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SAVE THE DATE: Taste of Grace – Dia De los Muertos Salsa Dance Party!
Friday, October 30th from 5:30–9:00 PM Mark your calendars for this year’s Taste of Grace, our fall celebration and fundraiser! Join us for a Mexican and Guatemalan tamale feast, Margarita and Sangria cocktails, Salsa dancing with lessons and a live salsa band, and a...
The Feast of Saint Francis / Blessing of the Animals Service
This Sunday we will gather to observe The Feast of Saint Francis. At this COMBINED service we will gather outside on the labyrinth to celebrate God's creation with a combined outdoor service and Animal Blessing at 9am. All creatures great and small are invited;...
Children and Youth at the Center of Things
In our increasingly secularized and individualistic world, often chaotic and divided, there is a deep need for intergenerational spiritual community. This is not a program idea — it is a theological and pastoral conviction. As we wrote to you all in the Heart of Grace...
Living Love Out Loud in Community Life
Have you ever known someone who has been hurt by the church? Hurt by a Christian — or someone who says they try to follow Jesus? Have you ever witnessed two people get caught in the web of misunderstanding or disagreement, which ultimately turns into something much...
Juicy Living: An Invitation to Ignatian Prayer from Ruthanne Svendsen
Fitting ourselves into the beginnings of another season of reorganizing our lives, the random chaos and uncertainty of too much to do may seem daunting, when what we really would like is to fulfill the longing in our hearts. To have time to reflect, to hone our...
“Graced Art” Gallery and Show
On September 12-13, Grace is hosting an art gallery show, called “Graced Art”. Featuring 10 locally and regionally known artists who are members of our congregation, all art will be for sale and refreshments will be served. A portion of the proceeds will...
The Heart of Grace: Building an Intergenerational Future
https://youtu.be/A8KPFmPDKuE A Special Message from your Rector, Senior Warden, and Associate Pastor Dear Grace Family, Meet Grace. She has stood enduringly on the corner of Oak and Spring Streets in St. Helena for 150 years, built on a foundation of faith and...
An Open Space
You brought me out into an open place; you rescued me because you delighted in me. Whenever people asked about our summer plans this year, I would tell them, somewhat nervously, that we were going backpacking. Backpacking is something we've enjoyed as a family for...
Save the Date: Back pack Blessing!
Students, teachers, and school staff of all ages! Don’t forget to bring your backpacks, shopping tote bags, or school tools to the labyrinth on Sunday, August 16 at 10:15 am. We will hold a special blessing to surround you with love, courage, and prayers as you step...
The World is On Fire
"I have cast fire upon the world, and I am guarding it until it blazes." - Logion 10, The Gospel of Thomas The world is on fire right now! We are aghast at the rate of its aggressive spread - across Spokane, Bordeaux, the Sonoma Coast, really - the whole...
Instructions on Not Giving Up
For those of us with children or grandchildren, we feel the big out-breath of being on this side of the ending of the school year – the graduations, the celebrations and promotions. With a great burst of energy and a sigh across the stage or the classroom threshold,...
Grace: The Living Universe
What happens in our brains and bodies as we worship? As an Episcopalian who also happens to be a psychotherapist, I’ve long been fascinated by how the mind works, especially when it encounters the divine. Our mind is the setting for a host of mental activities, like...