About Us

A community shaped by grace.

Grace Church on Buckley is a diverse body of believers united by our faith in God and our love for one another. Our community life includes our worship services on Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. as well as other ministries and gatherings throughout the week. Our pastors are ordained ministers in the Reformed Church in America, and our liturgy, worship, and Scriptural interpretation are informed by Reformed tradition and theology.

Our community is diverse in our backgrounds and beliefs.

Our community is diverse in our backgrounds and beliefs. It includes families have worshiped here for decades as well as new believers. We do not agree, or seek to agree, on everything, nor do we expect uniformity or certainty from each other. We see each member of our community as part of the body of Christ, each essential for our functioning as a whole.

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

1 Corinthians 12:27
Our Mission

We are called by grace to be a community where every person discovers sacred belonging in Christ and the transformation found in his sacrificial love.

Our Vision

We envision a flourishing community where all experience God's grace and join in God's work of healing and restoration.

Our Mission

We are called by grace to be a community where every person discovers sacred belonging in Christ and the transformation found in his sacrificial love.

We are called by grace…

We are here because of God’s undeserving favor and love.

…to be a community where every person…

Every person matters in our community—regardless of their life’s path, socioeconomic status, age, race, nationality, or sexual orientation.

…discovers sacred belonging in Christ…

We belong to God. This sacred belonging, through the work of Jesus, comforts us, saves us, and gives us eternal life.

…and the transformation…

Sacred belonging extends beyond ourselves to transform our relationships with each other, with God, and with creation.

…found in his sacrificial love.

Christ’s sacrificial love saves us and invites us to participate in his work of restoration and redemption. It also compels us to extend this radical love beyond ourselves—serving our community inside and outside our church walls.
Our Core Values

What Shapes Us

Sacred Belonging

We take comfort in the truth that we belong to our faithful Savior Jesus Christ. We practice Christ’s inclusive hospitality so that every person might recognize their place in God’s family. We believe this family includes people of all abilities, races, genders, nationalities, sexual orientations, ages, socio-economic statuses, and life stories.

Becoming

We are being renewed daily by God’s grace into Christ’s likeness. We walk together in this lifelong journey of becoming more like Christ as we worship together and serve one another with care.

Believing

We place our confidence in God’s faithful love and sovereign grace. We believe in the triune God as revealed in the Bible—God the Father, creator of all things;Christ the Son, whose death and resurrection save us; and the Holy Spirit, who comforts us and moves in our world. We have faith that someday everything wrong will be made right because of Christ’s redemptive work. We support each other in living out this faith through every season of life. Together, we submit to God’s will as it is continuously revealed to us in Scripture and in the world, and we eagerly participate in God’s all-consuming transformative work.

Neighborhood

We are called to share God’s love in every community, even to the “ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). We are particularly committed to our neighborhood, where we welcome everyone who gathers here in the same spirit—delighting in meeting one another’s needs, physically and spiritually, as members of one church family. We believe we all have something to offer and something to receive.

Our Welcome

Grace Church celebrates LGBTQ+ people as image bearers, loved by God, and welcomes them whether single, in a dating relationship, or married. Those who confess Jesus Christ as Lord enjoy full participation in the life of our church, including ordination to the roles of elder and deacon, preaching, being married, having their children baptized, and filling all leadership roles as their gifts allow. We’ve been an affirming congregation since 2022.