GraceWorks Ministries is blessed by our many faithful volunteers who make it possible for us to accomplish our mission of sharing the hope and grace of God by helping our neighbors in need. We have volunteers of all ages and skills levels, on a regular basis, but we've seen an increase lately in the number of young people volunteering. Many area schools are now include volunteering as part of the learning process for students, and some of our local families who home-school volunteer as a famiRead More....

We are always amazed at the resourcefulness of our volunteers. Check out the two photos below to see how volunteer Mark Cawley squeezed 100 Fuel Bags into his Mini for delivery at one of our local schools. In an effort to address the problem of food insecurity with many of our area children, GraceWorks has adapted a Second Harvest Food Bank program into the Fuel Bag Program. Fuel Bags are small bags filled with nutritious and easily prepared food items. Each Friday teachers discreetly Read More....

Have you ever thought about who you might influence, just by a simple conversation on the phone? We recently had a client visit GraceWorks after being encouraged by one of our volunteers on the phone the day befoRead More....

Bank of America supports four local non-profits. GraceWorks was the gathering place for a check presentation Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Bank of America awarded grants to Hard Bargain/Mt. Hope Redevelopment, Mercy Children's Clinic, CASA and GraceWorks. Volunteers spent time in GraceWorks' Food Pantry and Thrift Store, helping sort and stock food and clothing. Thank you Bank of America! [imagebrowser id=60]

GraceWorks assists with basic needs of our clients, which usually means food, clothing, or financial assistance with rent, utilities, gasoline or medications. But sometimes, basic needs means something else. We Read More....

Thank you to the players, sponsors and volunteers who helped make our 2011 Golf Fore GraceWorks event a success. [imagebrowser id=59]  

GraceWorks partners with over 55 area churches that provide support and volunteers to help us achieve our mission of sharing the hope and grace of God by helping our neighbors in need. One way that we help is by providing food for struggling families. Our ability to provide that food has been challenged recently as the food pantry stock had gotten very low. Not any more. Each year Brentwood Baptist Church holds a food drive to benefit GraceWorks. Just think how excited we were as we unloaded Read More....

Imagine you had enough money to pay either your rent, or your car payment and car insurance. Which would you choose? Many of us have never been in that situation, but many of our clients at GraceWorks face similar decisions daily. We had one such Read More....

At GraceWorks, we focus not only on our clients' physical needs, but their spiritual needs as well. Today was no exception. One of our volunteer GraceWorkers shared the story of a client she saw today, and as sRead More....

At GraceWorks, we see almost 400 clients each month, and we love it when we get encouraging notes! We recently got an email from the friend of a client we served: "Thank you so much for all of your help yesterday. She was able to find some nice things in the thrift store and she really appreciated the food. I wanted to tell you how wonderful the woman in client services was. She spoke to my friend and everyone else that came in, as if they were royalty. She treated them with suRead More....