Giving Thanks for Graceful Moments

A message from your Stewardship Committee –  November is the month of giving thanks — and that’s exactly what we at Grace invite everyone to do.  Take time this month to reflect on the many blessings in your life. Consider starting a gratitude journal...

150 Years of Grace

This fall, we at Grace Episcopal Church joyfully celebrate our Sesquicentennial—150 years of life and ministry in St. Helena. Grace’s story began the weekend of December 11–12, 1875, when a small group gathered for the private baptism of Mrs. Mary Heath, widow of a...

Worship Discernment Task Force

Dear Ones, We asked and you answered! On Sunday, we had 7 responses to the survey about summer worship that had been posted in the e-news for a few weeks; after our Monday message highlighting the survey, we had 49 responses! We’ve included the graphic data...

Reflections on Falling Apart

The Rev. Wendy Watson recently came across a moving tribute to Joanna Macy, written by author Rebecca Solnit, and wanted to share it with our community. Macy, who died on July 19 at the age of 96, was a Buddhist scholar, activist, teacher, and author of seventeen...

Summer Sundays are Coming!

From June 8 through August 10, 2025, Grace returns to our beloved tradition of one combined Sunday service at 9 AM. This contemplative Summer worship will feature mostly instrumental music and follow the beautiful, traditional Elizabethan language of Rite I (from the...

Tracing Our Footsteps

Lawn mowing season is upon us. I confess that I would never mow the lawn with as much gusto as after I had watched a “Superman” movie in the day when such a movie series was a thing! And I am talking about my adult self! So, what was it that captured my imagination?...