Check out some recent hand-written letters by 4th and 5th graders from Allendale Elementary School students after their trip to Charleston, sponsored by Grace Church. Click Here to check out some pictures from this trip....
This fall Grace Church sent 17 people to the nation of Kenya on short term mission trips. While there, they came alongside and partnered with local churches, pastors, and lay ministers to serve 1,260 medical and 160 dental patients with free medical and dental care and taught close to 80 pastors about Bible study methods and strategic leadership. Through this our partnership, but more importantly, the local church was strengthened. 
Last Sunday I departed from my comfortable, orange-leaf sheltered Greenville home and drove three hours south to Allendale, SC, the quintessential small town in the middle of nowhere. All I knew was there I would be joining an artist in painting a mural on...
Grace Church's 6th medical / dental mission trip to Kenya was a success. But, how do we measure success...
I have always had my ear to the ground regarding new people and places. Maybe I was just born with a curiosity about people; why they think the way they do and why they do what they do.
“An entrepreneur is someone who sees an additional color. [… When] everybody sees chaos […] an entrepreneur sees patterns” - Poverty Cure As we get ready to launch our latest entrepreneur I am amazed at the diversity that exists among our 5 entrepreneurs. We have an...
Well I can definitely say this summer went by way too fast. Even though it felt like I hadn’t seen Greenville in a LONG time by the time I got back home it felt like such a short time in the Bahamas. The clearest way...
I have witnessed the power of the Gospel in my own life. For 18 years I couldn’t find anything that truly changed me and freed me from my sinful habits and my own desires. Sometime in the past year I was awakened to the fact...
I’m almost halfway done here in Allendale which is a weird thought! It has gone a lot faster than I thought it would but that’s ok. The past two weeks have been really busy with student trips here. It was really encouraging to have...
A team of four women and two of their children from Grace recently assisted the tornado relief efforts in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The devastation to the residents of this city prompted this small group to quickly put a trip together. Their attitude to “go and serve”...
During the recent Simple Serve Food and Supply Drive, one of the recipient organizations was Miracle Hill Children's Home. Our Powdersville Campus has been serving at this worthwhile facility in many ways.We recently received a note of thanks and an explanation as to how service...
This past December, Grace Members again faithfully supported our seasonal Adopt-A-Child program. This culturally engaged effort supported over 300 children at Concrete, McKissick, and Monaview Elementary Schools, Allendale-Fairfax Middle School, as well at Grace Church....
The Grace Adopt-A Child is a significant opportunity to be culturally engaged in the Monaview, Powdersville, and Allendale communities. The purpose of Culturally Engaged at Grace Church – whether HOG Day, Boxes of Love, a short term mission trip to Kenya, or Adopt-A-Child, is: • To...