by Shelly | Mar 5, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Creating a community that shares As Jesus and his disciples head to a deserted place, perhaps seeking peace and quiet, many from the surrounding towns follow them. Instead of turning them away, Jesus expresses compassion and begins an impromptu teaching session. As...
by Shelly | Mar 1, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Seeing our neighbor at Christ and showing Great Love Simon and some Pharisees host a dinner for Jesus and an unexpected guest arrives: a woman from the city who kneels at Jesus’ feet and washes him with expensive perfume. Simon scoffs at this party foul, but Jesus...
by Shelly | Feb 19, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Receiving nourishment for ministry Today’s gospel tells of Jesus’ temptation in the desert. His forty-day fast becomes the basis of our Lenten pilgrimage. In the early church Lent was a time of intense preparation for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil....
by Shelly | Feb 18, 2026 | Announcements
This Week at Grace Share the Love Friday, February 13, 2026 at 5:30 pm Dinner, Music and Speakers Tickets: $10 Ash Wednesday Worship Wednesday, February 18,2026 7 pm in person and Live on Youtube This Week at Grace Sun 2/15 9 am—Children’s...
by Shelly | Feb 16, 2026 | Sermons
The paradox of God’s mark of love On Ash Wednesday we begin our forty-day journey toward Easter with a day of fasting and repentance. Marking our foreheads with dust, we acknowledge that we die and return to the earth. At the same time, the dust traces the...