LOCAL IMPACT

Grace is IN our community and FOR our community!

For our community

Grace Fellowship wants to be a church that's not only IN the community but FOR the community. To live this out, we practice Local Impact through events, strategic partnerships with winning organizations, prayer, and a lifestyle of radical generosity. Are you interested in learning more about some of our events, DIY project ideas, or our local partners and friends? Use the buttons below:

Our Partners

Another way we are FOR our community is by partnering with winning organizations that support the community in unique ways! Within each local community, Grace's campuses have identified organizations to partner with. To see a listing of organizations, or for more information, select your local campus below.

Pickerington Campus

Lower Lights Ministries
Lower Lights Ministries is a non-profit organization in Columbus, Ohio – breaking cycles of poverty and addiction for youth, adults and ex-offenders.
https://www.lowerlights.org


Pickerington Food Pantry
The mission of the Pickerington Food Pantry is “Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope.” The purpose of the organization is to provide emergency food assistance to income eligible clients (at or below 200% of Federal poverty guidelines) who reside within the boundaries of the Pickerington Local School District (excluding zip code 43068).
Contact: Renee Roberts, renee@pickeringtonfoodpantry.org


Pickfair Square Retirement Village
Pickfair Square Retirement Village serves and houses elderly residents in the area. Ways to serve them include dropping off games, puzzles, coloring books, snacks, and dinners.
Contact: Kelly Hensel, KHensel@uchinc.org

The Chapel

Lower Lights Ministries
Lower Lights Ministries is a non-profit organization in Columbus, Ohio – breaking cycles of poverty and addiction for youth, adults and ex-offenders.
https://www.lowerlights.org


Pickerington Food Pantry
The mission of the Pickerington Food Pantry is “Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope.” The purpose of the organization is to provide emergency food assistance to income eligible clients (at or below 200% of Federal poverty guidelines) who reside within the boundaries of the Pickerington Local School District (excluding zip code 43068).
Contact: Renee Roberts, renee@pickeringtonfoodpantry.org


Pickfair Square Retirement Village
Pickfair Square Retirement Village serves and houses elderly residents in the area. Ways to serve them include dropping off games, puzzles, coloring books, snacks, and dinners.
Contact: Kelly Hensel, KHensel@uchinc.org

Jefferson Campus

Pregnancy Decision Health Center (PDHC)
We offer free and confidential services to women and children in central Ohio, including free pregnancy tests.
https://pdhc.org


G.R.I.N. (Gahanna Residents in Need)
GRIN’s mission is to alleviate food insecurity for Gahanna-Jefferson school district residents. Their vision is to provide compassionate, short-term food and financial assistance.
Contact: https://www.grin4gahanna.org/volunteer


Center of Hope
Center of Hope is a Christian organization that seeks to partner with like minded people to provide helpful tools for the community members in need. They want to be a constant source of aid and support for those in crisis, and their call and mission is to break poverty’s cycle by addressing the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of economically disadvantaged families in all of Central Ohio.
Contact: Beth Gibson, 

Upper Arlington Campus

Starhouse
Providing local youth experiencing homelessness with safe respite from the streets & crucial connections to stabilizing resources.
https://www.starhouse.us


Youth Advocate Services (YAS)
Youth Advocate Services applies innovative thinking along with evidence-based practices to partner with children and families in order to identify and treat their needs. We offer a multitude of services in Franklin County and surrounding areas.
Contact: Lauren Pompas, lpompas@yasohio.org


UA Commission on Aging
The Upper Arlington Commission on Aging serves as the informed voice empowering, educating and enriching the lives of Upper Arlington residents as we age. The Upper Arlington Commission on Aging is an important organization that serves as a sounding board and an important resource in the Upper Arlington community.
Contact: Jennifer Monroe-Sega, jsega@uacoa.com

Lithopolis Campus

Canal Winchester Human Services
Canal Winchester Human Services exists to connect people, resources, and compassion together in order to support and serve our local community in life-changing ways. Our goal is that whoever walks through our doors, whether it is to serve or be served, feels valued and connected, not just to a building or a program, but to the community at large.
Contact: Aletha Mullins, aletha.cwhs@gmail.com

Canal Winchester Human Services also provides for The Community Food Pantry servicing not only Canal, but the Bloom Carroll School District, Lithopolis, and underserved rural areas of Fairfield County.


Lancaster Fairfield Community Action Agency
Their purpose is to establish a better focusing of all available federal, state, local, and private resources upon this goal: To enable low-income families and individuals of all ages to obtain the skill, the knowledge, and the motivation to secure the opportunities needed for them to become fully self-sufficient.
Contact: Courtney Vandyke, cvandyke@faircaa.org


Bloom Carroll Pantry Mission
This local food pantry serves families in the Bloom Carroll School District.
Contact: Matt Gish