Blog – Grace Presbyterian Church

Watermark Books Event: April 3

We welcome our neighbors and friends from Watermark Books back to Grace. On Tuesday, April 3, at 6 pm, New York Times bestselling author Lisa See talks about her book The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. The event is free and open to the public.

Watermark events are great ways for us to offer hospitality, and we enjoy sharing cookies and drinks with our guests before the event. We need volunteers to greet and set out refreshments. Let Catherine Neelly Burton ...

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Miles 4 Mission

Our IGNITE mission trip heads due south this year to Rockport, Texas. This coastal area was hit directly by Hurricane Harvey, but it wasn’t talked about as much in the news.

Groups plan to repair and rebuild severely damaged homes throughout the community. We are teaming with TEAMeffort again along with other youth from July 6 – 15.

Miles 4 Mission is an opportunity to help support this year’s Mission trip. You can purchase miles at the Miles 4 Mission table located ...

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The Gift of Life by John Rutter – April 22

Our choirs present John Rutter’s extended musical work, The Gift of Life, in the 11 am worship service on April 22, accompanied by instrumentalists from the community. Setting a variety of sacred texts and new words, this is a choral celebration of the living earth and its Creator. Our choirs have been working hard on this and invite all to join together in worship as we praise God and rejoice in our gift of life!

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From the Pastor’s Desk

Dear Grace Community,

Every year Grace holds a Good Friday Prayer Vigil, and every year I ask myself, “Do I want to sign up?’”

The vigil begins at 12:30 pm at the end of our Good Friday worship service, and it ends at midnight. The time of the vigil is symbolic of the time of Jesus’ trial, beating, crucifixion, and death. Good Friday is a holy and hard day, and it is all too easy to skip over it, but spending time ...

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From the Pastor's Desk

Fair Trade

This winter we ended our Grace Fair Trade sales. The ministry never made a profit, and any money received went to buy more products to sell. After the final sales, we had $1665.21 in our account and no plans to buy more products.