This year's Lenten series is everything [in] between: Meeting God in the midst of extremes from A Sanctified Art. This series allows the Gospel of Luke to guide us through Lent, beginning with Jesus setting his face toward Jerusalem (Luke 9:51) and flowing through several familiar stories—the Good Samaritan, Mary and Martha, the fruitless fig tree, the Lost Sheep, Zacchaeus, and more. Through this sermon series, devotionals, and small groups, we will navigate the polarities in our lives with more faith, intention, and openness to being transformed.

Small Groups

Small groups will meet for five weeks starting the week of March 9th. For more information or to register, visit www.graceumc-stl.org/smallgroup. Devotionals are available at the church for anyone who wants one (no small group participation required).

Palm Sunday

On Sunday, April 13th, we begin Holy Week with Palm Sunday services at 8:30am and 10:30am.  The 10:30 service will feature a noisy palm parade, which will start at 10:20am near the glass doors next to the parking lot.

Maundy Thursday

Grace UMC will share a Maundy Thursday  meal and worship service with our siblings at New Horizons UMC. More information coming soon!

Good Friday

Join Grace UMC at 7pm  on Friday, April 18th for a Good Friday service featuring scripture, meditation and Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of Christ” performed by the Arianna String Quartet.

Easter Sunday

Join Grace UMC on Sunday, April 20th for a full morning of fun and celebration! We'll start at 9am  with a hot breakfast in Fellowship Hall, followed at 9:30am by kids' crafts, egg hunt, and Easter story. Our Easter Sunday worship service featuring special music will be held at 10:30am. 

Special Easter Offering: Welcome Neighbor STL

Welcome Neighbor STL has been designated as the recipient of this year’s special Easter offering. The mission of Welcome Neighbor STL is to partner with refugee and immigrant families, connecting them with the people and opportunities that will empower them to build and live their best life in their new country. Their programs provide housing, employment support, literacy training and essential services to newly arrived refugees who no longer have agency resettlement support. For the past couple of years, Catherine Winn and Pauline Kim have headed up a team at Grace that has partnered with a Welcome Neighbor refugee family from Afghanistan. Grace has also hosted Welcome Neighbor supper clubs. You may give by putting your offering in the special giving envelope on Easter Sunday, using the Special Offering Christmas/Easter envelope on Faith Teams, or writing Easter Offering or Welcome Neighbor STL in your check memo line.