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Worship Discernment Task Force
Dear Ones, We asked and you answered! On Sunday, we had 7 responses to the survey about summer worship that had been posted in the e-news for a few weeks; after our Monday message highlighting the survey, we had 49 responses! We’ve included the graphic data...
Reflections on Falling Apart
The Rev. Wendy Watson recently came across a moving tribute to Joanna Macy, written by author Rebecca Solnit, and wanted to share it with our community. Macy, who died on July 19 at the age of 96, was a Buddhist scholar, activist, teacher, and author of seventeen...
It’s a PAAAAARTY!!!
Grace Episcopal Church is turning 150 years young this year! In celebration of all of the Saints of Grace past, present, and future, we are having a fabulous PAAAAARTY! On Saturday November 1st, All Saints Day, we will celebrate our sesquicentennial honoring the...
Cristosal Field Notes: Exile & Human Rights
As many of you know, Cristosal has been a part of our church’s story for many years. Grace has supported its mission, and I served for six years on its board. This is an organization that supported Vince and me as missioners in El Salvador, and one that I have watched...
(Re)Discovering Celtic Spirituality
Have you ever had one of those moments where many seemingly unrelated experiences, inclinations, and convictions have crystallized into one coherent thread? Like puzzle pieces scattered across years of your life, which, without warning, come together into a...
A Fond Farewell
Close to 100 people gathered in the Newton room on Sunday for a high tea in honor of Bishop Alan and Donna Scarfe. Bishop Alan was touched by the gift of a canvas with the Grace acrostic and an image of the church from the vestry, a scrapbook with photographs and...
A Benediction of Sorts
At a recent staff meeting, we pondered the potential impact of a new banner to sit where the “He is Risen” banner goes during Eastertide. This one would read “God is Fun”. As people of my age can appreciate, I cannot now recall exactly what the context of...
Letters to Grace: What Might Paul say to us?
Over the next two weeks, it is a joy to write the “newsletter headliner”, which is the name for what in other circles might be called the Op-ed piece. Please think along the lines of the opening sentences to the apostle Paul’s letters. His initial greetings...
A Disturbance of Deacons!
I was sitting in my first clergy conference with a group of Deacons gathering to meet with Bishop Megan, when someone walking in called us a Disturbance of Deacons! What??? I had never heard of such a term. Just like a Flock of Sheep, or a Herd...
The Gifts of God for the People of God
“The gifts of God for the people of God”. Every time we celebrate the Eucharist, we hear these words. At Grace, on Sundays, when sharing the liturgy with Amy, I love to step back and receive her extended invitation. “This is Christ’s table, no matter who you are, (and...
Summer Sundays are Coming!
From June 8 through August 10, 2025, Grace returns to our beloved tradition of one combined Sunday service at 9 AM. This contemplative Summer worship will feature mostly instrumental music and follow the beautiful, traditional Elizabethan language of Rite I (from the...
Tracing Our Footsteps
Lawn mowing season is upon us. I confess that I would never mow the lawn with as much gusto as after I had watched a “Superman” movie in the day when such a movie series was a thing! And I am talking about my adult self! So, what was it that captured my imagination?...