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Total Ministry
There is a description for what we are trying to develop at Grace these days, and it is captured in the phrase “total ministry”. The concept came from the work of a missionary to China called Roland Allen. After successfully setting up churches around a region of...
A Jubilant Lent —Lent One: The year of the Lord’s favor
When Grace staff met in retreat in December of 2024, each of us answered three questions; Where do you seek to see Grace going? Why does it matter? And where are we now? These same questions were later asked of the congregation at our Annual meeting Indaba, and your...
Lent 2025 @ Grace!
The season of Lent is the 40 day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday that invites us into a time of reflection and mindfulness as we prepare our hearts for the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection on Easter. By observing the season of Lent, we replicate Jesus...
Shrove Tuesday & Ash Wednesday 2025!
Shrove Tuesday: Pancake Supper 3/4 @ 5:30-7:30pm Kick off Lent with the annual tradition of eating all the sugar, butter and flour. We'll have pancakes, bacon, and all the fixin's along with activities for children. Bring the family, bring your neighbors. What's...
Lenten Practices
Lent is a time for self-reflection, penance, and spiritual housecleaning! This year we have put together a short list of Lenten practices to help you choose how to observe this season! Ask God to guide you as you choose 2-3 practices to help you observe this lenten...
The Heart Needs A Witness
Two weekends ago, I spent four days in a Grief and Loss Recovery Training where I did 40 hours of professional development and a heap of my own personal work too. In my role as a mental health chaplain in Vallejo, in my encounters with many of you here at Grace, in my...
Celebrating 30yrs of Small Groups
On January 12, at the beginning of our 150th year, Grace celebrated the 30th anniversary of small groups at Grace Church. Jan Bradley, a long-time small group leader and one-time coordinator of all Grace’s small groups, offered the following reflection on small...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...