Established in 1851 as a mission church, Grace Episcopal Church recently celebrated 150 years of service in Christ. The original church sanctuary was destroyed by fire in 1901 and subsequently rebuilt in 1904 where it now stands as one of the more beautiful and historic old churches in our area. An extensive renovation was completed during our Sesquicentennial celebration which included the installation of a new Zimmer pipe organ. 

Grace Episcopal Church has established itself as "the little church that could" with a rich history of active community involvement. Many service projects got their start at Grace, including The Anderson Head Start Program, the Soup Kitchen, Parents Anonymous, Meals on Wheels, The Anderson Sunshine House (for homeless families), and Anderson Interfaith Ministries (an ecumenical service agency), to name a few. 

We experience worship in a beautiful setting. Our church, on the National Historic Register, is a Gothic Victorian structure that was built around the turn of the century near the center of the city of Anderson. The church seats approximately 225 worshippers. We recently added a new sacristy.

The Morris House contains our nursery, choir room, children’s chapel and some of the church school classrooms. There is a doorway in the Morris House leading to the cloister. Between the Morris House and the church is the memorial garden.

Connecting the church to the Morris House is the administrative wing with offices, a parlor, a kitchen and a large parish hall, as well as our library and church school classrooms. We are especially proud of a mural in our parish hall depicting scenes from the Old Testament that was painted by local artist and Grace member Connie Thompson.

Two of the scenes from the mural in the parish hall.

Behind the church we have a children’s playground. Improvements were made in 2006 and we share this playground with the community.

One of the major objectives of our Strategic Long-Range plan is to maximize the use of our existing physical plant and to grow where possible.