Grace Church in the Mountains - Waynesville, NC
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  • Home
  • Worship
    • Worship & Formation
    • What to Expect
    • Sermons
    • Serving on Sundays
    • Who we are >
      • Message from the Rector
      • About Us
      • Staff
      • Vestry >
        • Annual Meeting
        • Missional Priorities
        • Communication Guidelines
        • By-Laws
        • Minutes
    • Photo Galleries >
      • 2022 Parish Picnic
      • Summer Small Groups 2022
      • Confirmation-Parish Picnic 2021 Gallery
      • Parish Fair 2021
      • Sundaes on Saturday
      • Fresh Air Fellowship Cataloochee
      • 2020 Picnic & Baptisms Gallery
    • Calendar
    • Daily Office
  • Serve
    • Congregational Care
    • Outreach >
      • Food Pantry >
        • Food Pantry Hours
      • Parish Fair
      • Grace Giving Garden
    • Creation Care Ministry
    • Memorial Garden >
      • Pet Wall
    • Daughters of the King
    • Marthas
    • Buildings and Grounds
    • Resources
  • Learn
    • Teach Us To Pray >
      • Centering Prayer
      • Prayer of the Imagination
      • Jesus Prayer
      • The Examen
      • Lectio Devina
      • Body Prayer
      • Prayerful Art
    • Formation >
      • Episcopal Church 101
      • Resources
    • Children & Youth >
      • Nursery
      • Children
      • Youth Group
  • Give
    • Ways to Give
    • Give Online
    • Stewardship Statement
    • Annual Giving >
      • Pledge to Weaving Grace Together (Treasure)
      • Pledge to Weaving Grace Together (Time & Talent )
    • The Science of Generosity
    • Legacy of Grace Endowment
    • Stock Donations
  • Music
  • Resources
    • Reading the Gospels During Lent
    • Addiction Recover Resources
    • Community Conversations about Suicide
    • Connect with us Online
    • Parish Program Planning Checklist
    • Forms >
      • Easter Flowers Order Form
      • Coffee Hour Sign up
      • Prayer Requests
      • Altar Flower Order Form
      • Nametag Order Form
      • Membership Database Information Form
      • Nursery/Sunday School Registration
      • Application for Rent/Use of Facilities
      • Application for Fundraising Activity Event
      • Check Request Reimbursement Form
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Plan to leave a Legacy of Grace today.

O Lord, Giver of Life and Source of Freedom, we know that all we have is received from your hand. Gracious and loving God, you call us to be stewards of your abundance, the caretakers of all you have entrusted to us. Help us always to use your gifts wisely and teach us to share them generously. Send the Holy Spirit to work through us, bringing your message to those we serve. May our faithful stewardship be a witness to the love of Jesus Christ in our lives. We pray with grateful hearts in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

(Collect for Stewardship, Diocese of Washington)​

Make a difference for future generations.

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The purpose of Grace Church’s Endowment Fund is to help maintain the ministry of Grace Church for generations to come. Unlike gifts to our annual budget which are needed for day-to-day ministry, donations to the endowment are invested, and the parish may only spend a portion of the income from those investments each year.

More importantly, the Endowment Fund is a way to express your gratitude to God for the ways the Lord has used Grace’s presence and ministry to enrich your life. It enables you to leave an enduring "Legacy of Grace" that will extend Grace’s ministry for generations to come.​
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How does Grace manage and steward these gifts?
Grace Church partners with The Episcopal Church Foundation to manage the fund. The Vestry may use endowment funds for ministry needs and outreach opportunities that are beyond our routine spending, not part of our operating budget.

Donors may give to one of three sub-funds:
- The General Fund: For whatever ministry needs the Vestry discerns, which could be anything from responding to natural disasters, helping fund a new ministry project, or unforeseen maintenance expenses. This offers the church the greatest flexibility.
- The Capital Improvement Fund: For maintaining and enhancing our property's sustainability, utility and beauty, as this is the foundation of our day-to-day ministries.
- The Outreach Fund: For ministries that benefit those in need, often distributed through non-profit ministry partners.
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Gifts of any size, recurring, or one-time, now or in the future, are welcome.

How are the gifts recognized?
We maintain a beautiful Memorials book in which donors' names are written. Annually, we  have a gratitude dinner for donors to say thank them and to update them on what kinds of ministries the funds have made possible. Donors may also remain anonymous.
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There are many ways to leave a Legacy of Grace.

- A tax deductible gift of cash, check or set up a recurring or one time electronic payment
- A gift from your 401K or IRA that provides relief from the tax burden for you or your beneficiaries
- Gifts of Stock for an immediate tax benefit
- Planned Giving:
  • Make a bequest in your will
  • Real Estate
  • Life Insurance
  • Life Income Gifts such as a Charitable Remainder Trust or Charitable Gift Annuity

The Rector or Treasurer would be happy to talk with you about any of these options.
 Worship Times
Sunday

8:00am in person and live stream
9:15am Adult formation in person and on Zoom
10:30am in person
Children's Sunday- 1st Sundays @ 10:30 am
​Taize Service - 1st Sundays @ 7:00 pm


Wednesday
12:00 pm Eucharist + Healing Service
Grace Church in the Mountains
394 N. Haywood Street, Waynesville, North Carolina 28786 • Phone: (828) 456-6029   Email: admin@gracewaynesville.com
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