Date Night: Night of Connection
Friday, Nov 10 | 6:30-9:00 pm | Dinner -$30 per couple
Guest speakers: Doug & Jennifer Bradt
Join us for a Night of Connection! Date Nights offer not only time with your partner but also connection with the Grace Avenue community. Doug and Jennifer are approaching their 30th anniversary and have learned that one of the most important aspects of a long term marriage is authentic connection.
Blood Drive at Grace Avenue
Blood Drive at Grace Avenue
Grace Avenue Methodist Church
Sunday, December 31, 2023
8:00AM – 1:00PM. Carter Blood Care will be at Grace Avenue UMC. Giving takes about 45 minutes and can save up to 3 lives!
A Crowded Table
Thanksgiving is the perfect season to share a meal with a neighbor and find the abundance God offers us all.
Family Advent Workshop
Sunday, Nov 26th | 4:00-6:00pm | Tom Graves Hall
All ages invited!
Come and join us as we prepare for the Advent season. Participants will have the opportunity to work their way through different stations. We will learn about Advent, make an Advent wreath, make and take gifts for others, and do some hands on mission projects. Pizza will be available. The cost for the event is $10.00 per person that chooses to make the crafts. Payment will be collected at the door. Contact Kristen Lane at Klane@graceavenue.org with questions.
Wire Choir
Christmas Wire Choir
Rehearsals begin Sunday, Oct 15
We have a new musical opportunity at Grace Avenue. We’re calling it the CHRISTMAS WIRE CHOIR. This new seasonal musical group is for any and everyone who plays a stringed instrument, whether it be a guitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, bass, autoharp, lyre, lute, dulcimer, sitar, balalaika, erhu, pipa, guzheng, guqin . . . you get the idea.
Depression Support
Depression Support Group for Adults
6 weeks beginning Thursday, October 12
7:00-8:30 pm
Join us in this 6-week group for adults in which we will be focusing on alleviating symptoms of depression. We will learn practical techniques and strategies to assist us in our daily lives.
Thriving in an Empty Nest
Thriving in an Empty Nest
4 weeks beginning Monday, October 9
7:00-8:30 pm
Empty nesting can be full of anxiety and grief, but it can also present opportunity for reconnection and growth. Join us for a 4 week group as we explore finding new purpose and passion from within, while still loving our grown children well.
The Prodigals
The Prodigals is a ministry of Grace Avenue for those who have big questions about faith and are, perhaps, not comfortable with traditional, institutional church. The Mission of the Prodigals is to liberate spiritual seeker from the constraints of the institutional church, empowering all people to fully embody the unique image of God we are created to be.
LGBTQ+ 101
LGBTQ+ 101
Monday, October 2
7:00pm-8:30 pm in Tom Graves Hall
Led by Katrina Watland of True North Coaching
This session is an introduction to the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity, vocabulary that relates to the LGBTQ+ community, the importance and power of using appropriate words, and the reason for and importance of using appropriate pronouns.
Women’s Night Out
Women’s Night Out: Dinner & Conversation
Monday, October 30| 6:30-8:30 pm | $15 for Dinner
Join Laura Echols-Richter and the women of Grace Avenue for a night of good food and conversation that will feed your soul.