Members of the Mission Outreach Committee will be signing up CROP Walkers after the service for the next couple weeks. The Waynesboro CROP walk will be held on Sunday, September 26th at 2 pm at Ridgeview Park. We have a congregational goal to provide 20 walkers and $2000 in donations.

Everyone can participate - walkers, donors, registration workers, and even Spirit Walkers (those folks who have difficulty walking, but wishing to sign-up donors to support their desire to walk).  Please sign up to walk, support walkers, or participate in any way you can. For years the Waynesboro Crop Walk has been one of the top five Walks in Virginia in walkers, money raised, and churches involved.  This is our 35th Anniversary Crop Walk and we hope to raise our greatest annual amount of $35,000 - A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH YEAR WE HAVE WALKED.See Bob Barrette or Lori McCloskey to register and receive a donation envelope or contact Bob at 434-361-1941 or by e-mail at bob@cyberwind.net. You can access additional information about the Waynesboro Cropwalk by going to www.cropwalkonline.org and using the locator to click on Virginia and then Waynesboro

Lutheran Family Services: Grace Church provides office space and enjoys the presence of Lutheran Family Services VA staff.

Shenandoah Valley Grief Services: A ministry of Lutheran Family Services of VA with offices and grief support group meeting room and library located on the upper level. SVGS provides a supportive and safe environment for grieving individuals to share and validate their feelings of grief and loss; community education on grief and loss issues; and support during times of crisis or disaster response. The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Long serves as Grief Support Specialist and Program Coordinator. You can contact Cynthia at 540-383-2902 or clonglasher@lfsva.org

Valley Music Academy: Our congregation also provides space to the community not-for-profit organization that provides private music instruction to children and youth and organizes community youth choirs and a variety of other services, including scholarships to music students when needed. Contact the VMA Director Robert Harold at 540-949-7470 or VMA@ntelos.net

Homebound Meals for the Elderly (November): Every November members of our congregation pair up to deliver hundreds of hot nutritious meals to area elderly that are homebound. This is part of an ecumenical ministry coordinated through valley program services for the Elderly.

Disciples Kitchen: Every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 11:30AM to 12:15PM lunch is served at Second Presbyterian Church free of charge to those in need. Grace Church is one of 28 churches and organizations in the community whose volunteers prepare and serve this meal on a rotating basis. Grace Church volunteers also prepared and served the meal on Thanksgiving Day 2009. If you wish to volunteer or receive more information, contact Sandra R. Hoy at 540-241-3595 or e-mail at Geoffreyhoy@aol.com

Backpacks for Love Program. This Blue Ridge Area Food Bank food distribution program provides food weekly during the school year to over four hundred (400) William Perry students. To accomplish this task faithfully we need a number of members to volunteer their services. We need people to help unload the delivery vehicles, people to set-up the food for packing, packers, people to load and deliver the backpacks to William Perry for distribution to the children. If you wish to volunteer or receive more information, contact Bob Barrette at 434-361-1941 or e-mail at bob@cyberwind.net

AT Thru-Hiker Hostel (May-June): Our congregation provides a place to shower, watch movies, rest enjoy dry, cool surroundings, cook a meal and sleep for hundreds of hikers that take the challenge of hiking more than 2000 miles on the Appalachian Trail. Volunteers provide hospitality!

VA Synod Hospitality Ministry: Members of Grace Church set up meeting rooms, provide sound system support, welcome participants and provide meals and snacks for a wide variety of VA Synod and ELCA meetings and conferences each year.

Local Disaster Response (Emergency Shelter and Repair/Rebuild Teams): Our facility has been designated an Emergency Shelter by the Red Cross of America and members are prepared to respond if the need arises. We also help in an ecumenical effort to repair or rebuild local homes simply because the needs exists for those that cannot care for the repairs or the costs themselves.

ChristCare Small Group Missions: All of our ChristCare Small Groups develop specific mission projects as part of their commitments and service. Projects include support for our local Domestic Abuse Shelter, Monthly sales of coffee, tea and chocolate for the Lutheran World Relief Coffee Project and support of our local children through school tutoring and gifts. Now support for our Hospice has begun from one of the groups.