​Can we help?  Pastors, would it help to talk with one of our coaches as you navigate through these uncertain times?  We know you are feeling the stress not only as this pandemic affects you and your family personally but also as you address the needs and concerns of a congregation that is depending on you for leadership and vision. 

We know that many of you are worried about how your church can continue to pay you if this "stay at home" mandate continues for an extended time.  We know that each day brings new challenges and fresh anxiety.  

Can we help?  Contact me at exec@ccdmin.org and I'll match you with a coach who can meet with you via Zoom videoconference.  

No charge.  We can get through this together.  


Kindest regards,

Maggie Lewis
Executive Director
The Center for Career Development and Ministry

Grace River is doing some spring cleaning. These items are free to a new home!

They have:

• Large pulpit-excellent condition
• Smaller pulpit-excellent condition
• 10 Cafe Tables
• Drum set
• Orchestra Music-Let Your Glory Fall, Integrity Music. 24 books in all including the Full Score, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, flute 1 & 2, oboe, bassoon, french horn, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, clarinet 1 & 2, clarinet 3, bass clarinet, trumpet 1 & 2, trumpet 3, trombone 1 & 2, trombone3/tuba, double bass, keyboard string reduction, percussion, harp and rhythm.
• Hymnals-50 Sing to the Lord, Copyright 1993

If anyone is interested in any of these things they are all free! Free for the taking!

Contact: office@graceriver.life

There's more! 

Baptismal Robes
A 1 Child Sized, Weighted
B 1 Black weighted Large?
C 1 Black weighted, elastic cuffs Large?
D 2 Weighted, elastic cuffs, 2XL?
E 4 Weighted, 2 XXL, 2 XL
F 2 Weighted, XL
G 10 Culotte Style, 8 Ladies L (4 long, 4 not as long😊) 2 Adolescent Sized

​If anyone is interested in any of these things they are all free! Free for the taking!

Contact: office@graceriver.life

As most of you know, about a month ago I cut my left thumb nearly off in a table saw accident.  It was reattached but because of a splint contraption, I have not been able to drive, and keyboarding is laborious. I was forced to slow down about three weeks before the pandemic, and had already begun to reflect on a more restricted life for several weeks. 

In a new world of restriction, I have been exploring what God would do with a world that is in a "great pause" or "reboot". What should occur in myself and what can happen in broader society?

Two thoughts have crossed my mind the last few weeks concerning my individual self:  One, how can I pray in a deeper way for the world, pleading for God's common grace to prevail.  Two, how can every thought I think be pleasing to God. 

For Lent this year, I did not engage in my usual practice of reading through the Gospels. Instead, I began reading through the Minor Prophets. As the pandemic continues, I find richness in the Minor Prophets. There is always the call for God's people to return to Him, and live lives of mercy and caring toward others.   For the Church, this societal "great pause" possibly brings space to examine ourselves and repent of our shallowness, bad habits, and outright sin. Outwardly it is a season to express Christ's love in the most faithful and practical ways. Can the whole Body of Christ be a non-anxious presence, forgoing fear, and self-centeredness, not succumbing to reactive thinking and actions? 

Maybe the "great pause" could be a great cleansing.

In Jesus name,
Dale