— Church Office Hours —
Mondays: Closed
Tuesdays: 9:30-4:00
Wednesdays: 9:30-4:00
Thursdays: 9:30-1:30
Fridays: 9:30-1:30
— Grace’s Mission Statement —
“ Grace Church exists as a diverse community of the Body of Christ,
to serve Jesus Christ our Lord.
Our mission is to nurture and develop
each individual to reach out and share God’s love.”
— Grace’s Vision Statement —
“At Grace Church, we seek to live as a community of Christians,
where the empowering presence of the living God
may be encountered in our welcome to all,
in our love and service to each other
and in reaching out to share God’s love in the world.”
We invite you to make Grace your spiritual home.
Together we can grow in spirit and service.
Our worship services and Christian formation meetings are held
at the corner of Merrimon Avenue and Ottari Street in North Asheville . . .
Our ministry is in the World.
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In the coming week, Grace Church invites you to take part in any or all of the Holy Week liturgical offerings provided by Grace. Enter into this, the greatest mystery of our faith, with these rituals that have been with us for two millennia. The services provide for a contemplative, introspective and beautiful entry into the Easter Season. Our Holy Week at Grace includes the following offerings:
Maundy Thursday April 2:
Commemorate the last supper; as we wash each other’s feet, we are reminded of the greatest commandment and what that love demands of us.
● 6:00 p.m., Foot Washing, Holy Eucharist, Stripping of the Altar, Sacred Music.
● Vigil at the Altar of Repose, on-site and on Zoom, following the 6:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday service. Please sign up in the church foyer if you plan to participate.
Good Friday April 3:
Good Friday brings us into stark contact with the death moment.
● 10:00 a.m., Grace will host a public liturgy of the Stations of the Cross at Pack Square in downtown Asheville that will feature modern examples of the suffering of Christ by telling true stories of suffering today. All are welcome.
● 12:00 p.m., Good Friday liturgy, Passion Narrative, Communion from the Altar of Repose, no music.
● 6:00 p.m., Good Friday liturgy, Passion Narrative, Sacred Music.
Holy Saturday April 4:
The Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday is the pinnacle of the liturgical year. It is a service of light designed to bring us from the darkness of Good Friday into the Easter Paschal Light. This year we will begin a partnership with St Mary’s Episcopal to share the beautiful, musical, stylized liturgy of Holy Saturday together.
● 10:00 a.m., Prayers in the Urban Garden (see a special invitation below).
● 8:15 p.m., shared Easter Vigil at St Mary’s Episcopal Church. Incense will be used at this service.
On Good Friday, April 3, at 10:00 a.m., you are invited to take time ahead of the Easter holiday to confront modern examples of suffering and prayerfully wonder how we have become indifferent and culpable. Please join us when we gather at the Pack Square Stage in downtown Asheville to follow Jesus on the road to crucifixion, a public “Way of the Cross” that views Christ’s final moments through the lens of modern examples, replacing each traditional station with a contemporary story of the suffering of the innocent. Let us come together on Good Friday to publicly answer the Biblical call to “mourn with those who mourn” (Romans, 12:15).
Looking Ahead to Easter Sunday, April 5, here are some things to remember:
● Children’s Chapel. Beginning Easter Sunday, children ages 5-12 are welcome to join a liturgical, musical chapel service in the “Children’s Chapel.” Every Sunday, the 10:30 service will begin with a Children’s Moment followed by a procession to the children’s chapel. Children will return during the passing of the peace. Children are welcome to join the chapel or remain with their grownups in the congregation. If you would like to get involved please reach out to Casey Miller, casandra.miller@gmail.
● Flowers and Bells. On Easter Day, be sure to bring flowers and bells to the Easter service. We’ll ring bells whenever we say “Alleluia!” during worship (and that’s a lot of times!). Also, bring cut flowers to help us flower the cross at the front of the church.
● Easter Egg Hunt. The Children’s Easter Egg Hunt will be held following church. Please join us for refreshments and fellowship after the service. Children will gather in the Parish Hall, then proceed to the Urban Garden area to hunt eggs.
Lenten Soup and Taizé. Our contemplative, prayerful, musical offering of Taizé on Tuesday evenings makes for a wonderful Lenten prayer practice. And during the Lenten season, Taizé will include two new additions:● Child care starting at 5:45 p.m. for children 0-5 years old.
● Soup and fellowship following the service in the parish hall.
We encourage you to include this time of prayer and beauty in your Lenten practice.
Click here for more information about Taizé.
Our Soaking Prayer Service continues throughout the Season of Lent every Wednesday from noon to 12:45. Those who have been attending this service describe it like this:
● “[It is] a special time to be in God’s presence.”
● “I often come with many concerns and worries about our world and leave filled with God’s peace.”
● “The blending of holy silence and holy spirit in prayer has been healing for me.”
A personal Lenten invitation to come and experience this prayer service will be extended to members of specific ministries at Grace each week, but all are welcome any Wednesday. Come and see if this might be the special spiritual discipline you have been seeking.
ECW Derby Day!
ECW will hold its annual Derby Day Potluck Luncheon in the parish hall on Saturday, May 2, at noon. All women of the church are members of ECW and we look forward to seeing you. However, we especially encourage our newcomers to attend. Please bring your favorite dish and wear a hat or fascinator if you wish! The hats are optional, but it’s always fun to see the variety that are worn. This will mainly be a social event, but we will also have a short business meeting. Looking forward to gathering with you all!
Monday morning Bible Study meets via ZOOM at 10:30 a.m.
ZOOM link and other details are available by clicking here.
(Note: Beginning Monday, July 7,
Monday Morning Bible Study will be taking a summer hiatus.
Classes will resume August 18.)
Sunday Holy Eucharist Services at 10:30 a.m.
Sunday In-Person Services are now open to all (Masks are optional). Services will also be LiveStreamed, accessible through the Grace Church Asheville YouTube Channel, found HERE. Access the service bulletins through links at the top of our home page, or in the description of each service.
Safe Shelter
Safe Shelter is a collaboration between Trinity United Methodist Church, Grace Covenant Presbyterian, Grace Episcopal Church and Counterflow. We provide twenty beds for our community’s unsheltered on a nightly basis. Ten of these beds are reserved for intact families, meaning that families with children no longer need to choose between staying together or accessing shelter.
Please consider volunteering or donating a meal at Safe Shelter. We would love for you to join us for a family-style dinner any day of the week.
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 2:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m. with dinner served at 5:30 p.m.,
and Saturday/Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m. with dinner served at 6:30 p.m.
Drop in Hours: – Monday-Friday, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
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“We are told by the rulers of our day that the rich shall be first; that compassion is a weakness; that we should regard the migrants and strangers among us with fear and contempt. But I ask us all to see that our true citizenship is in God’s kingdom, where the meek shall inherit the earth, the merciful shall receive mercy, and the captives shall go free.”
— Archbishop Sean Rowe
“Welcoming the stranger is not a political act—it’s a sacred obligation. When immigrants walk through our church doors, they’re not entering as outsiders; they are stepping into the heart of our faith, where their dignity and stories are embraced as reflections of God’s love.”
— Julia Ayala Harris, president of The Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies.
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