Grace Church in the Mountains - Waynesville, NC
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  • Home
  • Worship
    • Sermons
    • Serving on Sundays
    • Daily Office
  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Staff
    • Vestry >
      • Annual Meeting
      • Missional Priorities
      • Communication Guidelines
      • By-Laws
      • Minutes
    • Calendar
    • Gallery >
      • 2020 Picnic & Baptisms Gallery
      • Blessing of the Animals 2018
      • Faces of Grace
      • Bishop José's Visit
  • Serve
    • Congregational Care
    • Outreach >
      • Food Pantry
      • Grace Giving Garden
      • Resources
    • Creation Care Ministry
    • Memorial Garden >
      • Pet Wall
    • Daughters of the King
    • Marthas
    • Buildings and Grounds
  • Learn
    • Resources
    • Adult Education
    • EfM (Education for Ministry)
    • Centering Prayer
  • Give
    • Ways to Give
    • Generosity
    • Inspiring Hope Annual Campaign >
      • Pledge to Inspiring Hope (Treasure)
      • Pledge to Inspiring Hope (Time & Talent )
    • Stewardship Statement
    • Inspiring Hope through Art
    • Endowment
    • Stock Donations
  • Music
  • Resources
    • Positions Available
    • Forms >
      • Prayer Requests
      • Membership Database Information Form
      • Nametag Order Form
      • Nursery/Sunday School Registration
      • Application for Rent/Use of Facilities
      • Application for Fundraising Activity Event

Memorial Garden

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The Memorial Garden at Grace Church in the Mountains is a place of beauty, peace and reverence.  Benches set among the lush plantings provide visitors with places for quiet contemplation.
The concept of interment or burial in consecrated ground is very old.  On earth, the church is the center of a Christian’s life through baptism, confirmation, worship and fellowship.  Subsequently, a Christian’s death and burial is also church centered.  Planning a hallowed place of interment continues the ancient Christian tradition of maintaining the mortal remains of members of the Christian community on the grounds of the church.
In ancient Rome, a columbarium was a nesting place for doves.  But when early Christians who were relegated to the catacombs began using cliff-side niches to seal away ashes of the faithful departed, the word assumed a new meaning, compartments for storage of cremated remains.  Grace Church in the Mountains holds true to Christian tradition by accommodating those who choose the sanctity of their church as an enduring place of rest.
 
The following links are the covenants that govern the use of the Memorial Garden and Columbarium:
  • Memorial Garden Policies
  • Memorial Garden Agreement and Invoice Form
  • Return Request


Worship on Sundays
8:00 on Zoom (link above)
9:15 Adult formation (links above)
10:30 on Zoom (link above)

Friday
9:00 Morning Prayer on FB Live
Grace Church in the Mountains
394 N. Haywood Street, Waynesville, North Carolina 28786 • Phone: (828) 456-6029   Email: admin@gracewaynesville.com
Pastoral Care Emergency Line for Members:  (828)
558-0246
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