Grace Presbyterian Church of Montclair hosts periodic crafting get-togethers so that the crafters in the Grace community can spend some time in fellowship admiring one another’s work and supporting one another. These events are…
Beginning in the spring of 2023, renovation work at the manse has been going on at a steady pace. The kitchen was completely refitted with new cabinets, quartz countertops, and appliances. A new energy-efficient…
The Sunday School Didn’t Miss a Beat On August 15, 2023, before the fire at our church building was completely extinguished, several local Grace Church families organized a lemonade stand and raised hundreds of…
Friends of Grace Carries On Before the fire on August 15, the last public event in Grace Presbyterian Church’s building on Grove and Tuxedo was a community meal hosted by Friends of Grace. Like…
I’m not sure whether my prayer life changes too much during times of transition and change, albeit admittedly there’s a lot more sighing going on. A clergy friend once remarked to me that a…
A troubling word—change. It loosens the chains that have arranged our lives by ourselves, by others, by troubling things or issues we cannot control. Foolishly, we think we can standing on the known, comfortable…
Four Montclair-area churches have come together to create two youth groups: One for grades six through eight and one for grades nine through twelve.
We knew every corner of that church. As youth groups do, playing round after round of “sardines” and hide and seek in an empty church. Thrilling fun, opening closets and crawling under tables, hiding…
[Editor’s note: This story was originally sent to Marcia (Missey) Draper, a long-time member of Grace, who then submitted it to Stories of Grace. You can hear Elisabeth Leggett Richards reading this story by clicking…
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