Senior vouchers for fresh produce will be distributed at Grace on Monday June 5th from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Please contact the church office if you can assist with distribution. Our summer market will be on Thursdays from 4:00-6:00pm. Starting date to be announced soon.
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Brown Bag Bible Study Group
The Ernestine Brown Bag Bible study group is meeting on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesdays of each month. Now is the perfect time to come to “Brown Bag” and join this wonderful group of ladies!
UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH — NEW CLOTHES PIN MINISTRY!
Stop by the UWF room soon and look for the new clothes pin ministry print. Every month, the name/address of a homebound church member (or someone in need of prayer) will be clipped to a clothes pin. You are encouraged to jot down that person’s name & address (paper/pen provided!) or take a photo with your phone and send them a card or note. Our hopes are that the mailboxes of these special people will be flooded with love and good wishes. And, if you know of someone who would benefit from this new ministry, give their name and address to any UWF member.
Grace Services Online
If you are planning to worship with us in person on Sunday morning, our guidelines ask that you call to pre-register your attendance so that we can effectively seat everyone in the sanctuary while maintaining social distance. The deadline to pre-register is Friday at noon. Please call the church office to pre-register.
Worship and broadcasts will be live Sundays at 10:00am and On-Demand.
Easily access archives of previous services and devotions through most of these same resources!
The online worship options we have include:
(Click on the highlighted links below for quick access)
- Facebook,
- YouTube,
- Grace’s FireTV Channel,
- from your FireTV, search for the Grace United Methodist Church Columbia channel (or click the link above or Add the channel via the web to your FireTV device by visiting: amazon.com and select apps and devices in the search bar – Grace United Methodist Church),
- ROKU –
- search for the Grace United Methodist Church Columbia channel
(Add the channel to your Roku device by visiting: https://my.roku.com/account/add),
- search for the Grace United Methodist Church Columbia channel
- and our website.
You can find the bulletin here, and the announcements here. Our online giving page can be found here. You can still mail your offering to the church at 410 Harbison Blvd. Columbia, SC 29212 or you can bring it by and drop it in the mailbox outside of the church office.
Outreach Opportunity with Simple Gifts
Grace Outreach will be providing a simple gift (i.e. word search, crossword, Sudoku or coloring books and pencils) and note to some of our Grace neighbors in the coming weeks.
We want to let them know that we are thinking and praying for them during this time of social distancing and isolation.
If you would like to contribute toward this effort, please give online or by check and note that it is for Outreach.
Outreach – Even in These Times!
Did you know you are a member of the Outreach committee at Grace?
Well, you are! You know Jesus and make him known to others everywhere you go and that is outreach.
Our Outreach committee serves our community in feeding the hungry monthly, Operation Christmas child, kettle ring for the Salvation Army at Christmas, Salkehatchie, Seeds of Hope Angel tree ministry, Hand y Mano, adopt a highway (trash pickup). As you can see, our programs that we sponsor are a powerful witness. Meaning you can be involved with one or several and you will be truly blessed a thousand-fold by the sharing of your time and your talents.
For more information on how you can make Jesus known to others, please contact Susan Floyd 803-429-3194 or Marlin McPhail 803-730-8355
Choral Scholars
Grace United Methodist Church is currently experiencing a trend that has been affecting churches all over the U.S. High schools and colleges are not producing trained singers to volunteer in church choirs in the high numbers that they once did, even ten years ago. Sadly, some churches have done away with their choirs altogether. At Grace, it is our goal to strive toward excellence in our music ministry and worship, led by the Chancel Choir, aided by choral scholars.
Choral Scholars are music students or in some cases young music graduates, who lead their respective sections in the choir.
Through a Choral Scholars program, Grace is able to invest in the lives and careers of young musicians who are either training for a career in Music or who are underemployed music graduates needing help in launching a music career. A Choral Scholars program is an outreach ministry to our community, and can help us achieve Grace’s 2020 vision of reaching out into our community.
Through this program, we are able to bring young musicians into our church and minister to them at a time in their lives when many young adults are unchurched. A Choral Scholars program also helps to train young musicians to be the church music leaders of the future. In fact, our own Mark Merritt was once a choral scholar.
We have received some seed money to assist in starting a Choral Scholars program at Grace. We believe that we could have choral scholars on all four parts in the choir for $900 per year, per singer.
Grace United Methodist Church Receives 2020 Best of Columbia Award
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Grace United Methodist Church Receives 2020 Best of Columbia Award
Columbia Award Program Honors the Achievement
COLUMBIA January 8, 2020 — Grace United Methodist Church has been selected for the 2020 Best of Columbia Award in the Places of Worship category by the Columbia Award Program.
Each year, the Columbia Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Columbia area a great place to live, work and play.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2020 Columbia Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Columbia Award Program and data provided by third parties.
About Columbia Award Program
The Columbia Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Columbia area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.
The Columbia Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.
SOURCE: Columbia Award Program
CONTACT:
Columbia Award Program
Email: PublicRelations@bizawardannouncement.org
URL: http://www.bizawardannouncement.org
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Rev. Rett Haselden
I am overjoyed to be a part of the ministry and mission of Grace on Harbison. God has called me to preach the truth of the Gospel so that others might know the love and justice of Jesus Christ and be agents of his grace in their families and communities. I was born and raised in Murrells Inlet, SC and grew up attending Socastee UMC. I earned a BA in Religious Studies with a minor in history at the University of South Carolina. I received my MDiv from Duke Divinity School in May of 2010, began my ministry on July 1, 2010, and was ordained an Elder in June of 2012 at the SC Annual Conference. Prior to serving at Grace, I served as associate pastor at St. John’s UMC in Rock Hill. I enjoy spending time at the beach. The salt water always restores me. I am a gym rat, but that is mainly to support my love of good food.
I share my life and ministry with my wife, Lollie, and our sons, Wyatt and Thomas. Lollie is a South Carolina native as well, having grown up in Marion, SC. She has a deep call to lay ministry in the administration of the church at the denominational level. Wyatt and Thomas bring the most joy to our lives with their boundless energy and excitement. They love sports, superheroes, and reading. We all enjoy Gamecock football, the outdoors, grilling, going to community events, and experiencing new adventures together.