Grace Chapel

Grace Chapel In July 1884, Mr. Albert Lewis constructed Grace Chapel at Bear Creek.

A rural Episcopal chapel, designed in the Queen Anne style, it was built by Lewis in memory of his first wife; and the monuments in the adjoining Lewis family cemetery. The non-denominational chapel is open for summer Sunday services as well as Thanksgiving and the Sunday before Christmas Eve.


2022 SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE


June 26: Walter Mitchell
July 3: Ann Tinn

er
July 10: Tony Brooks
July 17: Collin Grooms
July 24: Mark Stuenzi
July 31: Don DeGroat
Aug. 7: Rabbi Kaplan
Aug. 14: Jim Maxwell
Aug. 21: Luke Matthews
Aug. 28: John Gilmer
Sept. 4: Ed Pall
Nov. 24: Thanksgiving Service
Dec. 18: Christmas Service

Merry Christmas. Love, Grace Chapel
12/26/2025

Merry Christmas.

Love,
Grace Chapel

Our Christmas Candelit Service will be held Sunday, December 21st at 4PM. Music by Kim Wertz, service led by Rev. Don De...
12/15/2025

Our Christmas Candelit Service will be held Sunday, December 21st at 4PM. Music by Kim Wertz, service led by Rev. Don DeGroat, and hosted by Marge Katcavage. Special musical solo by Julie Kerrick.
We hope you are all having a blessed Christmas season.

Thanksgiving Service will be held Thursday, November 27th at 10AM. Message by Walter Mitchell, music by Ryan Berry, and ...
11/26/2025

Thanksgiving Service will be held Thursday, November 27th at 10AM. Message by Walter Mitchell, music by Ryan Berry, and service led by Ann Lewis. We hope you can join us for a moment of gratitude and remembrance. 🤍

With the cold weather chilling us, the Bear Creek Grace Chapel Guild has decided to collect NEW winter coats, mittens, a...
11/20/2025

With the cold weather chilling us, the Bear Creek Grace Chapel Guild has decided to collect NEW winter coats, mittens, and hats to provide for needy students in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. NEW adult sizes S- XL, are needed; please place in bins located in the Bear Creek Post Office and/or at Grace Chapel before the 10 a.m. Thanksgiving Day Service.

Thank you. 🙏🏻

This Sunday is our final service of the summer season. Please join us in welcoming John Gilmer to the pulpit at 10AM. Se...
08/31/2025

This Sunday is our final service of the summer season. Please join us in welcoming John Gilmer to the pulpit at 10AM. Service hosted by Barbara Rogers. Special music by barbershop quartets!

Welcome Ed Pall to Grace Chapel this Sunday, August 24th at 10AM! Service hosted by Heidi Cook & Karen Pascavage.
08/20/2025

Welcome Ed Pall to Grace Chapel this Sunday, August 24th at 10AM!
Service hosted by Heidi Cook & Karen Pascavage.

Welcome Tony Brooks! Tony will be back speaking at the chapel this Sunday, August 17th at 10AM. Tony is the director of...
08/12/2025

Welcome Tony Brooks! Tony will be back speaking at the chapel this Sunday, August 17th at 10AM.

Tony is the director of the Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society and curator of the 1793 Zebulon Butler House Museum and is serving his third term as a member of Wilkes-Barre City Council and is currently council’s President.

Thank you, Rev. Donald DeGroat for your message, “Spilling Over” this past Sunday! Rev. Donald DeGroat is a United Metho...
08/12/2025

Thank you, Rev. Donald DeGroat for your message, “Spilling Over” this past Sunday!

Rev. Donald DeGroat is a United Methodist minister retired from the Greater New Jersey Conference since 2011. He is active with retired clergy and does archival work for the annual conference.

This Sunday, August 3rd, we welcome back Rev. Reginald Thomas to the pulpit. Pastor Thomas served as Pastor of Messiah ...
07/30/2025

This Sunday, August 3rd, we welcome back Rev. Reginald Thomas to the pulpit. Pastor Thomas served as Pastor of Messiah PM Church in Bear Creek for over 31 years and has delivered many Christmas messages here at Grace Chapel during that time, before moving out of state. Pastor Thomas retired from the Harleyville Southern Methodist Church in South Carolina and has since relocated back to Pennsylvania.

Our service is hosted by Kim Pfeffer and Lisa Dobbs.
Organ music by Ryan Berry.

We hope you can join us at 10AM this Sunday!

Please join us in welcoming Bear Creek Camp’s Executive Director, Collin Grooms as guest speaker this Sunday, July 27th ...
07/25/2025

Please join us in welcoming Bear Creek Camp’s Executive Director, Collin Grooms as guest speaker this Sunday, July 27th at 10AM.

Service hosted by Tracey O’Day & Gail George.

We hope to see you at Grace Chapel!

Thank you, Luke Matthews and family for a lovely service today!
07/20/2025

Thank you, Luke Matthews and family for a lovely service today!

Please join us in welcoming Luke Matthews to the pulpit this morning! Hostess for today is Rachel Pugh-Blanchard and mus...
07/20/2025

Please join us in welcoming Luke Matthews to the pulpit this morning! Hostess for today is Rachel Pugh-Blanchard and music by Ryan Berry.

Service begins at 10AM.

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15 Chapel Road
Bear Creek Village, PA
18602

Opening Hours

10am - 11am

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