"As you know, the death of a spouse brings a unique kind of pain. People who are widowed haven’t just lost a loved one—they’ve lost an entire lifestyle." Life can feel like it has changed forever, and the daily emotions and challenges can be hard to bear. If you are searching to receive care and guidance through this season of life and are wanting to connect with others, please join us on January 18 as we walk with you to provide encouragement and hope.
Find out more »God created every woman with a specific purpose — to be an ezer kenegdo, an essential counterpart. An ezer is one who comes alongside another and brings strength in the context of relationship. All women share this core calling, but how we live out our calling looks different for each woman based on her personality, gifts, strengths, perspectives, and season of life. Through the Biblical Femininity study, we learn to embrace our uniqueness and live out our calling right where God has us today. Our next Biblical Femininity study will begin Sunday, January 19. Click the link below for more information and to register.
Find out more »DivorceCare is a support group that meets weekly. There are three key parts to the DivorceCare weekly experience: video seminars, group discussions, and a personal workbook. Each video seminar features dynamic teaching from top divorce recovery experts. After the video/teaching time, your small group will discuss the video content and issues faced by group members. Each small group is led by people who have been divorced and can relate to much of the pain, emotions, and challenges you are experiencing. Your personal workbook will help reinforce each topic throughout the rest of the week
Find out more »DC4K is a program that helps children process the feelings experienced after their parents divorce. This specialized curriculum features facilitators who share your child’s experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »When children experience the death of a loved one life can feel chaotic, confusing, and unpredictable. Kids Cope is a program aimed at helping children understand their loss and navigate through the tangled ball of emotions they are encountering. This specialized focus of care features facilitators who share your child’s experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »DC4T is a program that helps teens process the feelings experienced after their parents divorce. This curriculum features facilitators who share your teen's experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »When teens experience the death of a loved one life can feel chaotic, confusing, and unpredictable. SHIFT is a program aimed at helping teens understand their loss and navigate through the tangled ball of emotions they are encountering. This specialized focus of care features facilitators who share your teen's experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »GriefShare is a support group that meets weekly. There are three key parts to the GriefShare weekly experience: Video seminars, group discussions, and a personal workbook. Each video seminar features dynamic teaching from top grief recovery experts. After the video/teaching time, your small group will discuss the video content and issues faced by group members. Each small group is led by people who have experienced grief in their lives and can relate to much of the pain, emotions, and challenges you are experiencing. Your personal workbook will help reinforce each topic throughout the rest of the week.
Find out more »God created every woman with a specific purpose — to be an ezer kenegdo, an essential counterpart. An ezer is one who comes alongside another and brings strength in the context of relationship. All women share this core calling, but how we live out our calling looks different for each woman based on her personality, gifts, strengths, perspectives, and season of life. Through the Biblical Femininity study, we learn to embrace our uniqueness and live out our calling right where God has us today. Our next Biblical Femininity study will begin Wednesday, January 23. Click the link below for more information and to register.
Find out more »Discovery is an orientation to our church that provides you with information about our mission, core values, ministry distinctives, and the benefits of a local church. It is also the starting point for you to connect at Grace Church to groups, volunteer ministry teams, and membership. Our next Discovery will be January 26 at 10:30am. Click the link below for more information and to register.
Find out more »Pelham is hosting a connecting lunch for anyone in their 20s at Grace Pelham. We recognize this is a season that requires quicker connections into the life of the church. We would love for you to join us for this lunch to hear more about connecting opportunities and meet other people in the same season. Register at the link below.
Find out more »DivorceCare is a support group that meets weekly. There are three key parts to the DivorceCare weekly experience: video seminars, group discussions, and a personal workbook. Each video seminar features dynamic teaching from top divorce recovery experts. After the video/teaching time, your small group will discuss the video content and issues faced by group members. Each small group is led by people who have been divorced and can relate to much of the pain, emotions, and challenges you are experiencing. Your personal workbook will help reinforce each topic throughout the rest of the week
Find out more »DC4K is a program that helps children process the feelings experienced after their parents divorce. This specialized curriculum features facilitators who share your child’s experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »When children experience the death of a loved one life can feel chaotic, confusing, and unpredictable. Kids Cope is a program aimed at helping children understand their loss and navigate through the tangled ball of emotions they are encountering. This specialized focus of care features facilitators who share your child’s experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »DC4T is a program that helps teens process the feelings experienced after their parents divorce. This curriculum features facilitators who share your teen's experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »When teens experience the death of a loved one life can feel chaotic, confusing, and unpredictable. SHIFT is a program aimed at helping teens understand their loss and navigate through the tangled ball of emotions they are encountering. This specialized focus of care features facilitators who share your teen's experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »GriefShare is a support group that meets weekly. There are three key parts to the GriefShare weekly experience: Video seminars, group discussions, and a personal workbook. Each video seminar features dynamic teaching from top grief recovery experts. After the video/teaching time, your small group will discuss the video content and issues faced by group members. Each small group is led by people who have experienced grief in their lives and can relate to much of the pain, emotions, and challenges you are experiencing. Your personal workbook will help reinforce each topic throughout the rest of the week.
Find out more »Foundations is part of our membership process focusing on our church’s core values, six essential areas of Christian maturity and growth. This three-week class will meet February 2, 9, & 16 and is open to anyone at Grace Church who has attended Discovery. During Foundations, you will have the opportunity to complete church membership. Click below for more information and to register.
Find out more »Quest for Authentic Manhood is our flagship curriculum for Men’s Roundtable. The 9-week study challenges men in all life stages to reject passivity, accept responsibility, and lead courageously in expectation of God’s reward. Our next Quest for Authentic Manhood study begins February 3 at 6:30am. Click the link below for more information and to register.
Find out more »Re|engage is a marriage ministry for all couples, whether your marriage is in crisis or you are looking to take your marriage from good to great. It is a safe place for couples to reconnect and will offer hope and encouragement to marriages by helping couples move through stories of grace, teaching, and small groups. Re|engage meets every Monday evening at 6:30pm in the Student Center on the Pelham campus. Newcomers are welcome to join us the first Monday of each month.
Find out more »DivorceCare is a support group that meets weekly. There are three key parts to the DivorceCare weekly experience: video seminars, group discussions, and a personal workbook. Each video seminar features dynamic teaching from top divorce recovery experts. After the video/teaching time, your small group will discuss the video content and issues faced by group members. Each small group is led by people who have been divorced and can relate to much of the pain, emotions, and challenges you are experiencing. Your personal workbook will help reinforce each topic throughout the rest of the week
Find out more »DC4K is a program that helps children process the feelings experienced after their parents divorce. This specialized curriculum features facilitators who share your child’s experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »When children experience the death of a loved one life can feel chaotic, confusing, and unpredictable. Kids Cope is a program aimed at helping children understand their loss and navigate through the tangled ball of emotions they are encountering. This specialized focus of care features facilitators who share your child’s experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »DC4T is a program that helps teens process the feelings experienced after their parents divorce. This curriculum features facilitators who share your teen's experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »When teens experience the death of a loved one life can feel chaotic, confusing, and unpredictable. SHIFT is a program aimed at helping teens understand their loss and navigate through the tangled ball of emotions they are encountering. This specialized focus of care features facilitators who share your teen's experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »GriefShare is a support group that meets weekly. There are three key parts to the GriefShare weekly experience: Video seminars, group discussions, and a personal workbook. Each video seminar features dynamic teaching from top grief recovery experts. After the video/teaching time, your small group will discuss the video content and issues faced by group members. Each small group is led by people who have experienced grief in their lives and can relate to much of the pain, emotions, and challenges you are experiencing. Your personal workbook will help reinforce each topic throughout the rest of the week.
Find out more »DivorceCare is a support group that meets weekly. There are three key parts to the DivorceCare weekly experience: video seminars, group discussions, and a personal workbook. Each video seminar features dynamic teaching from top divorce recovery experts. After the video/teaching time, your small group will discuss the video content and issues faced by group members. Each small group is led by people who have been divorced and can relate to much of the pain, emotions, and challenges you are experiencing. Your personal workbook will help reinforce each topic throughout the rest of the week
Find out more »DC4K is a program that helps children process the feelings experienced after their parents divorce. This specialized curriculum features facilitators who share your child’s experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »When children experience the death of a loved one life can feel chaotic, confusing, and unpredictable. Kids Cope is a program aimed at helping children understand their loss and navigate through the tangled ball of emotions they are encountering. This specialized focus of care features facilitators who share your child’s experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »DC4T is a program that helps teens process the feelings experienced after their parents divorce. This curriculum features facilitators who share your teen's experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »When teens experience the death of a loved one life can feel chaotic, confusing, and unpredictable. SHIFT is a program aimed at helping teens understand their loss and navigate through the tangled ball of emotions they are encountering. This specialized focus of care features facilitators who share your teen's experience, a small group consisting of peers from their own age group who are also processing these stressful life events, and age appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their loss and God’s promises regarding comfort, healing, hope, and eternity.
Find out more »GriefShare is a support group that meets weekly. There are three key parts to the GriefShare weekly experience: Video seminars, group discussions, and a personal workbook. Each video seminar features dynamic teaching from top grief recovery experts. After the video/teaching time, your small group will discuss the video content and issues faced by group members. Each small group is led by people who have experienced grief in their lives and can relate to much of the pain, emotions, and challenges you are experiencing. Your personal workbook will help reinforce each topic throughout the rest of the week.
Find out more »Upstate foster and adoptive parents are invited to a monthly parent training at our Pelham campus. February’s training, Valuing Diversity, will be led by Jackie Gadsden, a professor of Social Work at Columbia College (Columbia, SC) with more than 35 years experience in child welfare. In this interactive workshop, parents will gain greater understanding of different ethnic and cultural groups. They will learn to identify systems that perpetrate racism and recognize common attitudes, beliefs and experiences of other groups. For this training, three contact hours are awarded for participants. Trainings are offered on the second Thursday of the month, 6:30pm-8:30pm. Free childcare is provided for those who register.
Find out more »Grace Church foster and adoptive families are invited to attend a special training on Trust Based Relational Intervention: Empowering Principles by: Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development. The TBRI® Empowering Principles are designed to facilitate change in children by supporting their physical needs and teaching them self-regulation skills. Two sets of strategies, Physiological and Ecological Strategies, contain approaches for helping children learn to regulate their behavior and emotions in the ever-changing world around them.
Kelly, a licensed Professional Counselor and a Practitioner of Trust Based Relational Intervention, was trained at the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University. She is currently in private practice with Greenville Counseling Associates and has worked in various clinical settings including intensive in-home child focused family therapy, outpatient treatment of women and children, school based counseling and intensive outpatient addiction programs.
This training day has a maximum of 30 participants, so register soon to reserve your space. The cost is $15/person, which includes lunch and materials. Childcare is provided through the registration form and includes lunch for children as well. Each parent attending needs to complete the registration form. Registration closes February 14.
Find out more »Baptism is an act of obedience and a way of publicly identifying with Jesus. As Christ was buried and raised to life, baptism represents that you have died to your old life (burial) and have been given a new life (resurrection). Baptism does not make you a believer, but it is a way of publicly showing that you already trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of your sins. Our next Baptism will be February 22 & 23. Click the link below to let us know you are interested in baptism.
Find out more »Join us on February 26 for Night of Prayer. This is an opportunity for us to gather corporately to pray across all campuses. We are dependent on God for everything, and we know that prayerful dependence is a place of nearness to God in all circumstances. Join us as we take some time to pray for campus needs, for one another, and to be prayed for. Click below for details about childcare and times at your campus.
Find out more »Discovery is an orientation to our church that provides you with information about our mission, core values, ministry distinctives, and the benefits of a local church. It is also the starting point for you to connect at Grace Church to groups, volunteer ministry teams, and membership. Our next Discovery will be March 1 at 9am. Click the link below for more information and to register.
Find out more »Re|engage is a marriage ministry for all couples, whether your marriage is in crisis or you are looking to take your marriage from good to great. It is a safe place for couples to reconnect and will offer hope and encouragement to marriages by helping couples move through stories of grace, teaching, and small groups. Re|engage meets every Monday evening at 6:30pm in the Student Center on the Pelham campus. Newcomers are welcome to join us the first Monday of each month.
Find out more »Re|engage is a marriage ministry for all couples, whether your marriage is in crisis or you are looking to take your marriage from good to great. It is a safe place for couples to reconnect and will offer hope and encouragement to marriages by helping couples move through stories of grace, teaching, and small groups. Re|engage meets every Monday evening at 6:30pm in the Student Center on the Pelham campus. Newcomers are welcome to join us the first Monday of each month.
Find out more »Come join us for a morning of relaxation and good food as we host our brunch honoring single moms on Mother's Day! Childcare will be provided in Children's Center. Please make sure you register below.
Find out more »Re|engage is a marriage ministry for all couples, whether your marriage is in crisis or you are looking to take your marriage from good to great. It is a safe place for couples to reconnect and will offer hope and encouragement to marriages by helping couples move through stories of grace, teaching, and small groups. Re|engage meets every Monday evening at 6:30pm in the Student Center on the Pelham campus. Newcomers are welcome to join us the first Monday of each month.
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