CLOTHED BY FAITH
Saturday, July 12, 9-12pm
Grace Fellowship Student Ministry Building
Clothed by Faith provides one week's worth of clothing, shoes, new socks and new underwear to children and adults in need in our community. Every day, they see firsthand the impact a single bag of clothing can have in restoring dignity, bringing comfort and giving people hope for a fresh start.
Please join us and Clothed by Faith in demonstrating God’s love through the provision of clothing to those in need by helping sorting the clothing donations.
If you are unable to serve on July 12, but want to donate clothing, please drop it off at Clothed by Faith, 802 Dominion Drive, #100, Katy, prior to July 12. They accept all clothing and shoes that are clean, without stains, rips, tears or holes, not too badly worn, and modest in appearance with no inappropriate wording.
Questions: Email ChurchInAction@WhatIsGrace.org
HOUSTON WELCOMES REFUGEES – WELCOME KIT DRIVE
Saturday, July 26, 9-12pm
ORIENTATION 9-10am
SERVING TIME 10-12pm
Grace Fellowship Student Ministry Building
Questions: Email ChurchInAction@WhatIsGrace.org
Compassion Katy’s Operation Back 2 School
Friday, August 1 and Saturday, August 2, 8 am-2 pm
Leonard E. Merrell Center
6301 S Stadium Ln, Katy 77494
Come and join us, as the hands and feet of Jesus, in partnership with Compassion Katy and KISD to serve the vulnerable students of each of the 19 Title 1 Elementary Schools by providing school supplies and backpacks. You can help set children up for a successful school year and empower them to have the best learning opportunity possible!
The program covers all 19 Title 1 elementary schools in Katy ISD! Compassion Katy estimates that there may be up to 4,200 children this year who need assistance with school supplies. Please pray over these families and come out to serve with us!
There will be several opportunities for you and/or your family to serve:
--On Friday, August 1 ... you can help sort and organize donated and purchased supplies as well as make ready for the next day.
--On Saturday, August 2 …you can be a part of the main event from registration, manning backpack stations, backpack runners, hospitality, water / information distribution and/or tear down. Bilingual volunteers are needed.
Check out the many serving opportunities in the links below.
If you cannot serve but want to donate, here is the link to support OB2S.
DONATE to make a difference with Compassion Katy
For more information, please contact ChurchInAction@WhatisGrace.org.
Bridges International’s Welcome Party
Saturday, August 23, 11am-3pm
First Presbyterian Church in the Museum District, 5300 Main St, Houston, TX 77004
Welcome New international students to our community!
Join us as we serve alongside Bridges International in welcoming new international students from all around the world to Houston-area colleges and universities at their "City Tour and Welcome Party". This is an incredible opportunity for you to meet and live out God’s love toward these bright, future world leaders who are eager to make new friends.
There are many opportunities to serve through set-up/tear down, serving food, greeting, transportation, or intentionally befriending and following up with the students.
Volunteers can help for just the morning, just the afternoon, or the whole day!
Our ultimate desire is that every student would leave the event having made a positive relationship with a caring local person who would consider being a friend, mentor or resource to them during their time in Houston.
Questions? Email ChurchInAction@WhatIsGrace.org
Visit BRIDGES INTERNATIONAL for more information about who they are and what they do in our community. Questions about Bridges? Contact Nate at njpen77@bridgesinternational.
Orality Training: An Introduction to Contextual Bible Storying
Saturday, September 6, 8:30-4:30pm
Grace Fellowship Campus, Kids Ministry Building, Room 201
Please join us for this one-day workshop, hosted by Living Water, offering practical and proven principles in making disciples of oral preference learners. Discover why church and mission leaders today are saying the Orality Movement is transformational in church history and one of the most significant developments in advancing the Kingdom in the past 500 years.
Orality is the fastest growing movement in evangelism today, and it is changing the face of missions around the world. The rapidly reproducing disciple-making and church planting movements are among oral cultures in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Increasing numbers of churches and ministries in North America are also realizing the importance and impact of orality-based methods in sharing our faith and making disciples, anywhere, with any people group.
Anyone interested in becoming more effective in sharing your faith, disciple making, church planting or mission outreach anywhere in the world will greatly benefit from gaining a working knowledge of relational narrative communication skills and orality strategies. Participants are telling how this training is bringing transformation to their lives and increasing their effectiveness in sharing their faith and disciple making efforts.
REGISTER FOR ORALITY TRAINING NOW
Questions? Email ChurchInAction@WhatIsGrace.org
Double Dog Dare Challenge
DDD is the perfect tool for our small groups or other ministry serving teams to adopt their own local community service project and access up to $500 for materials, supplies, and/or equipment to complete the project.
Submit your proposal to receive reimbursement for up to $500 to complete a service project!
GUIDELINES:
1) Small group members must pay the bill/make the purchase upfront & then turn in the paid invoice/receipt to be reimbursed. NOTE: You may not purchase gift cards.
2) DDD projects are intended as a local community outreach, NOT for Grace Fellowshippers as the recipients. If you know a Grace Fellowshipper in need, have them contact our Care Ministry at care@whatisgrace.org.
Be the Church and glorify Him by making a big difference in someone's life!
Questions: Email ChurchInAction@WhatIsGrace.org.
Welcome to The Garden of Grace!
Share the blessings of Grace Fellowship as we cultivate our garden to provide fresh produce to the under-resourced in our community.
We annually deliver more than 15,000 pounds of fresh produce to Katy Christian Ministry’s food pantry, Houston Welcomes Refugees, refugee families at Prestige Learning Institute, and YMCA International. We are blessed to be a blessing!
Volunteers are needed for general harvesting, weeding, mulching, and planting! Please pray over volunteering just once per month, your contribution will make a huge difference to the Garden of Grace. Garden crew workdays are every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 7:30-10:30AM. Come and go, as you are able. *High school age or older, please.
Our garden is located on our main campus at 2655 S. Mason Road, Katy, TX 77450. Follow the signs!
"The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands." Deuteronomy 28:12
Missions Equipment
We are blessed to be able to offer our Grace Fellowship members or regular attenders access to missions equipment for mission trips, to love on our neighbors, create or promote local evangelism opportunities, support community events or local ministry partner organizations, and/or facilitate small group community service projects. Equipment must be reserved and can only be used for ministry outreach purposes.
Missions’ equipment includes a mission’s truck equipped with a hauling package, open bed and enclosed cargo trailers, tool trailer (supports construction-based event) and a Block Party Trailer. The Block Party Trailer easily supports an event for 50+ people with picnic tables, serving tables, shade umbrellas, coolers, grill, griddle and shade canopies. We also have a prayer station, portable sound system, toddler bounce house, signage and many other items to make an outreach successful.
Serve With Local Missions
Come and be part of a missional small group that glorifies God by blessing our community and the Nations!