8 a.m. Service -- This service will be held in the Nave (main indoor worship space), as long as the community continues to see a decline in infection rates. We will continue to celebrate Holy Eucharist in one kind (bread only), and the priests will wear masks throughout the service, unless they are preaching or officiating. The windows will be open and fans will be blowing. All in attendance at the 8am service, vaccinated or not, are asked to wear masks.

10 a.m. Service -- With a possibility of rain in the forecast for Sunday, we have a Plan A and a Plan B for the 10 a.m. service. If the weather is dry or merely drizzly, we will worship as usual outdoors with the aid of some of the Brainerd Market's tents to help with heat or moisture. Should there be rain in any substantial volume, we will initiate Plan B and move into the Nave. If we go inside, we do ask that everyone, vaccinated or not, wear masks, so please tuck one into your pocket just in case. We will have some on hand for those don't have them.

We ask that those who are not vaccinated wear masks when in close proximity to others at outdoor worship. Priests will continue to wear masks when distributing communion. We also recommend wearing sunscreen and/or a sunhat for this service.  We will always have some chairs available, but we ask that those who can bring their own chairs do so. 

Online Worship -- For those who must still be cautious about gathering among flesh-and-blood humanity, the 10 a.m. service will be live-streamed on

Facebook; the bulletin is available HERE. (Please note that there have been some technological problems this week, which may mean glitches for the online broadcast).

We may beware the ides of March, but we are hoping to have cause to rejoice on the ides of August, when Grace hopes to restore the later Sunday morning service to its proper time and place: instead of meeting at 10 in the courtyard, beginning on August 15 (God willing and the viral stats decrease don't rise), parishioners will be invited to come at 10:45 a.m. and sit down on pews in the Nave! This plan, of course, rests on the continued decline of case numbers and transmission rates, so say your prayers and keep your fingers crossed. More details about masking and other precautions as the date gets closer.

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

& the password is: compline 

The Rev. April Berends will be out-of-town this week and not available for office hours. The Rev. David Burman will be in the courtyard from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, July 15. You can contact David at dburman@saygrace.net should you wish to set up an appointment at another time.

In a hair over two weeks, Grace's somewhat-abbreviated-but-still-magnificent Summer Arts Camp will get underway, so if you're planning to enroll any of your offspring, grandchildren or visiting cousins, it's time to to take action. All the details are below!

Arts Camp itself has been scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, July 24 and 25; Grace kids, grandkids, and children related to Grace visitors are invited to participate. We are not sure how many we can host in this era of COVID and quarantine, and we plan to handle things outdoors as much as possible.  

We need all volunteers from past years who might be willing to help. There will be some morning set-up on Saturday and Sunday, so even if you can't help with kids, perhaps you can help with that!! Please let me know if you are interested by emailing Maria at mariahurt1915@gmail.com or texting her at 423-503-4531. 

The pantry began July without fireworks: whether because of the drizzly gray day or other mysterious circumstances, we had only 4 visitors, who took food for 15

(9 adults and 6 children). Our stalwart volunteers bore up valorously, though, and neither slumbered nor slept.

Since the demands were light, we don't need much this week, but of course we need a few things:

Thanks to Dixie Riall, Jim Harris and Brittany Williamson, who took care of the days requests; thanks also to Richard Hyatt, Phaen Stone and Anderson Barger-Howell for their labors in taking care of the neighborhood's donations and getting them into the building and onto the shelves at Grace. We are blessed with many hands and good hearts!

https://www.customink.com/fundraising/east-tn-episcopal-pride . Cost is $25 per shirt.

For more information, email Bro. Andrew at amorehead@dioet.org.

Gentlemen of Grace, if 15 months of pandemic have given you an appetite to get away with the guys, you might consider the Laymen's Conference of the Episcopal Churchmen of East Tennessee. Dubose will host the 75th annual gathering of this estimable group from August 20-22.

This year's theme is Life After... A Look at the Christian Perspective on Dealing with Life Transitions and How We Approach, Embrace and Thrive after Them. Speakers include NFL Hall-of-Famer Willie Roaf (Pre-recorded; Life after the NFL), Bob Corker, (In-Person; Life after Politics), and Dr. Peter Doherty (pre-recorded; Life after the COVID 19 Pandemic). For more details or to register, go to

http://tnchurchmen.org .

Jennifer Thompson, June McEwen,  Amy, Deborah, Jim Hinkle, Andrea, Ann Ludwig, the Hale family (Austin, Amanda, and Autumn); the Brown family, Reba, Niysah, Daniel Parker, Valorie Lephart, Terrie, Alex, Steve Slack, Angela, 

We pray for those who have died, that your will for them may be fulfilled, and that they may share with all your saints in the full revelation of your eternal glory.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Episcopal Church in the Philippines. 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 HERE.

In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: Pray for Church of the Annunciation, Newport, TN; for Good Shepherd, Little Oak Creek, SD; for social justice (BCP 260) and for the human family (BCP 815).

John Woodham, Elaine Harrison, Marcia Magers, Major McCollough,