Welcome to Grace at Home. Below are worship resources to sustain and strengthen our faith. Click on the pictures below to access the video content. Scriptures and prayers are located below the links. Due to the rise in COVID-19 positivity rates, Grace Community Christian Church will only share in worship online. The building will not be open for in person worship. We will only offer virtual worship in the coming weeks, and look forward to gathering again in person when it is safe to do so.
"Prayer for Peace"
(inspiring video)
"Thy Word Is A Lamp Unto My Feet"
(Opening song)

"Thy Word"
(Singing and motion for kids)
"O Happy Day"
(Sing along)
"Disciples of Christ"
(Video about identity and community)
"Searching and knowing:
Where did you get to know me?"
Rev. Yvonne Gilmore
(Communion and sermon)
"The world of the generous gets larger and larger"
--- Proverbs 11:24 (The Message) 

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Offering prayer
Holy God, like the first disciples, we have heard the call to follow Jesus! As we bring our tithes and offerings to you this day, make us bold in following: giving more readily, loving more deeply, showing mercy and compassion more extravagantly, and seeking justice with courage.
Help us, today and each day, to truly walk in the Way of Jesus. Amen.
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Opening Prayer

Good and gracious God, thank you for gathering with us this morning, that we might worship you in spirit and in truth. Guard and guide us in this hour, strengthening us to step into a new week of discipleship. Open our ears, O God, that we might hear your Word speaking to us in this moment. Open our hearts, O God, that we might enter into the love you offer us. Amen.

Prayer of Illumination

Beloved God, you know us inside and out and you still call us to serve you.
Lord, honestly we are often hesitant, afraid, and wish to remain hidden.
Empower us to listen for and to hear your call. Empower us to answer your call with “Here I am Lord.” Empower us to follow you when you call us to follow you.

Lord of hope, we pray for our country, and our leaders as they lead during tumultuous times. Please continue to give us strength to walk with care and caution as we work to overcome COVID-19; comfort and be present with those who are grieving and lonely. 

Lord of mercy and justice, many, like Martin Luther King, have gone before us working to bring justice and peace to our country and our world. At times, their footsteps seem too big to step into; so we hesitantly step one step at a time, bringing your seeds of hope, justice and peace in a world crying out for them.

Lord, strengthen us for our ministry today and everyday. In the name of the Father, Son and the Holy spirit. Amen.
Scripture
John 1:43-51
 43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael 
and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip. 47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.” 48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.” 49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.” 50 Jesus said, “You believe[a] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added,
“Very truly I tell you,[b] you[c] will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’[d] the Son of Man.”

Psalm 139:1-6
1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts 
from afar. 3 You discern my going out
and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Grace Community Christian Church
2770 Montgomery Road
Aurora, IL 60504
www.graceccc.org
630.898.7990