GFC will not host on-site services or programming through April 10.

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In consideration of the public health concerns related to COVID-19 and out of an abundance of caution, we will not be hosting services on site. During this time, we are also suspending all on-site programming.

We’ll update this webpage regularly as more information becomes available. We will also continue to send updates through email. Stay tuned as we explore opportunities to mobilize and serve our community, demonstrating the love of Christ to our neighbors (Luke 10:25-37). For more information on the COVID-19 illness and the latest guidance from federal officials, visit the CDC’s website.

In this unique situation, we will continue to be the church by connecting, praying, and helping each other. If you would like to be part of making phone calls, joining a prayer team, or helping vulnerable parts of our body with actions like dropping off groceries, complete the form below and we will get back to you with details. Thank you for being the church!

Other opportunities for you to explore:

  • Shepherd’s Lunch – Provide food: Join us in helping those who are homeless or hungry by providing food. *Please read as we are adjusting from the way we normally provide for Shepherd’s Lunch – no need for servers, food donations only. Good Samaritan is asking that each volunteer assemble 10 bags with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a bag of chips, and a cookie. Bags can be dropped off at The Melting Pot located in the basement of Munsey United Methodist Church on Monday, March 23 between 10:30-10:45am. Someone will meet volunteers outside to collect bags so you don’t have to leave your car. Sign Up: gfcnow.com/shepherdslunch
  • Good Samaritan Food and Supplies Drive: Help ease the burden on those who are homeless or struggling right now by providing urgently needed items through Good Samaritan Ministries. Items can be dropped off outside on the donation center (left) side of their building at 100 North Roan Street, Johnson City, from 9:00am-3:00pm, M-F.  Click here for a list of needed items
  • Write letters of encouragement to nursing homes and first responders.
  • Give Blood – The Red Cross is asking eligible and healthy donors to make an appointment to provide lifesaving blood products to patients. Click here to learn more.
  • Stay connected with how individual ministry areas of GFC are building and reaching community during this time (scroll down to the “Staying Connected” section of this page).
  • Do you have an elderly neighbor, and you are in a lower risk group? Offer to go get groceries, prescriptions or run errand for them.
  • Or join the Nextdoor app and reach out to your neighbors that way! Post asking if anyone needs anything, Keep a check on your neighbors, and love your neighbors.
  • Share the live stream of GFC Sunday Services on Facebook or invite your neighbors to watch with you.
  • When/if you hear of people you know who are in quarantine, arrange a way to safely drop off books, games and snacks to them.
  • Pray for people who are sick, who are vulnerable to becoming sick, for government officials, for healthcare workers who are doing their best to respond well, and for our whole community to be drawn to Jesus during this time.

Dear GFC Community,

As Christians, our trust is in God (Prov. 3:5), not an illness-free climate. And yet, God desires that we do what we can to make wise decisions – just like Nehemiah, who prayed to God and simultaneously posted a guard to protect the city (Nehemiah 4:9). We believe this is the wisest choice we can make with the information we have.

If someone asks why we chose to respond this way, here’s what I would say: we are seeking to love our community by protecting our community from potential risk, especially those who are vulnerable. We plan to stay engaged with you as we continue to seek God and explore new opportunities to reach our community together during this unique time.

Sincerely,

Matt Murphy
Lead Pastor

Like most churches, the majority of GFC’s giving is received through checks and cash dropped off at our building, in secure offering boxes. For those of you who call GFC home, we ask you to consider giving to the ministry of Grace Fellowship online – click here to learn more.

You are also welcome to mail your checks to Grace Fellowship Church, 2314 South Greenwood Drive. Johnson City, TN 37604.

Below is information that we found that could be helpful to you!

  • Senior Adults: Food City, Dollar General, and Fresh Market are altering their hours to designate their first hour of business for people ages 65 and up. Wal-Mart has designated a 6am-7am senior shopper’s hour March 24 – April 28 for people ages 60 and up.
  • Johnson City Schools has added resources to their website including Child Meal Distribution Sites and At Home Learning Resources. Click here to learn more.
  • WCQR Community Resources page Click here to learn more.
  • United Way’s 211 page has information on assistance finding food, accessing free childcare, help paying housing bills, etc.) Click here to learn more.

It’s hard to understand what’s happening in our world without understanding the bigger story in which we find ourselves. In the beginning, God created the world and everything in it. And all that God made was good. God created human beings to live in relationship with Him and each other, bearing His image and ruling together with Him on the earth.

Humans chose to act in mistrust and disobedience and sinned against God. This act introduced brokenness and death into the world. This brokenness was pervasive, impacting the created order (resulting in things like earthquakes and disease) as well as relationships (resulting in things like manipulation, loneliness, abuse and contempt). This also resulted in distance from God (resulting in things like guilt and shame). The worst part about this brokenness is that it was unable to remedied. Nothing humans did could ever make things right.

And then God took on flesh and stepped into human history in the form of Jesus Christ. He came to seek and to save that which was lost. The decisive act of Jesus’ life was when He died on the cross for our sins and then rose from the dead. In so doing, He paid the penalty of our sin and conquered death, enabling us to be forgiven and reconciled to God forever. We experience this by trusting in Jesus.

While we can experience new life through faith in Christ, we still live in a broken world, where realities like disease and death abound. We anticipate the day when Jesus will return and make all things new. While we wait, we join God in what He’s doing – building a community to reach a community, through helping broken and vulnerable people find life in Him.

Let us know at askanything@gfcnow.com.

We’ll update this webpage regularly as more information becomes available. We will also continue to send updates through email. Stay tuned as we explore opportunities to mobilize and serve our community, demonstrating the love of Christ to our neighbors (Luke 10:25-37). For more information on the COVID-19 illness and the latest guidance from federal officials, visit the CDC’s website.