Local Mission Projects
Grace has extended assistance to many people in the Pickens community.
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Pickens County Habitat For Humanity Habitat's office is now located in the office building at Grace! Building the Galloway home on Erin Lane in the spring and summer of 2005-construction is shown. |
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Grace youth donated some of their Saturdays to help build, roof, paint and do electrical wiring. The roofing crew was experienced from their past work in the Bahamas! |
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Flood buckets were assembled for hurricane and flood victims by the middle school youth.
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Church members donated items for the buckets, but it all had to fit in the bucket! Easier said than done! |
Success! Buckets were sent to the UMCOR center in Louisiana. |
Gleaning House and Asbury Hills Methodist Camp
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Senior high youth collected food for Gleaning House Ministries. |
Assembling and staining cabin shelves for Asbury Hills was a multigenerational project! |
Help for the elderly and disabled....
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Ken Lowe, king of the power tools, cuts lumber for the porch. |
First the demolition-then the construction! |
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Above and left-Dean Maple uses a router for the porch posts. Left-Dean responds after hitting his finger with the hammer! Above-Greg Cumbee helps Ken put the final touches on the new screen. |
Helping a Grace member with new trailer siding and a front porch deck...in the pouring rain! Rocky Bottom Baptist Church men help on this project.
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Gleaning House Ministries-packing boxes of food and giving out meals on Thanksgiving Day. Diana and Jerry Hancock help run this valuable food pantry.
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Gleaning House Ministries of Pickens |
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Grace and Rocky Bottom Baptist Church join forces to reroof a home for a handicapped woman.
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Sponsored by the Joel Cannon Sunday School Class, these men and women braved the May heat to get the job done in one day! |
Members of Grace host a free lunch and carnival for Hispanic residents in the area.
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Country Santa-toys are collected and delivered by many Grace members! Donations are made to United Christian Ministries and Miracle Hill.
Several Grace members deliver Meals On Wheels to residents daily!
Grace provides meeting space for NA-Narcotics Anonymous , Court-Ordered Domestic Violence counseling classes, cub scouts and girls scouts.
