Administering Grace

Based on the questions I field, there are many understandable, yet inaccurate assumptions about the usher ministry. I’m the paid staff perso...

Plans are underway for a Daytona party at Grace, Sunday, February 19. I think this has outreach potential, but we'll see where it goes. ...

On this date, January 27 in the year 2006 the Grace Brethren Church of Lititz (aka Grace Church) paid off their $2.8 million mortgage. Pictu...

I reread Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson last night. It’s a book I came across about a year or so before Pastor Young retired and on...

I hope the Pastor Scott ’s just completed Stewardship message series affected you as much as it did me. Hard as it may be to accept a Busine...

Sometime between November and January, I initiate the budget creation process. It all starts by projecting how much the Church Treasurer and...

This weekend marks the anniversary date of when Joan joined the staff at Grace Church. She holds the distinction of having been on staff the...

A year ago my Dad moved in with us so we could care for him. He was diagnosed with a neurological disease and his condition had deteriorated...

In Sunday’s message , Pastor Scott in defining the word servant (if I remember right), shared with us that in the Greek language it referred...

Pastor Scott’s currently leading us through a stewardship study ( see yesterday’s message or his blog entry for today ). I’ve already docum...

I’ve spent the better part of my time at Grace learning about its history through conversations, cleaning out files and rummaging through th...

I have a few tools in my toolbox that look so nice, I’ve been reluctant to put them to use. I’ve preferred them to look nice over being func...

My fears were realized last night at around 10 p.m. when Florida State scored their second touchdown to take the lead in the Orange Bowl. Si...

Churches give us a false sense of security. Think about it, when you go to the mall do you ever consider leaving your car unlocked? There’s ...

With all the noise during New Year’s Eve, there was just no way to sleep. Once I got into Junior High and High School, staying up was more f...

As you can imagine, with that much gun powder being exploded in densely populated developments, city streets and villages, there are many in...

Watching a lighted ball (or if you live in Lancaster County any other sort of object. See: white rose, red rose, bologna, pickle, pretzel an...

After all the media hullabaloo, we appear to have answered the Christmas dilemma correctly – at least as far as Grace Church is concerned. O...

I am filled with joy… as I’ve heard countless stories of how God has worked through Grace Church to bring numerous individuals one step clos...

Like many of us look forward with eager anticipation to an upcoming vacation or Christmas, the church building looks forward to the week bet...