(Click Event Details button to activate links). Grace UMC Senior Pastor Michelle Shrader has developed a 40-Day Scripture Reading Plan to accompany the book “The Third Day” by Rev. Tom Berlin, Resident Bishop of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, used as our main devotional throughout Lent. You can order a copy of the Bishop’s book on Amazon or wherever…
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES:
Services at 9 & 11 AM in the Sanctuary & Available Online
65 Needle Boulevard
In the Heart of Merritt Island, FL
Services at 9 & 11 AM in the Sanctuary & Available Online
65 Needle Boulevard
In the Heart of Merritt Island, FL
Easter & Lent
Easter Cantata
- March 29, 2026
- 4:30 pm
- Grace E & A Building, Room 212
- 65 Needle Blvd, Merritt Island, FL 32953
Palm Sunday at Grace will include a special performance of composer John Rutter’s iconic “Requiem” conducted by choir director Nick Barth and featuring members of the Grace Choir, singing friends from throughout our community, and an ensemble of musicians. Singers are asked to please register through the online form no later than Monday, March 16 to participate and should be able to…
Maundy Thursday Service
- April 2, 2026
- 6:30 pm
- Grace Sanctuary
- 65 Needle Blvd, Merritt Island, FL 32953
Continue the journey to Easter Sunday at this special service that commemorates the Last Supper with His disciples where Jesus began the Eucharist and washed his disciples’ feet. “Maundy” is derived from the Latin word mandatum, meaning “command,” and it refers to the “new commandment” Jesus shared with his disciples at the meal to “love one another.”
Good Friday Service
- April 3, 2026
- 6:30 pm
- Grace Sanctuary
- 65 Needle Blvd, Merritt Island, FL 32953
Holy Week services preparing our heart for Easter continue with this somber reminder of Jesus giving his life so that we might have eternal life. The congregation is traditionally asked to leave in silence as we embrace a spirit of contemplation before we return to celebrate the resurrection at Easter Sunday Services.
Easter Egg Hunt
- April 4, 2026
- 10:00 am
- Grace United Methodist
- 65 Needle Blvd, Merritt Island, FL 32953
Celebrate the season at this egg hunt for children from toddlers through 6th grade on the church grounds. Open to the community. Please bring your own basket. Activities will include crafts.
Easter Sunday Services
- April 5, 2026
- Sunrise: 6:30 AM; Traditional: 9 AM; Modern: 11 AM
- Grace United Methodist
- 65 Needle Blvd, Merritt Island, FL 32953
The Easter celebration begins with a Sunrise service on the church grounds at 6:30 AM, followed by a traditional service at 9 AM and modern worship at 11 AM, with Sunday School in the middle at 10 AM. Be sure to bring your flowers to decorate our wooden cross outside the church and take family photos by our Easter greeting display.