Welcome to the G.R.A.C.E. Partners blog!
This is a place where we can share ideas, look for advice, share stories, pictures, and prayer requests!
G.R.A.C.E. (Growing Relationships Among Congregations Effectively) Partners is a strategic ministry of the Southern Ohio Synod designed to assist small congregations (worshiping with 120 or fewer).
The goal of this ministry is to support, strengthen, and sustain congregations which have a desire to grow in their current environment (numerically, spiritually, and attitudinally); a willingness to acknowledge and embrace their existence within the strategic plan of the Southern Ohio Synod—Advancing God’s Mission: Living Faith; and who have a commitment to a mutual partnership with participating with congregations. Emphasis will be placed on strategizing for mission among the congregations.
G.R.A.C.E. Partners offers participants collegial support, resource sharing, congregational partnering, mentoring, connecting, idea sharing, and more.
G.R.A.C.E. Partners seeks to enable communication between congregations for the advancement of God’s mission for a variety of contexts. This special on-line blog is in place to make communication easy and accessible.
G.R.A.C.E. Partners seeks to enable communication between congregations for the advancement of God’s mission for a variety of contexts. This special on-line blog is in place to make communication easy and accessible.
Congregations which are being invited to participate in G.R.A.C.E. Partners have one or more of the following characteristics: Recovering, Turn-around, Transition, Yoked congregations, Desire for growth in mission, Only ELCA presence in an area.
Once again, welcome to the G.R.A.C.E. Partners blog. We hope to see you again soon!
