Church Activities  

• Bible Study
  
  Groups meet weekly; small groups hosted in homes or at the church.  Call the church office for more details.  272-1946

• Prayer and Share
  
  This group meets on Sunday evenings (6:00 p.m.) in the Church Chapel. The meeting is open to all who want to share what God is doing in their lives and to pray.

• Contemplative Prayer and Worship

There is a Contemplative Prayer group that meets each Wednesday afternoon at 4:45pm in Room D, Grass Valley United Methodist Church. All are welcome to this 45 minutes of quiet, devotional readings and sharing. For more information contact Rob Cairns at 265-0128 or Judith Pruess-Mellow at 274-3354.

• Adult Chancel Choir
  
  Rehearsals on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Jim Hook, director.

• Handbell Choirs
  
  Rehearsals on Wednesdays at 5:00 pm and 6:30 p.m., Margaret Boothby, director.

• United Methodist Women

  The United Methodist Women's organization focuses on both spiritual growth and mission outreach.   It is varied in its approach to world missions and is forward thinking in under-girding mission work of the United Methodist Church.  The general meeting is held the first Thursday of each month at 10:30 AM for continental breakfast followed by program at 11:00..   Five Circles provide additional opportunities for fellowship, education, and service.  For more information, please contact Martha Carnahan, 273-0826.

• United Methodist Men

The United Methodist Men's organization meets monthly on the third Saturday at 7:30 AM for coffee and 8:00 AM  for breakfast and fellowship.  The program each month focuses on various outreach ministries of the church.  The group's aim is to be service centered.  For further information, please contact Bob Briel, 274-7855.

• Outreach Ministries

Our Church supports several local outreach ministries, including the Interfaith Food Ministries, Emergency Assistance Coalition,  Manzanita Inn and Last Friday Supper which provides a free hot dinner-time meal on the second and last Fridays of each month at 5:30 PM.  Lunch at the Crossroads has begun serving a free luncheon meal on the second Friday of each month at 11:45 AM.  Hospitality House is located at 230 S. Church Street in our former parsonage.  It serves as an intake center for homeless individuals to provide a nomadic shelter in participating church facilities between October and April each year.  Included is a hot evening meal and a light breakfast.  Mail services and referrals are provided for guests of Hospitality House.

• Other Community Organizations

Several tenant groups also meet at the church on a regular basis, including  Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group, Girl Scouts, Pine Tree Quilt Guild workshops, Blood Bank, Alcoholics Anonymous.

The Habitat for Humanity office is located in our main office building.  

• Prayers and Squares

            Since its inception in September 2002, the Prayers and Squares ministry has made over 30 quilts
            for our folks who are ill and/or in need of special prayers.  The recipients are chosen, quilts made
            and threaded.  On Sundays, for every knot tied a prayer is said for that person.

            The group meets every Friday morning and all are welcome to join this worthwhile ministry.       

• Our Missions Covenant Relationships - - The congregation is helping to support several Mission programs:    

1. A Missionary family, Larry and Jane Kies, in Zimbabwe who are working to train a new generation of agriculturalists from countries across the Continent of Africa

2. A rural Methodist Hospital in Chicuque, Mozambique, Africa

3. George & Suzanne Peavy with FRONTIERS, an inter-denominational faith Mission agency reaching out to the Muslim world with Christ's message

4. United Methodist Volunteers in Mission program, renovating an historical Methodist church in North San Juan

5. Hope Secondary School -- where Christian and Muslim children from the Bethlehem area study side by side

6. Alvaro Caquisane -- a 15 year old Kusayapu student in Chile

for additional information about any of these activities, please contact our office during the week at 272-1946, or send an e-mail to gvumc@gv-umc.org