by Communications | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog
There is a description for what we are trying to develop at Grace these days, and it is captured in the phrase “total ministry”. The concept came from the work of a missionary to China called Roland Allen. After successfully setting up churches around a region of...
by Communications | Mar 2, 2025 | Blog
The season of Lent is the 40 day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday that invites us into a time of reflection and mindfulness as we prepare our hearts for the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection on Easter. By observing the season of Lent, we replicate Jesus...
by Communications | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog
Lent is a time for self-reflection, penance, and spiritual housecleaning! This year we have put together a short list of Lenten practices to help you choose how to observe this season! Ask God to guide you as you choose 2-3 practices to help you observe this lenten...
by Communications | Feb 19, 2025 | Blog
Two weekends ago, I spent four days in a Grief and Loss Recovery Training where I did 40 hours of professional development and a heap of my own personal work too. In my role as a mental health chaplain in Vallejo, in my encounters with many of you here at Grace, in my...
by Communications | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog
On January 12, at the beginning of our 150th year, Grace celebrated the 30th anniversary of small groups at Grace Church. Jan Bradley, a long-time small group leader and one-time coordinator of all Grace’s small groups, offered the following reflection on small...
by Communications | Feb 5, 2025 | Blog
We have something wonderful here, given by God’s grace, and this grace is for everyone. I have heard it said that lawyers work by the maxim: never ask a question to which you do not know the answer. That doesn’t play out in the life of the Church, or certainly did not...
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