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Annual Meeting is Just Around the Corner
When we come together at the Annual meeting on Sunday 26th of January, we will have entered the 150th year of Grace Church. We have already begun to mark the occasion with the launch of the Sustaining Grace Campaign, which will continue to offer us all an opportunity...
Redwood Tree Blessing & Community Forest Celebration
Join us on Sunday, June 19, at 12:30 PM as Grace Church gathers to celebrate and bless the planting of a coast redwood tree in The Napa Valley Community Forest! This project, supported by Grace from the beginning, is a step toward caring for our planet and our island...
Reclaiming Epiphany
The Episcopal Church’s former Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, has called for Christians to “reclaim Epiphany,” the feast that celebrates the arrival of mysterious visitors from the east, sometimes called magi or kings, to visit the infant Jesus. In the United...
Araphel
We want the warhorse. Jesus rides a donkey. We want the eagle. The Holy Spirit descends as a dove. We want to take up swords. Jesus takes up a cross. We want the roaring lion. God comes as a slaughtered lamb. We keep trying to arm God. God keeps...
Your Holiday Party Outfit
"Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful." -Colossians 3:14-15 When I was growing up, a...
Advent 2024!
Sunday 12/8: The Second Sunday of Advent, 8am & 10am Atrium all levels open, Youth Group at 5pm Tuesday 12/10: Advent Family Festival, 5:30pm-7pm Wednesday 12/11: Labyrinth Walk, 5pm Rain or shine Saturday 12/14: Adopt a Family gift drop off and...
Rooting Ourselves in the Truth of God’s Kingdom
Artwork: Truth Before Pilate | Collapsed by Ryan Cagle John, in the book of Revelation, offers us a beautiful picture of heaven. He depicts it as the new Jerusalem “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying “See the...
Faithful Innovations
On Saturday a delegation from Grace Church sat in on the virtual Convention of the Diocese of Northern California. The keynote speaker was an Englishman called Michael Moynagh. He has been involved with the Church of England’s Fresh Expression movement for several...
The Kingdom of God Within Calls Us to Love One Another
A Message from The Most Rev. Sean W. Rowe, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church Dear People of God in The Episcopal Church, Early this morning, we learned that President Trump has been elected to another term as president of the United States. I pray that he will...
We Got This.
When I was in high school, I was on the track team. I was a relay runner and a sprinter. In addition to being a student athlete, I was also making a rather adult-ish commitment to my own spiritual life as a senior when I signed up to meet with a Jesuit spiritual...
What Do You Want Me to Do for You?
Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” – Mark 10:51 I don’t want to steal any thunder from Rev. Wendy, who is preaching this Sunday, but I cannot get this question out of my head. I was absolutely going to write about something else...
What have you always known but you’ve never been taught?
Perhaps you know that one of my most oft repeated nudges, for myself and others, is ask better questions. Frequently, it’s not that our answers are lacking, it’s that our questions don’t draw much forward that is really of any use to us. We assume too much; we are not...