Grange Hall United Methodist Church

07/24/2025

Thank you Candler Barn for letting us take our first field trip! Pic nic and petting zoo fun!

07/11/2025

TOMORROW!!!

Guardian Riders benefit ride for Isaiah 117 House Hawkins-Hancock Counties, JEEPs are welcome also!! $20 for 1 person, $30 for 2 or more people.

Contact Papa or Titanium (see bottom of picture)

You can also message here or email for more info: [email protected]

07/06/2025

A story from an open home Carter-Johnson-Unicoi Home ❤🏠

When our teen guest walked through the red door, she quietly made her way to the couch and barely said a word. She was still, guarded—her eyes low, her voice silent. After a few minutes of letting her settle in, our volunteers, workers, and caseworkers gently began talking with her, asking questions to learn more about who she was and what she liked.

But the more we tried, the more anxious she seemed. Her hands fidgeted, her legs bounced, and she avoided eye contact. It was clear that this space—though safe—was still new, and the weight of all she’d been through hung heavy in her presence.

The next morning, something changed. Quietly and hesitantly, she asked, “Do you have... or would it be okay if I had a Spanish text Bible?”

“Absolutely,” we told her. And in that simple request, we saw a glimpse of who she was—a piece of her story, her identity, her heart.

We also found out her favorite color was pink. So one of our workers made it a mission that day to find exactly what she asked for: a pink Bible written in Spanish. At the store, they even had the option to personalize it with her name—and we knew we had to do it.

When the worker returned and handed her the Bible, her face lit up. She smiled the biggest, brightest smile we’d seen since she walked through our doors. From that moment on, she carried it with her everywhere—reading it throughout the day, holding it close like a treasure that belonged to her and her alone.

It wasn’t a flashy gift or a grand gesture. It was a pink Bible, in her language, with her name on the cover. But to her, it was comfort. It was belonging. It was love.

This is how we change the way foster care begins—by listening, by seeing, by responding with intentional love. And sometimes, that love looks like a Bible in a favorite color, with a name etched in gold, reminding one child that she is known and never alone.

06/26/2025

A story from one of our open homes...

"The morning after our sibling set of 7 arrived, I reached out to my friend who is the manager of Dunkin Donuts AND who just became a foster/adoptive dad. He was totally on board to help however he could and asked what kind of donuts I needed. I told him it was for a house full of girls, so we had to do pink sprinkle donuts for them to wake up to.

When I arrived, he told me that the week prior he was on spring break and did not make the order for stock, but his assistant did, and she overstocked the pink sprinkle donuts. He was contemplating what to do with the excess and was resorting, in his mind, to throw them away, because no one was going to need that many. He was so moved by my simple request for the donuts that morning, knowing that God had orchestrated the whole thing so the pink sprinkle donuts would be waiting for the girls in the house. Even in the smallest of ways, like pink sprinkle donuts, God is always going before our kiddos!"

06/24/2025

06/19/2025

Join us for our youth program every Wednesday night 5:30 to 7:30! Dinner served!

06/13/2025

Friday Facts

Many don’t realize that just last night, there were children who didn’t sleep in their own beds…
Not even in foster homes.
They slept in offices at a local children’s services agency.

Every day, over 700 children enter foster care across the country.
They arrive at government buildings with nothing but the clothes on their backs—often dirty, hungry, tired, and most of all, scared.

They wait for hours… sometimes even days.
In cubicals and conference rooms.
removal day is a day that happens to children who did not choose this life, who did nothing to cause this to happen, and yet they find themselves in circumstances beyond their control.

They are left in limbo, in cold offices, waiting for a place to land.

-They are not cases.
-They are not numbers.

❤️They are children❤️
With real hearts. Real fears. Real dreams.

THIS is where Isaiah 117 House steps in.

With trained volunteers on call, ready to wrap children in comfort, calm, and care in those in-between moments.
Isaiah 117 House is a safe place to eat, to rest, to exhale.
It’s more than a house, it’s a refuge in the chaos.
A place where every child hears & feels: “Love, you’re not alone.”

When a child leaves, the home is left with sacred reminders of the lives it’s touched:
A half-colored picture.
A crumpled juice box.
A slept-in crib.
Tiny signs they were here—and were seen.

With 31 open homes in 12 states, Isaiah 117 House is actively changing the way foster care begins.

We can’t do it without your help.

Every child deserves more than an office or conference room.
They deserve dignity, warmth, and safety, even in the waiting.

Will you help us keep showing up?
Walk alongside us.
Be a part of changing the way foster care begins.

Donate in our bio.

Because every child deserves more, and we can all do something

06/12/2025

Bible school is in full swing! Join us every night this week from 5:30 to 7:30

Join us tomorrow, for a wonderful cookout meal, and great worship. Everyone invited!