News for June 28: Sunday Supper Movie Night, and more

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Sunday 8:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I
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Sunday 10:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
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Tuesday 8:00 p.m. Compline
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Wednesday 12:00 p.m. Eucharist
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The Grace Church nave is located at the corner of Washington Street and Boulevard in Gainesville, Georgia.

The parish office, open Monday through Thursday from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, is located at 422 Brenau Avenue. Come to the wood doors that face Brenau Avenue and ring the bell for access.

Mailing Address: 422 Brenau Avenue, Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone: 770-536-0126

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Date Posted: June 26, 2026

Sunday Supper Movie Night

Join us for an evening of fun and fellowship on Sunday, July 19 at 6 PM in the parish hall as we gather to enjoy a family-friendly movie together!

To help make the evening even more enjoyable, we invite everyone to bring an item to share:

• Last names A–M please bring movie snacks or candy
• Last names N–Z please bring juice boxes or soda

Hot dogs will be provided for all attendees. Sign up by Sunday, July 12 so we can plan accordingly.

Feel free to make yourself comfortable—bring along blankets, pillows, bean bags, or anything that will help you settle in and relax during the movie.

We look forward to seeing you there for a wonderful night of community and entertainment!

2026 Park Lecture

Grace Church instituted the Park Lecture as a space to honor the work and presence of Cynthia Park and Jack Park during their decade at our parish. To give thanks for them, this annual lecture will invite a speaker to lead a retreat and conversation space that intentionally explores the power of story, the Biblical narrative, and our practice of faith. It is a wonderful way to honor Cynthia and Jack’s presence and their deep concern for well-being and spiritual growth.

Ancestral Lineage Healing

This year’s offering, Ancestral Lineage Healing: A Path to Multigenerational and Cultural Repair, will be led by Banta Whitner, MSW, from 9 AM – 3 PM on Saturday, August 8. Whitner is an integrative psychotherapist, ritualist, circle keeper and grandmother, and brings her own elder wisdom to the practice of Ancestral Lineage Healing.

Over the next few weeks, we will share contemplative questions from Banta’s work in preparation for our time together on August 8. This week we’ll consider: WHAT IF I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY ANCESTORS?

A lack of family genealogy information, or being adopted, need not impede your ancestral lineage healing in any way. Because this is heart-centered intuitive work that begins with the well ones who lived long before remembered names, you can still make connections with your wise and loving ancestors even without information about your biological family ties.

Registration Open

What Ancestral Lineage Healing: A Path to Multigenerational and Cultural Repair
When Saturday, August 8, 2026; 9 AM—3 PM
Where Grace Church
Cost $10/$20/$30, includes lunch
Register online by Sunday, August 2

Learn More and Register

School Supply Drive

It’s that time of year again! From now until July 26 we will be collecting backpacks stuffed with school supplies for students attending Lula, Myers, and Tadmore Elementary Schools in Hall County. Our goal is to provide at least 75 backpacks for these children!

Please consider helping in any of the following ways:

A backpack volunteer available on Sunday to supply you with a backpack and a list of required elementary school supplies. We’re asking for these packs to be filled with the supplies and returned to the church the following Sunday or dropped off at the church office. There will be a volunteer at Grace each Sunday until July 26.

Pick up school supplies and drop them off at church. Items such as paper, spiral notebooks, pencils, colored pencils, pocket folders, large glue sticks, erasers, crayons, facial tissue, wet wipes, and sanitizer may be brought to the parish office or dropped off at church on Sunday.

Contribute a monetary donation by sending a check made payable to Grace Episcopal Church, with “school supplies” noted in the memo line, to the office at 422 Brenau Avenue, Gainesville, GA 30501. You may also place a check in the offering plate on Sundays. Online contributions can be made here.