What Is in a Name?
Our church was named In the era of linen and lace At Grove and Tuxedo They named it Grace. For decades and a century We ran the Biblical race In this our church home…
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A Memory
Grace Presbyterian Church had a pipe organ. Occasionally a pipe would stick during rehearsal or before a service. Cliff would send Jack up into the pipes to find the problem. This happened on…
The Stone Church
In the way of introduction, I grew up at Grace Presbyterian Church, from the Cradle Roll all through Sunday School and youth groups, and I even taught Sunday School at Grace while I was…
Passion Play, April 1992
On Good Friday, April 19, 1992 The congregation of Grace Presbyterian Church presented a Passion Play titled “Was Jesus the Messiah, the Christ?” in celebration of the church’s 100th Anniversary. It was written, cast,…
A Christmas Eve Wedding
Before the last flareup was extinguished, news of the fire at Grace Presbyterian Church had begun to spread across the country and around the world. People from all over sent donations to the rebuilding…
We Knew Every Corner
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…
Grace Church Was the Most Beautiful Church
[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…
Wreckage Over Worship
Fire ascending from the basement as the office floorboard caved in to infiltrate the sanctuary. A place of worship now a warzone of missing casualties and shattered faith. Shattered like stained glass windows erupting…
We Will Ring the Bell Again
When I walked to the church about three hours after the fire had started and looked at the sanctuary smoldering, the windows gone, a gap where the roof had been, my heart sank. This…
A Story of Grace
Dear Pastor Robin and Community of Grace Church, Having just made a donation to support the church’s rebuilding, I wanted to reach out to share a story of the Divine Grace communicated to my…
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153 Grove Street
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
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