“Love Lifted Me” is an old hymn that speaks about a person sinking beneath the waves and Jesus rescuing him. It’s a hymn of renewal, and this season is the time to look back on the ways GraceWorks donors, staff and volunteers have restored hope as well as desperately needed resources to our Neighbors. This […]
GraceWorks’ Neighbor Serving Neighbor annual fundraising dinner is Thursday, April 27, at the Factory. The theme for the dinner is Hope for Tomorrow, where we will present the hope GraceWorks brings to struggling Neighbors needing tangible help. This year, we have so many board members, businesses, churches, public servants, community services and other partners sponsoring
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GraceWorks Ministries is a faith-based organization that provides comprehensive support to low-income residents in Williamson County. They offer food assistance, housing assistance, and operate the GraceWorks Thrift Store, which provides affordable clothing, furniture, and household items. In this blog post, we will explore how GraceWorks Ministries is making a significant impact on the community and
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GraceWorks has a new website. And it is real pretty! All jokes aside, I am particularly proud of how we have redesigned our website with all users in mind, but with special attention turned to our Neighbors. You will see from the cleaner layout, fewer clicks and the very clear language that our goal
Julia, a single mother of an autistic teenage son, came to GraceWorks to request a store voucher for clothing for him. In conversation with a GraceWorker, our Neighbor Services volunteers, she opened up about other problems she was experiencing. She is unable to work because she can’t leave her son alone. He has separation issues
“One of the beauties of servanthood is that it does not require any special talent or special gifts.” This quote I read especially resonates with me not just because of the GraceWorks Neighbor serving Neighbor mission statement, but more because I have seen the most powerful example of this quote as I witness your serving
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Many Neighbors seeking help say they are comforted by the prayers offered by staff and volunteers in conversations about their needs. It’s part of GraceWorks’ mission of Neighbor serving Neighbor. Recently, in the same week, our GraceWorker Manager realized just how strongly our Neighbors believe in the power of prayer. Julie* brought her three children
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What will the new year hold for GraceWorks? Frankly, I don’t know. What I do know is that our sovereign God has it all under control. I recently read a quote that said, “May your history with God compel you to trust Him with your future.” Well, why don’t we take our trust walk into
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“I spoke to the grandmother and thanked her for turning the family’s grief into joy for other children.” At a gathering last month after The Manger, GraceWorks staff members recounted their most heartfelt moments during the annual Christmas gift-giving event. GraceWorks CEO Valencia A. Breckenridge told the story of the Sychantha family, who honored the
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As we close out the end of one calendar year and prepare to step into the next, it is a good time for us to revisit the GraceWorks values set by the Executive Board when they crafted our Neighbor serving Neighbor by the power of God’s grace mission statement. The values that the Board asks
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