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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

Conversations to Care for Creation
First Sundays in the sanctuary during coffee hour

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

Friday, February 21, 6:30 –  8:30 p.m. at Grace

This Web of Life Gathering will be hosted by the Bainbridge Island North Kitsap Interfaith Climate Circle.

Our guest speaker Michael Pilarski, founder of the Global Earth Repair Foundation, has been studying the role of microorganisms and fungi in ecosystems for 40 years, farming organically for over 50 years, and teaching permaculture since 1981.

Michael will help us learn about healthy soil’s critical role in nourishing life, and how it can mitigate climate issues. With reverence, humility, and gratitude, we will explore the universe of soil. For more info: contact: Kathryn LaFond or climatecirclebinkifc@gmail.com.

Following the 9:30 services on February 23 and March 23, there will be an opportunity to get acquainted — or re-acquainted — with our Labyrinth.

One of the less visible treasures associated with Grace, the Labyrinth has a beautiful history and is open to all who would like to visit, walk, and meditate.

Kathie McCarthy, who designed and oversaw the creation of the Labyrinth, will be present to tell the story of its history and invite your questions and experiences.

All are welcome!

This Sunday is Service Sunday

Grace's Outreach Ministry thanks all who have donated to another successful Blessing Bags project. Please put any of the following items in the baskets in the narthex by this Sunday, when we will assemble the bags for Service Sunday: small packs of Kleenex® • dried fruit packets • small reusable water bottles • mint gum packets • soft snack bars • small packs of wet wipes • snack size cheese and crackers • hand warmers • gloves

If you are new to Grace and curious about the Episcopal tradition, a teenager or adult who wants to be confirmed, or you have been around Grace a while and want a refresher, join Rev. Eric and Kim Cockroft after the 9:30 a.m. service. It’s a new members class, a confirmation class, and a spiritual repast combined. 

Sunday, March 2 after the 9:30 service

Please join us for the 2025 Annual Meeting. We will:

• Review 2024 using the Annual Report
• Vote for new Vestry members, and delegates and alternatives to the 2025 Diocesan Convention
• Vote on the proposed 2025 Budget
• Thank our lay leaders and staff

All members are encouraged to attend in person or via Zoom so that we reach our quorum of 50 members. If you have attended Grace three times in the last year and participated in Eucharist then you are a member! If you have questions, please reach out to the Rev. Eric Mason or Grace’s Wardens, Heather Paar and Tom Ringo.

Click here to read the Annual Report.

March 11 – April 8 from 6:15 – 8:30 p.m.

We live in a time of seismic shifts: the rise of social media, astounding technological advances, sociopolitical disruptions, global migration, and rapid societal change. As people of faith, how do we take it all in? As systems we once knew and trusted transform for better and worse, what would Jesus have to say? Where is God in the midst of it? How then shall we live?

Join us this Lent at Grace as we consider this question and what it means to be both citizens of our country and the Kingdom of God. We will gather Tuesday evenings at 6:15 for soup & supper. From 7 – 8:15 pm we will discuss What is God’s Kingdom and What Does Citizenship Look Like? by Mennonite pastor, Cesar Garcia. We will close with Evening Vespers.

Seattle Mennonite Church Pastor Megan Ramer will be our guest speaker on March 18.

The book and a reading schedule are available in the narthex for a suggested donation of $12.

We need your participation! If you'd like to help make or serve soup, please contact Rachel Yobs.

If you have other questions, please contact kim@gracehere.org.

Mondays at 10:00 a.m.

Launch your week in community and reflection (and coffee and treats!) at Grace.

There is no prep needed for this group — just show up! We'll be exploring one Psalm every session using Eugene Peterson's Psalms: Prayers of the Heart. Together we'll explore how the Psalms open our conversation with God in new ways.

Here are some of the topics: Praying Our: Inattention, Intimidation, Trouble, Creation, Fear, Hate, Tears, Doubt, Death, Praise.

Questions? Please contact Kim Cockroft or Florrie Munat.

Rides are needed to 9:30 a.m. Sunday services for Ellen Walls, who lives in Winslow across from Ace Hardware.

Thanks very much to all who have offered rides!

Thursday, February 27, 2025

7th – 12th grades • Games, Hot Drinks, Sweet Treats

Sponsored by Grace & St. Barnabas Episcopal Churches with the other Open & Affirming churches and youth organizations of Bainbridge Island.

at Coquette, Winslow Green

The Agate Pass Threshold Choir, one of more than 200 Threshold Choirs worldwide, will offer an hour of calming songs, beautiful harmonies, and inspiring stories that uplift the human spirit and create moments of grace during difficult times.

Take your mind away from the troubles of the world as gentle voices sing simple, meditative songs to relax and replenish your spirit. Learn how Threshold singers provide comfort to those in pain or at the end of life and how you can request their presence for a friend or loved one.

A reception follows this free event. Donations are welcome.

Learn more, and listen to the choir here.

Tuesday, March 4, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

As we prepare for Lent, Holy Week, and the joy of Easter, join your Grace family in Walker Hall to share an evening of pancakes and fun. The Men of Grace will be serving a feast of buttermilk pancakes, gluten-free pancakes, sausage, vegetarian sausage, and applesauce. Suggested donation is $5 per person or $15 per family. You are invited to dress festively and bring a friend. Think Mardi Gras.

Men of Grace:
Host Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday, March 4th, 4:15 – 8:30 p.m

Guys, come lend a hand as the men of Grace host the Shrove Tuesday Supper. We will be setting up, serving, and cleaning up after this fun meal. Please click here to sign up or contact Eric Matthews at eric@ericEmatthews.com or 206.718.2254 to sign up or learn more.

If you are new to Grace, you are invited to the Newcomers dinner at 5:00 p.m. in the living room, located at the end of the classroom hallway. Rev. Eric Mason and other parish leaders will be there to answer questions and welcome you to our community. If you missed any of the former Newcomer gatherings and would like to attend, please come. Childcare will be provided. See you there! Please RSVP to Liz Powell.

What if it’s our job as parents to help our kids get to know God and discover that God can be trusted? What if faith is not constructed brick by brick, but rather woven strand by strand?

We'll be discussing Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal From, by Meredith Miller.

We will meet on the second Monday of each month at Kim Cockroft's home. Details and RSVP – kim@gracehere.org.

Live music, images, and poetry invite reflection on our changing climate.

For the Birds features a jazz quintet performing the original music of Seattle pianist and composer Nelda Swiggett. But this is not just a concert. The performance engages the power of artistic expression — live music, spoken words, images and poetry — to connect audiences deeply and emotionally to the scientific realities of climate change. Ultimately this is a story of hope, and audiences leave the performance feeling empowered to take meaningful action.

Why birds? Birds are a part of our daily life experience, and an inspiring connection to the natural world. But climate change is having a significant and alarming impact on many bird species, and this should be a wake-up call for all of us.

Hosted by the Earth and Spirit Ministry of Grace

Suggested Donation $10 - $20 / Students $5

Support PeaceTrees Vietnam in Navigating the U.S. State Department’s Halt on Mine-Clearing Programs

On January 25th, the State Department paused funding for Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA) as a result of the President’s Executive Order regarding U.S. foreign aid. The lifesaving de-mining work has been put on hold, leaving hundreds of mines still buried and undetected.

Please make a donation to support PeaceTrees’s EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) technicians, ensuring that they can meet basic needs until they are allowed to return to the field. They’ve made Vietnam safer by the work they’ve undertaken for the past 30 years — let’s stand with them now. Click here to learn more and make a donation.

Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Registration will close when our registration is full. Please register now if you would like a spot!

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.

We begin each morning with prayers and Eucharist and spend the day in quiet meditation. Icon writing suits all abilities ­— no previous experience is necessary, yet those who have artistic experience find the process compelling. The cost is $450 and includes materials, snacks, and lunch. For more information, please contact Kim Cockroft, Director of Faith Formation, at kim@gracehere.org. Space is limited so please save your place early by filling out this form and sending a deposit of $100.00 to Grace.

Are you dealing with the difficult emotions surrounding the loss of a loved one? A Grief Share Program will begin on Sunday, March 2 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. for thirteen weeks at St. Cecilia Parish (across from the BI Library). You do not need to attend every session. The group is non-denominational, open to anyone, and free. Each meeting will include workbook questions, videos, and discussion led by trained facilitators. Average group size is 6-8.

For more information and to register, call 206-842-3594 or email St. Cecilia Parish. Visit the Grief Share website.

Thursday, April 3, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s Cathedral and livestreamed. Registration required.

We live in fraught times when violence seems to be the common denominator in a calculus based in mistrust and misanthropic othering. An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind… Drawing on inspiration from his work with language and religion, conflict and peacemaking, this truth-teller of our time will draw us into an orbit of soulful wisdom and poetic grace.

Fee: $15 (for in-person and livestream participation). Visit Pádraig Ó Tuama’s website, and click below for more information about the event.

If you are interested in travelling together to this event and catching dinner together beforehand as a group, please register and contact Kim Cockroft.