GRACE SUPPORTS KIDS’ FOOD BASKET – JOIN US!

November 15, 7:00-9:00pm
Holland Area Arts Council

CHRISTIANS UNITING IN SONG AND PRAYER – ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SERVICE
November 23, 5:00pm
First Reformed Church

Christians Uniting in Song and Prayer (CUSP) invites everyone to its annual community-wide Thanksgiving worship service, to be held at First Reformed Church (630 State Steet in Holland) on Sunday, November 23, at 5:00PM. The service will feature a large ecumenical choir, accompanied by organ and brass. After the service, attendees will have a chance to visit with each other over refreshments.

FROM THE BISHOP SEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE EPISOPCAL DIOCESE OF THE GREAT LAKES
The Bishop Search Committee for the first Bishop Diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes announces a series of listening sessions to help inform their discernment work in preparing a profile for our search. Know that your input matters as we lead our diocese through this important phase of new life together as one diocese. There are both open sessions and audience-specific sessions so read through the schedule that is availble online and please plan to participate in a session that fits you. Visit the webpage to learn more and stay updated about this search process.

Sunday Programs Begin for Children & Youth

Godly Play meets every Sunday starting at 10:15am in the room across from the Commons. All children are encouraged to participate and will join the service at the time of receiving communion. See Rev. Christopher if you have questions.
Children are also welcome and encouraged to participate in our services of worship and the fellowship that follows, with Pew Pals available for them to use during the service.

The nursery space in the lower level is also staffed and available for kids ages 4 and under.

Youth Group will meet every other Sunday starting on September 14 at noon. Lunch will be provided!

If you have questions, ideas, or contributions regarding resources and Grace’s Outreach and Social Justice Ministries, you can always reach out to Elizabeth Brubaker and/or  Rev. Christopher Roe.  

SUPPORT THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF JERUSALEM

The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem is home to about 7000 Anglicans, twenty-eight different congregations, and more than thirty institutions which include hospitals, schools, clinics, rehabilitation centers, guesthouses, and retirement homes all of which are scattered across the incredible geographic, political, and religious breadth of Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. The Diocese of Jerusalem, composed of Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, Lebanese, and Syrians is in remarkably powerful and humbling ways managing to respond as one with hopes and prayers for a compassionate response.  The devastation in Gaza has been massive.  They are requesting aid from around the Anglican Communion now. 

Grace’s Outreach and Social Justice Committee is encouraging a focus on donations from now through early November as channels are re-opening for aid to flow. If you would like to and are able to make a contribution please either do so directly through the American Friends of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem website at afedj.org or make a donation to Grace clearly marked for this cause and Grace will make a collected donation at the end of this drive. You can also visit the Episcopal Public Policy Network’s webpage for information on calls to action and awareness.

Vestry 2025

Thank you, people of Grace! We not only hit the pledge goal for 2025 but passed it, with all gifts given in support of the mission and ministry of this congregation!
There will be more to share at the Annual Meeting on January 26th. For now, on behalf of the vestry, staff, other church leaders and all who benefit from the presence of this community of faith; many, many thanks!

-Rev. Jen Adams