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I’m Back! ❤️
Hello, Amazing Grace!
I’m back — at least for a little while! I’m taking an intermission from my sabbatical adventures to spend the month of August with all of you, and it feels so good to be home.
Thank you for the wonderful, loving welcome back this past week. There have been lots of hugs, smiles, stories, and catching up, and I’ve loved every minute of it. I’ve missed my Amazing Grace family!
My sabbatical journey isn’t quite finished yet, but for now, I’m grateful for this time in between — a whole month to worship, laugh, serve, and simply be together again.
I can’t wait to see you on Sunday!
Much love,
Mother Suzanne ❤️
Greetings!
Here is what's going on at Grace in the days and weeks ahead:
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Sunday, August 9
Blessing of the Backpacks, Bags, or Briefcases
9:00 AM Worship Service
Pray 4 Schools
See Details Below
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Sunday, August 23
Coffee In The Pantry
See Details Below
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Saturday, October 3 - 3:00 PM
Pumpkin Unloading
Yes, that time of year is quickly approaching!
Mark your calendars - Invite your friends
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Join Us Sunday at 9:00 AM For Worship | We'll see you at Sunday's Service, everyone is welcome, so bring friends. Mother Suzanne will lead Holy Eucharist for the next 3 Sundays. Can't make it in person? Join us via YouTube |
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Rector's Bible Study Resumes Tuesday, September 29 | Mother Suzanne teaches an interactive and engaging class. We will be studying the book of Romans. All are welcome, regardless of your knowledge of the Bible. |
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We join our prayers via Zoom and Facebook Live with sister churches in the Anglican Communion including St. James Islington, Central London, St. Paul's Anglican Church, Henley-on-Klip, and the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, to name a few. |
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Thank you for answering the Call To Feed The Hungry!
One community. 2,500+ signatures in support of SNAP. Thank you!
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Thank you to everyone who signed and supported A Call to Feed the Hungry Sunday! Together, more than 2,500 people across our diocese raised their voices in support of SNAP and the millions of families who rely on it to put food on the table.
The campaign collected 2,530 valid signatures representing at least 219 congregations, including more than 100 Episcopal congregations, many congregations from other denominations and faith traditions, and an additional 98 community and faith-based organizations.
This effort reached thousands of people through our newsletters, social media channels, website, and campaign toolkit. The website generated more than 8,400 page views, our emails received more than 8,100 opens, and over 50 churches, faith communities, organizations, and supporters amplified the campaign through their social media channels.
It's not too late to get involved or share with your friends and family...
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Pray for Our Schools – Sunday, August 9
As a new school year begins, join Together for Alvin as we gather in prayer for the students, families, teachers, staff, and administrators of Alvin ISD. Mother Suzanne will lead a brief Back-to-School Liturgy, offering prayers for all who will learn, teach, and serve in our schools during the year ahead.
Sunday, August 9 • 4:15 p.m.
Hasse Elementary School
All are welcome. Come stand with our community as we ask God's blessing, protection, wisdom, and peace for the school year ahead.
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Coffee in the Pantry – Sunday, August 23
The Dame Julian Chapter of the Daughters of the King invites everyone to Coffee in the Pantry after worship on Sunday, August 23.
Join us in the Parish Hall for fellowship, light refreshments, and an assembly line to pack emergency nonperishable food boxes for our homebound seniors. Everyone is invited to bring a light snack or finger food to share as we enjoy time together while serving our neighbors.
During the event, you'll also have the opportunity to take a guided tour of Grace's Food Pantry and learn more about the ministry that serves so many in our community.
Come for the fellowship, stay for the service, and help us extend Christ's love to our homebound neighbors. All are welcome!
As a bonus - please bring new socks we can pass out to our neighbors experiencing homelessness who visit our pantry daily and on Fridays for showers.
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Dignity
Our baptismal pledge to “respect the dignity of every human being” means, at the very least, to listen to one another. Alongside our listening, we must also work for what we can do on behalf of the least, and the last, and the lowly – the anguished multitudes of our own country and our world – to redress the injustice, poverty, and unconscionable suffering which is their daily bread.
Br. Curtis Almquist, Society of Saint John the Evangilist
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Next Church in the Streets Mobile Food Pantries - Thursdays, August 13 & 20
We are back in the shade of our oak trees on Lang Street!
Please consider volunteering, even if just for an hour - we could use your help. We begin setting up at 7:00 am and distribution ends at 12 Noon. Clean-up follows that. We especially need volunteers for deliveries to our homebound seniors.
Monthly Update - June 2026
We distributed 93,302 pounds of food to 1,120 families, including 239 homebound deliveries, totaling 3,024 people. We welcomed 50 new families. This was all made possible by the 263 volunteers (including drivers) who showed up to make it happen.
Year-To-Date
Through the end of June, we distributed 531,061 pounds of food from the Houston Food Bank and our Retail Rescue Partners to 7,365 families, with 267 new families coming to us for food. We made a total of 1,486 deliveries. It required 1,426 volunteers to pull this off!
2025
In 2025 we provided 1,125,762 pounds of food to 12,710 families in Alvin, and made 2,779 deliveries of food and fellowship to lonely homebound seniors in our community
2024
As of the end of December 2024, we distributed 837,473 pounds of food from the Houston Food Bank to 13,036 families, with 632 new families coming to us for food. We made a total of 3,046 deliveries. The total number of individuals served is 37,344. It required 2,968 volunteers to pull this off!
For the eighteen-month period between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024 the Total Food Pounds distributed were the equivalent of 1,053,538 Meals.
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The Preaching Moment Podcast
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You Give Them Something To Eat
Ed Carrette's Homily for Call To Feed The Hungry Sunday, August 2
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Join Us at His Table:
200 West Lang St.
Alvin, Texas 77511
Grace is currently offering both in-person and virtual opportunities for worship.
Services Begin Sunday at 9:00 AM
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Offices:
112 W. Lang St.
Alvin, Texas 77511
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tue. – Fri.
Ph: (281) 331-5657
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