1. Outdoor Worship on the Lawn

Sunday, December 6, 5-6 p.m., Grace Athletic Field

Let's gather together to worship and celebrate the Lord on the lawn! Click HERE for song lyrics so that you can sing along with the worship band.

Bring: water, picnic blankets and/or camp chairs to sit on (church is not providing any seating), and your facial coverings for moving about

Physical Distancing Protocols: Facial coverings are required when you are unable to physically distance or while moving around (but not while seated for worship with your family).

2. Christmas Eve Worship Reservations

To accommodate distancing capacity needs and time to thoroughly clean the church between services, we are offering five opportunities for Christmas Eve worship. Advance reservations for worship and childcare will be necessary.

• 10:30 a.m., Jammies & Jingle Bells: A Family Christmas Eve Service in the Sanctuary (livestreamed on website)
• 3 p.m., Communion Service in the Sanctuary 
• 5 p.m., Candlelight Service in the Sanctuary 
• 7 p.m., Candlelight Service in the Sanctuary (livestreamed on website) 
• 7 p.m., Grace en Español Service in The Founders’ Chapel

Make your Christmas Eve Worship reservation by clicking  HERE.

Register HERE for Christmas Eve Childcare.

3. Register for Christmas for the City: December 13

Each year in December, our congregation comes together for a one-day service project to support a Houston-based mission partner. During Grace’s Christmas for the City, we can live out our faith by giving our time, resources and love to serve others.

This year we are excited to continue our partnership with Kids' Meals Inc., a Houston based organization that makes and delivers free, healthy lunches directly to the homes of preschool age children who don’t have access to school-based free meal programs. Read more about Kids' Meals here. Our goal is to pack 10,000 bagged lunches for Kids' Meals!

How you can Help:

1. Register to volunteer for packing bags on December 13. Register HERE

2. Purchase and decorate brown lunch bags and drop them at the Grace Welcome Center. (No stickers, please, because they fall off during delivery!)

• When: Sunday, December 13 at 12:30 p.m.
• Where: The blacktop parking lot between the Grace School Gym and the athletic fields (if it rains we will be in the gym)
• Who: Anyone 5 years old and older (registration required for everyone)
• Childcare: Available for children in PreK and younger by registration only
• COVID info: Masks are required, and we will set up to facilitate social distancing as best we can.
• Attire: Comfortable and weather appropriate – We will be working outside unless it rains and you will be walking around, so wear comfortable shoes!
• Parking: Any Grace lot except the blacktop

Grace Schedule for Dec. 13:

• 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. – Worship
• 10:50 - 11:50 a.m. –  Equipping Hour 
• Noon - 12:30 a.m. – Lunch - pick up a boxed lunch (ordered at registration) and eat in Massey-Tucker Hall or the courtyard.
• 12:30 p.m. – Gather on the blacktop to start project.

Living Water Alternative Gift Giving Opportunity
during Christmas for the City

Make gift giving more meaningful this year by purchasing a gift card from Living Water International. The recipient gets to choose what project he or she would like to help fund.  Instead of socks for Uncle Harry or perfume for Aunt Sue, give them a gift that keeps on giving to a Third World Community -- safe, clean water in the name of Jesus, who is the living water for our souls.

Look for Living Water displays around the Grace campus on December 13.

Where are the Rest of the Announcements?

Simply click on each button below to read all the respective Gather, Connect, and Bless announcements.

• Gather – worship services, giving opportunities, and leadership news
• Connect – ministry groups and events for Adults, Children, and Students
• Serve – for members to serve our communities