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# Grace Episcopal Church Fort Wayne

A Welcoming Church in Fort Wayne, IN

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- [News](https://gracefortwayne.org/news/)
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- [Home](https://gracefortwayne.org/) - Sunday Worship, 9:30 AM Welcome to Grace! We are a welcoming church in Fort Wayne, IN. You are welcome to worship with us in person, or from anywhere in the world on Zoom.
- [List of Cremains](https://gracefortwayne.org/list-of-cremains/) - The cremains of these loved ones are scattered in Grace's Memorial Garden. Sandra Lee Ayers 1943 ~ 2008 Anthony D. Bada 1929 ~ 2016 Fred A. Bockover 1937 ~ 2012 Paul M. Dixon 1948 ~ 2013 Austin Thomas Dulinsky 1993 ~ 1994 Steven P. Griselle 1964 ~ 2013 Michelle J. Guess 1947 ~ 2013 Dewight
- [Memorial Garden](https://gracefortwayne.org/memorial-garden/) - The Memorial Garden is a place of peace and serenity to allow meditation and relaxation for family and friends of those whose cremains are scattered in the garden and for anyone else seeking a quiet place. The ashes of twenty-four beloved members and friends of the church are scattered in the garden. Whether in full
- [Events](https://gracefortwayne.org/events/) - Regular Events Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite Two Sunday School: 3rd Sunday of the month during service Weekday Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9-1 * Special Events Stretch & Strengthen Classes: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:00 a.m. come for chair workouts in the undercroft. Dress comfortably. Bring water bottle and light hand weights if
- [Blessing of the Animals](https://gracefortwayne.org/blessing-of-the-animals/) - Each year, to honor Saint Francis of Assisi, Grace welcomes all area residents and their pets to a Blessing of the Animals service on the first Sunday of October. You can view a slideshow of photos below from our last event. Whether you have an animal companion you would like to have blessed or you
- [Creation Care](https://gracefortwayne.org/creation-care/) - The Episcopal Church, as a whole church, has promised to place the care of God’s Creation at the heart of our common life. Together, we have taken up church-wide action in order to safeguard the integrity of Creation and to live more simply, humbly, and gently on the Earth. Grace Episcopal began the process to
- [Social Justice](https://gracefortwayne.org/social-justice/) - What is White Christian Nationalism - and Why Should We Care? Please join the Grace Social Justice Committee on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom to hear author Jim Wallis address the current issue of white Christian Nationalism. Jim Wallis, the founder of the Sojourner Community, is currently the Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- [Food Ministry](https://gracefortwayne.org/food-drive/) - Food items are collected at Grace Episcopal for Faith Lutheran Church’s Faith & Light Food Pantry on the 3rd Sunday of each month, though you can bring your food donations anytime to put in the donation collection box in the narthex. Here is a list of helpful items: Canned or dried beans Cornbread mixes Canned
- [Services](https://gracefortwayne.org/services/) - Service Times: Sunday Worship: 9:30 am Our worship services are in hybrid format, with the full service held in the church AND connected to Zoom in real time (live meeting, not recorded). The service begins with a prelude at 9:25, and is about an hour long. After the closing hymn, the congregation has an announcement
- [Vestry](https://gracefortwayne.org/vestry/) - Grace Episcopal is led by a covenant agreement between the priest-in-charge and the vestry, including a Senior Warden and a Junior Warden. The vestry consists of the clergy and a proportional number of lay members. The rector, vestry, parish treasurer, and parish clerk meet monthly on the fourth Monday. Our vestry is the legal representative
- [Prayer Stations](https://gracefortwayne.org/prayer-stations/) - Prayer stations will be added to the Memorial Garden in the coming months.
- [Worship Ministry](https://gracefortwayne.org/worship-ministry/) - Every Sunday, our worship services involve many lay volunteers participating in the different aspects of worship at Grace. If you are a member of the Grace community and would like to serve, you can ask someone who is currently serving to help you learn more about the role you are interested in. A Google form
- [Stewardship](https://gracefortwayne.org/stewardship/) - October has traditionally been Stewardship time at Grace culminating with the signing of pledge cards. We tend to speak from our abundance, often through parishioners’ testimonies. Grace’s financial statements are published for all to examine, after approval by the Vestry. We do not have an outside mortgage on our building or property. This was accomplished
- [Ministries](https://gracefortwayne.org/ministries/) - Areas of Ministry at Grace Grace Episcopal Church has nine areas of service for our mission and ministries. Worship The worship committee consists of the priest, the music director, the head of the altar guild, and the parish administrator. The committee meets regularly to plan worship services, liturgy, music, and altar guild needs. Many members
- [About Grace](https://gracefortwayne.org/about-grace/) - Our Community Grace Episcopal Church is an inclusive community that respects the dignity of every human being. Therefore, whoever you are in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or ability and wherever you are on your faith journey, we welcome you and hope you will give us the opportunity to be
- [Staff](https://gracefortwayne.org/staff/) - Priest Grace is currently served by supply priests and lay ministers from the congregation. The Search Committee is hard at work under the guidance of Reverend Canon Terri Bays, Missioner for Transitions and Formation from the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana. The Search Committee has recently wrapped up interviews with all members of Grace and
- [Worship](https://gracefortwayne.org/worship/) - Worship Style Grace Episcopal’s Sunday 9:30 am liturgy is the core of who we are as a faith community. We have a blended service of contemporary and traditional music. Our regular instruments are keyboard, guitars and flute, but we also have guest instrumentalists on occasion. Because we value liturgical music, we have great vocal participation.
- [Adult Education](https://gracefortwayne.org/adult-education/) - The Adult Education program offers opportunities periodically throughout the year. During Advent, Episcopal bishop and teacher Susan Goff will lead us through a Zoom study "Advent: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year". In this study she invites participants to take on some practical and inspiring disciplines in this season and to contemplate more fully
- [Contact](https://gracefortwayne.org/contact/) - We would love to hear from you. Please submit this form to send an email to the church office. Your contact information will not be shared or sold, and we will always ask permission before adding you to any of our church email lists. Grace Episcopal Church, 10010 Aurora Place, Fort Wayne, IN 46804 Phone:
- [Holy Week and Easter 2023](https://gracefortwayne.org/holy-week-and-easter-2023/) - As we travel through Lent towards Holy Week and the Easter season, we wanted to share with you briefly about the special services and ceremonies that we are looking forward to observing together as a community of Christ, and we welcome you and your family, friends, and neighbors to join us here at Grace. All
- [Radical Welcome](https://gracefortwayne.org/radical-welcome/) - Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other, and the Spirit of Transformation Wednesday, February 15, 2023: 7:00 p.m. EST An Online Talk via Zoom “Radical welcome is the spiritual practice of embracing and being changed by the gifts, presence, voices, and power of the Other…” (Stephanie Spellers, Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other, and the Spirit
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- [Nursery](https://gracefortwayne.org/nursery/) - Children are very important to us! Children are always welcome to be with parents/caretakers in worship. We do not currently have a staffed nursery, but you are welcome to care for your child in the nursery if they need a change of scenery. A speaker in the nursery provides sound from the worship service. The
- [Building and Grounds](https://gracefortwayne.org/building-and-grounds/) - Our Building and Grounds committee is led by the Junior Warden, working together to maintain entire grounds including building maintenance inside and outside, security, A/V, memorial garden. Members help perform needed repairs or coordinate with a licensed contractor for work beyond our expertise. The safety of our members and/or any liability that would be associated
- [Altar Guild](https://gracefortwayne.org/altar-guild/) - The altar guild consists of a number of members who work together organizing and maintaining the all the supplies, vestments, candles, etc, for the chancel and taking turns preparing all that is needed for every service, setting up and cleaning the vessels for the Eucharist. Members of the congregation also take part in baking communion
- [About](https://gracefortwayne.org/about/) - Our Community Grace Episcopal Church is a welcoming church based in Fort Wayne, IN. No matter what your faith background is, or where you find yourself in your journey, you are welcome to come worship with us and experience a faith community that is dedicated "to seek and serve Christ in all persons." We are
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- [Privacy Policy](https://gracefortwayne.org/privacy-policy-2/) - Who we are Our website address is: https://gracefortwayne.org. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. Comments An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided

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