What's Your Next Step?
As we continue with our YOU ARE HERE series, where do you find yourself? Head to graceoc.com/nextsteps to see where the Lord wants to take you.
Ready to Join a Team
We’d love to connect you with a team on which to serve! It is the best way to get connected and do life with each other! Serve as a greeter, usher, parking team, cafe, info center, in GraceKids or meals team. Please consider joining our team!
Join a Fall Bible Study
The best way we have for knowing about who God is and what God does is through the Bible. Even though we all could read and study the Bible individually, we learn so much more when we read and study the Bible together in a group. Go see the various studies we have available and sign up!
Join a Fall Small Group
As we head into a new season it’s time to get back to community and start doing life together again! There are several small groups kicking off in the next few weeks and now’s the time to sign up. Head over to the small groups page and sign up!
Communion
We will be sharing in communion during all services next Sunday, October 10th.
Upcoming Baptisms
Are you ready to make a public declaration that Jesus is your Lord and Savior? We are planning to hold baptisms during services on Sunday, October 24th. If you are interested in being baptized, submit your information using the link below.
GraceKids Volunteer Meeting
There will be a GraceKids meeting for all GraceKids Volunteers on Sunday, Octorber 24th at 1pm. Lunch will be provided. Please register to let us know you are coming.
Essentials Class
The Essentials Class dives deeper into the core teachings of Christianity and explains what it means to live as a Christian in today’s culture. This 5-week course is being offered in-person starting October 24th. The class will be held in the morning, from 8:00am – 9:30am. Register below.
Learning to Lament Mini-Retreat
We all need to learn to Lament, especially when we find ourselves, perhaps even right now, in the midst of the deep dark clouds of suffering, pain, loss, and even despair. There is a deeper mercy to be found when we discover the grace of Lament. Lament is a prayer in pain that leads to trust. Biblical Lament is how Christians grieve. It is also how to help hurting people. Join us and invite others as together we Learn to Lament for His glory and our joy!
Please register each person attending to let us know you are coming!
New Ministry for Mothers at Grace and beyond!
The MOMs ministry is for mothers of infants through high school students. This group will be held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month (October 13 – June 8th) from 9:30a-11:30a at the Washingtonville Campus. Your little ones are welcome to attend or be cared for in our nursery by vetted Grace volunteers. Moms will enjoy food, connection, guest speakers, and many other fun MOMs events. A one-time registration is required with at $25 registration fee for the season. (If there are financial concerns, please do not let that stop you from attending. Please email moms@graceoc.com for more information)
Middle School Retreat
The Collective Youth Ministry will hold it’s annual 678 Retreat on October 15-17 at the Word of Life Camp in Schroon Lake, NY. Registration is $150 per student and includes meals, lodging, entertainment, and program materials.
Fall Men's Retreat
Men, are you ready for a weekend getaway? If so, Huntersfield Christian Training Center is hosting a weekend retreat November 7th-9th, Abiding in His Word. For more information click the link below.
TRUNK-OR-TREAT
We are excited to announce that Grace Community Church will be having our Trunk-or-Treat event on October 31st from 5pm to 7pm, with a raindate of November 1st from 6pm to 8pm, at the Washingtonville Campus. This event is open to the community and we expect to have a huge turnout as we have in the past! To ensure things run smoothly, please register that you are joining us that evening by signing up one adult in the family and indicating how many in your group: graceoc.com/events
What we need:
We need our Grace family to register your trunk! Think of a fun (non-scary) theme, decorate your vehicle, and hand out candy to the “trunk or treaters” from the neigborhood! You’ll be entered in a contest too!! Register your vehicle at graceoc.com/trunks
We also need our Grace family to donate candy! Everyone knows our Trunk or Treat has the best candy, and LOTS of it is needed. If you can help by filling up the trunk in the lobby of our Washingtonville Campus – this will help make Trunk-or-Treat a success!