The Gainesville Hall Community Food Pantry was established in 1972 and has been helping to support families in Hall County living in food-insecure settings. Our mission is to serve individuals in need of food. Grace Episcopal Church is one of the five churches in the area that keep our pantry...
From time to time, I love being able to give an update about how funds from the Discretionary Fund are used in the life of the wider community. This fund is available for immediate needs, and parishes establish them as a means for the rector to use with the staff,...
A message from Darlene Hauserman, Director of the Community Food Pantry and a Grace Church parishioner: We are in unprecedented times when it comes to getting access to food to fill our pantries. This is not just a Hall County issue or a state of Georgia issue, it is an...
In 2021, the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia granted a 2020 $25,000 request from the Gateway Center Against Domestic Violence to assist them in their continued mission to prevent domestic violence and to provide immediate safe and secured housing for victims of violent domestic abuse. The Compassion/Outreach...
We are living in uncertain times, to be sure, and we want to do what we can to offer a pastoral presence to the community. Cynthia worked to put together a very useful gathering of resources that are prayerful, pastoral, and practical, looking at how we consciously engage our circumstances....
Empower, Give, Be Merry This holiday season, Grace is once again helping support the Family Promise Christmas Store. Each December Family Promise of Hall County partners with local businesses, churches and volunteers to provide a store full of new toys so families may select gifts for their children at drastically...
Anyone seeking new ways to serve, or interested in an intentional community to support the ways you are already serving, is invited to consider if the Benedictine-steeped Community of Hope International (COHI) might be a calling. The Community of Hope is first of all a praying community – modeled on...
Last week we invited the many folks who serve on the Compassion Cluster and the Phone Tree to send us their reflections about the experience of intentional phone and email visits with the congregation and with their own families and neighbors. The response was overwhelming. From a few words to...
With the kick off of our Formation Year, we thought it might be a good time to refresh the parish about some key information with regard to prayer concerns, pastoral emergencies, and way-finding through the channels to make sure we know how best to minister to each of you. Contacting...