Welcome to Grand Rapids Evangelical Free Church. We exist to help people find Jesus and live like him. We do this through relevant, practical Bible teaching and modern worship while creating a wide variety of opportunities for deep relationships where individuals together can grow more like Jesus.
Whether you’re a regular church goer or have never stepped foot in a church, we hope you feel welcome here. Come in jeans or your Sunday best, but hopefully you’ll come with an open heart. We want to meet you where ever you are in your faith and join you as you navigate through life.
Adult Worship Services
Worship
We have a great worship team that plays music that you will recognize from any contemporary Christian music radio station. Worship is communicating with God from your heart. Whether you sing along, raise your hands, or just listen, worship in whatever way feels most comfortable.
Offering
We do not pass an offering plate during the service. We have offering boxes located just inside the Worship Center doors as you enter as well as online giving options through the Tithe.ly app. As a guest, there is no obligation for you to give.
Message
Every weekend, our pastor gives a relevant, straightforward, Scripture-based message that teaches Biblical truths and is designed to be helpful in your everyday life. These messages will help you develop a growing, vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ, and apply biblical teachings to your own life.
Communion
The third Sunday of every month, we celebrate communion together. Anyone who calls themselves a follower of Jesus Christ can participate in this time of reflection and prayer. If you don’t yet call yourself a Christ follower, then just observe and listen. The juice and bread that we share represent the body and blood of Jesus Christ and our new life in Him.
Coffee Time
The time in between services is a time for you to join us for refreshments and for you to meet other people. It is also a time for you to ask questions about our church and the many activities we offer. You can find more information at the Welcome Center in the main foyer.
Beyond Sunday Mornings
Grand Rapids Evangelical Free Church offers a range of opportunities for adults and their children to move beyond weekend services and into deeper, more meaningful relationships with Jesus Christ and others within the church. To find ways to get more involved:
- Subscribe to our weekly Round Up for real-time church news
- Fill out a blue Connect Card so that we know you are attending
- Connect with one of our Welcome Team members
- Read the announcements in the bulletin from the service
- Pick up brochures from our Welcome Center in the foyer
- Browse this website, specifically the pages under the Connect menu and our Events Calendar
- Contact the church office for more information: office@grefc.org or call 218-327-9343
FAQ’s
Yes, we’re pretty sure you will. Our messages on Sunday mornings are about God and how He intersects withour lives. The Bible helps us navigate that intersection. Our Pastor speaks in a relatable way, helping to explain harder-to-understand passages.
We emphasize relationships, not fashion. We see everything from t-shirts and jeans to dress pants and dresses. Dress how ever you feel comfortable. We’re just glad you’re here!
We do not pass an offering plate at our services and there is no obligation to give, ever. An offering is an act of giving between you and God. The regular congregation members do give each week as an act of worship in thanking God for all that He has done in their lives and to help support the many activities and missions of the church.
We sing songs together to proclaim our unity in our love for and belief in Jesus Christ. We consider it as an act of worship, but there are many forms of worship. For some it’s singing, for some it’s sitting in silence meditating on God, and for some it’s listening to music or nature. So join in if you want, or just sit and listen. It’s all good.
We place a strong emphasis on relationships. Your relationship with God and with others. Relationships are the best way to help others grow as disciple makers and live for Jesus. You’ll find genuine people here who love Jesus and think His Way is the best way to live life.
We consider anyone who follows Jesus to be brothers and sisters of the same family. People who attend GREFC come from a wide variety of faith backgrounds. Together, we focus on biblical truth and teachings, and pursuing an active relationship with Jesus Christ. You don’t have to be a member of a specific religious denomination to do that.
Each Sunday service typically last about an hour and 10 minutes.
Nope. At GREFC, you’ll never be put on the spot, never feel forced to give money, and never intentionally embarrassed. You don’t have to sign anything or register your attendance in any way. If you decide to fill out a Connect Card, it will only be used to send you a Thank You for joining us and an invitation to help you on your journey in any way we can. Let the service be a gift to you from God.
We offer a staffed nursery for infants up to 48 months during both of our services. Once children are 3 years old, we offer our Pathfinders classes. During the first service we have classes for Preschool through Grade 5 and during our second service we offer classes for preschool-1st grade kids. We also have a BRICK Bible Foundations Class for Grades 6-7 that helps prepare students for the deeper conversations that happen during youth group.
If you haven’t made a decision to accept Jesus and His teachings, but would like to know more about it, you’re a seeker. That’s a good thing. That means you’re asking questions about spiritual things and how they might relate to your life. You are welcome to explore answers to your questions here. Or contact an elder or pastor, they’d love to have a conversation with you about Jesus.
When you visit us on Sunday mornings, be sure to visit our Welcome Center. There you can chat with someone about our church and pick up brochures about our ministries. We also encourage people to attend our Discover GREFC Membership series of classes to learn about our beliefs and values, how we do ministry, and even how God uniquely made you. If you really want to know the day to day, real-time happenings in our church, subscribe to the Weekly Round Up that comes out every Friday afternoon. Visit the rest of our website for even more information and come back often. We are a growing church and will have much more information posted here. Save this site as part of your “Favorites”.
