Missions - Grace PC

Grace Presbyterian Mission Ministry

“Every Member a Missionary“

In 2009 Grace PC adopted a missional covenant for our church family, an affirmation of the Christian message to share God-given spiritual gifts and resources in service to others. This commitment is anchored by the slogan, “Every member a missionary.” Grace is a tithing church, committing 10% of our annual budget in cash donations to outside mission organizations.

How do people experience this in the life of the church?

Every worship service at Grace now includes a time for worshippers to respond to a specific mission opportunity.

Mission Focus and Recent Activities

Our call to serve others outside the church focuses around four themes: Hunger, Homelessness, H₂0 and Helping Hearts

Grace achieves a high level of commitment to these themes through financial and hands-on service with the following organizations:

Hunger:

Numana :

A large group of 84 volunteers from a broad cross-section of the church packed over 20 thousand meals destined to orphanages in Honduras.

Minnie’s Food Pantry

On four Saturday’s and the Friday before Thanksgiving, we supplied a work team to assist with food packaging and distribution engaging

Homelessness:

Family Promise

Grace held 4 hosting events at Grace place during 2019. 17 families were served by the program thru direct involvement of 81 members

Austin Street Center

26 servers and nine carolers were present at the Shelter on New Year’s Eve. Approx. 350 meals meals were served with 93 church members involved in the preparation

H₂0: Guatemala clean water installations in cooperation with Living Waters of the World

November ’19 – Installation of 2 Water Purification Systems in Public Schools (Villages of Tzununa, GUA and Santa Cruz La Laguna) each serving over 300 students daily in addition to the school kitchen, teachers and families

Helping Hearts:

Border Missions with Team Brownsville

The Spring Break High School Mission trip prepared travel backpacks as well as English language help to refugees.

The adult trip prepared and served over 1500 meals at the refugee tent camp in Matamoros

Blessing Bags – over 140 blessing bags distributed to members to keep in their cars for direct help to Dallas homeless

Additional Local Mission Initiatives