Together, let’s change lives
Your contribution is more than just a financial gift; it's a catalyst for change in people’s lives. With each donation, you're not only supporting our church but also making a lasting, eternal impact. Thank you for joining us in being intentional neighbors, reflecting Christ across our community and our world.
When you give to Grace you
Support a network
Community Outreach
We hope to be known as the best neighbor in town.
Community Partners
Meet our carefully selected community partners.
Global Impact
Our missionaries reach the unchurched across the world.
Community outreach
We believe in reaching our community where they are, creating impactful experiences that build a bridge back to the local church and ultimately to Jesus.
Serve Day
Whether cooking food for those in need or doing yard work for a single mom, we get our hands dirty to serve our community.
Music on Main
Each month, we put on the best family-friendly party in town right in the heart of our city. The Grace Zone offers free games and rides and is the perfect place to love on families and invite them to church.
Waterside Movie Night
We sponsor and staff a free movie night in the Waterside community each month. We share the love of Jesus as we pass out snacks and smiles, and invite people back to church that weekend.
Christmas on Main
Each year, we take over LWR Main Street, throwing the biggest festival around. Thousands come to enjoy the festivities and then attend a candlelight service where they hear the good news of Jesus.
Community partners
Carefully selected for their alignment with our mission, our team of eight community partners were handpicked to maximize the transformative influence we collectively bring to our community.
Suncoast STARS
Non-Profit in the Sarasota / Bradenton area with a mission to give adults with special needs the opportunity to live full and satisfying lives in a God-centered and nurturing environment.
Isaiah 117 House
Provides a comforting home on day of removal where the children can be brought to wait in a place that is safe with friendly and loving volunteers who provide clean clothes, smiles, toys, and snuggly blankets. This space allows children to receive the comfort and care they need while child welfare staff can do the necessary paperwork and identify a good placement.
Resurrection House
A forward-thinking, faith-based homeless resource center. Resurrection House is dedicated to guiding at-risk individuals, the poor, toward a path of self-sufficiency. They offer showers, laundry, food, and a place to rest daily.
Youth for Christ
Youth for Christ creates a safe place for unchurched middle and high schoolers to foster growth and camaraderie while empowering them through scholarships, life-changing summer camps, and a nurturing atmosphere to learn about Jesus.
Selah Freedom
Selah Freedom is a safe house for sex trafficking survivors. They offer refuge, providing food, secure housing, and essential necessities, helping survivors reclaim their lives and build their relationship with Christ.
Solve Maternity Home
With two home here locally, Solve Maternity Home ensures single pregnant women are cared for with medical assistance, joyful baby showers, housing, and nourishing meals, fostering a safe and supportive environment.
Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center
SMPC walks alongside women who choose life, guiding them through a year of transformative discipleship. From celebratory graduation parties to grocery gift cards to thoughtful Christmas gifts, we provide needed support.
Care Portal
Care Portal helps struggling parents in danger of losing their children with the resources they need to overcome their challenges and keep their families together, meeting their real, tangible needs and connecting them with the local church in the process.
Better Together
Dedicated to keeping children out of foster care, Better Together employs initiatives like meal trains, parenting resources, childcare options and more to help keep families together.
Needles 2 Nails Discipleship House
An addiction recovery home where men are getting their lives back on track and receiving one-on-one discipleship.
Bridge A Life
Provides comprehensive support for local foster families, encompassing everything from meals and respite childcare to even organizing an exciting Superhero 5k event to raise awareness and funds for greater future ministry.
Global impact
Scroll through to see the work Grace is doing around the world. Our missionaries are actively working to accomplish our mission to reach the unchurched all over the world.
Ray + Jessica Willett
Papua, New Guinea
The Willetts are planting a church to minister to an unreached people group while helping to run a missionary outpost for Ethnos 360.
David + Cathy Miller
Central Asia
As bible translators, the Millers are not only ensuring access to the bible in the native languages of Central Asia but also creating video-based educational initiatives to foster biblical literacy within the local population.
Ondrej + Milina Franka
Serbia
President of a seminary in Serbia, Ondrej is educating the next generation of church leaders while also overseeing 75 church plants.
Bob + Ann Henriques
Guatemala
Bob and Ann pour into the next generation as they teach at Central American Theological Seminary all while planting churches throughout Guatemala and teaching online courses to pastors in Cuba.
Gurudatt + Nadira Shiwdat
Suriname
The Shiwdats are training teams of local pastors and leaders to continue planting more churches among various people groups including Creole, Guipnese, Javanese, Hindustani, Trio Indian, Abrabroki, Dutch, Srantantongo, and Tobago.
Juan + Rose Cardenas
Philidalphia, PA
The Cardenas have taken their extensive experience ministering and church planting among Muslims in both Pakistan and Afghanistan and are now reaching Muslim refugees in Philadelphia through their center called, The Haven.
Becky + Juno Llamado
Philippines
The Llamados are meeting many medical needs through their clinic and have also seen 237 house churches planted in the Philippines over the past few years as over 2,300 people have come to know Jesus.
How to give
Give using the Grace SRQ App
Online giving
Securely give online using our user-friendly platform. Choose a one-time gift or set up recurring contributions for a consistent impact.
Text to give
Giving is as easy as texting! Text any dollar amount to 84321, and receive simple instructions for a convenient and secure way to give.
Give by check
Make checks payable to Grace Community Church. Our mailing address is:
Grace Community Church
4080 Lakewood Ranch Blvd N
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34240
Give in-person
You can also give in-person at one of our weekend or midweek events or services by filling out the provided envelope and dropping it off in the secure giving boxes right outside of the auditorium.
Other ways to give
Discover new ways to contribute, whether it's through stocks, cryptocurrency, designating Grace as a beneficiary in your will, or personalized gifts. Reach out to us at [email protected] to make your unique contribution today!
Frequently asked questions
Why do we give?
At Grace, we believe that giving is what God wants for us, not from us. It’s a spiritual practice that shapes us into being more like Jesus, redirecting our focus off of ourselves and onto others. Just as God exemplified outrageous generosity by sending His Son, our act of generous giving echoes this profound love and reflects it to those around us, becoming a testament to our neighbors of God's grace in our lives.
How are my donations being used?
Your giving to Grace is impacting the local community and the world in profound ways! Email [email protected] to request last year's annual report to see how your tithes and gifts are impacting the kingdom through Grace. You can also read about the community outreach, community partners, and global impact that your giving directly funds above.
Can I designate my giving to certain areas of ministry?
We use a "one fund" approach which ensures that every contribution, regardless of the amount, supports the comprehensive ministry of Grace. Whether you give one dollar or a million, you can know that your giving is supporting everything we do from keeping children out of foster care to planting hundreds of churches around the world. By maintaining a unified fund, we guarantee that each ministry receives the exact resources they require, avoiding imbalances where some have excess while others lack. Occasionally, we do provide opportunities for the Grace family to selectively contribute to specific funds requiring special attention, as guided by our leadership.
Are there other options for giving?
Yes! Whether it's through stocks, cryptocurrency, designating Grace as a beneficiary in your will, or personalized gifts, you can donate your assets to Grace! Reach out to us at [email protected] to make your unique contribution!
End-of-Year Contributions
You can give your year-end donations online or in person. Online contributions made by midnight on December 31 are recorded as contributions for that same year. All contributions received or postmarked after December 31 are recorded as contributions for the following year. Year-end giving statements are emailed by no later than January 31 to the email address we have on file.
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