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 COVID-19 positivity rates, Grace Community Christian Church will continue to share in worship online.

The building is open for in person worship this morning. As guidelines change and vaccine is made available, we look forward to gathering safely again in person with COVID mitigation measures in place.

"Praying God's Word:
A Back to School Prayer"
video for reflection
"In Christ Alone"
(sing along)
"The Armor of God"
(Children's moment)
"I Shall Wear A Crown"
(Song of reflection )


"We are Disciples of Christ"
(Video about Disciples identity and community)
"Stand Firm"
(Communion and brief reflection by
Rev. Yvonne Gilmore)
You may give gifts, tithes, and offerings online below or mail in a check to Grace Community Christian Church.

Thank you for your heartfelt gifts and generous support through the shifts of the past year. Your steadfast giving makes a difference. We are grateful for your ministry.

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The scripture reading from Ephesians 6 gives us a whole new picture of “Sunday-go-to-meeting” clothes! Do you remember having Sunday clothes, saved from all other occasions in order to offer God our best when we came into the sanctuary? I’ve often imagined what we could have worn if Ephesians 6 described our Sunday “best”, instead of lace socks and Mary Jane polished shoes!
We would show up in the whole armor of God: a belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, shoes for proclaiming the gospel of peace, a shield of faith, a helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit (the word of God). Gratefully, we’re not now so concerned about Sunday clothes, but what is the BEST we can offer to God today?

Ephesians helps us hear we need resources to struggle against the powers which threaten to destroy the growing reality of God’s Realm in our midst. Our offering this morning is one means for you to participate in building up God’s Realm. Our offering today helps provide ways for each of us to stand FIRM. So let’s offer our Sunday best as we give today!


Offering prayer

Great Architect of the Cosmos, thank you for the ways you’ve designed life to be rich and full and good. Thank you for each one who has participated in this offering, and for these resources, given so we (as believers) and this congregation might stand firmly on your side of the confrontation between good and evil. Receive these gifts and accept our desire to stand with you, even as we seek to walk in the Way of Jesus, the Christ. Amen.
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Opening Prayer

God of every good gift, we come today, setting aside the frustrations and difficulties of our day, ready to focus on you and on your goodness. We rejoice in the privilege of gathering in your presence, joining with others who seek to know you and worship you. So lift us up through the beauty of this hour, the joy of this faith community, and the delight of sharing in scripture, song, sermon and Table celebration. Receive our praise, which we offer in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Prayer of Holy Anticipation

Where has the time gone, Lord? It seems as though we just got started with summer, having plans for rest and recreation, leisure and celebration. Then suddenly we are at the end of the summer, called to new directions and new vistas.

In need of you and in holy anticipation, we have come to pray and to receive healing and hope. We come from the struggles and triumphs of the week, needing to feel the soothing presence of God. Lord, be with us this day. Calm our souls. Cause us to rejoice that you have provided a special place, and you have girded us for the journey, giving us armaments of faith.

The words of Bible and the timeless words of Jesus take time for us to comprehend. Forgive us, Lord, when we are impatient; when we just want to "get on with it," and act before we pray and listen to you. Help us to understand the commitment we make in discipleship, through the rocky times and the smooth seas alike. Push us in our ministry of compassion to do more than we ever thought we could do in helping others. Give to us that extra measure of faith and commitment that we may truly serve you by serving others. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
Scripture
Ephesians 6:10-20
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our[a] struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 
14 Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. 15 As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. 16 With all of these,[b] take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints. 19 Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,[c] 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.

Grace Community Christian Church
2770 Montgomery Road
Aurora, IL 60504
www.graceccc.org
630.898.7990