West Orlando, FL >> In late June, families from Grace Church took part of their Saturday to bring cold water to thirsty people at biking trails and playgrounds. Senior pastor Wayne Brooks explains why, and talks about the conversations that followed…
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New Orleans, LA >> Many of their homes are still unlivable, and their church building is planned for demolition to make way for a new one. But that hasn’t stopped the members of Lakeview Christian Center from serving their community in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. One evening in late June, a cleanup team of more than 40 people from the church caravanned to their local police department (where, eleven months after the storm, traffic signals still don’t work) and blitzed the station grounds with lawnmowers and weed-whackers. Read on to see photos and find out why a volunteer coordinator called the evening “the best in my post-Katrina world”…
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Frisco, TX >> This month marks their one-year anniversary as a church. But although they haven’t been around for long, Grace Church has already been serving other churches. In February, four men from Grace Church served at a youth retreat hosted by First Baptist Church of Beaumont, Texas. Discussions at the retreat focused on The Cross-Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney. A Grace Church member sent us this update…
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