— Church Office Hours —
Mondays: Closed
Tuesdays: 9:30-4:00
Wednesdays: 9:30-4:00
Thursdays: 9:30-1:30
Fridays: 9:30-1:30
— Grace’s Mission Statement —
“ Grace Church exists as a diverse community of the Body of Christ,
to serve Jesus Christ our Lord.
Our mission is to nurture and develop
each individual to reach out and share God’s love.”
— Grace’s Vision Statement —
“At Grace Church, we seek to live as a community of Christians,
where the empowering presence of the living God
may be encountered in our welcome to all,
in our love and service to each other
and in reaching out to share God’s love in the world.”
We invite you to make Grace your spiritual home.
Together we can grow in spirit and service.
Our worship services and Christian formation meetings are held
at the corner of Merrimon Avenue and Ottari Street in North Asheville . . .
Our ministry is in the World.
The Life of Grace
LATEST SERMON
Upcoming Dates for Your Calendar:
Wiggle Church
Follows the Children’s Moment/Scavenger Hunt at the start of Sunday worship and will continue to be available through August. A super fun activity for children ages 5-12, it’s an opportunity for children to join two adult supervisors for fun and recreation on our new playground or in the parish hall, depending on weather. Then, everyone is welcomed back to the sanctuary for communion. Kids, come work out those wiggles!
Children at Grace. Children are always welcome and encouraged to join us in worship. There is also a nursery for children age 0-4.
● Every person is created with inherent worth.
● We are called to love our neighbor.
● Peace is not passive; it is something we actively seek and embody.
● Unity is stronger than division.
Please join us on the hillside in front of the church for fifteen minutes beginning at 6:00 p.m. Feel free to bring signs of peace.
Monday Morning Bible Study is taking a summer hiatus.
Be sure to join us when classes resume August 18.
Called to Bless –
Restoring God’s Ministry of Blessing
On Saturday, August 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In the parish hall of Grace Fr. John Rice will teach how speaking words of blessing is praying for the fullness of God’s intentions to be released in a person’s life.
This workshop will lay the biblical foundation for blessing prayer, with the essentials being taught and practiced. God calls us to be women and men of blessing.
Email or call the Grace Church office to register by August 15.
“We are called to bless one another
(I Peter 3:9)”
Come Join the Fun August 23!
The annual end-of-summer, back-to-school
“Welcome Back Celebration.”
BE SURE TO BRING A FRIEND!!!
We’ll enjoy the Playground, a Waterslide, and a Cookout.
● Recognition of teachers and school personnel plus a blessing of the backpacks and teacher briefcases during worship.
● Cookout courtesy of Men of the Church and lots of end-of-summer fun following the service.
Bring swim suits and towels for the kids, your favorite side dish or dessert to share and picnic blanket and or camp chairs.
The rest is provided. See you there!
Contacting Rev. Robert:
Soaking Prayer, Wednesdays 12 Noon.
In a chaotic world, this quiet service softens the hard edges of life, allowing for a few minutes of peace and healing in the safety and caring comfort of friends. Give yourself time to simply open yourself to the flow of God’s loving presence.
Taizé at Grace!
Grace’s Taizé-styled service of Prayers and Songs is offered every Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m.
If you are familiar with Taizé or are new to this worship style we welcome you!
Please join us for an hour of respite that is sure to refresh you, away from the busy-ness of everyday life and
in a contemplative solemn space that can prepare you to offer more peace to the world.
Sunday Holy Eucharist Services at 10:30 a.m.
Sunday In-Person Services are now open to all (Masks are optional). Services will also be LiveStreamed, accessible through the Grace Church Asheville YouTube Channel, found HERE. Access the service bulletins through links at the top of our home page, or in the description of each service.
Safe Shelter
Safe Shelter is a collaboration between Trinity United Methodist Church, Grace Covenant Presbyterian, Grace Episcopal Church and Counterflow. We provide twenty beds for our community’s unsheltered on a nightly basis. Ten of these beds are reserved for intact families, meaning that families with children no longer need to choose between staying together or accessing shelter.
Grace has been providing the Monday evening meal for some time now — our regular “Taco Mondays” are quite popular with the residents, as are the special monthly musical spaghetti dinners and bimonthly pork loin feasts. If you’d like to help out, please sign up here and/or contact Tahani Sticpewich (tahaniweb@gmail.com) or Kim Hayes (kimhys53@gmail.com).
Please consider volunteering or donating a meal at Safe Shelter. We would love for you to join us for a family-style dinner any day of the week.
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 2:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m. with dinner served at 5:30 p.m.,
and Saturday/Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m. with dinner served at 6:30 p.m.
Drop in Hours: – Monday-Friday, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
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“We are told by the rulers of our day that the rich shall be first; that compassion is a weakness; that we should regard the migrants and strangers among us with fear and contempt. But I ask us all to see that our true citizenship is in God’s kingdom, where the meek shall inherit the earth, the merciful shall receive mercy, and the captives shall go free.”
— Archbishop Sean Rowe
“Welcoming the stranger is not a political act—it’s a sacred obligation. When immigrants walk through our church doors, they’re not entering as outsiders; they are stepping into the heart of our faith, where their dignity and stories are embraced as reflections of God’s love.”
— Julia Ayala Harris, president of The Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies.
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The Last Sunday after the Epiphany, February 15, 2026 – Rev. Hartmans
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