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
    • Addiction Recover Resources
    • Community Conversations about Suicide
    • Connect with us Online
    • Parish Program Planning Checklist
    • Forms >
      • Advent 2022 Quiet Day RSVP
      • 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

Outreach


Outreach
The Committee is composed of the following members: Laurel Destry, Vestry liaison and co-chair, Pat Robinson, Vestry liaison and co-chair, Laura Armour, Vestry liaison and clerk, Natalie Bayless, Vicky Gribble, Pam Nolte-Viau, John Turley, Dana Smith, and Paula Welling.
 
The Outreach Committee is funded by our parish budget to fulfill our charge, “To enable our hands to be God’s hands in caring, comforting, and advocating for God’s people beyond our doors.” In recent years we have assisted in several programs:
Meals on Wheels
  • Pathways Meals reimbursements
  • Backpack for Central High Students who take home Manna food.
  • Shoes for the homeless students at Tuscola and Waynesville Middle
  • Supplies for the Summer Program at the Pigeon Center​
  • Open Door Emergency Housing Coalition for Homeless Women and Children
  • 30th Judicial Alliance Hispanic Program
  • Mountain Projects New building refurbishing
  • Senior Center Christmas boxes
  • Providing hot lunches for the Alternative School on the second Tuesday of every month
  • Cooking and serving ​meals at Haywood Pathways on the second Sunday of each month and fifth Mondays.

Parish-Wide Appeals

Grace parishioners have a heart for mission, and often this takes the form of wanting to have a Parish-Wide Appeal to help fulfill a need beyond our doors. The 2019 Outreach Committee developed an application process for Parish-Wide Appeals to prevent "extra giving burnout" and to help with scheduling. 

In recent years we have had the following Parish-Wide Appeals:
  • a drive for items needed for the summer children’s program at the Pigeon Community Multicultural Center
  • a collection of school items for homeless school children and the Alternative School children
  • “Undie Sunday” collected new underwear for the Clothes to Kids Organizatio
  • “Angel Tree” that provided Christmas presents for children and youth in need
  • “Warming Tree” that collected warm clothing items to be distributed by Mountain Projects to those in need

​Application for Parish-Wide Appeal

The Outreach Committee has developed an application process for Parish-Wide Appeals.  This is to prevent "extra giving burnout" and to help with scheduling.  In order to consider as many Appeals as possible, please submit applications by April 1.  You may download this application or pick one up in the church office.  If you have questions, please contact Laurel Destry, Pat Robinson, or Laura Armour by email.
Local coverage of Grace’s outreach can be seen in these Mountaineer articles:

  • Consider this: Belonging is an inside job by Joslyn Schaefer
  • Grace Episcopal is ‘all-in’ when it comes to service by Vicki Hyatt
 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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