Mission and History
Grace exists to gather the convinced and unconvinced into community, where we grow as Jesus does His work of forgiving and renewing, so that we go out to live for a story bigger than ourselves.
Gathering takes place through Sunday worship, community groups, and events, as well as a variety of other venues. The Christian life is a community project. Even if you’re not yet a Christian, gathering with other Christians is vital—as belonging often happens before believing.
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The work of Jesus takes place as we worship, pray, cry, serve, love, help, celebrate, and encourage one another. By His Spirit, we are transformed, becoming more like what God intended humanity to be. The road to sanctification may be long, but we’re called to walk it together.
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We are blessed to be a blessing, which means that followers of Jesus are to be “in the world, not of the world, but for the world.” God’s ultimate goal is to one day make all things new, but He also wants us to bring the hope of new creation into the here and now.
OUR HISTORY
Grace Pres was established in 2000 as a community centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ and committed to His mission.
In 2010, Grace launched a second site in the San Jose area and continued as a multi-site church until November 2018, when that second site became its own congregation, Grace South Bay.
In April 2022, we began worshiping at our new ministry home on N. California Ave in Palo Alto.
Grace is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America.