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Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Dear families and friends, We wanted to offer a few reflections on the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program at Grace Church, and how as fathers, we have seen the program benefit our children. The strong spiritual foundation that our kids have and are continually...
The Feast of Saint Francis & Blessing of the Animals
The Feast of Saint Francis is a time for us to remember that the we are called to love all of our neighbors, which includes every creature great and small. It is on this Sunday that we invite our community to bring their pets with them to our 10AM Outdoor Sunday...
Reconnect & Renew
Dear Ones, I am joyfully anticipating being with you all anew this coming Sunday, September 11! Four months is a long time. You have been in my prayers and in my heart, and I have heard through Bishop Alan that it has been a wonderful, renewing sabbatical...
Seeing as God Sees
The Christian writer, C.S.Lewis, comments on the word membership as follows: “The Christian is called, not to individualism but to membership in the mystical body. The very word membership is of Christian origin, but it has been taken over by the world and emptied of...
Staying in the Loop!
Several weeks ago, we made a small announcement about our Communications team’s ongoing work to develop new strategies and avenues for helping everyone in our community stay in the loop about all the exciting and important things happening at Grace! Since then, we...
Connection & Call
It seems that a common discussion in churches is the question of how we can grow our congregation. How do we invite, connect, and follow through with new people? But moreover– WHY do we want to? Bishop Alan reflected that we don’t really have any “pew...
Jesus is the same, yesterday, today and forever
Every Tuesday around noon, you can find a group of men from Grace sat in the corner of the courtyard studying the Bible. They are one of several small groups that gather in different ways during the week across Grace Episcopal Church, and I have written about the...
A Message from our Senior Warden | Interim Junior Warden Announcement
Bob Cantrall has stepped down as Junior Warden. We thank Bob for his devoted service during the challenging and dark times of the pandemic. It was a period filled with uncertainty, serious health risks and constant change which he navigated courageously and with...
Green Shoots
https://youtu.be/YyiEOj7as6g Formerly known as "God 'n' Stuff" and begun when Bishop Alan was with us, GREEN SHOOTS is the new name of our Wednesday evening conversations from 6:00-7:30 pm in the Newton Room. When we gathered in August and...
Thank you for filling your house, Lord!
Dear Ones, What a glorious weekend it was! Saturday evening's “Hello/Goodbye” party felt truly magical, and I realized that not only are we celebrating being together again after a four-month sabbatical, we are really still rejoicing (marveling?) over our...
All We Need Is Here
Every Tuesday morning the staff of Grace Church meet for prayer and for ministry coordination. We always end the meeting with a particular song. We stand and sing “All we need is here, here, here; all we need is here, here, here”. And we sing it three times. It is not...
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...