Grace Church

Grace Ludington truly has a heart for feeding the less fortunate in our community. Having an average Sunday attendance of 25 to 30 presents its own challenges but in January of 2016 the parish made the decision to do something to address a need within the homeless community in Ludington. Winters here are brutal and guests staying at our local shelter must leave by 8:00am. The Mason County District Library is primarily the only warm environment available until 5:00pm. The Library is located two blocks away from Grace so the parish opened the church and started "Haven House", providing a warm comfortable environment and a hot lunch to the guests that spent the previous night at the shelter. Although the ministry is located at Grace and spearheaded by the parishioners it is truly open to all churches, organizations, businesses and individuals in the community who have a heart for and wish to serve the homeless in Ludington.

Grace continues to be blessed with the opportunity to develop relationships with the guests that come through her doors. Something wonderful happens when you sit and break bread together. You no longer talk about the "plight of the homeless" as a nameless faceless "issue", but instead you focus on and start to recognize the unique gifts and challenges of the people you've come to know... and love.

In cooperation with our three sister ELCA congregations (a collaborative venture called "The Four Corners"), parishioners participate in the annual community crop walk, Alzheimer and Cancer walks, collect for families at Christmas, send youth to camp, collect food and necessities for the local Salvation Army food pantry, and volunteer at the local Thanksgiving day meal served to the less fortunate and those who would otherwise be alone for the holiday.