Community Life
Fall 2024
We are grateful and delighted to have the Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson, a Lutheran pastor, leading two Eucharist services a month here at Grace through December. This is possible because the ELCA and the Episcopal Church have an Agreement of Full Communion, passed by our governing bodies in 1999. Our churches have done this in response to our Lord’s prayer that all may be one. Our growing unity enables our churches to engage more fully and more faithfully the mission of God in world.
July 2024
While our church’s red doors have removed for desperately needed repairs by a local carpenter who specializes in restoration, the same warm welcome is to be found inside!
Easter Sunday 2023
Alleluia, Christ is risen.
The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia
Bishop’s Visitation
Bishop Betsey Monnot made her first visit to Grace Episcopal Church on February 12, 2023. She was accompanied by the Rev. Diane Eddy, deacon.
A brunch in the undercroft followed the service.
Nordic Fest Performances
Robert Wolf’s Driftless Dreams: A Play for Voices was performed at Grace on July 29 and 30, 2022, by The Bridge, a newly formed theater group.. The play reflects the culture and heritage of rural America, focusing on the Driftless region of the Midwest. Its subject matter ranges from farms and farming life to Mississippi Rover towns to the character of rural America. Freewill donations went to support the restoration of Grace’s stained glass windows.
Christmas Eve 2020
Grace members gathered outside for a cold but joyous Christmas Eve Eucharist around a brightly burning fire.
The Rt. Rev. Betsey Monnot
Bishop Betsey Monnot
The Rev. Elizabeth Monnot was consecrated on December 18th, 2021, becoming Iowa’s 10th Bishop.