Dear People of Grace, I am writing to share exciting news with you about children and youth ministries at Grace. As we celebrate Cheryl Kelley and give thanks for her enormous contribution to our life, we also give thanks for new opportunities for growth and formation in the community. Don’t...
Ministry Fair Planning If you lead a ministry or committee at Grace, please make plans to have a table in the parish hall for the Ministry Fair on Sunday, August 14. Table set up will be August 7 from 9:30 - 10:30 AM. Contact Fr. Stuart for details and to...
The Grace Church Choir has been invited to serve as Choir in Residence at Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter, England from August 5-11, 2024. Music Director and Organist Lynn Swanson submitted application in April to the Head of the Liturgy Tom Salmon at Exeter Cathedral. The choir received...
Day in the Mountains and Picnic at Vogel Our 2022 Day in the Mountains at Vogel state Park, with a Picnic Lunch and Church in the Wild, is coming up on Saturday, July 30! Contact Jeremy Landers by Sunday, July 24, to sign up. If you’d like to come but...
From July 8 through July 11, it was my privilege to serve a second term as First Alternate Clergy Deputy at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. This year we met in Baltimore, Maryland at the Baltimore Convention Center two blocks from the Orioles Baseball Stadium. Our hotel was...
Dear People of Grace, I am writing to let you know that Cheryl Kelley will be leaving her position as Director of Christian Formation at Grace to begin work with Georgia Legal Services. Of course this is bittersweet for us all, even as we can immediately see how Cheryl’s enormous...
Summer Sunday Forum Beyond Dementia Coalition (BDC) is introducing a new project to Grace – Emergency Comfort Kits – and volunteers are needed to assemble the kits. They are intended to proactively assist those in the community living with dementia in the event of a disaster or other unplanned displacement....
The General Convention The 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church will meet July 8 - 11, 2022 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The General Convention is the governing body of The Episcopal Church. Every three years it meets as a bicameral legislature that includes the House...
Office Closed The parish office will be closed on Monday, July 4 for Independence Day! Yoga Prayer Yoga classes will not meet on Monday, July 4. Participants are welcome to join the Thursday class instead! Chair yoga meets Thursdays at 10:00 AM and on your mat yoga meets at 11:00...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7QK2cXtr8k The crimson cordMay the pain of the world touchmy soul. It will not stay–I cannot hold onto it–but in a moment of contact: the powerof a storm in a butterfly’s wing.There is only one pain, sharedbetween all that breathes and lives:The deep wisdom only whispered, the keythat unlocks all...