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This Sunday! Cristosal-Special Preacher & Forum
Join us on Sunday, April 19 as Noah Bullock, Executive Director of Cristosal, preaches at Grace! At 12:00 pm at Grace, or via livestream, Noah will offer an open forum and Q&A. He’ll discuss the challenges communities are facing today and explore how solidarity...
Believing the Incomprehensible
Thomas hadn’t been there the night Christ first walked through the walls. The apostles told him about this astonishing development the following week, but to Thomas it probably sounded too good to be true. After the terrible death of their leader, his companions had...
He is Everywhere
The Last Supper They are assembled, astounded, bewildered, round him who, like a sage centered at last, withdraws from those to whom he once belonged and flows beyond them as some foreigner. The former solitude comes over him which raised him to perform his profound...
Holy Week 2026
3/29 - Palm Sunday @ 8AM | Our normal 8 AM service with Palms! We will sing “All Glory Laud and Honor” (yes, 8 o’clockers can sing!) and conclude with the reading of the Passion to begin our walk through Holy Week. @ 10AM | The 10 am service will be bilingual and...
Doubts and Loves Dig Up the World
From the place where we are right Flowers will never grow In the spring. The place where we are right Is hard and trampled Like a yard. But doubts and loves Dig up the world Like a mole, a plow. And a whisper will be heard in the place Where the ruined House once...
Ask Today: The Power of Prayer
Gen Dunlap, a member of Grace's Intercessory Prayer team, gave this moving testimony at the 10AM service last Sunday in preparation for our combined 9AM Healing Service this Sunday, 3/8. At the healing service congregation members have the opportunity to come forward...
Walking Through the Shadow
Finding God in Lent’s Quiet Places Hello! I’d wish you a happy first week in Lent—but “happy” is such a bright, sunny word. These times that we’re living in have felt very dark for many of us, no matter who we are or what our political persuasion is. Old ladies being...
Come and See!
Dear Ones, As we draw near the end of the season of Epiphany, I find myself grateful for the "epiphanies" in my life. Epiphany means "manifestation," and the season is bookended by the manifestation of the "light of God in the face of Jesus Christ" to the...
Shrove Tuesday / Ash Wednesday
Join your Grace community next week as we begin our journey into the Lenten Season! Shrove Tuesday: Pancake Supper | 2/17 @ 5:30-7:30pm Kick off Lent with the annual tradition of eating all the sugar, butter and flour. We'll have pancakes, bacon, and all the fixin's...
Upcoming Women’s Retreat
Listening in the Spirit — Discernment in a Changing World Feb. 20–22 | Friday evening through Sunday midday Mercy Center, Auburn, CA Led by Rev. Amy Denney Zuniga for the women of St. John’s, Roseville & Grace, St. Helena Registration and cost details pending--...
Seeing Something New Together
When I revisited the familiar gospel for last Sunday—the calling of the first disciples (Matthew 4:12-23)—I was struck by how essential it is to keep hearing scripture with fresh ears. So much of life runs on familiar patterns, and it’s easy to stop expecting anything...
Come and See!
January has given us a glorious start to the new year!! After torrential rains over the holidays, we are seeing the vast beauty of Napa Valley all around us – green hills, mustard fields with stately vines, and the early blooms of fragrant Narcissus...