PCHAS Easter Baskets for Presbyterian Children's Home and Services are back, February 9 - March 2! Pick up a basket and fill with Easter treats to bless families who are involved with Presbyterian Children's Home and Services (PCHAS). PCHAS helps children heal from trauma so they can build healthy relationships, succeed in education and discover their own world of opportunities and possibilities. Please pick up a basket on Sundays, February 9 or 16 and return by March 2.  Sign up for a basket HERE. Find more information, please contact Tammy Box.

Please join us for Second Saturday Serve on February 8! We have projects on and off campus... and we even have ways you can serve at home to bless our community!

First, join us on campus in the welcome center from 10 a.m.–noon to help assemble cookie trays and make Valentines to bless teachers in our local HISD schools.

We are also collecting books to bless middle school students at Paul Revere Middle School during the month of February (students don’t have access to books this year). We will be taking time on Saturday to write notes to include in books. So plan to spend some time crafting Valentines and writing notes of encouragement and love.

Off campus, we will gather at Emerson Elementary School (9533 Skyline Drive Houston 77063) to help clean up the campus and courtyard. Please plan to join us from 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. and bring your work gloves and favorite gardening tools. We will weed, trim, plant, mulch, and beautify the courtyard and garden beds. For more information, contact Scott Lee.

If you can’t join us on Saturday and you would like to bless our teachers, community partners at WHAM, and local firefighters at Station 69 with cookies for Valentine’s Day, please bake and bring cookies by the church on Saturday, February 8, between the hours of 9 a.m.–noon!

Second Saturday Serve is a once a month, come-as-you-are, intergenerational, short service opportunity in the Welcome Center or out in the community. Join us for an hour or two and make a difference in someone’s life. Watch the Grace homepage and Grace Weekly email for project details each month. For more information, please contact Tammy Box.

Come and join us for Student Sunday and Lunch is Served, on Sunday, February 23! It is a Sunday where students take over all of worship, leading our congregation in a joyful noise and gathering in honor of our God. After the service, the students help hold a lunch/auction that funds our summer mission trips. Students: setup will be done on Saturday, February 22. 

April 2-5 (Wednesday thru Saturday).
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Friends of Samburu, Kenya holds two charity garage sales each year, one in the Spring and one in the Fall. They are currently accepting unwanted/unneeded items for the sale. They are also seeking volunteers to help run the sale, and setting up and tearing down is always a huge effort. If you are not able to work the sale, you may also prepare lunch for the volunteers and/or provide a case of bottled water. This year they are fundraising for an eye glass clinic for a remote village, help dedicate a dining hall, and interact with the student bodies at three different schools. 

Contact Margaret Ellis if you can help out!

MENtorUP is a wonderful opportunity for Grace men to pour into the lives of Westchase-area middle school (and some high school) young men. We started this beautiful ministry last Spring, meeting our youth on the basketball court, and now that relationships are established, we are ready to go deeper with the students and we need you to help model and teach important life skills, explore career pathways and help our mentees experience opportunities in life that will help shape dreams!  To get involved, contact Kristy Elmore today.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
Christopher Cole Knight was a young man with unstoppable faith and love for Christ, and he lived to make that visible every day. Cole lived to serve, and he invited others to do the same. He was truly a man with a mission.

The Cole Knight Missions Scholarship Fund was created as a tangible way to carry on Cole’s mission, to help pave the way for individuals who display that same servant heart and a passion for serving God through serving others. Each year the Scholarship Fund helps scholarship recipients cover the cost of their participation in Grace Presbyterian Church youth mission trips.

Qualifications for nominees:

● Middle school or high school student participating in a Grace Presbyterian Church youth mission trip

● Individual with a servant heart who makes Jesus visible through their discipleship and service to others

Download a nomination form HERE. Please return the form to Dan or Liz via email or hard copy. Deadline for nominations is February 9, 2025.

The next mission trip to Samburu county, Kenya, will be from June 14-30, 2025. Join in holding an eyeglass clinic for a remote village, dedicate a dining hall, and interact with the student bodies at three different schools. This is a trip you won't easily forget! Full commitment is needed by February 28. For more information or to express you interest, you may also contact Margaret Ellis via email, or stop by the table in the Sanctuary lobby on Sundays to learn more about this trip and others planned this year. We will have details on upcoming trips, information sessions, trip dates, costs, everything you need to know to plan a life-changing trip in 2025!

Joining with ECO partner, World Renew, we are waiting for the right time to deploy a team to serve some of the areas of North Carolina that were most devastated and overlooked in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene this past fall. If you have a heart to help families pick up the pieces and restore their homes and lives, please stay tuned for dates and consider joining us on this impactful and timely mission trip.

Watch the website for updated details, contact Kristy Elmore (713-267-5035), or stop by the table in the Sanctuary lobby on Sundays to learn more about this trip and others planned this year. We will have details on upcoming trips, information sessions, trip dates, costs, everything you need to know to plan a life-changing trip in 2025!

Please prayerfully consider joining the Grace en Español mission team as we travel to San Bartolo, Guatemala, to serve through Fe Maya, March 6-12! We will be painting a classroom, working to prepare the campus, spending time with the families and children, and celebrating all the Lord is doing to bring Christian education and love to this small, rural town in the highlands of Guatemala. For more information or to sign up to serve, please contact The Rev. Francisco Garibay, or stop by the table in the Sanctuary lobby on Sundays to learn more about this trip and others planned this year. We will have details on upcoming trips, information sessions, trip dates, costs, everything you need to know to plan a life-changing trip in 2025!

Join us for a life-changing mission trip to The Dominican Republic, March 30-April 3! We will once again partner with Living Water International to help repair water wells in the Dominican Republic. Please prayerfully consider joining in LWI’s mission to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water, and to experience “living water”—the gospel of Jesus Christ—which alone satisfies the deepest thirst. For more information or to sign up to serve with the team, please contact Amy Wisniewski, or stop by the table in the Sanctuary lobby on Sundays to learn more about this trip and others planned this year. We will have details on upcoming trips, information sessions, trip dates, costs, everything you need to know to plan a life-changing trip in 2025!

Join Friends of Westchase in February for a sweet month of Books and Baking to support our local HISD schools! We have two meaningful ways you can get involved and make a difference:

1. Bake Cookies! Please consider baking 1-2 dozen cookies and delivering them to the reception area at Grace by February 12. These cookies will be assembled on trays and shared with teachers on Valentine's Day!

2. Donate Books for Middle School Students! Throughout the month of February, we are collecting books to support the students of Paul Revere Middle School. Many students lack access to books, and your donations can help bridge that gap! We are looking for books that appeal to students in grades 6-8. Email Kristy Elmore for more information. There will be collection bins on campus, or bring them with you to Second Saturday Serve on February 8!

Thank you for helping us support our schools through the power of books and baking!

Save the date and make plans to join us for the Spring Up in Westchase Spring Luncheon on April 11 as we celebrate and raise funds to support the mission and ministry of Friends of Westchase in our local HISD schools with youth and in area apartments. Watch this page for complete details or visit the Friends of Westchase page HERE.

Grace is on the move in 2025. You are invited to participate in any of the trips planned for this Spring. It is no cliché to say that your life will be changed as much those you will be serving.

GUATEMALA

Please prayerfully consider joining the Grace en Español mission team as we travel to San Bartolo, Guatemala, to serve through Fe Maya, March 6-12! We will be painting a classroom, working to prepare the campus, spending time with the families and children, and celebrating all the Lord is doing to bring Christian education and love to this small, rural town in the highlands of Guatemala. For more information or to sign up to serve, please contact The Rev. Francisco Garibay, or stop by the table in the Sanctuary lobby on Sundays to learn more about this trip and others planned this year. We will have details on upcoming trips, information sessions, trip dates, costs, everything you need to know to plan a life-changing trip in 2025!

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Join us for a life-changing mission trip to The Dominican Republic, March 30-April 3! We will once again partner with Living Water International to help repair water wells in the Dominican Republic. Please prayerfully consider joining in LWI’s mission to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water, and to experience “living water”—the gospel of Jesus Christ—which alone satisfies the deepest thirst. For more information or to sign up to serve with the team, please contact Amy Wisniewski, or stop by the table in the Sanctuary lobby on Sundays to learn more about this trip and others planned this year. We will have details on upcoming trips, information sessions, trip dates, costs, everything you need to know to plan a life-changing trip in 2025!

KENYA

The next mission trip to Samburu county, Kenya, will be from June 14-30. Join Friends of Samburu in holding an eyeglass clinic for a remote village, dedicate a dining hall, and interact with the student bodies at three different schools. This is a trip you won't easily forget! Full commitment is needed by February 28. For more information or to express you interest, you may also contact Margaret Ellis, or stop by the table in the Sanctuary lobby on Sundays to learn more about this trip and others planned this year. We will have details on upcoming trips, information sessions, trip dates, costs, everything you need to know to plan a life-changing trip in 2025!

NORTH CAROLINA

Joining with ECO partner, World Renew, we are waiting for the right time to deploy a team to serve some of the areas of North Carolina that were most devastated and overlooked in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene this past fall. If you have a heart to help families pick up the pieces and restore their homes and lives, please stay tuned for dates and consider joining us on this impactful and timely mission trip. Watch the website for updated details, contact Kristy Elmore (713-267-5035), or stop by the table in the Sanctuary lobby on Sundays to learn more about this trip and others planned this year. We will have details on upcoming trips, information sessions, trip dates, costs, everything you need to know to plan a life-changing trip in 2025!