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 7 at the link below. The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Park gave the homily, Sending Out the Seventy, which begins at about...
Sanctuary Plaza Groundbreaking and Summer Sunday Forum We will break ground on our new Sanctuary Plaza on Sunday, July 14! The renovations, made possible with a gracious gift from the Fowler family, will enable Grace to hold a vital place in the corridor between Brenau University and the Downtown Square,...
One goes on pilgrimage expecting life changing moments. Through a controlled series of “adverse” circumstances, each person is challenged to adjust to radical time changes that affect sleep patterns, not always knowing whether the sun is up or down, eating at different times of the day and from different cuisines,...
VBS Service Project Our VBS service project this summer was collecting food to prepare PIN ("person in need") bags for people seeking emergency assistance from the Food Bank. Thanks to the generosity of our parish community, they donated 60 bags/890 pounds of food to the Georgia Mountain Food Bank. Thank...
Hello from our happy, joy-filled and deliriously tired Pilgrimage family! What a trip! Despite major travel delays on both ends of our trip, this has been a week marked by the assurance of being exactly where the Lord wanted us. Ecclesiastes 7:14 says "In the day of prosperity be joyful,...
Office Closed The parish office will be closed on Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. COG Summer Session II COG Summer Session II starts this week but due to the July 4 holiday the preschool will be open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, July 1-3. England 2020: A Pilgrimage...
Our pilgrims made it safely to Scotland and settled in on Iona late Tuesday evening (their time). They have disconnected a bit with technology and communication in order to more fully experience time with each other and enjoy the beauty around them.
Well, today didn’t go exactly as we had planned...but we were right where the Lord had planned for us to be. Through several flight changes, delays and cancellations, we spent the day waiting through severe weather at the Atlanta airport. A very kind United gate agent spent several hours helping...
So, this is the last Sunday in Stuart’s 2019 Sabbatical and he will be back in the office this week and celebrating and preaching next week. As we on staff and on vestry prepared for this critical time away, we fully expected Stuart to have a rich time, and to...
The Gathering This year's Vacation Bible School theme is Who Is My Neighbor? Learning to Love Like Jesus. Bible stories for the week focus on the greatest commandments to love God, our neighbors, and ourselves. As the children of Vacation Bible school wonder together about who our neighbors are, and...