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This Sunday, you are invited to bring an image of a loved one who has died to place on or beside the altar. 

Kids, please bring an additional image, if you have one, for an All Saints’ art project in Sunday School. We’ll start all together in the sanctuary for a baptism!

Join us after coffee hour this Sunday, November  3 for a newcomers’ lunch.

Contact Liz Powell for details. 

All are welcome to participate in this Sunday’s Care for Creation Conversation during coffee hour, brought to you by Earth & Spirit.

We’re in a time of anxiety about many things, and we may pray for ways to relieve our stress. Do you turn to nature for healing? How can God’s sacred creation help us? Please join us as we share our thoughts, and perhaps relieve a bit of anxiety.  

Newcomers’ Lunch
Sunday, November 3 at noon

Care for Creation Conversation
Sunday, November 3 during coffee hour

Election Week Prayers
Tuesday, November 5 and Wednesday, November 6

What's Your Story Writing Group
Continues Monday, November 4 & 18, December 2
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Men's Group Chili Cook-Off Gathering & Potluck
Wednesday, November 6 from 6:30 – 8:30p.m

Gallery at Grace Artist Reception
Sunday, November 10 during coffee hour

A weekend with Steve Garnaas-Holmes
November 16 – 17

The Wednesday Gathering
Wednesdays from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Meditation/Centering Prayer
Thursdays from 5:00 – 6:15 p.m.

Music Circle Rehearsal
Thursdays from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Mom’s Morning Retreat
First and Third Thursdays from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.

3rd Saturday Grace Grounds Party
Third Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. – noon

Earth & Spirit’s Care for Creation Conversation
First Sundays after the 9:30 a.m. service

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. 
Drop in for prayer and song between 7 – 9 p.m. Compline service at 7:30; leave when you need to.

Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 10 a.m.
Join us for Bible Study, Healing Prayer, and Communion. 

Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 12 noon – 1 p.m.
Come be in community as we pray together.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”  Jeremiah 29:11

Grace’s Stewardship Campaign, “Hope for the Future,” continues this week with inspiring words offered by Anne Kundtz during last Sunday’s worship, which can be viewed here. 

We are already more than halfway to our goal of raising the $750,000 needed to fund Grace’s ministry operations and beautiful church building and grounds in the coming year. Profound thanks to the 65 households who have renewed their pledges as well as the four new or returning households whose pledges totaling $13,250 will be matched dollar-for-dollar, which leaves $8,750 in the $22,000 fund generously offered by several anonymous households.

Grace Church is funded almost entirely by your support, so we hope you will pledge online or by returning a paper pledge card by mail or in the Sunday collection baskets. It is our sincere hope that we will have 100% participation in this campaign, which concludes the week of November 17.

Campaign Progress as of October 28, 2024

Campaign Goal: $750,000

Progress to date

Households Pledging: 69
Total Amount Pledged: $406,118 
Average Pledge Amount: $5,885
Total Match Earned: $13,250 
Grand Total To Date: $419,368 

Journey Remaining

Potential Households: 142
Remaining Goal Amount: $343,882 
Remaining Match Available: $8,750 
Hopeful Total Remaining: $352,632 

Extra pledge packets are available in the Narthex if needed and more details about the campaign are available online.

Questions? Email Tootie Kuhn. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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.

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!

Isobel Coney is a teaching artist living on Bainbridge Island. She trained as a printed textile designer in Scotland. Many at Grace are familiar with her skill and talent as a teaching artist. In November and December, we have the gift of her art. Isobel’s latest ceramic work features an Italian decorative technique called Sgraffito. Using the rolled-out clay like a canvas, she paints layers of colored glazes on, then carves out whimsical patterns, making connections between the natural world and our daily lives.

Chat with Isobel and learn more at an artist’s reception on Sunday, November 10 after the 9:30 service.

There’s still time to sign up for the retreat and poetry reading with Steve Garnaas-Holmes! All are welcome to attend. Invite friends and neighbors!

“What can I expect at the retreat?”
Good question!

Here’s what Pastor Steve writes:

“What I have in mind is not so much a ‘writing retreat’ as much as a contemplative exploration of a way of seeing God, and praying, and seeing ourselves—with plenty of opportunities to explore that through writing if that’s the way folks want to work with it. But for some it might be a drawing retreat, a prayer retreat, or even a movement retreat.”

Sign up today by sending Kim an email: kim@gracehere.org.

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

April 28 – May 2, 2025

Experience 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. 

Celebrating the beauty of Bainbridge Island’s newest public trail!

Click here for photos of the Farm Trail dedication last Friday.

November 3 and December 1 at Island Center Hall, 8395 Fletcher Bay Rd NE

Sun, Nov 24, 2:00 PM

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

1187 Wyatt Way NW

Sheila Bristow, St. Barnabas’ Music Director & Organist, performs music of Bach, Mendelssohn, and Planyavsky on the Bond organ. She will be joined by soprano Emily Neer and mezzo soprano Rae Hyra for vocal duets by Cozzolani and Purcell. Freewill donation to support the music program. Click here to reserve a seat.