Happy New Year everyone! 

I’ve spent a little time reflecting on what an incredible year in ministry we have had at Grace! This just a snippet of our ministry endeavors:  

• Providing sack lunches Mon-Fri, preparing and delivering a hot meal weekly for Safe to Sleep and Youth Connect, emergency clothing, shelter and some supplies to help our unhoused neighbors,

• Partnerships with the Juvenile Detention Center, Crosslines food pantry, Community Partnership of the Ozarks Crisis, the Cold Weather system, and Nightlight – an organization that helps survivors who have been trafficked.

• We also blessed the volunteers from the 2023-24 shelter, meal, transportation, and dog teams, we set up a mini water park for kids, hosted a block party, and surprised some neighbors with a Reverse Trick or Treat!

• And… we put together a music team, Connections team, and Liturgist Team!! Plus there is a new Kids Ministry team in the works!

Every time I turn around, someone is thinking of a new way to serve our community and or church! And what’s more, you all go from thinking to doing with amazing speed, passion, and genuine love for our neighbors and love for God!

What I have really enjoyed is the mixture of members, visitors, and outside volunteers participating in all of the above! 

Grace, thank you for an incredible year!! I am looking forward to what the Lord has in store for us on 2025!!

Pastor Tracey