This is another one of those Sundays when it is not easy to be a preacher, pastor, or priest. I keep reminding myself—and I would remind you—that we do not choose our texts on Sundays in The Episcopal Church. As I consider that these texts were assigned, in rotation, for...
The Gathering The next Gathering will be held Sunday, August 18 from 5:00-7:00 PM at INK, Interactive Neighborhood for Kids (999 Chestnut Street, Gainesville). We'll continue our conversations about different contemplative voices and how they inform our daily lives. This month we will hear from members of our own community...
I got to spend last week with some colleagues in Dayton – sadly in the news this morning for a deadly mass shooting last night blocks from where we were working on one relatively small book in the Bible, Hosea. We told it to each other. We picked it apart...
Kick Off Sunday Join us Sunday, August 11 as we kick off the new program year! Christian Education classes for children, youth, and adults will meet from 9:30-10:30 AM. Students, teachers, and school administrators of all ages are invited to bring their backpacks/satchels to be blessed at the 10:45 AM...
Summer Pick Up Choir All Grace Church adults, and middle through high school youth, are invited to join our summer pick-up choir every (or any) Sunday in August. No experience or previous choir participation is necessary. Meet in the nave at 10:00 AM to rehearse a simple anthem and look...
Foyer Groups Forming Now Twice a year, all Grace Church members are invited to participate in a Foyer Group. Foyer Groups consist of small groups of adults who meet in one another's homes for a meal and fellowship over the course of approximately six months. Not only is participation in...
We are pleased to be able to provide audio recordings of selected worship services held at Grace Church. Listen to the full Rite II service of worship from July 14 at the link below.
“Tigers” a poem by Eliza Griswold What are we now but voiceswho promise each other a lifeneither one can delivernot for lack of wantingbut wanting won’t make it soWe cling to a vineat the cliff’s edge.There are tigers aboveand below. Let us loveone another and let go.” Once, there were...
The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham is a co-editor and contributor to the forthcoming volume Contemplation and Community: A Gathering of Fresh Voices for a Living Tradition. The book is being published by the Crossroad Publishing Company. Grace Church will hold a special Sunday afternoon reading, signing, and conversation on Sunday,...
Gathering Study Group At the last Gathering, our conversation focused on who our conversation partners are. We continued to explore Richard Rohr's book Universal Christ and Barbara Brown Taylor's book Holy Envy. Those conversation partners led us to wonder who we are missing, who we have not paid attention to,...