Please join us for our Sunday service each Sunday at 10:30am
(In-Person or via Zoom)
At Grace, you’ll find a church that practices radical hospitality, has a strong tradition of social justice, and proclaims the inclusivity of the Gospel. For more than a century, Grace has embraced and served our changing community, pouring our hearts into various missions.
Worship Style & Services
Grace Woodlawn is a Eucharist-centered, Anglo-Catholic parish. We celebrate Mass each Sunday at 10:30 am using Rite II. Although we have been flexible in worship styles through our interim process, most parishioners prefer a formal sung liturgy with smells and bells.
Through music, incense, reverent ceremonial movement, and chanted prayers, the High Church style of worship appeals to all senses in an attempt to create a numinous environment that elevates the worship experience beyond the norms of everyday life, and allows us to feel that we have experienced something of the Divine.
High Feast Days have historically been celebrated at Grace, including the Feast of Corpus Christi. A small choir and dedicated organ master provide music that facilitates the flow of the High Mass. To make the service welcoming to our Peruvian members, the Spanish Gospel is read after the English Gospel, and several Spanish phrases are used within the liturgy.
Pre-pandemic, a Low Mass with Eucharist was held each Tuesday morning before Food Pantry distribution for any who wished to attend. Low Mass is also offered weekly to GraceWorks summer program participants.
Christian Formation
Grace provides some Christian Formation offerings year-round and others specifically associated with the liturgical year. The main adult Christian Formation offering for Grace takes the form of Education for Ministry (EfM) classes on Tuesday evenings, although other opportunities for adult formation are held throughout the year.