Community Engagement
Loving God. Loving Neighbors. Living in Community.
Dayton Cooks!
A free 10-week program that trains students age 18 and older for jobs in the food industry. Students work side by side with Chef Thomas Johnson in the Grace kitchen on a culinary journey with donated and purchased food. At the end of the program students are knowledgeable in food safety, sanitation, basic knife skills, classic cooking techniques, commercial kitchen operations and equipment use. They also are prepared for ServSafe Certification and receive job placement assistance and mentoring.
Dayton Cooks! is a partnership with the Wesley Community Center and helps transform the lives of people committed to a culinary arts career through rigorous training. The USDA approved meals and snacks prepared in the program will be served to income eligible children in after school programs.
Dayton Cooks!
A free 10-week program that trains students age 18 and older for jobs in the food industry. Students work side by side with Chef Thomas Johnson in the Grace kitchen on a culinary journey with donated and purchased food. At the end of the program students are knowledgeable in food safety, sanitation, basic knife skills, classic cooking techniques, commercial kitchen operations and equipment use. They also are prepared for ServSafe Certification and receive job placement assistance and mentoring.
Dayton Cooks! is a partnership with the Wesley Community Center and helps transform the lives of people committed to a culinary arts career through rigorous training. The USDA approved meals and snacks prepared in the program will be served to income eligible children in after school programs.
YMCA Early Learning Center
at Grace
The YMCA and Grace have partnered to make sure children learn the skills to be successful in school. Our program helps them grow physically and mentally while emphasizing and modeling the character development values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility.
The Early Learning Center provides full time care for children from 6 weeks to 3 years. Our partnership allows us to provide a preschool where every child has the potential to be successful. We also provide a School Age Enrichment Program to ensure that the time gap before and after school is filled with homework help, an afternoon snack, art projects and active group games.
YMCA Early Learning Center
at Grace
The YMCA and Grace have partnered to make sure children learn the skills to be successful in school. Our program helps them grow physically and mentally while emphasizing and modeling the character development values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility.
The Early Learning Center provides full time care for children from 6 weeks to 3 years. Our partnership allows us to provide a preschool where every child has the potential to be successful. We also provide a School Age Enrichment Program to ensure that the time gap before and after school is filled with homework help, an afternoon snack, art projects and active group games.
Freedom School
The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools program provides summer enrichment that helps children fall in love with reading, increase their self-esteem, and generate positive attitudes toward learning. Children are taught using a model curriculum that supports children and families around five essential components: high quality academic enrichment; parent and family involvement; civic engagement and social action; intergenerational leadership development; and nutrition, health and mental health.
If you would like more information on the program, please contact the church office through the contact form on our website or call 937-278-4731.
Freedom School
The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools program provides summer enrichment that helps children fall in love with reading, increase their self-esteem, and generate positive attitudes toward learning. Children are taught using a model curriculum that supports children and families around five essential components: high quality academic enrichment; parent and family involvement; civic engagement and social action; intergenerational leadership development; and nutrition, health and mental health.
If you would like more information on the program, please contact the church office through the contact form on our website or call 937-278-4731.
Wesley Community Center
The Wesley Community Center (WCC) is a mission of the United Methodist Church and was founded to meet the spiritual and basic needs of families on the west side of Dayton. Grace Church is committed loving our neighbors by supporting that mission. WCC is in need of donations to fill the shelves of their food pantry, and the Mission Team promotes a monthly collection of food items.
MARCH DONATION: Canned Vegetables
Please drop off your donations at Grace Church. Your donations are much appreciated!
Wesley Community Center
The Wesley Community Center (WCC) is a mission of the United Methodist Church and was founded to meet the spiritual and basic needs of families on the west side of Dayton. Grace Church is committed loving our neighbors by supporting that mission. WCC is in need of donations to fill the shelves of their food pantry, and the Mission Team promotes a monthly collection of food items.
MARCH DONATION: Canned Vegetables
Please drop off your donations at Grace Church. Your donations are much appreciated!
Grace Service & Missions Team
We cannot do everything, but we can do something and we can do something now to restore humanity to the pathway toward Kingdom Living!
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our current mission focus is to protect the most vulnerable among us by following the stay-at-home order, washing your hands, wearing face masks, and practicing social distancing. We appreciate the sacrifices you are making. These are acts of love that will help doctors, nurses, and all essential workers stay healthy while they are working to keep us healthy.
When we care for the “least of these”, we are sharing the GRACE of God.
Grace Service & Missions Team
We cannot do everything, but we can do something and we can do something now to restore humanity to the pathway toward Kingdom Living!
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our current mission focus is to protect the most vulnerable among us by following the stay-at-home order, washing your hands, wearing face masks, and practicing social distancing. We appreciate the sacrifices you are making. These are acts of love that will help doctors, nurses, and all essential workers stay healthy while they are working to keep us healthy.
When we care for the “least of these”, we are sharing the GRACE of God.
Community Engagement
Grace has been proud to host these events:
- Day of Caring Pancake Breakfast
- University Row & Dayton View Neighborhood Historical Associations
- PechaKucha Events
- International Women’s Day 2020
- Wesley Community Center donations
- Martin Luther King, Jr Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Community Picnics
- Covid Vaccination Site
- Candidates Night
Community Engagement
Grace has been proud to host these events:
- Day of Caring Pancake Breakfast
- University Row & Dayton View Neighborhood Historical Associations
- PechaKucha Events
- International Women’s Day 2020
- Wesley Community Center donations
- Martin Luther King, Jr Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Community Picnics
- Covid Vaccination Site
- Candidates Night
Prison Ministry
Grace United Methodist Church is committed to faith-based ministries to help people affected by the criminal justice system. Seeds of Grace is a team of women who provide weekly spiritual growth through Sacred Stories in the Montgomery County Jail. Circle of the Word uses a circle format to engage with Bible stories and takes place in the Dayton Correctional Institution and monthly at the church for church members, community members, and people returning from jail or prison. House of Healing is a 13-week curriculum that has been offered at the prison and jail by women from Grace. The program promotes the healing of memories, relief from the burdens of shame and stress, improved relationships, and the ability to be at peace, no matter the circumstance. H.O.P.E. is a small group ministry at Grace that helps reentry from the criminal justice system. A correspondence and reentry program, H.O.P.E. Letters was launched in 2018 for faith-sharing, mentoring and non-judgemental encouragement.
Battle-Tested Bags is another way to help returning citizens. Each bag is filled with basic clothing and personal care items needed by those recently released.
Prison Ministry
Grace United Methodist Church is committed to faith-based ministries to help people affected by the criminal justice system. Seeds of Grace is a team of women who provide weekly spiritual growth through Sacred Stories in the Montgomery County Jail. Circle of the Word uses a circle format to engage with Bible stories and takes place in the Dayton Correctional Institution and monthly at the church for church members, community members, and people returning from jail or prison. House of Healing is a 13-week curriculum that has been offered at the prison and jail by women from Grace. The program promotes the healing of memories, relief from the burdens of shame and stress, improved relationships, and the ability to be at peace, no matter the circumstance. H.O.P.E. is a small group ministry at Grace that helps reentry from the criminal justice system. A correspondence and reentry program, H.O.P.E. Letters was launched in 2018 for faith-sharing, mentoring and non-judgemental encouragement.
Battle-Tested Bags is another way to help returning citizens. Each bag is filled with basic
clothing and personal care items needed by those recently released.
