Welcome to Grace!
“Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised!”
Whether you are planning a vacation to our beautiful mountain community, live here full or part-time, or are just visiting the site – please know that a warm welcome, friendly people and the love of Jesus will always await you at Grace Community Church.
We are a non-denominational church and as well as our regular services, we offer Women’s Bible studies, Men’s activities, Youth meetings and a variety of seasonal events and outreach opportunities. A nursery and Children’s Church are available on Sundays as well as activities on Wednesdays.
You’re invited to listen to a sermon, be inspired by a devotional reading or send us your prayer requests through this site. It is our great joy to partner with the Lord in seeing people encouraged and uplifted.
We hope you’ll visit our site often, but we hope to see you in person soon!
Pastors Steve & Joyce Doerter
Check out Pastor Steve's Booklets
"The Perfect One"& "Praying in the Spirit"
As You Forgive Others
As I define "unforgiveness" and "forgiveness", it leads us to an understanding that each and every one of us must take steps to "settle" accounts. Jesus taught this in a parable of a man who owed more than he could possibly pay and yet was forgiven all his debt. Later this same man, rather than forgiving a very small debt owed to him, he demanded payment. In this parable, because of the man's actions, his original debt was reinstated he did not forgive as he had been forgiven. The Lord's Prayer teaches us to pray, "forgive us as we forgive others". For us to be and remain forgiven, we are required to forgive others.
Spiritual Conflict
The devil is an active agent of evil in the world. The name Satan literally means Accuser. He is always working to corrupt our minds with thoughts of blame, debt, and resentment towards those who have hurt or wronged us in some way. If we accept these thoughts and make them our own, then unforgiveness towards others begins to take root and creates spiritual conflict in our lives. We are exhorted in the Word of God to know the wiles, or tricks, of the devil. We are to avoid his snares and be soberly aware of his craftiness, understanding that he is our adversary.
Leading Your Heart
Jesus said that where our treasure is, there our hearts would be also. The philosophy of the world teaches us to follow our heart. Since the heart tends to be about feelings, it can prove to be an unreliable leader due to the fact that it can fluctuate greatly depending on our circumstances. Our heart is meant to be led, not by our own feelings, but by the Holy Spirit. When we invest and sow God's Word into our hearts, we discover we're following the true treasure God Himself! Godly feelings will follow and our lives will show it!
Vision Dynamics
In this annual review of the Vision Statement for Grace Community Church, the importance of operating with a vision is renewed. Vision enables us to understand the direction we're going, our purpose, goals, priorities, plans and hope! Vision is vitally necessary individually and corporately!
A Glimpse of Heaven
The scriptures give us many glimpses of heaven. We see this through stories Jesus told. We see it in Stephens words where he reveals an open heaven while he was being stoned to death. Paul and Peter give encouraging expectations of what will come when our physical bodies die. The Book of Revelation gives us a description of heaven. These texts provide the believer with a bright and hopeful glimpse of what is to come!