How can one meaningfully come alongside those who don’t have access to healthy food and are undernourished? Would you be surprised to learn that in 2013 an answer could be gleaning?...

26 February, 2013

Owning another’s cause. This is the essence of partnering. The giving of oneself, sacrificially and through relationship, to promote and support the dreams, goals, and causes of someone else....

22 February, 2013

The ability to bring forth and nurture life is one of the great blessings of women. Yet, this encompasses much more than physical life giving....

19 February, 2013

To be an ezer naturally implies relationship. We invite, nurture, and partner with others. We do not ezer in isolation. Relationships require intentionality, particularly when we are engaging people outside our normal sphere of influence....

12 February, 2013

If your church no longer existed, would it be missed? Phrased another way,“Is your church essential in the community?” Is the body of believers that make up the local church so involved, so essential in the community that for them to leave would be a...

07 February, 2013

Today is the day that Keith and Lori Doster, along with their two daughters, Sarah and Emory, have been anticipating for months. Unless an ice storm can deter them, they will be leaving Greenville en route to the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas to...

25 January, 2013

“Tell the people at Grace that we love them, we are thankful for them, and we are praying for their work in America.” I heard some version of this from pastors and church leaders over and over again in the highlands of central Kenya, and...

11 December, 2012

This past week, I was able to go on the high school student ministries trip to Allendale, SC. As a Culturally Engaged intern, I had heard a lot about the area and the ways that Grace Church is partnering with people in Allendale/Fairfax. Having...

26 June, 2012

This past week in Fusion, our 5th and 6th grade ministry learned about symbols and the significance of symbols in our spiritual walk with Christ. We spoke of baptism being a symbol of our spiritual cleansing and new life with Christ. We spoke of communion...

02 February, 2012

For three years I could not get a specific little nursing home in my town of Fountain Inn out of my mind. God put this nursing home on my heart but I kept ignoring Him with the excuse that I didn’t have time....

30 January, 2012

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....

06 December, 2011

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...

01 December, 2011

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...

16 August, 2011

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...

25 July, 2011

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...

06 July, 2011

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”...

28 May, 2011

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...

29 March, 2011

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....

07 February, 2011