Sundays: 8.00am & 10.45am
Formation for Children, Youth and Adults, 9.30am
Grace is a joyful, affirming Episcopal community rooted in the love of God and all of God’s creation.
$30 for individuals and $50 for families!
It is getting very cold in Western North Carolina and Upper East Tennessee, where flooding has devastated the region. We invite you to bring the following items, clean and in good condition, to Grace: blankets, coats, boots, sweaters, fleeces, socks, hats, gloves, long underwear, and coat hangers for sorting.
You’ll find collection bins near the office door and in the Undercroft on Sunday mornings, or you can drop items off on weekdays in the parish office between 10am and 2pm.
Joyful Community
Grace is a place with lots of space for delight and wonder. We share table fellowship at regular community breakfasts and boisterous parish events. We love to welcome guests and share conversation.
Questions are welcome at Grace, and you do not have to check your doubts or curiosity at the door. Together, we enjoy wrestling with scripture and learning how to live faithfully in a complex world. At Grace, you will find soaring music, lively sermons, and a warm community of people who seek to live wholeheartedly in the way of Christ’s love.
Affirming & Inclusive
We believe that diversity, including diversity of gender and sexual orientation, is a beautiful, integral part of God’s creation, and that God has called us “good.” God’s love is for saints and sinners, terms that both apply to every single one of us, and we do not believe that living as one’s true self is a sin. As a community, we seek to offer healing for the ways that the Church has silenced, shamed and wounded LGBTQIA+ children of God. We celebrate that the Spirit of God works in ways that transform the categories that humans use to separate ourselves from God and from one another.
Caring for Creation
Love for the gift of God’s creation runs deep at Grace. When you approach the church, you might notice bluebird boxes or the green tree canopy. In addition to making room for all manner of people in our midst, the GreenGrace team maintains native habitat, providing homes and food for all kinds of creatures. The Grace grounds also house community gardens, free (u-pick) gardens, a Level 2 Urban Arboretum and a weekly farmers’ market (Saturdays from 10-noon). Our members work throughout our area to advocate for policies and practices that honor creation, including habitat restoration, environmental justice, waterway clean-up, green infrastructure and sustainability.
