We had so much happen over the last year, it’s hard to fit it all into one blog! It was our first official full year in our new home at 409 14th Street and we are so grateful for how we’ve been able to use our space to impact so many people over this past year. We saw God move in so many incredible ways!
To celebrate, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2024. Thank you for being a part of it with us! We love partnering with you on this mission!
It’s been a record-breaking year for us, including our highest number of baptisms in a year! We got to celebrate over 80 baptisms!! What an incredible celebration! A special moment from this last year was getting to celebrate Rafael, at 96 years old, take the step of baptism.
Our middle & high schoolers had a blast at VIBE this past year! We love being able to create a safe and welcoming space for our teens to connect and grow with their peers and small group leaders, while having fun and growing in their relationship with God!
We had our first-ever Singles Night here at 409 with 75 people attending! We got to hear from Pastor Anthony, play games, and connect in a lot of fun ways!
This past year we had two Worship Nights! It’s always such a special and powerful night as we get to come together to celebrate God through music and worship!
It was our first year hosting our annual Easter Egg Hunt at our new space! We were able to have our hunt under the viaduct to stay dry amidst the rain and utilize our space for pictures with the Easter bunny and lots of arts & crafts and games!
We launched The Pod this year- a free fitness program that allows teens a space to build stronger bodies, minds, emotions, and souls. Using our space to allow teens to grow in this way has been incredible!
We had our first-ever Amplify Parenting, a day completely devoted to parenting. It was a really impactful day as we came together to grow in different areas of parenting!
Our annual Child Dedication is always a super special Sunday, where we gather together as a church, as families dedicate their children to make the commitment to raise their little ones under God’s lead.
This year we had our 14th annual 1Day! We had over 300 volunteers working on 30 different projects across Hoboken!
We had an awesome time celebrating Christmas together! It was so exciting welcoming in so many people into our space over Christmas Sunday and Christmas Eve. Plus, our band had some really special things planned for us as we celebrated Christmas throughout the month of December.
This year we had 76 people leading a group with over 200 people attending a group for the first time! Dinner groups have always been at the core of what we do here and it’s so special continuing to hear so many stories of people’s lives that have been impacted from being a part of a dinner group.
Grace Kids had their annual Mega Awesome Costume Party and it was a blast as all the kids came dressed up in adorable costumes!
Not only was it our first Easter in our new space, but we also got to celebrate 12 baptisms!
We launched a new weekly podcast this year called ‘Continuing the Conversation.’
We went on 3 service trips throughout the year- Potters House in Guatemala, Casa Hogar in Mexico, and Enable the Children in Sierra Leone.
We had one of the cutest Sundays of the year- our Grace Kids Christmas Concert! It’s such a fun and special day as we got to see all of our kids in Grace Kids perform in front of their families and loved ones!
We were able to spread joy to 1,043 children at this years annual Hoboken Grace Christmas Exchange! We had 452 donors, 223 volunteers, and our amazing Bridge Events team making this day so special and seamless! We love being able to come together every year to help make the lives in our community brighter during the Christmas season!
Thank you for the ways you have honored God with your time, talents, and treasures this past year. None of this is possible without you. We can’t wait to see what God has in store for us in 2025!
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