October 19, 2025
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, October 19, during coffee hour

Come learn about some of Grace’s ministries and activities, and how you can get involved as we strive to bring God's love to the world. Representatives from various ministries will be on hand to share information and answer questions.

Each year, our Annual Stewardship Campaign invites us to pause, reflect, and respond to God’s abundant grace in our lives. Our theme, How Then Shall We Live?, asks us to consider what it means to live faithfully, generously, and purposefully in our time and place.

Your generous support makes this kind of life together possible. We invite you to help us reach our 2026 Annual Stewardship goal of $750,000, ensuring that Grace can continue to grow as a vibrant, inclusive, and caring spiritual home for all who come through our doors.

As of October 16:
20 Pledges received | $117,900 = 15% of our goal

Together, as we ask How Then Shall We Live? may our response be one of gratitude, generosity, and joy, living as a community grounded in grace and committed to love in action. 

“Cindy and I found Grace in the turmoil following a popular minister’s retirement from our prior church. We immediately felt a connection to a place that can help us on our respective faith journeys. For us, Grace is the place!”

—JOHN SHEA

Click the button below to learn more and make your pledge online.

Please get in touch with Wendy Tyner or Julie Shryock if you have any questions about the campaign. 

Enter In
The Power of Parables

October 14, 21, 28
November 4, 11, 18, 
7 p.m. at Grace Church

Led by Eric Mason & Kim Cockroft
Open to All

Learn to live in God’s Kingdom, one parable at a time. Jesus’ stories shocked, stirred, and transformed his original listeners into new ways of seeing and being. Over the years, we’ve domesticated those parables until they are rote and predictable.

Join us as we hear Jesus’ stories again with new ears and open hearts.

Our text: The Kingdom of God is Like ... by Thomas Keating is available in the narthex. Suggested donation is $13.

A team of Grace’s sound technicians, musicians, and Vestry have been working throughout 2025 to upgrade our aging sound system.

We are excited to get this new system installed quickly, but since our beautiful sanctuary presents many acoustic and aesthetic challenges, the committee has adopted a deliberate decision-making process. We have collected feedback from the congregation, solicited bids, evaluated vendors, and narrowed the choice down to two top proposals. We have invited both vendors to demonstrate their speakers in our space as we work toward a final decision.

The first demo sounded fantastic, and we have high hopes that the second one will, too. Once the second demo is complete, we’ll select the best trade-off of performance, aesthetics, and cost, with the aim of installing the new system in early 2026. 

Coffee & a Psalm
Mondays from 10:00–11:00 a.m.

The Wednesday Gathering
Wednesdays from 10:00–11:30 a.m.

Knitting Into the Mystery
Third Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. 

Meditation/Centering Prayer
Thursdays from 5:00–6:15 p.m.

Middle School Classroom Open
First Sundays during the 9:30 a.m. service

Island Youth Nights
First Sundays 6:30–8pm at Island Center Hall

Craft Nights
Third Thursdays from 6:30-8 p.m. at little island crafts

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

for LGBTQIA+ high schoolers and allies

Thursday, October 16, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Craft: Pumpkin Party

Thursday, November 19, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Craft: DIY buttons

At little island crafts, 124 Madrone Ln N, Bainbridge Island
More info: youth@gracehere.org

Join us in costume for the 9:30 a.m. service, and stay for pumpkin carving during coffee hour.

Sunday, October 26, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
for students in grades 6-8

at the Kitsap Escape Room

9481 Silverdale Way NW, Suite 205, Silverdale

Space is limited; please RSVP to Melissa Meyers.

Wednesday, November 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Your modest donations to the Phinney Fund will support Rev. Eric Mason in his ministry as our Rector.

We would like to have four to six guys make chili. We will have a secret ballot judging contest to award Grace Men’s Group Chili Master.

Please use THIS LINK to the Sign Up Genius page to get more information, see what others are bringing, and sign up.

If you have questions or are not comfortable using the Sign Up Genius, email Eric Matthews or call 206.718.2254 to let him know you are attending and what you plan to bring.

Grace Episcopal Church, November 8, 12:00-2:30 p.m.

Join these spiritual leaders for a community conversation.

•    Dee Eisenhauer, Eagle Harbor Congregational
•    Philip Favero, Agate Passage Friends Meeting, Kitsap
•    Kathryn Lafond, Sufi
•    Eric Mason, Grace Episcopal

Leaders, poets, musicians, and neighbors will help us find our way. 

Grace is partnering with the Suquamish Community Kitchen! We’re especially in need of volunteers for meal prep and clean-up. You’re also welcome to serve, share dinner with neighbors, or bring a dessert. 

Families and teens are especially encouraged to participate. Email Melissa Meyers to learn more, or click here to learn more and sign up.

Join us for the inaugural St. Barnabas Trunk-or-Treat, dinner, and All Hallows’ Eve service! 

Saturday, October 25

4 p.m. | Trunk-or-Treat
5 p.m. | Spaghetti Dinner in the Parish Hall
6 p.m. | All Hallows’ Eve Service in the Sanctuary

Sounds fun! But…what is a trunk-or-treat? It’s a great time in which kids of all ages can trick-or-treat in the safety of a parking lot from the trunks of decked-out, parked cars! You young-at-heart can show up as early as you like to get your cars situated and ready for the young, who are invited to show up at 4 p.m. for trick-or-treating in the St. Barnabas lower parking lot. We’ll have some carnival games and activities, as well. After trunk-or-treating, we’ll gather for a spaghetti dinner in the Parish Hall. Then, we’re on to the sanctuary for the All Hallows’ Eve prayer service.

St. Barnabas Schola Nova invites you to Vespers on Sunday, October 19, at 6 p.m.

Please join us for this contemplative, sung service as we celebrate St. Teresa of Avila—the first in our series of female saints and important feast days that we will celebrate during Vespers this program year. We hope to see you there!

Bass Grandeur Concert — Sunday, October 26 at 2 p.m.

Join the St. Barnabas music program for Bass Grandeur: The Lowest Strings Play the Highest Baroque and enjoy beautiful early music from Buxtehude to Boismortier on period instruments featuring Elizabeth Brown (archlute & baroque guitar), Ross Gilliland (violone), and Kathryn Smith-Derksen (viola da gamba). Freewill donations to benefit the St. Barnabas music program will be appreciated. 

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 7-8 p.m.

at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., Seattle or via livestream.

In this time of trial and struggle, as we confront challenges to our civil society and our body politic, we are at a crossroads of conscience. And though the voices of vitriol and extremism often resound loudly, it is the judicious wisdom of resilient and courageous peacemakers who will lead us through this crisis. Prayerful reflection stands as a hopeful response to the static of cynicism.

Join local religious leaders and fellow citizens at this brief non-partisan interfaith service of hope, either in-person or via livestream. We ask you to embrace this moment of contemplation and connection, as we affirm the principles that transcend our differences, and the common cause that will bind the wounds of this great nation.

An interreligious event co-sponsored by:

Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral • The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia • St. James Catholic Cathedral• The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle • Temple De Hirsch Sinai • First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Seattle • Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement at Seattle University

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