January 18, 2026
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

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Island Youth Night
Sunday, February 1, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Island Center Hall

The Strength of Story: StoryTelling Workshop
February 2-6 | 9 a.m. – 12 noon each day
Registration closes on Jan 25.

Second Monday Parents’ Chat
7 – 9:00 p.m. at the Cockroft Home
in Poulsbo

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday, February 17, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 

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 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm
at Island Center Hall

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 for Creation Care
First Sundays in the sanctuary during coffee hour

3rd Saturday Grace Grounds Party
Third Saturdays from 9:00 a.m.–noon

A relaxed space for parents to connect, share stories, and explore meaningful topics together.
Currently watching Work of the People’s Sacred Disruption series.

Second Monday of every month, 7–9 p.m. at the Cockroft Home
in Poulsbo

We will discuss these videos:

February 9 

DISCOVERING THE DIVINE WITHIN

March 16 

NURTURING OUR GRACED UNIQUENESS

Contact Kim Cockroft for the address.

The Strength of Story StoryTelling Workshop

Spots are filling up, so don't wait—register today!
Registration closes on Jan 25.

Discover a Tale Well-Told

Join us for a week-long, half-day retreat with Joanne Epply-Schmidt.

February 2-6, 2026 | 9 a.m. – 12 noon each day

O, the difference between memorizing a story
and giving voice to it,
between acting out a story and embodying it,
between reciting a story and truly telling it!

Find your voice in this oral tradition and learn how you can breathe life into a story with confidence, ease, wit, and wonder.

Rev. Joanne has delighted children, youth, and adults with storytelling, preaching, and ministry for over twenty-five years in the eastern United States and Canada. As a member of “Storytelling Arts of New Jersey,” she worked for ten years as a Storyteller and Teaching Artist in the Juvenile Justice system and Young Adult residential programs in New Jersey.

Before retirement, she served as Associate Rector of Trinity Church Princeton for six years.

Tuesday, February 17, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

As we prepare for Lent, Holy Week, and the joy of Easter, join your Grace family for our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper.

The Men of Grace will be serving a feast of buttermilk pancakes, gluten-free pancakes, sausage, vegetarian sausage, and applesauce. Suggested donation is $5 per person or $15 per family. You are invited to dress festively and bring a friend, think Mardi Gras.

Men of Grace: Host Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

February 17, 4:15 - 8:30 p.m.

Come lend a hand by setting up, serving, and cleaning up after this fun meal. Please CLICK HERE to sign up, or contact Eric Matthews at eric@ericEmatthews.com or 206.718.2254 with any questions.

On behalf of Outreach/Faith in Action, Cindy and Kathleen would like to thank you for your generous and plentiful contributions! Your donations will help neighbors in need through the following organizations:

Share Net

Kingston warming shelter

Helpline

Second Seasons (serving Fishline clients)

Fresh Start Monday shower project in Poulsbo

Chaplains on the Harbor

Suquamish Congregational Church

KIAC

St. Barnabas' Schola Nova will chant vespers on January 18, at 6 PM. Please join us for this short contemplative service as we continue our series of women saints, commemorating Agnes & Cecilia of Rome.

Saturday, January 24th, 2-6 p.m.
at Faith Episcopal Church in Poulsbo, WA

In a culture that often avoids or rushes through pain, we need spaces that help us create a different culture: a time set aside for feeling, sharing, and honoring all that we hold in and around the grief we carry.

Whether you are grieving the death of a loved one, the loss of a relationship, a shift in identity, or the pain of the world – we welcome you.

This circle is open to anyone who wants to be in a caring space to acknowledge what they are carrying in their heart.

What to Expect
Led by Dr. Jeffrey Batstone, the time will include:
ceremony • talking circles • contemplative engagement • teaching and guidance • rest and reflection

Cost is free. All participation is invitational, not a requirement.

All Are Welcome
This gathering is open to all ages, genders, backgrounds, and identities. You do not need prior experience with group work or healing spaces. Just bring yourself exactly as you are. We'll move at a pace that offers care for body and spirit.

Register or Learn More:
To sign up or ask questions, please contact:
jeffrey@jeffreybatstone.com
206-778-1313

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