Lutheran Family Services and Lutheran Disaster Response Office: Grace Church provides office space and enjoys the presence of Jan Tobias in our facility as he coordinates a wide variety of ministry projects shared between ELCA congregations and Lutheran Family Services of VA. He also coordinates the Lutheran Disaster Response efforts in Virginia. You can Contact Jan at 540-946-4598 orĀ jtobias@lfsva.org
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 Lasher serves as Grief Support Specialist and Program Coordinator. You can contact Cynthia at 540-383-2902 or clonglasher@lfsva.org
MentorMatch: Another ministry of Lutheran Family Service of VA also located in the upper level is bring adults, ages 18 and up, together with system-involved youth from foster care and the local court system. Mentors will be matched with a young person from their geographic area. Contact Program Coordinator, Philip Day at 540-946-2633, or pday@lfsva.org. Mentor Match is funded by a four-year federal grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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 not nutritious meals to area elderly that are homebound. This is part of an ecumenical ministry coordinated through valley program services for the Elderly.

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.
Hispanic Hospitality Ministry: We try to respond to the needs of a growing population of new residents from Hispanic cultures by offering welcome, providing support where possible and educating our congregation about the realities and myths surrounding immigration issues.
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. |