Community of Grace

CGC: Missions & Outreach

Compassion Missions

Pregnancy Resource Center of Metropolitan Richmond is dedicated to providing compassionate care and practical assistance to women who are unprepared for pregnancy. Community of Grace partners with this local mission through their Baby Bottle Campaign and Walk for Life.

Food Pantry at Community of Grace is an outreach of the Central Virginia Food Bank. Our extension serves the community on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month from 9:00-11:00. The outreach focuses on providing food, supporting those in need, and provides encouragement to families who are struggling financially in our area.

CCHASM (Chesterfield Colonial Heights Alliance for Social Ministry) is an alliance of faith-based communities within Chesterfield County and Colonial Heights to care for the emergency needs of residents. Community of Grace is a member of this organization and refers individual needs to this center.

Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world though gift-filled shoeboxes and the Good News of God's love. This ministry of Samaritan's Pursue allows Community of Grace an opportunity for all ages to be involved in a simple, hands-on mission project while focusing on the true meaning of Christmas.

Local Missions

Evangelism Training occurs through a study called Way of the Master. This course is designed to equip believers to share their faith simply, effectively and Biblically... the way Jesus did.

Community of Grace believes in the importance of investing in the lives of the next generation. We partner with Chesterfield County Public Schools by providing volunteers who serve as a lunch buddy or mentor and by helping meet the school supply needs of students.

Over 75% of all international students in the United States never enter an American home during their entire stay. This can be a difficult and lonely time as these students adjust to a new culture and new language. Community of Grace volunteers befriend and seek to provide a home away from home for international students at VCU.

Community of Grace partners with Resource Guidance Services, Inc. to provide a place for group counseling to residents of Chesterfield County. These weekly counseling times help many to reclaim effectiveness in their lives.

North American Missions

Canada - Ted and Elise Adomanis; Phil and Beth Bryant
These families are helping to plant new churches throughout the provinces of Canada. Ted is the Financial Administrator of the Team Canada initiative based in Toronto. The Bryants are preparing for an exciting new church start this Fall in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Northeast USA - Jim and Kitty Snavely
From his home office in northern Pennsylvania, Jim travels from Maine to Virginia to recruit and train church-planters. He also aids churches like ours desiring to reach out in greater ways to our communities.

CE National, located in Winona Lake, Indiana, exists to partner with local churches in encouraging God's people to greater ministry. Operation Barnabas is a summer mission opportunity for 10th through 12th grade students. Students from around the United States team together to learn and to share their faith through puppets, music, clowning, drama, public performance, testimonies and team relationships. Momentum is a successful youth conference event which gathers annually in July. This year's conference is in Ohio and will include ministry to the Columbus and Dayton areas.

International Missions - GBIM

Africa - Mike and Myra Taylor
Mike is regional director for the continent of Africa. Mike coordinates ministries through Grace Brethren International Missions in Winona Lake, Indiana; however, he travels extensively to Africa to oversee medical, orphan, and church outreach ministries of missionaries and nationals in the countries of the Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon and Kenya.

Argentina - Brian Gornick and family
Joining the Community of Grace family in 2007, the Gornicks minister to inner-city people by sharing Christ's love in tangible ways.

Asia - Wayne and Gina Hannah
Wayne is regional director for the continent of Asia. Wayne coordinates church planting activities through Grace Brethren International Missions in Winona Lake, Indiana; however, Wayne is constantly traveling to encourage missionaries and nationals in the countries of Japan, Philippines, Cambodia, Russia, Thailand, and others.

Czech Republic - George and Cindy Swain
The Swains minister in the high rises of Prague, Czech Republic. They use literature distribution, the Jesus movie, dialogue, and small groups to lead people to understanding Christ's love for them.

Spain - Larry and Vicki DeArmey
This couple ministers to college students in Madrid, Spain. After serving several decades as full-time missionaries, they will end their full-time field service this year.

Stateside - Tom and Doris Julien
In his retirement years, Tom coordinates the global effort to train leaders for the Church by applying principles through the Strategic Alliance for Leadership Training (SALT) located at Grace Brethren International Missions in Winona Lake, Indiana.

Mission Trips
Short-term mission trips are an opportunity for us both to see and do mission first-hand. Individuals from our church body regularly share in worship services with Disciples Outreach Ministries in inner-city Washington, DC. Missions teams from CGC have been sent to Central Africa Republic, Honduras, and Vancouver, British Columbia.