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Twenty-Third Sunday After PentecostOctober 27, 2024 Click below to access bulletins, Livestream and Zoom links, and make an offering. For more infomation visit:
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Upcoming Events
Spooktacular Sunday! Service Sunday Newcomers’ Lunch Election Week Prayers What's Your Story Writing Group Men's Group Chili Cook-Off Gathering & Potluck A weekend with Steve Garnaas-Holmes For more infomation visit:
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Recurring Events at Grace
The Wednesday Gathering Meditation/Centering Prayer Music Circle Rehearsal Mom’s Morning Retreat 3rd Saturday Grace Grounds Party Earth & Spirit’s Care for Creation Conversation For more infomation visit:
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Spooktacular Sunday!Sunday, October 27 We have heard you regarding our “Men Only” pumpkin-gutting contest! So we are opening it up to ALL who have a fire in their veins to win this contest. Please let Kim know if you’d like to participate in this exciting event during coffee hour this Sunday! To reserve a pumpkin or sign up for the gutting contest, email Kim at kim@gracehere.org. |
October Service SundayThis Sunday during coffee hour Let’s “shower” the Faith Shower Project hosted by Faith Episcopal Poulsbo, with much needed travel-size toiletries!Our ministry partner, the Faith Shower Project in Poulsbo, is now providing as many as twenty showers, laundry facilities, and lunch to the unhoused in our community each Monday! They have requested donations of travel-size toiletry items, including toothpaste, deodorant, razors, and shaving cream. If you have been traveling this summer, the small lotions, soaps, shampoos, etc. from motels/hotels are always welcome. Please join us in providing these much needed and appreciated items. We have baskets in the narthex, and will package the donated items this Sunday, October 27th. Thank you for your generosity! |
Update on Grace’s 2025 Stewardship Campaign
Grace’s Stewardship Campaign, “Hope for the Future,” continues this week with inspiring words offered during last Sunday’s worship by Jim Quitslund. We also announced the creation of a special $22,000 fund that will be used to match any pledge offered by a new Grace household or by any Grace household that has pledged in previous years but did not pledge for 2024. This fund was made possible through the generosity of several anonymous Grace households that were willing to make this commitment in addition to their regular annual pledge. So far, we have received three qualifying pledges totaling $11,250. Campaign Progress as of October 21, 2024Campaign Goal: $750,000 Progress to date Households Pledging: 45 Journey Remaining Potential Households: 166 For more details about the campaign or to make your pledge, visit gracehere.org/giving/stewardship. Questions? Email Tootie Kuhn. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! For more infomation visit:
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New to Grace?
Join us after coffee hour on Sunday, November 3 for a newcomers’ lunch. Contact Liz Powell for details. |
Election Week Prayers
The sanctuary will be open for silent prayer all day on Tuesday, November 5 and Wednesday, November 6. This will be an inclusive, safe space. Additionally, all are welcome at the following special times: Tuesday, Nov. 5 from 7 – 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 12 noon – 1 p.m. |
Children, Youth and Family Ministries
When you arrive for the 9:30 a.m. Sunday service, please bring your children with you into the sanctuary; and feel free to sit by the altar near the Children’s Rug so your children can engage with others in quiet activities. After the Children’s Moment, they will be guided by their teachers to two learning spaces: one for younger children with more tactile storytelling and activities, and one for older children. Together, we build community through story, ritual, and fun activities before your children join you again for communion in the sanctuary. Youth are always welcome to join us as helpers for the younger children! For more infomation visit:
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Men’s Group Chili Cook-Off Gathering & PotluckWednesday, November 6 Men of Grace, you are invited to compete in and/or attend the Men’s Group Chili Cook-Off and Potluck Dinner. Your modest donations to the Phinney Fund will support Rev. Eric Mason as he oversees Grace's pastoral ministry. Your contributions of side dishes, desserts, and beverages will round out the meal. Please use THIS LINK to the Sign Up Genius page to get more information, see what others are bringing, and to sign up. If you have questions or are not comfortable using Sign Up Genius, please contact Eric Matthews at eric@ericEmatthews.com or 206.718.2254 to let him know you are attending and what you plan to bring. For more infomation visit: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0B4FADAD22ABF85-45166152-grace#/
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Faith Formation
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A weekend with Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Retreat: Saturday, November 16, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Poetry Reading: Saturday, November 16, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Homily: Sunday, November 17, at 8:00 & 9:30 a.m. services Events are free Suggested donation for retreat lunch: $20 RSVP: kim@gracehere.org Steve writes: “What if God is not some imperious judge far away in heaven, but an intimate, life-giving presence, walking with you? What if God is not ‘a spirit,’ but Spirit, The Spirit, the living, loving Heart of Being, Love itself, living within you? What if God is an infinite fountain of life, blessing, and healing, and you are a vessel of that energy? And what if God is in conversation with you? God knows you from the inside, calls you by name, calls you to follow, calls you into a particular life, a particular way of living. God has given you gifts, gifts of God’s own being, God’s Spirit, inside you, gifts that are there for you to share. How do we encounter that God, open ourselves to that calling, and get in harmony with that energy? We'll explore that on this retreat.” For more infomation visit: http://gracehere.org/events/a-weekend-with-steve-garnaas-holmes/2024-11-16
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Icon Writing RetreatSave the Dates! April 28 – May 2, 2025Experience the ancient art of “writing” the Gospel with paint and prayer. Join this five-day, all-inclusive day retreat, led by renowned iconographer, Theresa Harrison. Using JoSonja acrylic paints and 23 carat gold leaf, paint an icon of your choice together in sacred community at Grace Church. For more infomation visit:
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Community Events
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Celebration of the New Farmland Trail
Friday, October 25, from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. In January, 2022, Grace entered into a Temporary Easement Agreement with the Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation, granting access to the Grace Trails for completion of the Farmland Trail. Now completed, the Farmland Trail provides public trail access from Day Road to Lovgreen Road, with several additional trail spurs. Join the Bainbridge Island Parks and Trails Foundation, The Island School, Parks and Trails Foundation supporters, local farmers, and Friends of the Farm to celebrate the opening of the new trail. Enjoy cider and cookies, plus a scavenger hunt for young participants, and native fern planting. The native plantings were made possible to Grace from a generous $1,000 grant from the Parks Foundation. Please mark your calendars and plan to participate in this fun, multi-generational event. |
Youth Nights BainbridgeFor 7th – 12th Graders November 3 and December 1 at Island Center Hall, 8395 Fletcher Bay Rd NE |
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