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We Shall be Changed
As the pandemic lockdown entered its second year in 2021, the Bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, Mark Edington, edited and published a series of short essays on the impact of being closed for in person worship. The essays were entitled “We...
Praying for Our Bishops and the Lambeth Conference
This week we focus our prayers a little more intently on our Bishops. All active Bishop across the Anglican Communion are gathering in Canterbury for the Lambeth Conference. Donna and I enjoyed three weeks in Canterbury for the last Lambeth held in 2008. Traditionally...
Rev. Amy Sabbatical Update!
https://vimeo.com/731551296/98796a444b We’re having an incredible time and have weathered the heat wave just fine. We spent 10 days in the village of Bampton in Oxfordshire, traversed the country twice for a pilgrimage to Canterbury, walked 40 miles on the coast of...
Let us sit among the prophets
Part of my regular prayer practice is to give time to journal on specific verses or passages of Scripture that catch my attention during personal devotions. What has been surprising is that a majority of these have been in the Psalms, which I try and read in their...
Good News Garden Update!
Can you believe it has already been a month at the Good News Garden? Our plants are growing, seedlings are sprouting, and new friends are joining us in the garden each week! -- people, birds, bees, frogs, and lots of worms! Last Sunday, we explored the kinds of life...
A Word from Bishop Alan on the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church
Dear Grace, With eager anticipation, Donna and I look forward to returning to you all this coming weekend. I am grateful to the vestry for allowing me to take care of events scheduled prior to the invitation to come to Grace this summer. Initially those included a...
Coffee Hour Volunteer Rota!
In years past (way past!) there was a “coffee hour rota” at Grace – a list of folks willing to bring refreshments sweet or savory to our post-worship gathering in the courtyard – which always included someone who knew how to make the coffee in the kitchen. The people...
Agreement #5: Value Differences of Opinion
After the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in March of 2018, my colleagues at Justin Siena High School and I sat around a table to decide how best to listen to our students and respond as a school community. We had had a tumultuous year already. While our...
Rummage Sale
The annual Grace Church Rummage sale is back on Saturday August 20th from 09:00am - 04:00pm! You can find the seller guidelines and floor plan for our upcoming Grace Church Rummage Sale below. You can read the guidelines for sellers HERE and view the floor plan layout...
A Message from Bishop Alan Scarfe
Dear Beloved in Christ, Several years ago I met for lunch with the then Senator for Iowa, Tom Harkin. Senator Harkin mentioned that he believed that Bishops and Senators had similar constituents. Our responsibility for public discourse covered the same demographics....
Youth Mission Trip Re-Cap
Dear Grace Church, This year, our youth group mission trip to Colorado Springs was very important to us as it was our first real mission trip since 2019 because of the pandemic. Unlike past years, we were a very small group, being only 7 youth and 3 leaders....
A Word from our Senior Warden
Dear Grace Church, What a wonderful start to our Summer Sabbatical we’ve had with Bishop Alan! He generously agreed to be with us until Rev. Amy’s return in September with the exception of the next four Sundays due to a prior commitment. In the weeks ahead we will...