October 26, 2025
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

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Grace calls us to live with hearts of gratitude. Thank you to everyone who has already pledged to support our 2026 Stewardship Campaign! Together, we have received $265,000 in pledges, 35% of our $750,000 goal.

Click here to read Judy McKenzie's October 19 Stewardship talk.

If you haven’t yet made your pledge, please consider doing so by Sunday, October 26. Early pledges help our Stewardship Team greatly (and save them a few reminder calls!).

Otherwise, you can expect a friendly call between 5:30–7:30 p.m. on Sunday, as we joyfully continue our reminders.

Pledge today—and join us in gratitude as we live into Grace’s call, “How Then Shall We Live?”

“I pledge because Grace needs my financial support to thrive.  This is partly selfish and partly community-minded.  I know that my personal spiritual life would be much poorer without a thriving Grace … and, I believe, that Bainbridge/North Kitsap would also be a diminished community without a vibrant Grace.”

—TOM RINGO

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. 

We are adding another avenue to welcome new members to the Grace community. We will introduce a few new people in the eNews, as some folks like seeing new names in print. Please introduce yourselves to newcomers, connect them to ministries, and laugh with them.

Jen and Kevin have been attending Grace for about a year. They are both scientists who moved to our community from California. Their daughter Ellie (age 4) has become a Welcomer, assisting her mother in greeting new folks at the door. Felicity (age 1) charms her admirers with her smile and bright blue eyes. They sit in the kids’ section of the sanctuary.

Enter In
The Power of Parables

October 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.

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

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.

Last Monday, 25 clients were offered showers, laundry, fresh clothing, a hot meal, and food to go at Faith Episcopal Church’s Shower Project in Poulsbo. They have an urgent need for the following items:

Men’s underwear—all sizes, especially large and XL

Women’s underwear size Large

Men’s and women’s warm wool socks

Please place donations in baskets below the name tag kiosk in the Narthex. Thank you!

Convention members will gather at five regional sites to provide community and conversation during our convention business session

Livestream for alternates and guests: A livestream link will be provided for alternates and guests to watch from their own locations; livestream will also be available here on the convention website. Closer to the convention date, based on registration and expected attendance, some sites may offer alternate/guest seating; keep checking for more information.

The Grace-sponsored Gifts of Dirt garden provided (drum roll, please!) 2,580 pounds of produce for the food bank this year. A labor-intensive and costly undertaking under the able direction of Barb Simonsen, with hours of work by Grace volunteers and financial sponsorship from Grace’s Outreach committee, the garden provided priceless fresh, organic, tasty vegetables for those who needed them.

Special thanks to Kathleen Abell, Cindy Logan, Barb Simonsen, Marcy Lagerloef, Barbara Hume, Anne Kundtz, Cathy Bronsdon, Rhonda Peacock, Rachel Brandt, Kay Roach, Marguerite Thomas, Pam Wachtler, Nina Baer, and Pegge Ashcroft.

Anne-Gabrielle Boucher, “Celestial Arches”

Anne-Gabrielle Boucher is a French-American artist raised on Bainbridge Island. Her current practice focuses on exploring natural forms and celebrating color with oil pastels, pastels, and colored pencils. “Celestial Arches” uses the framework of the cathedral arch as a way to investigate abstraction and texture infused with the poetry of colors found in nature. Meet the artist at a reception during coffee hour on November 2. 

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

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. 

All are invited to a conversation with The Rev. Canon Ivar Hillesland, Canon for Congregations in the Diocese of Olympia, after the 9:30 a.m. service on November 9.

’90s Night

For grades 5-8

Friday, November 14, 7 – 11 p.m. at Grace

Prizes for boldest throwback looks!

Nerf Wars
Karaoke
Glow-in-the-Dark Games
Movies
Dinner + Retro Snack Bar
…and Much More

Suggested Donation $10

More info: youth@gracehere.org

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.

for LGBTQIA+ high schoolers and allies

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 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.

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.

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.

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