Grace Episcopal Church - Elmira, NY
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N 42° 05.283 W 076° 48.836
18T E 349979 N 4661144
"The Mission of Grace Church is to celebrate the Glory of God in the Grace of Jesus Christ through Worship, Outreach, and Pastoral Care, nurtured in the Anglo-Catholic tradition."
Waymark Code: WMRE1A
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2016
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Grace Episcopal Church
375 West Church Street
Elmira, NY 14905
"Consider the situation of that day 134 years ago . . . . A little over a year had passed since forty-seven families had left the Parish of Trinity Church (Elmira). The reasons they left have been convoluted over time, but history essentially records this break for reasons of worship practices and of conscience regarding the issue of slavery. A mere seven months had passed since these families had received official permission from Bishop Horatio Potter to establish Grace Church Parish in the Diocese of New York. The Diocese of Central New York would not be established for four more years...the Catholic Revival, as influenced by the principles of the Oxford Movement in the Church of England, in Elmira through Grace Church (this is commemorated on a plaque in the Lady Chapel). The focus on the Sacramental life of the Church — that is, those rites which convey to us the “outward and visible signs of God’s inward and spiritual grace” ...this magnificent second building was begun in 1904 and consecrated on All Saints’ Day in 1908."