Dear People of Grace, Beginning on Palm Sunday, March 28, we will have a hybrid worship schedule that will include in-person options for both indoor and outdoor spaces, as well as continued online worship for those who are more comfortable at home. We will do our best to find a...
Worship in the Nave! Hopefully you've seen the exciting news regarding updated diocesan guidelines that now allow in person, indoor worship! We are so thankful for the declining positive test rate and increasing vaccination rate that makes this possible. Plans that were previously put in place for Holy Week and...
Dear People of Grace, I am excited to send you this update about our worship life. Beginning on Palm Sunday, we will have an option for in-person, indoor Holy Eucharist! Thanks be to God! Given that our percent positive test rate has declined as vaccination rates have increased, the bishop and...
Holy Eucharist Resumes in April In-person, outdoor worship services will resume in April! Join us for Eucharist on Maundy Thursday, April 1, at 12:00 PM and on Easter Sunday, April 4, at 9:30 AM. In-person Communion services will then be held regularly on Sundays at 9:30 AM. The Diocese has...
Lenten Study Begins Tuesday The Lenten study, Are We There Yet? Learning to Recognize the Process of Spiritual Maturation, begins this Tuesday, March 2, at 5:00 PM. The four-week study will be facilitated by Cheryl Kelley on Zoom. Join us as we seek to understand the spiritual needs of individuals...
Episcopal 101 Class Begins Sunday For those new to the life of this parish--and those who have been here for a while but would appreciate a "refresher course"-- an Episcopal 101 class will be offered from 9:30 - 10:20 AM on Sundays, February 21, 28, March 7, 14, and 21....
Ash Wednesday We will observe the beginning of Lent with an Ash Wednesday service on February 17 at 7:00 PM on Zoom. The liturgy we share will be amended to emphasize the context we find ourselves in, with an option to place ashes on family member's foreheads--or our own. The...
The Annual Parish Meeting of Grace Episcopal Church in its 193rd year was held on Wednesday, February 10 via Zoom. Following is a link to the annual report, a recording of the meeting, and a copy of the remarks made by the Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham, which includes vestry election...
In the opening book study for the School for Christian Practice at Grace, we began exploring the image or practice of pilgrimage, of how the Holy Spirit is always on the move--and how we are called to share in this movement in our own practice of faith. It is difficult...
Annual Parish Meeting Our Annual Parish Meeting is scheduled this Wednesday, February 10 at 7:00 PM on Zoom. Come hear key reports of parish business and learn who the parish has elected as our four new vestry members. Annual Parish Meeting Order of Worship & Business Return Completed Ballots Vestry...