Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Cross, which is our parish feast day. What can we learn from the cross as a symbol of our practice of faith? How does the cross nurture our sense of connection with God and one another, with both the vertical and horizontal...
Parish Feast Day We will observe our annual parish feast day: the Feast of the Holy Cross this Sunday, September 15. CE classes will not meet and there will be one combined service, at 10:00 AM! We will take a new parish family photo (see previous photos) in the nave at the end...
Jesus said, “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die. The crowd...
In the face of societal division and violence, it can be difficult to make meaning. Thankfully we are able to draw wisdom from Proverbs and the Epistle of James. Centered around the metaphor of the table, this sermon invites the listener to engage in healing a broken world, embodying God's...
CE Kicks Off September 8 Join us Sunday, September 8 as we kick off the new program year at Grace! Christian Education classes for children, youth, and adults will meet from 9:30 – 10:30 AM most Sundays until May 4. exceptions this fall are September 15, October 13, and October...
In a recent Epistle reading (James 2:1-10, 14-17) the author considers: “What good is it…if you say you have faith but do not have works?” In other words, what’s the point of speaking about faith but not acting upon it? Being Christian demands a certain way of being in the...
In this first conversation between Meg, Brandon, and Stuart, we reflect on our hopes and dreams for our ongoing conversations around how we make meaning in the world and nurture our spiritual lives. What does discipleship look like today, with the challenges and anxiety we encounter? What sources do we...
Jesus set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed...
It can be so easy to focus on our circumstances instead of our attitudes and personal actions in the face of those circumstances. In today’s readings from Deuteronomy and the Gospel of Mark, we are reminded that grafting God’s precepts onto our hearts is the only way that we can...
Prayer Yoga Prayer Yoga will not on Monday, September 2. Parish Office The parish office will be closed on Monday, September 2. Eucharist at Lanier Village Estates Beginning this Tuesday, September 3, the regular Grace Eucharist at Lanier Village Estates will move to the first and third Tuesdays of each...