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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...
Amazing Grace
Yesterday was an election night, focused mainly on narrowing the fields that will face off with one another on November’s elections. There was quite a crowd of supporters gathered outside the Cottrell home, anticipating a good outcome for Anne, who was running for...
Welcome Home Donation Drive
It may sound strange, but moving out of homelessness into housing can be a daunting process. People experiencing homelessness have typically been through multiple traumas in their lives, so that major life changes and new responsibilities, like moving into housing,...
Youth Sunday
As I rode my bike (Noah in tow) across town this morning to the Montessori school, I was pondering how quickly this year has gone. Twelve months ago we gathered on the labyrinth for a worship service that followed the confirmation of eight of our teenagers the night...
Pentecost Picnic
After three years we are finally getting to have our annual family Pentecost picnic! We hope that you will join us on Sunday June 5th following the 10 am service for this wonderful time of fellowship and good food! For families' with last names ending in A-L please...