Many opportunities exist for giving financially to Grace Lutheran Church. While the Current Fund is the primary account for funding ministry, you may also give directly to the specific ministries listed below. Donations can be placed in the offering plate on Sunday mornings, mailed to the church office, or made using our online giving option. When giving memorials or honorariums, please designate on the check or envelope in whose memory or honor the donation is being made; for online donations, this information can be typed in the Note field. 

Current Fund for Ministry

Also known as the ministry budget or “regular” offering, this includes not only staff salaries, electricity, and insurance, but also social ministry, evangelism, benevolence, Christian Education, and other ministries, all directed toward making a difference in people’s lives.

Youth Ministry

Gifts support the projects and learning and fellowship opportunities of Grace’s Youth Ministry.

Thanksgiving Meal

Provides Thanksgiving meal bags of non-perishable food items that are distributed to members of the community on the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

Bedenbaugh-Chariker Scholarship Fund

Provides annual scholarships for active Grace members enrolled in post-high school degree programs.

Scholarship applications invite students to reflect upon God’s calling and work in their lives.

Bereavement Meals

Provides a catered meal to the bereaved family of a congregation member upon their death.

Christian Schools Fund

Provides financial support for Grace Christian Preschool, which offers a Christian environment for the first educational experience of 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds.

Maintenance

Provides for routine maintenance, repairs, inspections, and improvements to Grace facilities.

Community Service

Provides help to families and individuals in our community and congregation in times of crisis or tragedy.

Backpack Ministry

Provides bags of kid-friendly food for students in need at Prosperity-Rikard Elementary School.

Wicker Campership

Offers scholarships to baptized Grace youth attending Lutheridge/Lutherock in North Carolina or Lutheroad Day Camp in Newberry County. The goal is to make sure that no young person at Grace misses the life-changing experience of Christian camp or day camp due to the cost.

Sunday School

Helps purchase supplies to further the mission of the Sunday School program to nurture faith in children and youth and to encourage lifelong learning among adults.

Other Special Offerings

Additional designated giving opportunities are present throughout the year, including donations for Easter lilies, Christmas poinsettias, Lutheran Disaster Response, and other special offerings.