Partners in Ministry

The Partners in Ministry Designated Offering Program at Grace is one of the ways that we are Reaching Out in Christ's Love. Each month, we pass the plate for an organization that aligns with our Mission, and about whose mission our members and friends feel passionately. Our impact is doubled thanks to the Grace Foundation, who match every gift dollar for dollar, up to $2,000/month.

March 2024: Rose Foundation Newcomer Fund

Since December 2022, nearly 40,000 people have arrived in the Greater Denver region after traveling from South and Central America. The city of Denver, the state of Colorado, and many local nonprofits are responding quickly to welcome them and provide necessary services. For those individuals and families who intend to make their home here in Colorado, there are immediate needs that our community can rally together to help address.

 

SUPPORT THE NEWCOMERS FUND

 

All dollars raised through the Fund are deployed quickly and strategically to Colorado nonprofits providing essential services. Grant decisions are being made with guidance from a steering committee which includes representatives from the City and County of Denver, the State of Colorado, The Denver Foundation, Latino Community Foundation of Colorado, and Mile High United Way.

 

Learn more at https://rcfdenver.org/

April 2024: Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN)

SPAN is a human rights organization committed to ending violence against adults, youth and children through support, advocacy, education and community organizing. SPAN began providing services in 1979 and is crucial to the network of support that offers critical “safety net” services to vulnerable, low-income and at-risk populations. It is the only organization serving Boulder, western Broomfield, smaller towns and unincorporated Boulder County designed to provide shelter and advocacy for victims of domestic violence.

 

SPAN offers support and services that provide healing, hope and opportunity to adults, youth and children who have been impacted by domestic or dating violence, are seeking resources or information or are questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship.

 

From crisis intervention to shelter, legal advocacy and outreach counseling services, SPAN provides victims of interpersonal violence in Broomfield and Boulder counties with the support and services needed to offer safety, hope and healing.

 

Learn more at https://www.safehousealliance.org/

 

 

May 2024: Kutandara

Kutandara, is celebrating their 25-year anniversary!

 

Kutandara is a Boulder-based multicultural music studio that exposes audiences to a rare African musical format that engages, educates, and encourages participation.

 

Kutandara seeks to reach all ages through music lessons, classes, workshops, demonstrations, summer camps, school programs, live concerts, and even a yearly music and cultural trip to Zimbabwe where participants are fully immersed in the rhythm of life in this vibrant country.

 

This year, they will host twin "Friendship Festivals" in the US and Zimbabwe. 

 

Zimbabwean friends, partner organizations, and colleagues will join together with Kutandara representatives on July 6 in Harare, Zimbabwe, while the Rocky Mountain region will gather on August 2-3-4 at Yellow Barn Farm in Longmont, Colorado, to celebrate community and music in a weekend of workshops, performances, an African marketplace, and Zimbabwean food and films.

 

Learn more at https://www.kutandara.org


Below are the organizations we have contributed to over the past few years through our designated PiM Offering.