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Grace On The Move!

We have something wonderful here, given by God’s grace, and this grace is for everyone. I have heard it said that lawyers work by the maxim: never ask a question to which you do not know the answer. That doesn’t play out in the life of the Church, or certainly did not...

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Be Ye a Pain with Purpose

“This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel,  and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed.” – Luke 2: 34-35 In the gospel we heard last week from Luke 4, we find Jesus as an adult who gets...

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Meet Our New Vestry Candidates!

This Sunday is our Annual Meeting where we will get to formally announce our 2025 Vestry Slate! One great thing about the Episcopal Church is that it is democratically governed, and this Sunday at our annual meeting is the time every year where we get to see that...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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