Welcome to the Fall 2024 issue of Grace upon Grace! This past June Pastor Robin encouraged us to take rest and Sabbath seriously, so we asked you, the Grace community, to tell us how you rested and recreated this summer. Did you travel? Did you bring a book and a chair to a local park or sit in your backyard with your feet in a splash pool? Did you experience awe or joy or a sense of God’s presence, or did you just have fun with friends and family? We invite you to read some of what the Grace family has been up to. As always we also include some missions updates, news, and events we think might interest you.
How We Spent Our Summer Vacations
- “Living According to the Seasons” by Pastor Robin Miller Currás
- “What We Did on Summer Vacation” by our Sunday School children
- “Sabbath Keeping” by Pamela Leggett
- “Summer Rejuvenation” by Emy Kamihara
- “Mostly” by Sandra Duguid-Gerstman
- “Mount Sinai” by Henry Gerstman
- “Birding or Bust” by Pat Walsh
Missions Updates
- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Upstate New York (Cathy Craig)
- Restore Ministries Summer Update (Linwood Bagby)
News and Events
- One Year Anniversary of the Fire
- Searching for a Pastor, Readying the Manse
- Raising the Roof and More
- Amazin’ Grace Softball Team Wins the Championship
Stories of Grace
Days after Grace Presbyterian Church’s building caught fire and our world was turned upside down, Pastor Robin, Victor Peterson, and April Sliwak (once a member, always a good friend of Grace) were together at the church telling and listening to one another’s stories of Grace. This conversation gave birth to the idea of asking people to tell their stories, then sharing those stories available with the church community.
- What Is in a Name?
- A Memory
- ReOpening Dorz
- The Stone Church
- Passion Play, April 1992
- A Christmas Eve Wedding
- We Knew Every Corner
- Grace Church Was the Most Beautiful Church
- Wreckage Over Worship
- We Will Ring the Bell Again
- A Story of Grace
- Grace Found Here
- The Gospel Story in Stained Glass
- Church Windows
- Grace Church Amazing Ministry
- Comments related to the fire from social media and other sources
- “A New Thing” by Emy Kamihara
- “A Prayer on Behalf of Grace” from Noroton Presbyterian Church
About Grace upon Grace
Past Issues of Grace upon Grace
- Summer 2020: Grace Responds to COVID-19
- Fall 2020: Social Justice
- Advent 2020: Waiting in Hope
- Spring 2021: Rising
- Summer 2021: Open Doors
- Fall 2021: A Time for Everything
- Advent 2021: Journey
- Spring 2022: Sorrow and Loss
- Summer 2022: Discernment and Growth
- Fall 2022: Storytelling
- Spring 2023: Kindness
- Summer 2023: Our Mission
- Fall 2023: Praying through Change
- Winter 2024–2024: Missions from Montclair to Madagascar
- Spring 2024: Celebrating Gospel Music