One of the most grateful places I’ve ever seen is the DIY skatepark at Poe Mill. Some of the most grateful people I’ve encountered are the skaters who use it, skating every day like it might be their last—because, any day now, it could be.

On December 10th, 2019, everything changed for Ms. Toni. That day is forever etched into her memory. “They came and interrupted my whole life. My life hasn’t been the same since.”

On Sunday, December 1st we’re having our annual Poe Mill Christmas Parade from 3-5 p.m. We do this in partnership with Park Place Church of God. 

This summer we printed our first issue of Saltbox Quarterly, a community newspaper by Griggs Church. Here’s the article we placed in that paper answering the question, “What is a Saltbox?”

If you have a Photo from Fall Family Fun Night 2024 email it to mitch@griggschurch.com and we’ll add it into the post (may use it on social media too)!

Welcome! We’re very excited about FFFN 2024, one of our favorite annual events. Here is everything you need to know!

Last Wednesday night was fantastic. Thank you to all those who volunteered to make it happen. We had a great group of ladies come out for food, s’mores, hot chocolate, and fellowship around the fire.

One of the things I realized when I started serving, was that I actually had the capacity to do a lot more than I thought. The more I've worked on pushing through an uncomfortable situation, the more I feel like God has made me comfortable doing that.

Dozens of our people served throughout the week in organic ways, having each other over and swapping essential items. Those are some of my favorite ways in which you all served.

Pastor Mitch was asked to discuss Poe Mill, Griggs Church, and our partnership with Grace Church on the Grace Church Members Podcast. The episode dropped last week so give it a listen! 

A look back at our first annual Griggs Guy's Night competition.

At Griggs Groups, you inevitably do the hard work of getting involved in the lives of others. And that participation is the main point of groups. That participation is productive.

We need to guard against our tendency to pay attention to “myths and endless genealogies.” Think of this as a warning against getting caught up in those misleading theological TikToks about the Nephilim, or demons, or the timing of the Lord’s return. They’re interesting, but we must not give them too much of our study time as, ultimately, they do not instruct or compel us to be more like Jesus.

“The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.”

For some, the most shocking part of Psalm 19 is the beginning (vs. 1-6), which tells us that God speaks to us through creation. What can be hardest to learn, then, is that we must learn to listen to God through his creation.

How majestic is God’s name throughout all of the earth? It’s so majestic that he needs no help in receiving his glory before his enemies. Even toddlers, who can barely form words, can sing about God and it’s enough to prove his goodness amid his foes. He doesn’t need the strength of kings and armies to prove he’s legit.

What we hope the Psalms would provide, in our naivety, is an answer that magically makes the chaos of the world (and our world) disappear. What we find instead is the good news.

Everything in Psalm 1 is stated concretely and with certainty. If this psalm serves as an introduction to the entire book, one might expect the following 149 psalms to depict God's people living in ease and His enemies in disgrace. However, that’s not exactly what we find.

Many believers cherish a favorite Psalm, one that has provided comfort and strength throughout their journey with Jesus. While repetition of a single Psalm can be comforting, intentionally adding a couple more Psalms to the mix can be profoundly stabilizing.

It’s interesting to think that the Holy Spirit could have inspired the Bible to read like anything. The Spirit could have inspired the scriptures to read like the manual for your car. And it would have been dry and boring and only searched when your dad couldn’t fix something on the first try.

Instead, the Spirit inspired poetry. Why?