Grace To Gather

Welcome back for season 5 of Grace to Gather. I have heard it said that if you know and understand the “Why” of something, you can accomplish almost anything that you set your mind to. So, in this season of GTG, we are going to dig into the “Why” we are called to build community and practice hospitality, specifically by exploring the book of Acts. The book of Acts details the beginning of the firs...

The Season Four Finale is here! In this special episode we are joined first by our oldest daughter, Elizabeth and then by our youngest daughter, Alena, to discuss her wedding! With Liz, we discussed her perspective on how the wedding went as the day of coordinator. She told of what she thought were some pros and cons of the wedding day. Then Alena joined us to tell her side of how the wedding day...

In this episode, we will talk about how to enjoy yourself during the event. Now that the day has come take a step back from all the planning and allow yourself to be in the moment and enjoy the event with your guests!

In this episode, we discuss some important things to do and remember on the day of your event. We will walk you through some practical ways that we prepare for an event to make the day as seamless as possible! 

This week we are talking about what to plan for the week of the event. We will discuss ways to prepare for the day of the event in the week leading up to it. We will share some of the ways we like to stay organized during this time to make the event day easy for everyone involved!  

In this episode, we are discussing how to plan what food to serve at your event. We will give you ideas of what types of food to use for your events and what we have done in the past that was a hit! We will also give you creative ways to make your event's food more interesting and save money at the same time! 

This week we are discussing how to plan the decor for a large event. We will give you some tricks on how to save money when decorating and tell you about some of the ways we have decorated for events in the past! 

This week on the Grace to Gather podcast, we're discussing how to build a team for an event and the best ways to communicate with your team. We go over good qualities to look for in team members and how to handle curtain situations that may arise with your volunteers. 

Last week we talked about creating a plan for an event. This week, Neva and her daughter Elizabeth will be talking about how to execute the plan. They recently put on a bridal shower with about 40 guests and will share their experience with planning and hosting that event!  Follow Liz on her social media: Instagram: @liz.demery Facebook: Elizabeth Demery 

In this episode,  join us as we walk you through our steps for creating a plan for a large event. Every plan looks different depending on the event, but these are our practical steps to the beginning stages of planning an event for 30 or more people. 

It's wedding season! This week we are talking about planning and hosting large events! We will walk you through some our tips for the of the early stages of planning an event for 30 or more guests. 

This week we have an exciting episode for you! Join us as we interview our kids about their experience with hospitality growing up and how they intend to use it as adults. This was such a fun episode for us to record and we hope you enjoy it too! 

It's Wedding season! Join us as we jump into season 4 of the Grace to Gather podcast! This season it's all about large events! We're going to share our tips and tricks for navigating events for 30 or more people. 

As we head into the Christmas holiday, we will end this season with some encouragement to focus on the most important things during the holidays.  Spending time with family, slowing down and being present in the moments, and taking time to experience all the joy and laughter that this season can bring.  We wish you and your family all the blessings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who is the r...

As we wrap up the Thanksgiving weekend, we thought it might be a good time to talk about keeping peace and the right perspective throughout the holiday season.  We will talk about some of the different family dynamics that may happen when we are all together and how we deal with any conflict that may arise. We will also talk about keeping the most important things in focus as we are bombarded by a...

We know and understand that many of us are struggling in the current economic situation.  In this week's episode, we hope to encourage and inspire you to think outside of the box in finding ways to practice hospitality without breaking the budget.  Food is awesome, but not always necessary when practicing hospitality.  The important thing is that we gather together and enjoy one another.

In the midst of doom and gloom headlines from the news, it is more important than ever to build community.  We are in a war for the very fabric of society.  People all over the world are in great need and desperation.  This week we are going to talk about the importance of coming together to help and provide for those in your community, especially during this upcoming holiday season.

It’s easy to practice generosity and hospitality with people that we like and enjoy, but what about people who are very different from us?  In this episode, we are going to talk about going outside our comfort zone to start a conversation with people who may live or think differently than us.  Jesus was always starting conversations with people and He asks us to do the same thing.  This is a wonde...

Sometimes when life gets crazy practicing hospitality can seem like just one more thing to do. In this episode we discuss if the costs are worth the efforts.  Disclaimer: This episode was recorded on an iPhone so the sound quality may sound different. 

This week we will be asking the question, “who is your neighbor?”  Jesus shared a wonderful story about being neighborly in the parable of the Good Samaritan found in the book of Luke.  Being a good neighbor requires us to keep our eyes and ears open to the needs of those around us, and a willingness to meet those needs when we are able.

In this weeks episode we are going to talk about creating a legacy of hospitality within your family that future generations can build on.  We all leave a legacy whether we like it or not.  The question is, are we going to leave a good legacy that people will want to follow, or a bad legacy that people will want to avoid.  The choice is ours.

Strong healthy relationships just dont happen by accident.  In This weeks episode we are going to talk about the need for intentionality and putting in the hard work to build healthy marriages and relationships.  Maintaining a healthy relationship is much easier than bringing a broken relationship back into unity.  In an age of extreme busyness and distraction, being intentional is all the more im...

Last week we talked about how strong healthy marriages build strong families and strong communities. We feel like this message is so important and want to cover a little more ground on marriage. Then we will talk about training up our kids in a way that encourages them and strengthens them to be givers, not takers our modern day culture. 

Community starts in the home and we are going to talk about how strong healthy marriages build strong healthy communities.  Learning to love people well starts with learning to love your spouse well.  Practicing love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness and self control with your spouse trains you to practice those same things with others.  Strong marriages attract people and give...

This week on Grace to Gather we are going to talk about the most important thing when it comes to community, your own personal relationship with God.  Your relationship with God has a huge impact on every other relationship that you have.  Your personal relationship with God helps you to love and treat people better.  We will also dive into some of what the Bible has to say about the importance of...