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  • Growing Joys!

    My name is Mary Giles and I started working for Grandly in February. I look forward to meeting many of you someday soon!  As a teen, I was highly impacted by youth workers. I was very involved in my youth group, attended weekly meetings, and participated in mission trips. I was surrounded by youth workers…

  • Stumbling Along

    ​A TRUE BUT ANONYMOUS STORY God works in many unexpected ways. Through our difficulties, through our mistakes, he brings unimaginable good.  I am a young mom. When I was 18, I gave birth to my son, Mark. I was unmarried and unequipped to manage my own life, let alone a child’s. I spent much of…

  • Grumpy Grandpa

    The church where I attend does not officially observe Lent. Almost everyone, though, has some concept of this religious period of prayer and fasting.  At the very least, most of us have heard the question: “What are you giving up for Lent?”  Some people know the Bible basis for Lent which says we should fast, pray,…