Prayers for Peace Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On Sunday, September 6, we will have a time of prayer during the normal Forum time, 9:30 AM. We will meet in the Chapel. During this time, we will offer prayers for peace and the absence of war. I invite you...
Grace Episcopal Outreach MInistry SpotlightBonus content on the Glimpses of Grace podcast feed Welcome to the next episode of the Grace Episcopal Outreach Ministry Spotlight, a series on the Glimpses of Grace podcast highlighting community partners supported by the Grace Episcopal Outreach Ministry in Gainesville and Hall County, Georgia. Each...
Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at the table; and he upbraided them for their lack of faith and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim...
As Jesus likens the Kingdom of Heaven to a mustard seed, we are called to watch what is growing in our lives. What are we consciously planting and what grew while we weren't paying attention? How do we cultivate what we've inherited and how do we pass it on? The...
Fall Retreat: A Human Being Fully Alive In uncertain times, it is easy to yield to despair and give up hope that life can be transformed. Yet, we are called to nurture a practice that helps us become people who are fully alive! Come share a special retreat with us...
He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds...
When our lives break into pieces, our wounds can become the whole horizon, making it difficult to see the life and light still surrounding us. Scripture reminds us that we are not self-contained or alone: in Christ, all things hold together, and the fountain of life continues to flow. Becoming...
Food Pantry Grace Church has been serving the Community Food Pantry since 1977, making this the longest running outreach program of our church. Rotating with other churches, Grace serves by providing volunteers to staff the pantry and by collecting food to stock the shelves just prior to our assigned dates....
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and...
How do we engage the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan beyond our familiar moral categories? What if the wounded person lying in the ditch wasn't just a neighbor in need, but a deep wound within our own lives that we are challenged to attend to? What if we pause,...