Two Year
Ministry Plan

Mosaic is our ministry for children, students, and adults with disabilities, and we are so thankful for our staff and volunteers who serve these individuals and their families. Over the past year, it has become more and more apparent that there is a significant need for discipleship and support for adults with disabilities. Once they complete high school, many young adults with disabilities are left with few opportunities for connection and little community.

So, this past month, we have been excited to launch Mosaic Inspire—a weekday ministry whose goal is to disciple adult individuals with disabilities more into the life of the church and the community. Four individuals are currently enrolled, and more will be joining us soon. Each day, Grace staff and volunteers provide Bible lessons, teaching, and mentorship. In addition, we are partnering with Meals on Wheels, Project Hope, and NHC to give our Mosaic Inspire participants opportunities to volunteer, bless others, and connect with the community.

Will you join us in prayer for this new ministry? If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact Dana Humphrey at [email protected]. To learn more about Mosaic, click below.

One of our Missions Grants recipients is YoungLives—an organization that provides mentorship, community, support, and education for teen moms, with the core mission of sharing the gospel. One way we were able to support YoungLives this past month was by hosting a retreat for teen moms at our Taylors campus. Eight teens and their children from around the state of South Carolina were able to attend. Grace members volunteered in different capacities, and these girls were able to connect with each other and their mentors as they worshiped together and sat under biblical teaching. They also participated in fun activities like a dance class and cooking class!

Giving these young ladies a safe place to connect and build community is so important for effective discipleship and life change, and we are grateful to be a small part of making that happen. Will you pray for them, their children, and their mentors? To learn more about YoungLives, click below.

Our We Choose ministry plan is all about being intentional with the resources God has given us. We want to be salt and light in the world, and that means connecting with our community and people around the world in a way that is meaningful and shows the love of Christ. Check out this video for a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re living out this truth through ministries here at Grace and by partnering with others in our community.

Grace en Español meets at both our Taylors and Spartanburg campuses, with around 200 folks in attendance, and God has been at work in some exciting ways this year—both here in the Upstate and around the world. Although dealing with the pandemic over the past 18 months has been challenging, our Español online services were able to equip and encourage believers in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and other latino populations in the U.S. In fact, many of our members here in the Upstate used the wide availability of Zoom and other online platforms to start small discussion groups with friends and family from their home countries.

We’ve also been able to provide many resources in Spanish to our members and other latino populations around the world. Our new Authentic Manhood study was reproduced fully in Spanish and is available online, and Ezer studies and books have been translated and used in at least six countries (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Colombia).

Here at home, members are continuing to serve the latino population in Berea with Neighborhood Focus. Abroad, our Outreach team is mentoring pastors and church leaders in Nicaragua using Grace Children’s, Students, MRT, and Ezer curriculum.

We hope you’ll join us in celebrating what God has done and praying for continued growth for our Grace en Español family! To learn more about Grace en Español, click below.

Construction crews have been hard at work at the new site for our Travelers Rest campus. Paint, carpet, and other finishing touches are coming together. As of right now, we hope for our Travelers Rest family to be able to hold their first services in this new building by late summer. We are so thankful for God’s provision throughout the entire purchasing and renovation process—he has surely provided above and beyond what we could hope for. Please join us in prayer that the final steps of the project would go smoothly and praise God for all he has already done. To learn more about our Travelers Rest campus, click below.

Forge is our high school ministry, and we were so excited to celebrate the graduation of our Seniors last month! Each campus hosted Senior Night—a special time to honor Seniors and their families by reflecting on and celebrating how God has moved in their lives. Many of these students have been in the same small group throughout student ministry, and it’s a blessing to see how they’ve grown in the Lord alongside each other.

True discipleship happens in the context of community, and we are so thankful for the parents, small group leaders, and countless others who have invested in the next generation. Will you join us in praying for these students as they move on to the next season of their lives? To learn more about Grace Students, click below.

One of our Outreach partners is Jasmine Road—a two-year residential program for adult women survivors of human trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. We are excited to tell you about a new way we are helping Jasmine Road grow their ministry this year.

Grace Church has donated $115,000 to help renovate a second home for Jasmine Road residents. This new home will triple their capacity so they can serve significantly more women by providing a loving, safe community where they can heal, learn life skills, and move towards independence. Some members of Grace are also donating their time and skills as contractors to help with this renovation project. We are also thankful for other churches and organizations in the community that are joining us to support Jasmine Road—NewSpring, Fellowship Greenville, North Hills Church, and Bon Secours Mercy Health have all donated funds towards this home.

What a blessing to see our community come together to support women in need. If you’re interested in supporting Jasmine Road, you can shop their registry to help furnish this second home! Click below to see what they need.

Over the past few months, three young men on our staff have moved from a position of minister to pastor, a role that involves carrying more significant weight and responsibility. Daniel Black is now the Campus Pastor at our Spartanburg campus, Scofield Foster is the Campus Pastor at our Downtown campus, and Turner Vaughn is a GroupLife and Worship Pastor at our Harrison Bridge campus.

These men have been discipled at Grace over a period of time and have undergone rigorous training, increased responsibility, and growth in maturity. Part of the responsibility of the local church is to establish leaders, and we are thankful to see God’s hand at work in the lives of these men. Please join us in praying for them in their new roles at Grace Church and celebrating God’s hand of blessing on our congregation.

Check out these awesome summer interns! Be sure to say hi when you see them around. They’ll be with us until August, working with various ministries and campuses while serving and taking internship classes. Click the video below to learn more about them!

Men’s Roundtable is a ministry of Grace Church that provides discipleship and biblical instruction for our men to be responsible for the people and situations that God brings into their lives. We recently launched a brand new version of our core teaching, Authentic Manhood. Over 800 men across all campuses participated in this study, and it was exciting to see our guys come together and learn from God’s Word and sound teaching in community with each other. A few men had this to say after experiencing the new study:

“I feel like I’m able to better recognize passivity vs. self-reliance in practical ways in different parts of my life, and now I can focus on bringing balance through dependence on God and moving toward what I am responsible for.”

“I can think daily about who/what I am responsible for and how I can move towards that person or thing. I will also move forward thinking much more about my story and how it affects my life. . . I can do all of this knowing that while I need to move, I still need to ask God for help, and it's encouraging to know that I can do that.”

What an encouragement to hear how God is working in the lives of men at Grace Church! To learn more about Men’s Roundtable or sign up for a study, click below:

Check out these awesome summer interns! Be sure to say hi when you see them around. They’ll be with us until August, working with various ministries and campuses while serving and taking internship classes. Click the video below to learn more about them!

Check out these awesome summer interns! Be sure to say hi when you see them around. They’ll be with us until August, working with various ministries and campuses while serving and taking internship classes. Click below to watch a video and learn a little bit about them!

Mosaic is our special needs and disabilities ministry, and our staff and volunteers do an amazing job supporting all our Mosaic families. Caring for a family member with a disability can be challenging in the best of circumstances, so we want to create space for families to connect with one another, enjoy community, and get some time to recharge.

Each month, we host events like Respite Night, Parents’ Night Out, and Supper Clubs. Through these events, we strive to come alongside our Mosaic families with love and support, give them opportunities to rest and recharge while they know their children are being cared for, and simply show the love of Christ. Plus, our times together are always fun and full of exciting activities like bowling, learning about animals, and good food!

We hope you will join us in praying for our Mosaic families, volunteers, and staff. If you’re interested in learning more about Mosaic or becoming a volunteer, click below!

This past month, 10 Grace Church members went on our first post-pandemic mission trip to Puerto Rico! We were thrilled to have our feet on the ground and be able to work in person with our ministry partners once more. Team members worked in partnership with Hunger Corp to help rebuild a home in Dorado that was damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2018. On our coming mission trips in July and August, we will continue working in Dorado to help their community rebuild homes and restore small businesses.

Our team was also able to worship with fellow believers at a local church. Another great connection was with Joel, a resident whose home had been devastated and rebuilt by teams in 2019-20. It was exciting for a few team members who had been on both trips to see the fruit of their labor and Joel's huge smile!

We are blessed to see God work through our members to serve others. But we are further blessed to see how God worked in the hearts of our team members. A few of them had this to say about their experience:

"I learned to invest in the people I am with and the people around me. Sometimes we focus on the project and getting it accomplished versus really investing in the souls of others that are around us. People over projects!"

"I saw that God can use me even when I thought my skill set didn't match the calling. If God is speaking, go!"

"A mission trip is more than a vehicle for sharing the gospel. It's an opportunity for God to work on your own heart."

Please join us in celebrating what God has done and praying for the next two mission trips that will take place this summer. If you are interested in applying to join a mission trip this summer, click below to learn more!

As we prepare for another summer of ministry through Camp Impact in Allendale County, we were able to host a retreat for our Junior Staff! This year, our Junior Staff consists of 12 Grace members from Forge and 12 students (all past campers) from Allendale County. These young people will be paid staff members who run Camp Impact—a faith-based summer camp for kids in Allendale County.

The retreat was in Greenville and brought the Junior Staff team together for a weekend of teaching, team bonding, and camp planning. It was a time for the team to get to know one another and begin to create community, even when they come from various backgrounds. The Allendale students were able to attend a Grace Downtown service for the first time as well.

The leaders of the retreat were 2021 Camp Staff members as well as past Camp Staff members who have built relationships with these students and families. As we celebrate our 5th year of Camp Impact, it was a great weekend to celebrate how God has been moving through the Junior Staff program and the lives of Grace members who have worked at camp.

Please join us in praying for a fruitful summer in Allendale—that staff members and volunteers would reflect Christ as they work together to love the community!

With nine campuses across the Upstate, Grace Church is constantly growing and changing. We are excited to share some new renovations that are nearly complete at our Spartanburg campus! Construction crews have been busy adding a multipurpose room at the rear of the worship center, upgrading offices, and adding restrooms in the former lobby area. In the future, we will also be able to add a mezzanine level above these new restrooms. These improvements should be polished up and ready to enjoy by mid-June! To learn more about our Spartanburg campus, click below.

For the past month, our campuses have been hosting Just Serve days and showing up to support local partners, community organizations, and members of Grace Church. Over 1,000 members served at more than 65 sites to do whatever was needed—painting, landscaping, moving furniture, sorting and organizing, completing special projects, collecting trash, and more. We’ve served foster and adoptive families, those in recovery, vulnerable children, single parents, seniors in assisted living, incarcerated and returning citizens, local school partners, and the broader community.

The highlight of Just Serve is coming alongside our neighbors and letting them know that Grace Church is here for them. We want to further the work of Christ in our community, and Just Serve is one opportunity to do that. Thank you to all who coordinated and led their campuses—and to those who invested their time and energy in serving. To learn more about Outreach opportunities at Grace, click below!

This past month, we were able to host Equip: Creating a Culture of Discipleship—a two-day conference designed to provide fellow ministry leaders with training and resources that have helped us make discipleship a high priority at Grace Church. Over 70 ministry leaders from SC and six other states attended Equip, and it was such a blessing to connect with fellow churches and to work collaboratively towards building the Kingdom of God through discipleship.

Pastors and ministry leaders from Grace hosted workshops and training sessions covering topics of community, worship, generosity, gender studies, leadership development, and more. These sessions were not only helpful in equipping other leaders, but they were also great reminders of why we do what we do. Many other churches have poured into Grace over the years, and we are blessed to be able to do the same for others. We hope you will celebrate this opportunity with us and pray for continued unity and fellowship with other churches in our area!