Grace Fellowship

Shawn

This might be a little lengthy, I apologize in advance. I had my first service at Grace this last Sunday on the 4th. After arriving a few minutes early for the 0830 service, I spoke with some very helpful individuals and was given a brief, but informative talk about the church and was informed of Starting Point, which was where I should go if I wanted to know more about the church and their programs. Before the service the worship music was very good, not just because it sounded great, but because one of the vocalists gave her real world reason for why the song, she was about to sing meant what it did to her. It’s great to praises the lord with song, but when you have someone giving you why those words of worship are deeply significant to them it’s just amazing. Then the Pastor started speaking. The Pastor who was speaking (Pastor Tony) to my knowledge is not the lead Pastor, but you could not have known that unless you were told. As a new Christian it seems a common theme from the different church services I’ve attended is for the Pastor to pull a verse or two of scripture then use that to trampoline into a life or self-improvement story. It was very nice, almost refreshing, to see Pastor Tony instead use his entertaining story to then trampoline landing right into scripture and giving history as well as modern day examples to better help the congregation understand and receive the biblical message. After service I went to Starting Point. This is where I learned that Pastor Tony was normally the one who conducted Starting Point, but since he was leading service, the job was given to Pastor Larry who seems to be a man of many names such as Pastor Larry, Mr. Starkey, Dr. Starkey, and “hey just call me Larry”. I decided on a compromise of what I felt was respectful yet still casual, Mr. Larry. It’s hard to find words to describe the type of individual Mr. Larry presented himself as to myself and the Starting Point group I was in. Perhaps outstanding, admirable, genuine, and inspiring are the closest I could get to describing not only Mr. Larry but my entire experience at Grace. After the Starting Point class, I stayed and attended the churches newly created Foundations class they have for new Christians. I bet you have no guess as to what my opinions of that are right? While the Starting Point group was very informative and helpful along with the Foundations class being fantastic, it is the people of the church that I tend to focus on and my opinions could not be higher. I could go on and on as I’ve already done, but just know I’m not lying or just trying to make it seem perfect, if you made it this far into my review then you obviously put care into the church you want to take yourself and/or your family to. I invite you to come and meet the church yourself. Grace will be my church for the foreseeable future. My experience at Grace was the first time since I became a Christian in Basic Training where I honestly didn’t want to leave. I greatly look forward to attending Mr. Larry’s Bible study class on Wednesdays as well as the Services and Young Adults group on Sundays. P.S. Look on the Grace website under groups there is one titled “Ladies In Their 80s”. I don’t know why I found that title as humorous as I did.

Nathalie Hosey

Awesome church

Alex Montoya

Very nice

Daniel Ramirez

Amazing place to worship and connect with fellow believers! The community, sense of family, and Bible-centered approach to everything makes this Church a breath of fresh air. We love it and have made this our home.