Our Mission
At Grace Church, we worship God, learn from Christ, love one another and work together to transform lives and participate in God’s mission of reconciliation and new creation.
As it says in The Book of Common Prayer, the mission of the Church is "to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ." While it is the work of God to reconcile, restore and re-create, the Church is a partner in that mission. We are the "body of Christ", his hands at work in the world right now. Here at Grace Church Millbrook we are doing our best to worship God, follow Jesus, grow in love and serve the world. Join us. It's good work.
As it says in The Book of Common Prayer, the mission of the Church is "to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ." While it is the work of God to reconcile, restore and re-create, the Church is a partner in that mission. We are the "body of Christ", his hands at work in the world right now. Here at Grace Church Millbrook we are doing our best to worship God, follow Jesus, grow in love and serve the world. Join us. It's good work.
A Movement with Deep Roots
As Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has said, "Jesus did not start an institution; he started a movement." At Grace Church Millbrook, we think of our work as part of that movement. We trace our roots to Jesus, St Peter, St Paul and the other apostles, the early creedal church, the Roman Catholic branch, the Church of England (catholic and reformed), and the American Revolution. Our parish goes back to 1867, before Millbrook was established, and our beautiful sanctuary was built in 1901. Our people come from here, there and everywhere. We welcome you, whoever you are and wherever you are on your journey toward God and truth.
A Church with Open Doors
Our doors are open. Our minds too. As St. Paul encouraged, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2). At Grace Church, we welcome all who come through our doors. We affirm the equality of LGBTQ people and relationships, we are committed to protecting the rights of immigrants, and we denounce racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism, islamophobia, and other forms of hate. We also welcome members of other faiths or those who are seeking for spiritual meaning on their own, and believe there is much to be learned from interfaith dialogue. We seek to build loving community both at our parish and in the broader world.
