Your Biweekly News & Updates

Mother Suzanne and Andrew have returned from their Camino de Santiago 200 km. pilgramage! Come to church Sunday to welcome her home, she'll be here for two weeks then gone June and July for the next phases of her sabbatical.

Greetings!

Here is what's going on at Grace in the days ahead:

Sunday, May 17

Graduation Recognition Sunday

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Sunday, May 24

Pentecost Sunday

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Mother Suzanne’s Sabbatical Farewell Luncheon

Are you coming to Mother Suzanne's Sabbatical Farewell Luncheon?

LOCATION

Parish Hall after church services

DATE AND TIME

05/24/26 11:30am - 05/24/26 1:30pm America/Chicago

Cartered by Joe's. We'd love to know that your are coming so that we can give a count to Joe's. Brisket, sausage and delicious sides.

I'll Be There!

I Can't Make It

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Sunday, May 31

Ginger Wolfe, IONA Postulant

Last Sunday at Grace

Reception to follow - Grace Provided Smoked Baby Back Ribs & Dessert

Everyone in attendance please bring a small covered dish to share

Come and thank Ginger for all her hard work

over the past year

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June 22-25

Vacation Bible School - Waves of Gratitude

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Parish Hall

Thursday, June 25 - Assist with Mobile Food Pantry

Collect for the Seventh Sunday of Easter

O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

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Join Us On Sunday at 9:00 AM

We'll see you at Sunday's Service, everyone is welcome, so bring friends. Can't make it in person? Join us via YouTube

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Rector's Bible Study Resumes May 19 & May 26

Mother Suzanne teaches an interactive and engaging class. We have just begun a study of the book of Acts. All are welcome, regardless of your knowledge of the Bible.

Tuesdays, 11:15 Parish Hall

Noonday Prayer

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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News in Brief

Recognition and Blessing of Our Graduates

This Sunday at Grace, we will offer a special Recognition and Blessing of Our Graduates during worship as we celebrate this important milestone in their lives. We give thanks for the hard work and accomplishments of Avery Smith, Catherine Jones, and Cormac Hascek as they graduate from high school, and Jenna Trueheart as she graduates from Paul Mitchell The School. Please join us in praying for God’s guidance and blessings as they begin this next chapter.

Memorial Day, Monday, May 25

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping those who serve in our armed forces at home and abroad. As we remember this Memorial Day all those who sacrificed themselves for our nation’s ideals, defend with your heavenly grace all who risk themselves in these times; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

— Book of Common Prayer (revised)

Welcome to the Neighborhood, Charis In Action - A Community Resource Center!

Charis In Action is a newly formed 501(c)(3) charitable organization and partner in ministry alongside Grace Episcopal Church, formed by members of Grace. Once fully up and running, Charis In Action will serve Northern Brazoria County residents by connecting individuals and families with trusted resources, programs, and services that support stability and well-being. From housing and healthcare assistance to counseling referrals, benefits navigation, and other community supports, Charis In Action seeks to help neighbors not only meet challenges, but thrive. We are excited to welcome this new organization to our community.

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Ride the Waves: VBS at Grace, June 22–25

Join us June 22–25 for Waves of Gratitude: Vacation Bible Camp at Grace!

Each morning from 9:00–11:30 AM, children will gather for stories, music, and activities centered on gratitude and faith. On Thursday, we’ll put that into action by helping serve our neighbors through the Mobile Food Pantry.

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Pentecost Sunday at Grace

Join us Sunday, May 24, as we celebrate Pentecost — the birthday of the Church and the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. Wear red as we gather in worship, give thanks for the Spirit’s presence among us, and celebrate the life and mission of the Church together. Pentecost remains one of the great feast days of the Church year and reminds us that God continues to send us out into the world filled with hope, courage, and love.

THE COLLECT OF THE DAY

Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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God’s invitation is not for the select few, but rather for all who long to drink deeply from the well of eternal life. We have all been invited to become God’s children, and to come to drink from Jesus, the living water. And that is good news, no matter where you are from, your situation in life, or what others think of you.

Br. James Koester, Society of Saint John the Evangilist

Next Church in the Streets Mobile Food Pantries - Thursdays, May 21 and 28

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 the homebound

Monthly Update - April 2026

We distributed 95,096 pounds of food to 1,564 families, including 289 homebound deliveries, totaling 4,440 people. We welcomed 54 new families. This was all made possible by the 248 volunteers (including drivers) who showed up to make it happen.

Year-To-Date

Through the end of April, we distributed 338,925 pounds of food from the Houston Food Bank to 5,129 families, with 189 new families coming to us for food. We made a total of 1.009 deliveries. It required 925 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.