Spirit of Grace is more than just a Sunday morning event - it's a living community throughout the week
offering mutual support, encouragement, and fun!
offering mutual support, encouragement, and fun!
Small Groups
We offer a variety of small groups meeting weekly for friendship, encouragement, and prayer. |
Youth Activities
Sanctuary youth worship focuses on helping young people survive and thrive as faithful Christians in today's world. |
School Backpack Program
Over 160 children received backpacks from Spirit of Grace filled with all the supplies they needed to start school in 2015. |
Halloween Spooktacular
Our annual Halloween trunk-or-treat celebration attracted ~1,200 people to downtown Holdrege in 2015 and 2016. This year: Sunday, Oct. 29, 4:30-6:00pm |
Swedish Days
Spirit of Grace serves as a place to cool off, eat lunch, and relax during Swedish Days every June. |
Stephen Ministry
Specially-trained lay ministers offer caring, Christian conversation with skill and confidentiality. |
Community Center
Our doors are open to outside groups of all kinds to use our unique downtown facilities. |
Kiruweni Parish
We have an ongoing relationship with a partner congregation in northern Tanzania and recently helped them add windows, doors, and floors to a new church building. |
Our DNA
Our mission is to reach Holdrege and the surrounding community with the hope of Jesus Christ.
Our heart is to be Great Neighbors!
Our 2020 Vision:
With the Holy Spirit guiding us to reach out to our community, in 2020, Spirit of Grace Lutheran Church will welcome 350 people into worship each week. At least 50 percent of us will be involved in intentional discipling groups, and at least 50 percent will serve the community and reach young families through one of our ministries.
Our core values:
Our heart is to be Great Neighbors!
Our 2020 Vision:
With the Holy Spirit guiding us to reach out to our community, in 2020, Spirit of Grace Lutheran Church will welcome 350 people into worship each week. At least 50 percent of us will be involved in intentional discipling groups, and at least 50 percent will serve the community and reach young families through one of our ministries.
Our core values:
- Radical Hospitality - We will welcome and include every person who walks through our doors.
- Service - We will be practicing disciples of Jesus Christ by serving one another and the community.
- Community - We will be committed to creating and supporting community in our church, in Holdrege, and beyond.
- Worship - We will be a worship-centered community, providing opportunities for all people to encounter Jesus Christ through Word and Sacrament.
Governance
Our Leadership Team consists of Pastor Ted Carnahan, Russ Edeal (president), Bob Drews (vice-president), Sara Stevens-Stehl (secretary), Erica Gnuse (treasurer), Brandi Buckley, and Melissa Boutwell. Recent meeting minutes and reports are available online.
Spirit of Grace is a congregation of the Nebraska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Find out more about what we believe and teach.
Governing Documents online:
Spirit of Grace is a congregation of the Nebraska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Find out more about what we believe and teach.
Governing Documents online:
| Constitution, Bylaws, and Continuing Resolutions of Spirit of Grace Lutheran Church (Adopted 2019-05-05) |
| Supplemental Material to the Constitution, Bylaws, and Continuing Resolutions of Spirit of Grace Lutheran Church (Revised 2019-05-15) |
