The Grove Church 2022 updated annual report.

1. 2022
The Grove Church
ANNUAL
REPORT

2. Table of
Contents
1 2 3 4 5
mission
statement.........................................03
life
groups.......................................................06
church
overview............................................04
rooted..............................................................08
fc
grove............................................................10
6 7
small
fries........................................................12
mission
outreach............................................14
8
looking
forward...............................................16

3. DISCIPLESHIP
PATHWAY
1 2 3
PRAISE EQUIP GO
We gather together
regularly to praise God
and receive from Him
His good gifts of Word
and Sacrament.
We continue to learn
from Him and the Bible
more about who He is,
who we are and what
our unique gifts and
calling is.
We are discovering and
learning how God is
calling us to use those
gifts as we go into the
world to serve others.
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4. Chartered on June 5, 2022 with 125 members and 45 families
43 new members
2 infant baptisms
3 youth confirmed in the faith
Easter worship with 143 in attendance including 58 guests
Began our own bookkeeping on September 1, 2022. Thanks to Crown of Life for the
many years of providing us with this service.
Christmas Day worship with an attendance of 112 including 21 guests
6 different Adult Bible Studies on multiple weekdays
Our Be a Blessing program in which members help members and others with meals,
yard work, rides, etc. served 7 families with 30+ meals over the year.
The Grove Church is part of the
Argyle/Bartonville/Northlake
area of North Texas. We are
meeting for the third year for
worship on Sundays on the
rooftop of Marty B’s restaurant in
Bartonville. We are a church
family that is dedicated to serving
God by serving the community we
are in and beyond. We also meet in
homes and area restaurants in
small groups to learn more about
God and how to serve others in
the community.
overview
overview
2022 HIGHLIGHTS
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5. The Grove's partnership with Marty B's restaurant in
Bartonville continued to be a source of blessing.
Beyond allowing the Grove to meet weekly, free of
cost, on the rooftop patio, we were able to worship
downstairs on Easter morning to accommodate a
larger crowd and upstairs on Christmas morning
even though the restaurant remained closed.
137
MEMBERS
MEMBERS
05
53
FAMILIES
FAMILIES
GIVING
GIVING
$412,231
$412,231
$61,204
BUILDING
FUND
$348,464
REGULAR
FUND
ATTENDANCE
ATTENDANCE
AVG:98
AVG:98
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ONLINE
87
IN-PERSON
2,500 unique individuals visited our website in 2022.
People from 31 countries visited The Grove’s website.
Over 23,500 people saw The Grove's Facebook posts this year.
Almost 8,000 people saw our Welcome to The Grove video on
FaceBook.
Close to 400 people follow us on Facebook and 100
people follow us on Instagram.
DIGITAL MINISTRY
WELCOMING
WELCOMING
FELTLIKEHOME
FELTLIKEHOME
FAMILY
FAMILY
APLACEOFREFUGE
APLACEOFREFUGE
Lunch With Pastor is an informational time of fellowship
where people learn about The Grove. Attendees
described their first experiences with the Grove as

6. Life Groups are the primary context in which we make disciples,
build individuals into maturing leaders, and experience Gospel-
centered community. Our Life Groups, made up of typically 8-12
adults, gather in homes and share life together, learning about
and living out 7 rhythms or spiritual practices of a Christ follower
as demonstrated in Acts 2:42-47: Daily Devotions, Prayer,
Repentance, Sacrificial Generosity, Serving the Community,
Sharing Our Story, and Worship.
life
groups
life
groups
06
Life Groups officially kicked off in September of 2022.
Each group began with a series called “Rooted” which equips the church to live
out our mission and practice the 7 rhythms of discipleship.
Every group is creatively coming up with ways to uniquely serve others.
Our Life Groups meet the needs of all from single young adults, to married
couples with kids, to those in their golden years.
HIGHLIGHTS

7. One Life Group adopted
a foster home at Christ’s
Haven, bought, brought,
and set up Christmas
decorations for the family’s
first Christmas together!
"FOR ME, IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL AND
INSPIRING FOR OUR GROUP TO GET TO
KNOW ONE ANOTHER. I ENJOY FEELING
CONNECTED WITH EVERYONE. AND IT'S
BEEN AWESOME TO SEE EACH PERSON
SHARE THEIR STORIES. IT'S CERTAINLY
A HIGHLIGHT THAT EVERYONE HAS
DONE THEIR BEST TO PARTICIPATE AND
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR GROUP -
I LOVE IT!” -ERIK KATZEN
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FACILITATORS
FACILITATORS
07
7
GROUPS
GROUPS
72
PARTICIPANTS
PARTICIPANTS
83% OF MEMBERS
OF MEMBERS
ARE INVOLVED
ARE INVOLVED
IN LIFE GROUPS
IN LIFE GROUPS

8. Rooted is the Grove’s high school student ministry for students in
9th-12th grade. The students meet twice a month for a time of
fellowship in small groups, prayer, and games. This time is
intentionally focused on building community and a closer
relationship with God. Students are also presented with the
opportunity to leave the comfort of their homes and embark on
life-changing mission trips that impact their faith and connect
students to Jesus, other students, and a community in need.
rooted
rooted
Rooted went on their first ever Mission Trip to New Orleans, LA to serve a
church and bless a family by doing renovation work following Hurricane Sandy.
We worked through a series that discussed and challenged the students to go
deeper in their prayer life and relationship with God.
We graduated our seniors and sent them with many blessings on their new
journey and welcomed in new freshman to Rooted.
HIGHLIGHTS

9. 09
The Rooted group went to Louisiana to serve God’s people after a
devastating hurricane destroyed so much. The students had an opportunity
to work on restoring a church that has been passed down through
generations. Students were able to not only be witnesses through their work
but also able to work on personal hurdles that affected their own lives.
GROVE HIGH
GROVE HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SCHOOL STUDENTS
ACTIVE IN ROOTED
ACTIVE IN ROOTED
50%
1000
MILES TRAVELED
MILES TRAVELED
BY ROOTED TO
BY ROOTED TO
SERVE OTHERS
SERVE OTHERS +

10. FC Grove is a middle school ministry focused on students in 6th through
8th grade. Our purpose is to help students Come Alive through a personal
public confession of faith and equip them with times of instruction where
they learn to understand and identify with the Christian community. We
meet as a large group on a biweekly basis and on off weeks students work
through a lesson with their families. A big part of our job is restoring
parents as primary faith teachers with the Church serving as
reinforcement. Within FC Grove there are two life groups where students
dive deeper into the material and are mentored by adult leaders.
FC
grove
FC
grove
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Two eighth graders were confirmed in the spring of 2022.
We added three sixth graders and one eighth grader in the
Fall 2022.
Cathy Duran and Samantha Homann stepped up to replace
Karen Merrit’s leadership.
FC Grove students partnered with the Rooted High school
students to lead the Trash pick-up efforts in September.
HIGHLIGHTS

11. 60
FALL
FALL
%
“I am so proud of Seth, one of our 8th grade
students, for inviting a friend to our first FC
Grove session of the year. Not only did he take
a risk sharing his faith and inviting someone,
but that individual has attended on a regular
basis since then and encouraged her entire
family to attend weekly worship on Sundays.”
-Samantha Homann
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STUDENTS
STUDENTS
11
5
ADULT
ADULT
LEADERS
LEADERS
RETREAT
RETREAT
ATTENDANCE
ATTENDANCE
100
SPRING
SPRING
%

12. small
fries
small
fries
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As children are important to Jesus,
they are important to us at The
Grove. For the children, Pre-K to
5th Grade, we have our Small Fries
program! Our program started this
year under the leadership of Ali and
Ben Revell with an extremely
sparkly treasure chest and a
collection of Bible verses. Along the
way, Dorene Augustyn joined the
team. We focused on having weekly
memory verses to help children get
into their Bibles and start learning
the scriptures. For the second half
of the year, we had started a
challenge for the kids to earn 8
stars to earn an awesome prize for
learning their memory verses. Later
on, we added a monthly lesson,
called Small Fries Connection Time,
where the children do a craft and
learn the Word of God. Our program
is continuously growing and we are
excited to be involved with all the
Small Fries kids!
CREATING A SELF-PORTRAIT WITH
SPECIAL FABRICS, STICKERS,
MARKERS, AND STRING WAS A
FANTASTIC TIME FOR ALL KIDDOS! WE
HAD A GREAT TIME DOING THIS AND
SEEING ALL THAT WE CREATED!

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CHILDREN
CHILDREN
13
3
ADULT
ADULT
LEADERS
LEADERS
The most
popular prize in
the big sparkling
treasure chest
was the beloved
Jesus Squishy.
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BIBLE VERSES
BIBLE VERSES
MEMORIZED
MEMORIZED
4
CONNECTION
CONNECTION
TIMES
TIMES
The Small Fries Program started in January with learning memory
verses weekly and the kids choosing a prize out of the big sparking
treasure chest.
Small Fries Leaders and Parent Luncheon - Meeting with the parents to
hear ideas and feedback for the Small Fries Program
Starting off Small Fries Connection Time with super cool donuts that
the children all loved
3 kiddos earned their 8 stars and have become memory verse
champions: Adele, Sophie, and Addy.
HIGHLIGHTS
THE LAST LESSON OF THE YEAR WAS THE
CHRISTMAS STORY OF JESUS’S BIRTH WITH
ACTIVITY BOOKS AND STICKERS!

14. GOOD – helping people have a better life by meeting their
physical needs,
BETTER – developing relationships with the people we serve
and serving together,
THE BEST – making relationships with people so we can
introduce them to Jesus.
Mission Outreach is the way we serve God by reaching out to help
those in our community and beyond. There are several ways we
can serve by doing...
The Mission Outreach team had a mission fair in February to find
out the interests of the Grove family in areas of community
outreach. The information gathered was used to investigate ways
we could reach out in our community and to provide people within
the Grove individual and small group opportunities to serve. We
thank God for all the blessings we have received and thank all the
people who have given their time and talent to reach out to our
community.
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mission
outreach
mission
outreach
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75
FAMILIES
FAMILIES
PARTICIPATED
PARTICIPATED
IN COLLECTION
IN COLLECTION
DRIVES
DRIVES
AVERAGE
AVERAGE
ATTENDANCE
ATTENDANCE
FOR WORKDAYS
FOR WORKDAYS
STEERING
STEERING
TEAM
TEAM
MEMBERS
MEMBERS
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GROUP
GROUP
LEADS
LEADS

15. HIGHLIGHTS
It is always a blessing when we can serve and make a positive
difference in someone’s life. Even cleaning up on the roadside you
sometimes meet people in the nearby houses and they want to know
who you are and why you are doing this.
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With Gloo, our First
Responders have reached
out to 42 Explorers. Over
the past year there have
been at least 5 Explorers
who had face to face
interactions with their
First Responder. Some
members of The Grove,
who were getting to know
an Explorer, picked up the
individual from work, took
him to dinner and
provided a Bible and gift
card to him before
dropping him off back at
home. We continue to be
in contact with this
individual as we talk about
life and spiritual topics.
Adopt a Highway group cleaned the roadsides of FM407, between IH 35 and Hwy 377 four times.
We participated in Christ's Haven for foster children workdays to clean up around the houses and
renovate a meeting area. Several donation drives were held for the children’s needs.
For Giving Grace, a group helping those in danger of or in homelessness, we collected items for a
family to move into an apartment and gifts for a Christmas Party.
Gloo, an outreach platform that helps The Grove meet people where they are in their time of need
and serve them, kicked off in March by training 4 Gloo First Responders.
Beyond our local community, we provided financial support to the district LCMS Missions group, to
Mission India and Groundbreakers to Harvesters and their plant churches in the Aubrey and
Avondale areas.

16. looking
to
2023
As we try to follow God’s will, we relinquished the
land we previously selected and are looking for land
to purchase and groundbreaking soon after.
A capital campaign, “Grow the Grove,” started in September. At the end of
2022, the current pledge totals were $115,000/yr for 3 years.
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Our church budget for 2023 is $256,583 of which
10% will go to Outreach Missions including church
planting, both locally and globally.
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3
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and
beyond
The Grove Church will add at least 2 new Life
Groups which will form out of Lunch with Pastor
and include new members and guests.
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Rooted will reach more people in communities near
and far. This will be obtained by going on a second
out-of-state mission trip and finding a local
ministry in which to be actively involved.
FC Grove leadership will schedule one service project
and one social for the students each semester to
give them the opportunity to grow closer with each
other and develop hearts for service.
Small Fries will continue with monthly lessons
and have at least one Small Fries event for the
kids.
The Grove Church will add 2 more in-person,
relationship-building service events with local
mission partners.
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