A look Back at 2024

Here's some of the moments we celebrated this year by God's grace and for Jesus' fame on the West Side. 

In 2024 we…

• Hosted college students for a discussion on neighborhood ministry 

• Helped raise money for and send out Jaaz & Kaitlyn Cofer to Mongolia 

• Canvased for the Poe Mill tree planting project & planted the trees requested

• Held a leader and volunteer retreat for over 30 of our people

• Threw 2 Spring block parties and provided serving opportunities for the students at MRCA 

• Hosted a neighborhood carwash and provided serving opportunities for the students at BJA 

• Baptized 4 people 

• Dedicated 2 babies 

• Added 6 members 

• Hosted 3 serve days for students of Fellowship Greenville, setting up work projects for them in Poe Mill 

• Provided significant benevolence for at least 6 neighborhood residents 

• Established the position of elder and installed 2 new elders 

• Supported two of our members as they went on short-term mission trips 

• Held 8 church-wide Wednesday night dinners in the summertime, especially blessing the homeless community 

• Rented out a waterpark for a Poe Mill water night and over 50 neighborhood residents came 

• Ran 3 weeks of kids’ summer camp providing mission trip opportunities for students of Grace Church 

• Ran Fall Family Fun Night for the neighborhood alongside Park Place Church of God 

• Created a community newspaper, Saltbox Quarterly, and distributed over 350 copies. 

• Took two van loads of our neighborhood kids & youth to CiCi's Pizza….twice 

• Held a fall men’s event and a fall women’s event 

• Took approximately 30 Poe Mill kids to Walmart to get Christmas presents for their families 

• Ran the Poe Mill Christmas Parade alongside Park Place Church of God 

• Served dozens of neighborhood families after Hurricane Helene 

• Studied 17 books of the bible line by line through groups and sermon series 

And these are just some of the tangible moments we can point to. 

This list doesn’t point out the hundreds of unseen things Jesus did through daily, simple means. It would be truly amazing to see a list of encouraging words we shared with one another, or helpful insights we gave each other during Griggs Groups, or the new friendships that have formed.  We know that so many of our people serve in quiet, hidden, unofficial ways. And though that service is harder to list, it makes Griggs Church what it is.

For the lists we can and cannot make - All Glory be to Christ.