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Weekly News from Grace Episcopal Church
Published July 24, 2020
Worship With Grace

Sunday services are pre-recorded and posted to our website and our Facebook page early Sunday morning.

Please join us at a time that suits you and your family. And… be sure to invite a friend to join the service.
Worship Sunday, July 24

The Holy Eucharist

The Service will be posted on our webside ( www.GraceKirkwood.org ) and

Recordings will also be available on our website all day.

Be sure to join Fr. Todd for
Virtual Coffee Hour on Zoom at 11 a.m.


A death in the parish family…

Dickie Landsdown Davis
1928 – 2020

Dickie Landsdown Davis passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020. She is predeceased by her husband, William C. J. Davis.

Dickie is survived by her daughters, Dee (Ludwig) Loris and Dana Weis and by her grandchildren, Kirsten and Michael Weis. The family have been members of Grace Church for over 20 years.

A private inurnment will be held in the Grace Church Columbarium.

Give rest, O Christ, to your servant
Dickie with your saints,
where sorrow and pain are no more,
neither sighing, but life everlasting.
With Grace & Gratitude
Have you noticed Grace's Blessing Box? It is located near the front circular drive lately? It is filled with books. Readers are regularly stopping and adding books or taking books so the selections change. 

You simply open the box and take a book. Return it when you are finished reading so someone else can enjoy it or add a new book! Check it out!

Parishioner AJ Wallach constructed the box for his Eagle Scout project.
Thank you to AJ!
Thank you to the anonymous person or persons who left the beautiful flower pots in the columbarium.

And, thank you to the anonymous person or persons who has been keeping them watered and looking beautiful!

Upkeep is critical when leaving and plants in the columbarium and your efforts are appreciated by many families!
Thank you to our church school students who planted the marigold seeds early last spring and transferred the seedlings to our flowerbeds later in the spring.

Your plants are thriving and have given our front flower beds a lot of color.

Drive by and see them!
Grace Reaching Out:

KirkCare Food Donations

Due to Covid-19 Grace parishioners are not able to drop food for KirkCare in the hunger barrel in the parish hall.

KirkCare has recently placed donation drops at the Kirkwood Farmers Market and at the Kirkwood Train Station! Please take your donations to one of these sites.

KirkCare thanks the Grace Church family for their continuing support!

The need is great.



Virtual Coffee Hour

Connect with other parishioners each Sunday at 11 a.m. service via Zoom

Sundays at 11 a.m

Parish Chat with Fr. Todd

Join Fr Todd and other parishioners for an informal chat each Thursday at 1 p.m.. Catch up on what is happening at Grace and connect old friends or make a new friend.

Thursdays at 1 p.m.

To Join: 




Morning Prayer

Rite II (BCP p. 75)

Begin your day with the service of Morning Prayer each Tuesday via Zoom.

Tuesdays 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday Book Group

The Tuesday Book Group gathers to read and discuss books via Zoom each Tuesday morning. The group is also very pastoral among its members and regularly prays for the people of our parish.

The book group is currently reading The Boston Girl.


Tuesdays 10 a.m.

Men's Breakfast

Connect with other men of the parish each Wednesday morning at 8 a.m Grab a cup of coffee and join the group via Zoom

Wednesdays 8 a.m.





Sign into Realm

Update your personal information and/or access the online membership directory.

If you have not set up your Realm account, please email the parish office at [email protected]
with your full name, birth date, and e-mail address and you will be sent a personal invitation.

Pastoral Care Continues at Grace

Pastoral Care is available. Fr. Todd is the only person making face-to-face pastoral calls for those in need. As always, in cases of severe illness, hospitalization, when a person is near death, or at the death of a member of Grace, please notify Fr. Todd or the parish office as soon as possible in order to secure the ministrations of the church. 

For a pastoral need you may call/text Fr. Todd at 314-365-1964. He will also continue to be available for individual and family face-to-face pastoral/spiritual care, both in his office or in your home. Please contact him for an appointment.
Prayer List

Parish List
Shelly Burklow
David Fly 
Carol Guarino       
Mary Etta Heggie                            
Alice Jones                 
Marilyn & Joel Monson
Dick Russell
Ben Voller & the Voller Family
Jane Webster

Friends & Family
Keith Baker
Jan Erdman
Cindy Hein
Emily Major 
Nancy Simpson
Karla Stutsman                                    
Kelly Thompson 

Prayer list requests and updates should be e-mailed to the parish office.

Names will be left on the prayer list for one month unless the parish office is notified.
Birthdays

July 27
Dick Entenmann
Dick Russell
Christy Weir

July 31
WyattChadwick

August 2
Dee Loris
Michele Nicosia


Anniversaries
July 29
Wendy & Chris Ludbrook
Jenn & Jim Wethington

August 2
Tina & Brian Roche

August 6
Chris & Greg Ludbrook





Give to Grace When You Shop on Amazon

Shop at Amazon Smile and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to Grace Church—no fees, no extra cost.
Click on the link below and enter Grace Church Kirkwood when prompted for your charity.

You keep the same Amazon account you always use and give to Grace (or the charity of your choice) at the same time. This can also be done by clicking on the “give” tab on our website. It is easy. It is free. It supports the mission and ministries of Grace Church.

Please note the Amazon.com website link is different for Amazon Smile. Shopping during the regular Amazon.com will not generate a donation. Always shop using Smile.Amazon.com.

Click below to get started...
Online Giving

We are grateful to everyone who is keeping their pledge current. Your generosity is gratifying and inspiring. Grace will continue to be in ministry with you and our church community. We can keep the lights on now. When the time is right, we will be prepared and look forward to being fully engaged in all ministries again. To give online please click the link below and checks may be mailed to 514 East Argonne, Kirkwood, MO 63122. If you are out of work and unable to make your pledge, we understand. Please let the parish office know.

Giving is easier than ever. Just click below.

Select your desired fund from the drop down menu
and follow the prompts to complete your donation.
Sunday, July 26: The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost

O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.


Genesis 29:15-28
Psalm 105:1-11, 45b
Romans 8:26-39
Matthew 13:31-33,44-52
Grace Episcopal Church
514 East Argonne Drive
314-821-1806