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This past Sunday was a fantastic weekend in Children’s Ministry. We launched the new curriculum, To the Ends of the Earth, amid sounds of airport traffic, a ‘security check point,’ and snacks from our “Grace Airlines” stewardesses.

One of the most beautiful things about Grace Church is the impact we have everyday with those in need overseas! It is truly a joy to be able to encourage and support the ministry at Agape Orphanage in Myanmar for the past several years.

I’ve attended Grace Church since 2004, when I began college at CMU. My first involvement was the Dicken’s Christmas Choir and later that winter in 2005 I began volunteering with the weekend production team.

In the 16-18 months leading up to our 20th Anniversary as a church this spring, we have been working through a process to clearly articulate our philosophy of ministry as it relates to several aspects of life within the church.

Twenty years. We celebrated a milestone anniversary this year as a church, and while some may view this series of articles by The Morning Sun as, at the very least, a ‘black eye’ for Grace Church. I don’t.

The following is a response from Grace Church’s pastor, Barry Flanders, to those interviewed by the Morning Sun.

Our Pastor sent the following to the writer of the Morning Sun article the day after his interview. We trust it will give a little perspective as to our approach to the issues being raised, our heart in the matter, and the beginnings of a possible way forward.

A dear sister forwarded this email from our dear brother, Scott Koefoed, who is now with the Lord. She intended it to encourage me, to strengthen me.. and it did. May it do the same for you.

The spirit of the old adage “words will never harm me” is not the sentiment of the Scriptures. Words can hurt, even when directed from an unknown profile online. God made a world in which words are powerful.

We recently had the pleasure of donating several bags of coffee and a handful of gift cards to the Isabella County Restoration House.