Grace Church To Officially Install New Rector

Grace Episcopal Church is celebrating the installation of its new leader this week.

Rev. Joshua D. Walters, will officially become the eleventh rector of the church at a ceremony Saturday.

Walters arrived at Grace in November, but the service, which will be presided over by  the Right Reverend Lawrence Provenzano,  the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, will make it formal.

Grace has had a long history dating back to 1844, and was the only church in the area for more than a century, according to Walters.

"I'd like to return Grace, to what it once was, a major church in the area," Walters said.  "I want it to be a place that welcomes everyone and educates all people."

Walters is an Indiana native who graduated from the General Theological Seminary in New York City. He served for  two years as the seminarian at Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights and most recently served as curate and later associate rector of Christ Church in Winnetka, Illinois.

He is married and has two young children.