OUTREACH MINISTRIES

During 2007, Outreach Ministries continued to act on behalf of the whole Grace Family to “Love our neighbors as ourselves.”  Grace Church assisted hundreds of our neighbors in our local community and beyond by allowing God’s love to pass through us to others in their time of need. 

 As stewards of the talent and treasure provided to Outreach, we were able to provide financial assistance to:

             Mid-City Nutrition                                                        Safe Horizons

Neighborhood Ecumenical Team (N.E.T.)             Habitat for Humanity

            Bus with Gus Scholarships                                      Bridge Builders

                                    
Our Grace Church family has developed a strong legacy of giving to our local community.  We continue to serve those in need through the following projects:

• Easter Food Baskets - provided food for 24 Woodrow Wilson families
• Parents’ Day - arranged for children to give gifts to 20 parents and enjoy family entertainment of bowling, movies, games and pizza
• Nail Sale – raised $668 to support Habitat for Humanity
• Dedicated the Habitat for Humanity house in January for the Evans’ family
• Apple Project – provided new back-to-school clothing for 26 Bridge Builder children
• Angel-to-Angel Project – gifts of toys & clothing, as well as a food basket helped 25 families (86 children) celebrate Christmas
• Crop Walk – a hot, but pleasant walk through the city raised $1,899 to help relieve world hunger; 25% went to our local Midcity Nutrition Soup Kitchen.
• Soup Kitchen – 55 Grace volunteers manned the Soup Kitchen 24 Saturdays
• Salvation Army bell ringing – provided bell ringers for 11 hours
• Nothing But Nets - $2300 raised for mosquito nets for African families
• Bandana and Bangle Project to support our soldiers serving in dangerous places

“Then the King will say, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me -- you did it to me.’”