Grace Church’s 2016-2017 Calendar of Key Events

August

4Wedding Rehearsal @ 5:30p

6Wedding @ 4:30p

7Susan off – Ann Kruger hosting Coffee Hour

14Margaret Irwin in for Jonathan (on vac)

21Buildings and Grounds meeting @ 9a

Susan off - ?hosting Coffee Hour

Pride Parade – parking vouchers needed for street parking

Adult Forum – MOSES Project

Sacred Harp Singers @ 3p

28Adult Forum – Jail Tutoring Program

Healing Prayer Team meeting @ 11:30 in undercroft

September

2Wedding Rehearsal @ 4:30p

3Wedding @ ? (11a-3p)

4Sending out of Eucharistic Visitors

Taste of Madison – No coffee hour

5Labor Day – Office Closed

FMM

6FTBreakfast

11 Christian Formation Begins

Ironman & Grandparent’s Day

17Day/Adams Wedding

18 Celebration of Henning’s 60th Anniversary during Coffee Hour

Bike the Barns

23Wedding Rehearsal @ 4:30p

24Safeguarding God’s Children

Wedding @3:30p

25 Forum –

Baptism? (Carlson/Wilber family)

30Two Wedding Rehearsal @ 4:30p & 6pm

October

12 Weddings one @ 1pm and one @ 4pm (Groth)

2 St. Francis Day, Blessing of the Animals during 10am service

Pageant Rehearsal read-through @ 9am

Sending out of Eucharistic Visitors

3 FMM

4FTBreakfast

7-8Diocesan Convention - Madison

9 Pageant Rehearsal ??

14Pantry Fundraiser – 6p-9p

Wedding Rehearsal @ 4:30p

15 Wedding @4:30p (?)

16 Pageant Rehearsal ??

17Jonathan’s sabbatical begins

20 Wedding Rehearsal @4:30 or 6p

21 Wedding @ 2pm (?)

23Pageant Rehearsal ??

30UTO Ingathering

Pageant Rehearsal ??

November

6 All Saints Day – special liturgy

Sending out of Eucharistic Visitors

Pageant Rehearsal ??

7FMM

8FTB

13Pageant Rehearsal ??

Madison Marathon

20Pageant Rehearsal ??

24-25Church Office Closed for Thanksgiving

27 1st Sunday in Advent

Pageant Rehearsal ??

Advent Wreath Making workshop

December

4 Sending out of Eucharistic Visitors

Annual Meeting

St. Nicholas coming to Children’s Church and coffee hour

Pageant Rehearsal

5FMM – Middle School class helps

6FTB

11 St. Lucia Day – coming to coffee hour

Pageant Rehearsal @ 9 am in library and at 11:15 in nave (during coffee hour)

?Lessons and Carols

Christian Formation makes cards for homebound

18 Christmas Pageant Performance @ 10 am service – Dress rehearsal at 8:30am

Distribution of plants and cards to the homebound by the congregation

23Mid-day service

24 4 p.m. service, 10 p.m. service (musical prelude begins at 9:15 p.m.)

25 Christmas Day

No Sunday School

26Church Office Closed for Christmas

30Church Office Open

Wedding Rehearsal @4:30p

31Wedding @ 4:30p or 5pm

January

1The Holy Name

Sending out of Eucharistic Visitors

2Church Office Closed – New Years Day Observed

FMM

3FTB

6Feast of the Epiphany (service?)

8Baptism of Our Lord

Baptisms – get cakes

15

16Church Office Closed – MLK Day

22

29

February

5Sending out of Eucharistic Visitors

6 FMM

7FTB

11Vestry Retreat

12

14Valentine’s Day

19

26 Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Transfiguration)

28 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper (5:30p)

March

1 Ash Wednesday (services at 7a, 12:10p, 6pm) - Beginning of Lent

Sending out of Eucharistic Visitors

5First Communion Program Begins

7FMM

8FTB

10Wedding Rehearsal @4:30p

11Wedding @ (3:30-7:30)

12Daylight Savings Time Begins

19

26

April

2Sending out of Eucharistic Visitors

Children’s church makes cards for homebound

First Communion Celebration during 10am service (?)

3FMM

4FTB

9Palm Sunday

Distribution of cards and plants to homebound

(Madison schools on Spring Break thru April 16th)

10-15Holy Week

10. Monday service at 6:15pm

11. Tuesday service at 6:15pm

12. Wednesday service at 7am, 12:10pm and 6:15pm

13. Thursday service at 6:15pm

14. Friday service at noon

15. Saturday Liturgy of the day 9am, Vigil at 8 pm

16Easter Sunday – No Sunday School – get cake

17Church office closed

21 Wedding Rehearsal @4:30p

22Wedding @2pm

23Open Doors, Madison Event ????

29All Madison Confirmation – Maybe at Grace

May

7

14Mother’s Day (UW Madison commencement)

Last Sunday of Youth Formation

21Youth Sunday, Sundae Sunday, Teacher Appreciation

Last Sunday of Christian Formation for year

28Memorial Day

Half Marathon

June

4Pentecost