This month marks six years that I have attended GCC. Though I came to faith at a young age and have been steeped in church my entire life, I experienced community for the first time at Grace. Whatever the need may be, friends and fellow...
Among a long list of ways I have experienced God's grace at Grace, two surprised me -- congregational singing and prayer. I experience God's grace as the congregation sings each Sunday. I don't really hear the worship leaders on stage although they are excellent; I hear...
In 1990, we lost our business, our wealth and our home. I was mad at God — hadn't we been faithful, ethical and generous? I felt we deserved better and descended into a long season of disillusionment. On Easter Sunday in 1993, we visited "that new...
I had been a believer in Christ about three months when I entered Vanderbilt as a freshman. That first week of school I remember reading the book of Acts for the very first time, and like the man Philip met on the road to Gaza,...
In the spring of 1993 we first visited Grace with our son, Harry, who was a student at Belmont. We were very impressed with the enthusiasm of the little group. But we were even more stirred by the sermon. We moved here in 1997. The...
I never imagined I would be a "founding member" of anything, especially a church! Grace Community Church started off meeting in my living room. I knew Scott and Beth and the girls when Scott was a Youth Pastor at Park Avenue Baptist Church. A season...
Curtis began attending Grace in 1998 and I came in 1999. Although the congregation wasn't incredibly sizable at that time, we didn't cross paths due to a lack of mutual interests and other immature silliness. However, through wonderful Grace friends and divine intervention, we officially...
It has been a challenging 16 months for our family since returning to the United States from England, and sometimes we feel like we are just hanging on. Scott does two things nearly every Sunday that greatly encourages us. The first is when he enthusiastically...
Moving to Nashville meant finding a church to attend. Within me was the knowledge I needed to attend, but I was determined to remain invisible. I was determined the church - people and leadership - would never betray me again. After trying several churches, a...
I just left a sweet, yet difficult, prayer time for precious friends. It was a tremendous privilege and incredible blessing...
