Providing Food
West Houston Assistance Ministries - West Houston Resource Center
Grace and Friends of Westchase are strengthening our partnership with WHAM. Here are three ways to partner with them:
- ONLINE: Donate much needed supplies by making a purchase on WHAM’s Amazon wish list. Items will be directly delivered to WHAM. If you give online to WHAM, please type Grace Campaign in the comment section of the donation page.
- IN PERSON: Donations can be dropped off at the food pantry from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday-Friday at 10501 Meadowglen Lane, Houston, TX 77042. For an updated list of needed items, please click HERE.
- DAILY PRAYER: Check out their Facebook page and then pray specifically.
Grace and Friends of Westchase Food Distribution
Grace will continue to serve once a week on Thursdays as a distribution center for the James Harden, Kroger, and Houston Food Bank partnership for Covid-19 response. The partnership is providing $100 worth of groceries to 100 people per week for eight weeks. We are at capacity for volunteers this week but welcome volunteers for May 28 and June 5. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Nancy Bailey.
Resourcing Health Information
Making Masks for WHAM to Distribute
West Houston Assistance Ministries (WHAM) wants to provide homemade cloth face masks to the hundreds of people who come to its center for food. Can you help? The following links give easy-to-follow instructions for making masks:
- Mail or deliver masks to WHAM, at 10501 Meadowglen Lane, Houston, TX 77042.
Houston Responds to Masks-For-All Initiative
To reopen public spaces in our communities, while limiting transmission of the COVID-19 virus, wearing face masks will be strongly recommended, if not required. Government leaders have asked Houston Responds to help provide personal use face masks to help ensure there are MASKS FOR ALL as we transition out of quarantine, especially for those in under-resourced areas.
Houston Responds' goal is for 1,000 congregations to provide 100-200 masks per week. The love, service, and generosity of local congregations will ensure more than 1,000,000 people in Greater Houston will have potentially life-saving reusable masks. Click HERE for more information.
Grace is a drop-off site to collect masks. A labeled donation bin is located under the porte cochere at our Welcome Center entrance off of the Ella Lee side of Grace. Please make sure you indicate how many masks you are donating when you place them in the drop off container.
The masks collected at Grace will benefit:
- West Houston Assistance Ministries
- Grace Presbyterian, Kroger, and James Hardin food distribution partnership
- Friends of Westchase
Blood Drive
Thursday 5/28, Friday 5/29 and Saturday 5/30, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Massey-Tucker Hall
Once again, we are thrilled to partner with our friends at the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center. Did you know that you can save three lives with one blood donation? Blood is in demand because procedures and surgeries are once again in operation. Due to social distancing, appointments are required. Register for an appointment HERE. When registering, please use code #1403. All donors will receive a coupon for an 8-ounce shaved ice from Bahama Bucks! For more information, please contact Denise Phelps (dphelps@gpch.org; 713 267-5063).
Friends of Westchase
Friends of Westchase is deepening connections with the community and growing partnerships! If you would like to join us, contact Nancy Bailey and follow Friends of Westchase on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
Encouraging Spiritual/Emotional Support
Community Resources
If you need help with supplies, counseling, safety situations or anything else, please reach out to us or to the following resources:
- WHAM for West Houston: (713) 780-2727
- NAM for Northwest Houston: (281) 885-4555
- Mental Health Services: (713) 871-1004 (offered by Hope and Healing Institute)
- Family Violence 24-Hour Hotline: (281) 885-4673
- Suicide Prevention Hotline: (800) 273-8255
Fellowship by Phone Opportunity
Grace invites you to join our “reach out and touch someone” ministry. We want to equip our congregation to reach out to one another and check in to see how others are doing. If you are interested in picking up the phone, opening your phone app, or asking Siri to dial a number to reach out to those who may feel isolated in these times, please sign up HERE.
We Want to Connect with You
Grace staff members and elders and volunteers are trying to call EVERYONE in the congregation to see how families are holding up right now and if there’s anything we can do to help. We’re finding that we don’t have current, updated phone numbers for some of you! Please help us connect with each other! If you have not received a phone call or text by the end of this weekend, please email your cell phone, home phone and address information to Susan Dozier (sdozier@gpch.org).
How can we Pray for and Help You?
Please know that we are praying for you and want to help in any way if we can. Are you able to get out of your home and get groceries/gas/other supplies? Do you have face masks or need any? Can we pray for you in a specific way or add you to our prayer team list? Do you just need to talk out all that you’re feeling at the moment? Reach out to us HERE.
Kids Inspiring Hope -
Join the Kids of Grace as we Reach Out to Vulnerable Adults
Kids and people of all ages are invited to connect with vulnerable adults during this time. Your efforts will build bridges of connection to provide hope and comfort. Mail handwritten notes or artwork to connect and encourage others. To join the children of Grace in this initiative, please contact Chris French.
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