Grace Episcopal Mission of Clayton, NC

"Grace Episcopal welcomes curious people of all ages who desire to know God's love and healing."

Grace Adult/Teen Lenten Study

Sundays @ 9:30 a.m.

February 21 - March 21

"Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion"

Sarah Miles

Grace Episcopal held “Blessing of Book Bags” Service

Sunday, August 23rd at 10:30 a.m.

The people of Grace Episcopal Church in Clayton invited the community to attend a special service of Holy Communion on Sunday, August 23 at 10:30 a.m. Grace continued an annual tradition, always held the Sunday before school starts, of blessing school book bags. Children, youth and adults brought their book bags to church to be blessed as we invited God to bless the new beginnings for each of our children and young people. The service wasl focused on God’s love and concern for children as they began a new school year.

The congregation gave joyful thanks to God through their prayers for all their blessings. We gave thanks to God for the opportunity to grow and learn in the coming year as we celebrated the Great Thanksgiving.

The community was invited to participate in the outreach program associated with this service Grace Backpack Buddies. Backpack Buddies is a feeding program for children who might otherwise go hungry over the weekend during the school year. Grace has “adopted” eleven children at Cooper School who receive a backpack full of food they can prepare themselves every weekend during the school year. We are looking for donations of individual servings packaged food i.e. pop-top canned meats and fish; shelf stable fruit cups, applesauce, raisins and dried fruit; pop-top meat based soups and stews; healthy snacks such as graham crackers, pretzels and granola bars; individual packages of grits, cereal and oatmeal; microwavable Cup of Noodles, Easy Mac etc. All food donations can be brought to Grace on Tuesday or Wednesdays or Thursdays 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or on Sunday the 23rd to the 10:30 a.m. service.

Grace Episcopal is an open community of faith that recognizes children as full members of its body. Grace shares and trusts the abundance of God. Grace welcomes curious people of all ages who desire to know God’s love and healing. For the further information on the congregation and its activities, visit our website at www.graceepiscopalmission.org or call 919-553-2810. Grace meets at 10151 Highway 70 in the Clayton Village Shopping Center between the Pizza Hut and Jiffy Lube.

Successful Grace Youth Mission Trip to Mississippi

July 19 - 27 2008

Grace Episcopal sent 7 young people and 2 adult chaperones to Mission on the Bay in Bay St. Louis Mississippi this July to help in the restoration efforts in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Three years after the devastating storm much work still needs to be done to restore the communities of the Mississippi coast. Local relief agencies on the Gulf Coast estimate the recovery will take several more years. Most of the work is being done by volunteers. Young people from Lutheran and Episcopal churches from around the country in grades 8-12 come for a week at time to help in clean up construction and just letting people know that they are not forgotten.

Christian Shepherding Group

The members of the Christian Shepherding Group were commissioned by the Grace Episcopal Mission congregation to be a sign of the church’s concern for the well being of the whole community of God’s children. The main thrust of the group is not evangelism but to be there, as Christians, for people in our community who have a need.

If you are troubled or ill and feel the need to have someone to share it with and help ease the burden, we are here. If you are ill or “shut in” and you want to partake in Holy Communion we have Lay Eucharistic Ministers who can bring you the sacrament from Sunday’s Eucharist at Grace. If you have problems that need special care we can call upon the congregation and the wider community to help you get that care.

If you want one of our members to call upon you contact the church office at 553 2810 or Becky Smith.

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Grace Episcopal Mission

Clayton, North Carolina

Grace Episcopal held “Blessing of Book Bags” Service