Blessing of Animals Grace Episcopal Church invites you and your pets to a Blessing of Animals on Sunday, September 28 from 4:00-5:00 PM. Held each year in observance of the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, the service provides not only an opportunity for our...
Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management,...
Parish Feast Day We will celebrate our annual parish feast day: the Feast of the Holy Cross on Sunday, September 14. There will be one combined service that day, at 10:00 AM followed by a pasta lunch and fellowship in the parish hall. Parish feast days give a community a focus point...
Dear People of Grace, The other day I went through my office and gathered up stacks of old minutes and letters from as far back as the 1890s that we will organize for our upcoming Bicentennial Celebration. We are beginning the process of focusing on key aspects of our story...
Jesus said, “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die. The crowd...
This sermon invites us into the potter’s house, where God shapes us patiently and tenderly, every movement of the divine hand an act of love. From Jeremiah’s clay, to Jesus’ call to redefined family, to Paul’s appeal for Onesimus, it proclaims that we are bound not by blood, power, or...
Feast Day Potluck Lunch For lunch following the combined 10 AM service on September 14, Grace will provide a pasta station which includes 2 pastas (a gluten free choice will also be available), 3 sauces: alfredo, meat sauce (beef and sausage), or marinara, and 3 toppings: chicken, meatballs, or italian...
Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus; and he turned and said to them, "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot...
Jesus carries the prophetic vision into his own life and ministry, and he challenges us to focus on the deep practice of faith--what the prayer for today calls "true religion." In anxious and uncertain days, Jesus reminds us to trust the Spirit's presence rather than asserting our own agendas and...
Join a Fall Foyers Group Foyers groups are forming now. Sign up on our website by Sunday, September 7 if you are interested in participating! Not sure what “foyers” is? Quite simply, foyers is an opportunity for those who participate to become better acquainted and enjoy each other’s company. Small groups of...