Holidays
Advent 2023
ADVENT PRACTICES AND PRAYERS Reverse Advent Calendar This year we are inviting our Grace community to participate in our Reverse Advent Calendar where "Giving" instead of "getting" is the theme. You're invited to put a non-perishable food item in a box or bag...
The Day of Pentecost!
Acts 2:1-8 "When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came...
Holy Week 2023
Holy Week Schedule And Worship Bulletins Palm Sunday: 4/2 @ 10pm. Download the Palm Sunday Bulletin! Maundy Thursday: 4/6 @ 6pm. Download the Maundy Thursday Bulletin! Good Friday: 4/7 @ 12pm. Download the Good Friday Bulletin!...
Advent & Christmas: Pilgrimage toward Incarnation
Advent and Christmas are just around the corner! Be sure to mark your calendars with all the wonderful opportunities for fun, fellowship, and formation ahead during this upcoming season in our communal life! More information about each of the above events will be...
For All the Saints
Happy All Souls Day/Día de los Muertos! The Latin American celebration of Día de los Muertos combines the Christian feasts of All Saints Day, November 1, when the Church remembers what I call the “Capital S” Saints, and All Souls (today!) when we remember our beloved...
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...
Holy Week is here!
Dear Ones, In Holy Week we walk with Jesus and his disciples through the events of the last days of his earthly life--the tenderness, the injustice, the agony, the apparent finality of death. Why do we face into these terrible events intentionally, remembering...
Holy Week at a Glance
Maundy Thursday 7:00 PM Holy Eucharist and Foot-washing** Good Friday 12:00 PM Stations of the Cross/Viacrucis (Bilingual)12:30 PM Traditional Good Friday Service** 7:00 PM Taize Chant Service on the Labyrinth Holy Saturday 8:00 PM The Great Vigil of Easter /VIgilia...
LENT 2022
An Invitation to Deeper Spiritual Connection 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...
A Prayer and Reflection for The Epiphany of Our Lord
Visit of the Three Wise Men by JESUS MAFA REFLECTIONBecause Jan 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, I am thinking about the Magi and remembered this song, Home By Another Way by James Taylor. It's a new year and we are still living with so much uncertainty. What does it...
Resting in Christmas
I received an email from our diocesan office in mid-December which ironically wished all of the clergy well in the “hustle and bustle and waiting” of Advent. The Advent themes of expectant waiting and contemplative preparation are diametrically opposed to the cultural...
12 Days of Christmas Carols
Last year we offered Christmas cheer in your inbox every day during Christmastide. If you would like to sign-up to receive these special Christmas emails during the twelve days of Christmas you can do so HERE.
Adopt-A-Family
Our longstanding tradition of partnering with UpValley Family Centers during for Adopt-A-Family is looking a bit different this year. The greatest need right now is food for 261 families, and that is where you can help. A special collection will be taken at the Sunday...
Advent and Christmas at Grace
Events Advent Labyrinth Walk| Date: 12/8 Time: 7:00pm (rain date 12/22) Ruthanne Svendsen will lead a time of "spiraling into the center of God" for this Advent season on the Church Labyrinth. This will be a time of meditation, chant, chime,...
Easter 2021 at Grace
This is a year in which the mysteries of death and new life have been very present to us. Journey through these holy days together, and draw close to the God who sustains us. Easter Sunday • April 4 6:30 am • Sunrise Labyrinth WalkA guided walk into new...
Christmas Services – 2020
SERVICESServices which have already premiered can be accessed by clicking on the embedded link. You can also browse through our showcase of Advent and Christmas worship HERE.Monday, December 217 PM : Quiet Christmas. A service of quiet and reflection, a holy...