Graystone Church in Loganville Plans Day of Service

, Ryan Brooks outlined a plan by Grayson Church in Loganville to use Sunday, Sept. 2, to go outside the church building and serve instead of remaining inside for a service. Brooks, himself a member of Graystone Church, quoted from the pastor, Jim Hollandsworth, on just how the congregation of Graystone Church plans to step outside the box of normal worship to serve its community. 

Graystone's Missions Pastor Jim Hollandsworth explains,

"On Sunday, Sept. 2, hundreds of people from Graystone Church will be serving at various sites in the Gwinnett/Walton communities.  Instead of going to church this Sunday, we'll be serving our community. We want to put into practice one of our church values - 'Don't go to church. BE the Church!' We believe that part of what it means to love God and love others is to serve and what better way to do this than to give a couple hours of our time and energy to serving our local schools, parks, firefighters, police officers and local ministries." 

People from all ages and walks of life will join together at the church's facilty located at 1551 Ozora Road  Loganville, Ga. at 9 a.m. this Sunday morning for a brief time of worship and encouragement before embarking on their various community service projects from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.  

The scheduled service projects include:

-Clean-up and Landscaping duties at Tribble Mill & Harbins Park
-Cleaning and Landscaping at Southeast Gwinnett Co-op
-Work Projects at The Path Project at Gwinnett Estates
-Landscaping at the Loganville City (
-Outdoor Clean-up & Landscaping at and Trip Elementary School
-Cleaning Projects at McConnell Middle School
-Landscaping & Pressure Washing at Grayson & Archer High Schools
-Painting at Gwinnett DFACS Office
-Landscaping & Maintenance at The Alcove Youth Shelter in Monroe
-Care Packages for Local Fire & Police Stations