Connecting to community
Grace Church is committed to reaching and practically helping our Port Macquarie community and beyond. Grace Church is committed to working with the local community to enhance the welfare of the people where we can.
Kids Club
Under the Scripture Union banner, volunteers from Grace Church and other churches meet one afternoon a week to run the Westport SUPA Club. Our aim is to demonstrate the love of Jesus to families from Westport Public School, and to connect families to each other and the Christian community. We share the Good News to children from Kindy to Year 3 through games, a Bible story and craft. We also provide a free meal for the families of those whose children attend.
City Serve
In 2018 we launched City Serve in Port Macquarie: a unique initiative between community organisations, council and business to benefit community. Our vision is to practically demonstrate the love of Christ by helping repair and maintain school buildings and community centres, surf clubs and public facilities. Since that time, hundreds of volunteers from 10 churches have helped rejuvenate 4 schools, with Tacking point school next in June 2023.
Sovereign Hills Carols
Grace Church Port Macquarie along with a host of sponsors and volunteers is delighted to host the annual Sovereign Hills Carols event. In 2022 we had over 1000 people from the local community come and enjoy a night of free food, drinks, and entertainment, as we sang carols about the birth of Jesus. And 2023 is gearing up to be even bigger!
Knit, Crochet & Create Group
This wonderful group meets at the Panthers Leagues Club on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month (except for school holidays) to create handmade clothing and craft for vulnerable children. These gifts are distributed far and wide, including the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas boxes for children all over the world!
Days For Girls International
Days for Girls is a non-profit organisation in 70 nations on 6 continents creating a dignified, humane, equitable world for girls through advocacy, reproductive health awareness, education and sustainable feminine hygiene kits. Funded by Sister’s Keeper and Grace Church, we have a small team of ladies cutting and sewing components for these kits. Volunteers are welcome. Sewing skills not required. We meet at Grace Church - the second Friday of every month at noon.
Christmas Hampers
Grace Church recognises there is need in our Port Macquarie Community and sometimes at Christmas, there can be such a gap between those who have and those who need. In the weeks before Christmas, in conjunction with our local Port Macquarie schools, we come together as a church to lend a hand to families, providing Christmas Hampers to a number of families to help them make Christmas special.