Joanna Mockler

An interview with Joanna Mockler — Widowed suddenly in her fifties (her husband, Coleman Mockler, was CEO of Gillette), Joanna was propelled into overwhelming transitions requiring flexibility, wisdom and courage. She has used the subsequent decades to nurture her family, serve at Grace Chapel, travel as a board member of World Vision, and make a difference on the board of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Joanna will share with us what God has taught her about trusting Him in making hard choices. In her ever humble, loving, wise ways she embodies this statement, which is our theme for the month: “As believers, we’re called to leave a weighty, permanent imprint of God’s love, goodness and forgiveness on the world wherever we go, for as long as we walk on this earth.”


 

EPIC Christmas Castle

Gordon MacDonald

November 15th – Gordon MacDonald will be our guest speaker. Gordon is well-known throughout the Christian community as an author, global speaker, pastor, and most recently chancellor for Denver Seminary.  His topic at our meeting will be: Heroes I Have Known.  You won’t want to miss Gordon’s wisdom and insight as we join together for food, interaction, encouragement and inspiration.

EPIC Circle with Gail MacDonald

Future Schedule and Speakers for 2019-2020: (all dates are Friday evenings from 7:00-9:00pm):  November 15: Gordon MacDonald January 24: Joanna Mockler March 13: Panel of Experts May 8: Bruce Wall June 12: Praise Sing and Potluck

If you are unacquainted with EPIC, read on...

EPIC is a group of boomers, early retirees, and empty-nesters who want to make a difference for the sake of God’s Kingdom and for the flourishing of the world. We seek to energize and mobilize our generation to live lives of significant love, wise influence, and generous involvement. We envision this as a missional community, used by God. “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 3:13b-14

EPIC is designed for those who want to be active and involved—whether single or married, whether from Lexington or any other GC campus. Others from beyond our congregation are warmly invited and more than welcome to participate. While the nine Friday evening EPIC gatherings are easily identifiable and the visible “tip of the iceberg,” it is our hope and intention that the actions and involvement of our people between gatherings is the “iceberg below the surface,” the product or fruit of our community.

EPIC: Inspiring Lives of Significance
For boomers, early retirees, and empty nesters
COMMUNITY * INSPIRATION * INVOLVEMENT

Our ministry offices are located at:
3 Militia Drive
Lexington, MA 02421
www.grace.org
781-862-6499

Fall 2019 EPIC Fall Walk

Fall Walk at the Minuteman National Park

More photos in this album.

John Rowland

  

Participants and Friends,

Our 2019 kick-off gathering is this Friday, October 4, from 7-9pm in the Lexington campus Courtyard. This is a meeting you won't want to miss as we launch another exciting year of EPIC!

• Come for community and relationships (and desserts!)
• Come for inspiration—"From Power to Prisoner, God's View Changes Things," led by guest speaker, John Rowland, former US Congressman and Governor of Connecticut who will speak from personal experience on the life-changing impact of incarceration.
• Come for involvement—discussions with the above people that can mobilize or give us practical next steps

Future Schedule and Speakers for 2019-2020: (all dates are Friday evenings from 7:00-9:00pm):  November 15: Gordon MacDonald January 24: Joanna Mockler March 13: Panel of Experts May 8: Bruce Wall June 12: Praise Sing and Potluck

If you are unacquainted with EPIC, read on...

EPIC is a group of boomers, early retirees, and empty-nesters who want to make a difference for the sake of God’s Kingdom and for the flourishing of the world. We seek to energize and mobilize our generation to live lives of significant love, wise influence, and generous involvement. We envision this as a missional community, used by God. “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 3:13b-14

EPIC is designed for those who want to be active and involved—whether single or married, whether from Lexington or any other GC campus. Others from beyond our congregation are warmly invited and more than welcome to participate. While the nine Friday evening EPIC gatherings are easily identifiable and the visible “tip of the iceberg,” it is our hope and intention that the actions and involvement of our people between gatherings is the “iceberg below the surface,” the product or fruit of our community. 

EPIC: Inspiring Lives of Significance
For boomers, early retirees, and empty nesters
COMMUNITY * INSPIRATION * INVOLVEMENT

Our ministry offices are located at:
3 Militia Drive
Lexington, MA 02421
www.grace.org
781-862-6499

Video Archive

  

The video archive of EPIC happenings can be found at this link.

EPIC: Inspiring Lives of Significance
For boomers, early retirees, and empty nesters
COMMUNITY * INSPIRATION * INVOLVEMENT

Our ministry offices are located at:
3 Militia Drive
Lexington, MA 02421
www.grace.org
781-862-6499

Trip to Guatemala