Continued & Expanded Worship Please read Fr. Stuart's message regarding the continuation and expansion of our online worship offerings beginning Sunday, June 7. Gracious Space: Social Isolation & Self Compassion Join us (via Zoom) on Thursday, May 28 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM, for a second virtual workshop featuring Donna...
Dear People of Grace, This morning, the clergy met with the bishop for our bi-weekly conference, and I wanted to write and give you an update on where things stand at the present. Briefly put, we are holding to this current pattern of online worship for the time being. The bishop...
When we were looking for a new house early last year, we worked with a realtor and gave him a random mixture of qualities and items that we were looking for. I wanted a fireplace, Lisa wanted it not to have many repair issues, we knew we were getting cats,...
Picnic Sunday Sunday, May 17 is Picnic Sunday! While we can't be together in person this year, if the weather is nice we are encouraging you to attend Morning Prayer from the outdoors. (current forecast for Sunday looks good, "generally sunny despite a few afternoon clouds, high 87F") Spread a...
Congratulations Graduates Congratulations to our 2020 graduates! We wish you the very best in all of your future endeavors! (Parishioners, you can find the link to the graduate recognition bulletin in the May 10 issue of the newsletter.) Thanksgiving for CE Leaders As the "regular" Christian Education cycle winds down...
I have never really spent much time around sheep, so it is hard for me to really “get into” the Gospel texts about sheep and shepherding. We had plenty of livestock around us as children back in Arkansas, but no sheep. We even had one family take on raising emus,...
Sanctuary Plaza Progress Work continues on the Sanctuary Plaza and the concrete sit wall was poured this past Tuesday. The formwork should be able to be removed by Monday at the latest. WLA Studio reports that, with the wall complete, the balance of the work should go quickly! Photos (c)...
Community Update Fr. Stuart hosted a Facebook live conversation this past Wednesday evening to share updates from the diocese regarding next steps for our parish communities, and what that means for us at Grace Church. If you were unable to attend, you can view the video and read the notes...
The clergy met with the bishop this morning, and then the bishop met with a group of seven rectors from the diocese’s largest parishes afterward. And since then there has been contact between bishop and clergy as we all realize the pressure we are under to adjust to this development...
Dear People of Grace, After receiving the governor's update, I have heard from many that folks are concerned and confused about next steps for us as a parish. The clergy already had a video call scheduled with Bishop Wright April 22 at 8:00 AM, so this will give us...