The Blog

Joe Leach | September As long as Grace Church has existed, a mantra that has been repeated with some regularity is that ‘our Life Groups are the backbone of church life’. So much of what is core to us as a local church (such as pastoral care and discipleship) happens...

Joe Leach | August 2023 When Steve Blaber was preaching on the Parable of the Lost Treasure a couple of weeks ago (Matthew 13v44-45), he read out a famous Jim Elliott quote.              “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.” It...

Joe Leach | June 2023 On more than one occasion, a leader from a different church has told me that they were considering becoming a multi-site church. I think they generally expect me to wax lyrical about why I think a multi-site church model is the best thing ever...

Joe Leach | January 2023 I have been so encouraged by the feedback we’ve had from starting the year teaching and preaching into what exactly is going on when we are celebrating communion together. It’s been great to hear of people feeling more released and able to...

Joe Leach - 13th December 2022  We have just had a weekend that has been jam-packed full of festive, frenetic activity. If you have been around church life for any length of time, you will know from experience that everything is not always easy. Sometimes things don’t...

Simon Taylor - 19th November 2022   As you will know from our recent GC Vision preaching series our new church vision statement includes three excellent verbs; Enjoy, Declare and Demonstrate. For Christians, Christmas is a time when all three actions come into...