Love thy Neighbor, Compost Responsibly!

Two Sundays ago the Environmental Stewardship Ministry sponsored Andy Buck from Upper Valley Waste Disposal to discuss what is suitable for compost and recycling bins. Some takeaways from the talk were: 40% of food bought in California is wasted (We recommend “Just...

Welcome Back Everyone!

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE! Maybe you are thinking, “Sarah dear, we have BEEN back…” and you are correct, of course. Perhaps we can think of mid-August and Mission Trip Report Sunday on August 27 as our “soft start” while we all recalibrated to our post-summer rhythms. And...

A Healthy Church is a Singing Church

It’s been said that a healthy church is a singing church. How do we define a healthy church? Is it church attendance and growth, or is it something deeper. And what does singing have to do with being a healthy church?  Statistically, music plays a significant...

What A Send Off!

Dear Grace Family, Thank you so much for the absolutely perfect, joyful, meaningful farewell party. I admit I was hoping for a special celebration after all these years but I never could have anticipated the love and appreciation I felt that day....

On Resurrection

We have been having a lot of funerals at Grace lately. The prayer we say at burial begins, “In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life we commend N to God and commit their body to the ground…”   These words have...

Annual meeting Recap

Dear Ones, We had a wonderful Annual Meeting, or as I like to call it, “annual celebration” on Sunday. I hope you will take the time to read the Annual Report which contains so much good news about how we have reconnected with God and one another in 2022 and...