Give uswisdom to figure out how to get Priscilla here.--- For Valeria,Valeria, Bishop Miguel's wife, Valeria has taken another turn,+Miguel is very sad because he cannot see her because of this bacteria.(?)She got a tracheotomy done mid August. They are starting to let herbreathe on her own. The fistula is still there so they are removing all food tosee if it can heal faster. They took the drain from her lungs out. Pray shewakes up, breaths on her own and that this fistula is really healed. Theinfection is getting better. The family could use more prayer, it has been along time. Please keep them covered as God leads!I believe in miracles and I believe in a God and Father who performs them,my hope is in you my Lord!--- For Guy Hancock,Guy Hancock, prayers to heal the cancer and restoration of health.Peace for him and Helen.--- For Ji l l Es tvold,Ji l l Es tvold, prayers to heal her cancer.--- For Mark BrownMark Brown and the Sheriff's Department, prayers for safety of hisdeputies.--- For our country,our country, guidance for our President, Donald. And hopefully,Godliness to return to this nation.--- For the Prayer Minis tryPrayer Minis try that under girds us from day to day; for PrayerWarriors who consistently lift us up, and who will take a stand against the

efforts of the enemy to undermine us. Theirs is often a difficult and painfulministry.

AT PEACEJan Ellis THANKSGIVINGS--- That many of our friends and family in Florida made it through HurricaneIrma.--- For the safe arrival of Mike & Claire FedeleMike & Claire Fedele to Shinyanga.--- For all the many blessings that pass us by every day that we don't evennotice - watch out for them, you will be amazed at God's loving generosity!

PRAY FOR OUR BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK 9/19 David Horton 9/21 Joanna Seppa 9/23 Trina Terrill

PRAY FOR THOSE CELEBRATING A WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 9/21/57 Joe & Mary Pittman 60 years!

A WEEKLY CYCLE OF PRAYER FORTHE DIOCESE OF CASCADIA

The Week of Sunday, 17 SeptemberRev. Seth Brooker St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Anchorage, AKRev. Gustavo Leite Christ the Liberator Anglican Church, Paraiba, Brazil PRAY FOR OUR MISSIONARIES

--- For Mike & Claire FedeleMike & Claire Fedele serving with SHADE inTanzania. Pray for continued financial provision so they can continue theirwork in Shinyanga.

--- For Bil l ThompsonBil l Thompson working in a children's home called'Children of Destiny' in Nicaragua sponsored by Globe International. --- Bi l l , Al ice, Bethany and JerushaBil l , Al ice, Bethany and Jerusha with Wycliffe Bible Translators.--- Tim, Roxanne & Caleb Ault Tim, Roxanne & Caleb Ault with Mission Aviation in Santarém, Brazil. We have learned that Roxanne is suffering from Alzheimer's; please hold thefamily in your prayers as they search for an English-speaking caretaker forher, so that Tim can continue with his ministry. --- Chris tian Aid Miss ionChris tian Aid Miss ion who support financial needs and offer prayersfor indigenous people all over the world.--- The G ideonsThe G ideons - people from every walk of life who carry God's word, inthe form of Bibles and New Testament/Psalms, in 197 countries worldwide.

PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY MEMBERS, and for their families: Brandon & Raven HarrisBrandon & Raven Harris (son-in-law and daughter of Chrissie Dunlap)USAF, stationed at Scott AFB, Illinois.Charl ie LincolnCharl ie Lincoln (son of Jeri Wentland) USN, stationed at NAS VenturaCounty (Point Magu), CA.Scott MenziesScott Menzies (son-in-law of Bob & MarKay Neumann) USN, stationed inMadrid, Spain. I saiah StephensIsaiah Stephens (son of Chrissie Dunlap/husband of Ashley Stephens)- USN, stationed at NS Mayport in Jacksonville, FL. Tim SyrekTim Syrek - USN, stationed in Hawaii.

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This Week This Week 17 September 201717 September 2017

Liturgical IntercessionMonday-Friday 9:00 am & 5:30 pm

Sunday 17Sunday 17SeptemberSeptember 9:00 am - 11:00 am Nursery 9:30 am - 10:30 am Children's Sunday School 9:30 am - 11:00 am Worship Service Monday 18Monday 18SeptemberSeptember 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Vestry Meeting

Tuesday 19Tuesday 19SeptemberSeptember 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Bible Study - The Way of the Spirit

Wednesday 20Wednesday 20SeptemberSeptember

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Holy Eucharist

Thursday 21Thursday 21SeptemberSeptember 9:30 am - 12:00 pm Quilters Fellowship 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Friday 22Friday 22SeptemberSeptember Saturday 23Saturday 23SeptemberSeptember

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OutreachOutreach

SHADE Here are two videos from SHADE showing thechildren playing with balls, cars, and dolls allpurchased with donations to SHADE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV7jWN_XHPs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kfU9uA7NmE

Photo: Dresses made with batiked fabriccreated by the young adults with albinism in Tanzania.

Healing Ministry

A Ministry of Healing Prayer is now available toparishioners on alternate Tuesday mornings at11:00 am. This ministry is for needs that aremore personal or involved than can be met onSunday mornings. You can make anappointment by calling Lynn Vehorn at 360-320-2498 or the church officeat 679-3431.

September 26th is the next meeting.

All prayers are confidential.

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AnnouncementsAnnouncements

Baptisms

Skyler Summers, Cole Zelinskas, and MaddieTroyer will be Baptized after service on Sunday,24 September at St. Augustine's CatholicChurch. More details to follow.

Emmaus Reunion Meeting

Women's Emmaus Reunion Meetings takeplace monthly at Diana Fedele's home at 4:004:00pm.pm. The next meeting is WednesWednesday, 20day, 20SeptemberSeptember. See the 'Save the Date' section forupcoming dates.

Chamber of Commerce Luncheon

The Chamber has a monthly luncheon on thethe third Thursday of the month from 11:30am - 1:00 pm. The September luncheon isThe September luncheon ison the 21st. The Whidbey Playhouse areon the 21st. The Whidbey Playhouse arethe presenters . the presenters . Any parishioner is welcometo attend. Let me know if you would like to goso I can make your reservation. Cost is $15.00for lunch (you may attend without having lunch, just let me know). It wouldbe nice to show the Chamber and other businesses some faces of Grace bythe Sea!

Women of Grace Women of Grace's next get-togetheris Saturday, 14 October at 10 :00Saturday, 14 October at 10 :00am.am. Natalee Raymond and Joanna Seppa Natalee Raymond and Joanna Seppawil l be asking Part 2 of the question,wil l be asking Part 2 of the question,"Are You Prepared?"."Are You Prepared?". Prepared for 'what'you may ask - come find out (it is veryimportant and something not everyone does).This next gathering is for both men andThis next gathering is for both men andwomen.women. Come join us for Fellowship. Coffee, tea, and snacks provided.

W.I.T.S.

Whidbey Island Theological Study presents"The Future of Humanity" on Saturday, 28October at 8:45 am in the CoupevilleRecreation Hall. Dr. Marty Folsom is theinstructor. There is no charge, lightrefreshments are served.

'New-to-You' Treasure Sale

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is having aTreasure Sale this Saturday, 16 Septemberfrom 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. All proceeds to helpTexas hurricane relief efforts.

Oak Harbor Main Street AssociationHalloween Candy Handout

The Oak Harbor Main Street Association will behaving their 'Safe Treats, No Tricks' Halloweencandy handout on Tuesday, 31 October from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. We willbe participating again this year. You can start bringing bags of candydonations the beginning of October. It is always a lot of fun seeing all thekids in their costumes. You can dress up, too!

Bible Study

The Way of the Spirit Bible Study meets onTuesday's in the Fellowship Hall at 4:00 pm.The series is, 'My Lord and My God'.

Scent Reminder

We have several people in our congregationwho are very sensitive to scents i.e. perfume,after shave, cologne, scented lotions. Please bemindful and respectful at ALL church affiliatedgatherings not to wear any of the above (thisgoes for both women and men). These scentscan cause severe migraines in sensitiveindividuals.

Food Bank

Did you know that our local food bank acceptsfresh produce? So, all that abundance that weseem to end up with from our gardens andhave no way to eat it all ourselves can bedonated to the food bank! Check out www.islandcountywa.gov/health to find out how to donateproduce.

Prayer Chain Don't forget that we have a Prayer Chain ofpeople ready and willing to pray for all yourneeds and requests. It is completelyconfidential. Call or email Diana Fedele: 360-679-9793, djsumner41@yahoo.com or JoannaSeppa: 360-672-4341, jkgodwin@hotmail.comto get your requests prayed for by ourdedicated team. And if you would like to be a part of the Prayer Chain, letJoanna or Diana know and they can get you plugged in.

Directory Updates

2017 Directories are available in the marked box on the table under the

window in the Fellowship Hall.

Fellowship Needs

We need apple ciderapple cider and and cocoa for the Keurig. Also, apple cidercocoa for the Keurig. Also, apple ciderpacketspackets .

Holy Trinity Edmonds

Holy Trinity Edmonds is the Anglican ChurchPlant at the Baptist Church. Their contactinformation is as follows:

404 Bell St.Edmonds, WA 98020

425-672-7795

Service time is 6:00 pm

info@HolyTrinityEdmonds.com (Capital letters not necessary)HolyTrinityEdmonds.com (Capital letters not necessary)

All Saints Church Everett

All Saints Church in Everett, a brand new Anglican start-up, has weeklyservices on Saturday nights at 5:00 pm in the sanctuary of Bethel BaptistChurch, 2625 Hoyt Ave, Everett. Their rector is Fr. Kevin Craik. Here isa link to their website.

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ReflectionsReflections

A CASUAL CONVERSATIONA CASUAL CONVERSATION

It was a number of years ago [too many toremember], but I can still remember vividlythe conversation and the physical context, and I can even now recollect whatwent through my mind the moment I heard it. I was stunned, caught short,wondering if I had actually heard what I thought I had just heard. But I had- and there was no doubt about it. Dumfounded and caught short as to howto respond [for me to be caught short on how to respond requires someconsiderable dumfounding], I simply nodded my head awkwardly.

It was following a quiet, traditional service of Holy Communion celebrated

on a Thursday morning amongst about a dozen or so of some of the nicest,gentlest and faithful folks you would ever meet. The service had gone well,that is to say, there had been no major foibles on my part [I had neitherspilt the wine nor dropped a communion host down the all-too-low front of abuxom young woman's dress - yes, it actually happened - once] and I wasstanding at the back of the side chapel, greeting the communicants as theydeparted for their day's activities. Brief and casual conversation ensued witheach one, until I was caught up in a meatier encounter of some theologicaldepth; in many respects, a kind of confession but without there being anydesire for absolution.

In the course of the conversation this middle-late aged lady, who carriedherself with all the dignity and aplomb [I've eagerly awaited the occasion touse this word] I had come to expect from the rather significant deposit ofEnglish war-brides resident in the parish, shared that she never said all ofthe Lord's Prayer whenever the Prayer was said. I, of course, inquired ofher as to what she meant and what part of the Prayer she would want toleave out. Her response was brilliant in terms of its theological awarenessand dumfounding in its impact. She told me, "I never say, 'as we forgivethose who trespass against us'". I didn't really have to ask her why, but Idid anyway, and received the answer I knew in my knower she would offer."I remain silent at that part of the Prayer," she shared, "because there arethose I am not willing to forgive and I do not want that this should interferewith the forgiveness I need myself. After all, the petition is conditional, isn'tit?" At that very moment, I knew what a mouse must feel when cornered bya cat.

In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus 'commanded' the disciples [us] to keep shortaccounts with one another [MT 18.15-20] and how to move in a pastorallyordered process through the brokenness of relationships in seekingrestoration and healing, He then proceeded to lay out the theological [andeschatologically practical] reason as to why this practice of forgiving was sonecessary in the matrix of the new community established in His Name [MT18.23-35]. The message is really quite simple - not an easy one to swallow- but quite simple, nevertheless. If you refuse to forgive others when youyourselves have been forgiven much, then you will forfeit for yourself thevery forgiveness you so desperately need and have received. Jesus mostassuredly originated the modern axiom, "what goes around, comes around."[I especially like the Finnish version, "minkä taakseen jättää, sen edestäänlöytää,' which is to say, "what you leave behind you, you will find in front ofyou"]. It is all so very true. And may I say, rather frightening as well.

In Matthew 18 Jesus tells what we are to do about broken relationships[mend them] and how it is we are to go about this most exquisite work[courageously, by being humble, open and honest and going to the personwho has sinned against us]. Then He tells us why we need to enter into thisprocess leading to reconciliation [if we don't, it will not bode well for us interms of our being forgiven by the Father]. And if it was not bad enough atthat, then there is that allusion to being tortured [?] until the whole debt is

paid. What on earth is Jesus [meek and mild] talking about? Is it possiblethat to the degree I resist in seeking reconciliation with one who hasdamaged me, hurt me, sinned against me, I [and not the other personwhich would be much more to my liking] will continue to carry some residueof defilement as if bearing some crippling burden. And crippled I willbecome over time.

This is one of those irritating principles of the Gospel that really doesn't sitvery well with the manner in which I normally wish to conduct theadventure of daily living. It challenges my cowardice and apathy in livingwith others. In the end I realize it is placed before me not as a threat butrather as a basic fact of life in the Kingdom of God - a warning from theFather of Lights, in Whom there is no darkness at all, that persistence inunforgivingness on my part will have dire consequences and that they areinescapable.

Fr. Paul+

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A Word from the LordA Word from the Lord

Listen here each week for a different 'one-minute message' from our Archbishop, Foley Beach.

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College of Bishops Statement onthe Ordination of Women A statement from Archbishop Beach and the Collegeof Bishops on the ordination of women to thepriesthood:

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Obeying God Out of Slavish Fear

A short time ago, I was walking with a friendwho doesn't attend church, and we passed alarge Catholic parish that was in the middle ofSaturday evening mass. The parking lot was full, and I remarked how thechurch was really "bringing 'em in!" My friend's response caught me offguard: "Well, yeah, but it's because they're all afraid they're going to hell!"Apparently, this person's experience of the church had been very negative.Everything in the church was guilt and fear-driven; one goes to church orlives a moral life simply out of fear. Not a fun way to spend a Saturdaynight!

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When God Calls You - But YourSpouse Disagrees One of the most important and shortest talks Iever had with Bob Buford-later to be my boss-was in 2008. I'd come to hisorganization, Halftime, to find clarity about whether to leave my career infinance for a nonprofit. But first I found myself in a chair next to him. "Lisa'snot where I am on this," I said referring to my wife. "I'm ready to go, andshe's not there."

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Funny of the WeekFunny of the Week

Save the DateSave the Date

20 September - Emmaus Reunion @ Diana Fedele's Home 4:00 pm

21 September - Chamber of Commerce Luncheon 11:30 am

14 October - Women of Grace 10:00 am

2 October - Emmaus Reunion @ Diana Fedele's Home 4:00 pm

19 October - Chamber of Commerce Luncheon 11:30 am

31 October - Main Street Assoc. Halloween Candy Handout 5:00 pm

4 November - Quilters Holiday Bazaar

8 November - Emmaus Reunion @ Diana Fedele's Home 4:00 pm

11 November - Women of Grace 10:00 am

16 November - Chamber of Commerce Luncheon 11:30 am

23-24 November - Thanksgiving Holiday - church office closed

9 December - Women of Grace 10:00 am

13 December - Emmaus Reunion @ Esteban's 5:00 pm

21 December - Chamber of Commerce Luncheon 11:30 am

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Diocese of Cascadia

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Anglican Church of North America(ACNA)

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American Anglican Council(AAC)

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Global Anglican Future Conference(GAFCON)

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