The stories of King David and his moral failures offer us the opportunity to reconsider our own choices and their consequences. And learning to pray using David’s “journal” – the Psalter – provides language for us to confess to God our anguish, our hope for transformation, and our joy that...
Sundays in August CE Classes at Grace don't start until September 8 but we are offering a series of special events during the formation hour (9:30 - 10:30 AM) on Sundays in August. This Sunday, August 4, join us for light pastries, juice, and coffee in the Parish Hall and...
The next day, when the people who remained after the feeding of the five thousand saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said...
What can we learn by laying the story of King David and Bethsheba (and Uriah) alongside the story of Jesus feeding the multitudes? For one, we learn more about the tendencies we have in ourselves to grasp and control—and the invitation to release and trust the Spirit. The Glimpses of...
Backpack Blessing The new school year begins soon for many of our parishioners! We invite students, teachers, and school staff of all ages to bring your backpack/satchel/tote to be blessed during the 10:45 AM service this Sunday, July 28. Youth Pilgrimage: ‘Art and the Sacred’ Rising 9th-12th graders are invited...
Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover,...
King David sometimes reminds me of the apostle Peter. That is, he seems well-intentioned, but often misses the mark. In today’s first lesson, 2 Samuel 7:1-14a, the story of David offering to build a house for God leads me to wonder about the ways in which we can learn to...
Around April of this year, I was blessed with the opportunity to build a garden for the Children of Grace preschool, with the support of Mrs. Meg McPeek and Mrs. Liz Katz. As a Girl Scout, I was already aiming to earn my Gold Award, the most prestigious community service...
Supply Drive for Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary School From now until August 11 we will be collecting school supplies for the new elementary school in East Hall that will have students from the former Riverbend Elementary and White Sulphur Elementary Schools. And so the needs of the student population remain...
The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away...