Grace Church

06/14/2026

Juneteenth Eucharist and Public Vigil June 14

Cathedral Church of St. Paul



This Sunday, June 14, the Cathedral Church of St. Paul will hold a Juneteenth Eucharist for their 10 a.m. service. Bishop Shannon will preside and Archdeacon Susan McMillan will preach.

As a part of the service, the Cathedral Choir will perform the Paul Halley's Freedom Trilogy, featuring Bishop Shannon as the soloist.

The service will be live streamed on the Cathedral's YouTube channel.

Following the Eucharist, a vigil for racial justice will be held at the corner of Battery and Pearl. Special for Juneteenth, the vigil will include readings about liberation and Juneteenth, as well as time in silence both standing and kneeling. This event is not a protest. Those wishing to sit for the vigil are welcome to bring chairs.

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, recognizes the day of the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas: June 19, 1865. Juneteenth was made a federal holiday in 2021 and is celebrated annually on June 19.

03/27/2026

Palm Sunday service is at 10am at Grace. Here is the schedule for the rest of Holy Week. Please join us.

01/31/2026

SPIRITUAL MEDICS

We are living in the heart of transformation. Things are changing around us and within us at a rapid rate. We are in times of conflict and loss, of pain and struggle. Anger and blame are endemic.

Wherever you find yourself, I want to offer you something positive you can do. Something we can all do together.

I have committed myself to be a spiritual medic in these days of chaos. I hope you will join me and become one too.

If you do, here is what you will commit to for the duration of the turmoil:

To sustain the healing of creation.
To connect with others with intentionality.
To pray protection each day at noon.
To help diminish suffering.

What these four commitments mean will be up to you, and every other medic, to decide. In the days to come I will post some reflections on each one as four guiding principles, but I leave the comments section off because we are not an organization. There is no hierarchy. All are welcome and all needed. Our purpose will soon be clear.

Please share this invitation with others you know who are living in this vision already.

I am a senior citizen in the Choctaw Nation, but I speak only for myself. I want to offer everyone something tangible, something important, they can do to bend change toward hope.

Steven Charleston

01/30/2026

A letter from our Bishop Shannon

Dear Beloveds, In these last three weeks, I have struggled with what to say or write. Part of this struggle has been trying to keep my thoughts succinct, but I believe you deserve to read them in full. I sat down to write something many times since the murder of Renee Nicole Good. I’ve started...