Two Year
Ministry Plan

Last week, a group of about 50 students came together for Students Worship Equip. This was a unique opportunity for our students to receive training on why worship and serving are important, and to be developed in their musical and audio visual skills.

Students and about 25 staff and volunteers spent two days together—hearing teaching, playing games, and participating in role-specific workshops. Each student was placed into a band, and coaches taught them how to play songs. They got to practice, receive feedback, and even play for their families at the end of the event. The audio visual students had their own workshop and learned how to run slides, light, and sound for the performances.

One staff member had this to say about the event:

It was cool to see students forming friendships with one another from different campuses and also being mentored by adult volunteers from their campus. It’s also great to see them plugged into serving roles which will put them into proximity with more mature believers who are then able to leverage that relationship with them to teach them more about Jesus.

We are so thankful to see this kind of life-on-life discipleship happening with our students. Will you join us in praying for these students as they use their talents to serve God and our church body? To learn more about Grace Church Students, click below.

Just last week, Grace Church Worship released an album of new, original songs—Church Arise. This collection has a common thread running through it—individual believers, experiencing the gospel together in community. Through these songs, we hope to encourage our church body to praise together, weep together, endure together, and go on mission together. Corporate singing is one of the most unifying things we get to do as a church, and we pray these songs help give us common language to unite us around all God has done for us.

“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.”

Ephesians 5:8 (NIV)

To listen to Church Arise, download the lyrics, or check out our other original music, click below to visit the Grace Church Worship resource page!

Last month, we were thrilled to release No One Else, a collection of four original songs that we recorded live with our church body. This collection includes “To The King,” “No One Else,” “Mercies Have No End,” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” As with all our original music, our hope is that these melodies and lyrics will bring encouragement and clarity to you as we declare our faith in Jesus and all that he's done.

All songs are born out of unique circumstances, and the title song of this collection is no exception. The inspiration behind “No One Else” came from a desire to minister well to an audience in Paupa New Guinea on a mission trip. Click the video below to hear some of our worship leaders tell the story.

To learn more about Grace Church Worship and see all our original songs, click below.

Across all of our campuses, volunteer worship and audio visuals teams serve every week to create a worshipful environment for our congregations. This December, as a special “thank you” to these teams, a group of staff and volunteers hosted Worship Culture, an evening for our volunteers to worship together, as well participate in the recording of a live album.

During the evening, three hundred people gathered to celebrate and praise God for the work he has done over the past few years. Ten songs were recorded, including nine new ones written by Grace staff and volunteers. The live recordings will become an album released in March 2022.

See below for more photos from Worship Culture, or visit Grace Church Worship on Spotify for songs, albums, and playlists.