We are down to only a handful of flowers left to be claimed, so if you want one, please contact the office promptly! However, if you aren’t in need of a plant but would like to honor, memorialize or acknowledge a milestone in the Easter bulletins, you may make a donation in any amount that fits your budget and submit a dedication. The deadline for inclusion in the Easter bulletins is noon on Thursday, April 14.   

Please call or e-mail the church office (243-3257; dcarden@saygrace.net) to find out about what’s available or to submit a dedication.

Holy Week, our annual sojourn to Jerusalem and Golgotha and beyond, is approaching rapidly, beginning on Sunday, April 10 with a triumphal entry into Jerusalem and through the week-long story that leads us from exaltation to despair and beyond. See below for the whole week’s services and events:

Palm Sunday – 8:00 & 10:45 a.m., April 10

Maundy Thursday – 7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 14

Stations of the Cross – 11:15 a.m., Friday, April 15

Good Friday Liturgy – 12:00 p.m., Friday, April 15

Easter Vigil  – 8:00 p.m., Saturday, April 16 (followed by champagne reception in the Undercroft)*

Easter Day Services – 8:00 & 10:45 a.m., Sunday, April 17

Flowering of the Cross – Easter morning (April 21), 10:00 a.m. in the courtyard (all children are invited to help adorn the lattice-work cross that will be taken to the Nave for the 10:45 a.m. Easter morning service).

If the houses are ready, here are our hosting dates:

Our first hosting date is now May 1-May 7. So we will need people to provide meals for each of those evenings. There have been no instructions given yet. 

Other dates for Grace:

During Lent the Sunday morning adult formation group will be working on Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent which is part of the Becoming Beloved Community program of the National Church. The Way of Love has seven themes: Turn, Pray, Learn, Bless, Rest, Worship, and Go. We will be focusing on one of these during each of the seven Sundays of Lent. We hope you will be able to join us in the Barth Room at 9:30 a.m. for all or some of the sessions.

The usual Thursday session this week will not take place because of the Maundy Thursday service.

For the safety of the community, we encourage all to take advantage of vaccinations and boosters, and we ask that all who attend either service or any indoor activity wear masks. The 10:45 a.m. service will be streamed online for those who are unable to attend. You can access the service at Grace's Facebook page, and you can find the bulletin for that service HERE.

If you have questions or concerns about worship practices, please feel free to contact April (aberends@saygrace.net) or Senior Warden, Andy Belcher (belcherandrewr@gmail.com).

We are so grateful to those in both the church and the Belvoir neighborhood who so consistently keep us supplied and able to help those in need . May blessings of every sort settle gently upon you: may dogs love you and play with you; may the cupcakes, pies and Danish delight your mouths and forget to settle on your hips; may you know how much your generosity has helped others in your community. We are blessed to dwell among you!

HERE : https://us04web.zoom.us/j/780772724

& the password is: compline 

The office of Tenebrae, presented by Chorus Angelorum Chattanooga with Christ Church Episcopal Chattanooga (663 Douglas Street) will be offered on Monday April 11, at 7:00pm.

Join us on Monday of Holy Week as we observe the Office of Tenebrae. The name Tenebrae (the Latin word for darkness or shadows) has traditionally been given to the ancient monastic night and early morning services (Matins and Lauds) of the last three days of Holy Week, which in medieval times came to be celebrated on the preceding evenings. Apart from the chanting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, in which each verse is introduced by a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the most conspicuous feature of the service is the gradual extinguishing of candles and other lights in the church to signify the darkness that overshadowed the earth at Christ’s crucifixion. The loud noise, or strepitus, at the conclusion of the service suggests the earthquake described in the Passion narratives. The single candle left burning is the symbol and promise of Christ’s triumph over death and darkness.

This service will also be available as a livestream on our Facebook and YouTube Channel.

Masks Optional. Donations Welcome. For more information, please visit chorusangelorumchatt.com

The application deadline is April 30th, 2022. If you wish to apply, please contact Paula Garner, Parish Administrator (423-243-3250, ext. 2), for an application. 

Here I Am Day

On Saturday, May 21, the Episcopal Church in East Tennessee will host its annual Here I Am Day. This program is intended for anyone who is discerning a call to licensed lay ministry, religious orders, the vocational diaconate, or to the priesthood. It will include remarks by the Bishop, panel discussions with lay and ordained ministers, and opportunities for prayer and fellowship.

All individuals who have begun a process of discernment within their parish are expected to attend, along with their sponsoring clergy. Others who are just beginning to explore a call and who would like more information about different ministries and tools for discernment are also encouraged to participate.

Please feel free to contact Jon Humber, Episcopal Engagement Specialist, with any questions at jhumber@dioet.org.

Please use Grace's P.O. Box for dispatches containing money or other valuables: hard times persist for some of our neighbors, and checks have disappeared from our mailbox more than once. The address is Grace Episcopal Church,

The directory can be accessed via the church's webpage (www.saygrace.net). Find the menu item “BREEZE” at the right end of the menu options that sprawl across the screen near the top, click and log in; user name is ‘saygrace’ and the password is ‘Chattanooga.’

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Church of North India (United). The Anglican Communion has adopted a cycle of prayer called "From Aba to Zululand," praying its way alphabetically through its members on a daily basis between January 1, 2021 and September 2023. The newsletter and, in the future, the printed bulletin, will include the prayers for Sunday; if you would like to see the daily prayer requests, you can find them at ACoP.

In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for Christ Church, South Pittsburg, and for these South Dakota churches: Calvary Church, Okreek, and Trinity, Winner.