A Reflection from Bishop Alan

In hoping to be helpful to the Grace community by a more extensive return for the balance of the year, I want to share some reflections on the significance of this time. With much vulnerability and courage, Amy has shared with us her struggle in recent times. We may...

“How Can This Be?”

“How can this be?” We all can resonate with Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel on hearing that she was to be the bearer of God into the world! And yet it is a question worthy of multiple situations where God keeps doing the unexpected. Personally, I say it every...

Welcome Back Everyone!

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE! Maybe you are thinking, “Sarah dear, we have BEEN back…” and you are correct, of course. Perhaps we can think of mid-August and Mission Trip Report Sunday on August 27 as our “soft start” while we all recalibrated to our post-summer rhythms. And...

Cultivating Space

Last Sunday, we heard the story of Jesus’s most famous miracle, his walking on the water. I believe that biblical truth resonates on many different levels. Considered from a metaphorical and spiritual standpoint, how it was that Jesus might have been able to...

Annual meeting Recap

Dear Ones, We had a wonderful Annual Meeting, or as I like to call it, “annual celebration” on Sunday. I hope you will take the time to read the Annual Report which contains so much good news about how we have reconnected with God and one another in 2022 and...