{"id":79843,"date":"2018-12-20T11:55:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T16:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.discover-grace.flywheelsites.com\/?p=79843"},"modified":"2018-12-20T11:55:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T16:55:37","slug":"melissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovergrace.com\/melissa\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa&#8217;s Story: Christmas Offering 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/306838072\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start lazyload\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 2018 Christmas Offering will wrap up our two-year giving initiative by supporting its final goal \u2014 <strong>to launch our care and counseling ministries at Grace in the coming year.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThis fall at Grace, we have been learning about stewarding people&#8217;s stories well \u2014 meeting them where they are and caring for them well in order that they might know Jesus. Our care and counseling ministries will help us focus on this in the new year, supporting enrichment, conferences, counseling, recovery groups, and more for people in our church and in our community in 2019.[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=&#8221;color-632047&#8243; size=&#8221;btn-lg&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovergrace.ccbchurch.com%2Fgoto%2Fgiving|||&#8221;]GIVE TODAY[\/vc_button][vc_column_text]<strong>Anyone can give. If you made a ONE pledge, your gift will count toward that pledge.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE ONE INITIATIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 10\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\nGrace is a movement of God\u00a0in Central Florida that reaches so much further than the walls of your campus. Instead of growing up, we are growing out.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two years ago, we joined together across campuses to pledge to be ONE Grace Family, working and giving to accomplish major goals for our church:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our main goal: 100% participation from our church family \u2014 encouraging everyone to take steps in generosity<\/li>\n<li>Purchasing, renovating, and opening the Grace Church campus at Pembrook<\/li>\n<li>Supporting and encouraging church planting<\/li>\n<li>Expanding the reach of our current ministries<\/li>\n<li>Paying down debt for future facility investment<\/li>\n<li>Starting a Grace care and counseling ministry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>We can&#8217;t\u00a0wait to celebrate what God has done over the last two years! 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