GracePlace

Grace Church operates GracePlace as an open and accessible community center for the neighborhood and metro Chicago. Many not-for-profit groups, recovery groups, and neighborhood groups use our facility each week. We do ask that all users of our building share in the expenses of heating, lighting, cooling and performing maintenance on this building.

WEDDING/BANQUETS/CELEBRATIONS

We also gladly host banquets, weddings, commitment ceremonies and other functions.

More more information about GracePlace as a venue for your event in downtown Chicago, click here.

For information about making a donation to share the expense of your event, click here.

To read our deposit and refund policy, click here. To check space availability, click here.

GROUP MEETINGS

To check space availability, click here.

For information about donating to share the expenses of having your meeting in GracePlace, click here.

To read our deposit and refund policy, click here.

For your questions about maximum occupancy of our building for various uses, and a listing of our furniture and seating resources, click here.


Groups/Classes with open enrollment now here at GracePlace: AA (Big Book) - Monday evenings The GracePlace Playgroup - Monday and Thursday mornings (Oct - Dec and Jan - April) Information • flyer • parent information Download • registration form and waiver		Other Congregations and Organizations in residence in GracePlace: The Episcopal Peace Fellowship National Office, a group dedicated to discovering and practicing the biblical concept of peace. The American Friends Service Committee Great Lakes Regional Office - a Quaker group that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service Central City Housing Ventures A not-for-profit consortium of religious communities dedicated to building and managing affordable housing for singles and families in Chicago's downtown area. .

	Our Building's History (edited from the Architectural Record, February, 1987, McGraw-Hill, Inc.)
		Grace Episcopal Church has transformed a former empty manufacturing structure into a warm and welcoming and spiritual environment known as GracePlace. Similar to buildings typical in the Printers Row neighborhood, the Church has a wood frame structure, red brick facade and large windows which open it up to the main thoroughfare of Dearborn Street. The Church consist of four floors, with the various functions of the spaces determining their location within the building.

The most public area of the building is the community center social hall, which is on the first floor to ensure maximum visibility to area residents. The social hall provides a gathering place for a variety of meetings, neighborhood events, classes, and parties. The first floor also houses offices for all resident congregations and the National Office of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship..

	The heart of the building is on the second floor, enclosed in an inner circular wall with openings which permit light from the original outside wall windows to filter in.
		Traditional pews are arranged in a semi-circle facing the simple, circular altar platform. An existing wood cross in the structure lit by an overhead skylight provides the perfect backdrop for this warm, inviting space of worship.

The third floor and basement comprise the remaining components of the building. The third floor houses the midwest offices of the American Friends Service Committee. In the basement are meeting and storage rooms.

The building has been the recipient of several prestigious architecture awards. Both in 1986 and in 1989 the American Institute of Architects cited the building for distinction. The latter, their Ten Year Interior Architecture Award, was based on the exceptional significance and lasting value of the building's design to the interior architecture profession.