Grace Church Bainbridge Island
2014 Parish Profile
Mission
INCLUSION
We believe that God values and unconditionally loves all people. With Jesus Christ as our model and teacher, we strive together to create an inclusive community. We value and unconditionally welcome all who wish to share our table.
Ann Strickland, Grace Music & Arts Director
DISCOVERY
We believe in a living faith. We are willing to try new things and consider new thoughts to keep our traditions alive and vital. We want to strengthen our relationship to God, both as individuals and as a community. We embrace the challenge of inevitable change, understanding that our growth may not be easy, but trusting and remaining open to God’s future for us.
Olivia and Cole, active with Grace Youth Programs
SERVICE
We believe in a shared ministry in which clergy and laity serve and lead together. We look on our church community as an extended family. We accept the responsibility and welcome the privilege of sharing our gifts, resources and lives with each other, our larger community, and the world.
Mark Kruse, Outreach Committee
GRATITUDE
We believe in the fundamental goodness of Creation and the original blessing of life. With a grateful heart, we commit ourselves to praising God, to conserving the natural world, and to experiencing the beauty and simplicity of creation through our Grace community and our daily relationships.
Florrie Munat, Pastoral Care Leadership Team
Grace Episcopal Church | Bainbridge Island, WA
For Further Information please contact Joan Anthony,
Canon to the Ordinary, Diocese of Olympia