Each November and December, we support Operation Holiday. Operation Holiday is an outreach of HumanKind Ministries and expects to serve over 14,000 people this year. Grace is a drop-off location for the Operation Holiday drive, and this is where our yellow bag offerings go for November and December. Please bring your donations through December 7.
Operation Holiday Needs:
This year’s Angel Tree is up and decorated with many deserving Angels and Stars. To participate, select the one that speaks to your heart, buy a new gift, attach the bottom of the Angel, or the entire star, to the package, and return it to our tree no later than Wednesday, November 30. Thank you for helping a person in need ...
We have two planned gifts to celebrate as a congregation!
In 2021 we received a $50,000 gift that was to be used primarily for ministry with children and youth. With that gift, we bought children’s Bibles for Jacob’s Learning Ladder children, sent youth and adults on a mission trip to Puerto Rico, sent Grace families to family camp, and held a food packing event for people of all ages. In an incredible act of generosity, the givers have given us another ...
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Join me in welcoming the Rev. Cheryl Hoops as our Jacob’s Learning Ladder (JLL) Chaplain. This is a new position and is five hours a week. Pastor Cheryl (as she’s known at JLL) is a retired Lutheran (ELCA) pastor. She lives in Derby and is at JLL primarily on Wednesdays.
This is a new position, so we’re creating her portfolio as we go. Pastor Cheryl is responsible for JLL Bible story time twice a month. She’ll spend time in classrooms getting ...
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