Grace & Groundings is Ohio Conference’s resource team focusing on racial reconciliation.

This resource team has six members:

  • Greg Battle, Lee Heights Community Church
  • Greg Bowman, Harrisonburg, Virginia, formerly of Midway Mennonite Church
  • Kevin Himes, Salem Mennonite Church, Kidron
  • Vikki Pruitte-Sorrells, Lee Heights Community Church
  • Doug Zehr, Oak Grove Mennonite Church, Smithville
  • Alysa Short, coordinator of volunteers, Central Mennonite Church
Resources for racial reconciliation

The Grace & Groundings team has compiled a list of resources for working at racial reconciliation. Please download a copy of this list and use these resources: Racial Reconciliation Resource List.

Social Justice Sunday resources

Grace & Groundings, Ohio Conference’s racial reconciliation resource team, is inviting all Ohio Conference churches to set aside Sunday, June 18, as Social Justice Sunday, in recognition of Juneteenth the following day. (If June 18 does not work well for your congregation, please consider setting aside a different Sunday as Social Justice Sunday.) The theme for this year’s Sunday is race as it relates to freedom. The team has prepared worship planning resources to help guide your planning. May these be helpful as you and your congregation learn, reflect and act in relation to racial reconciliation.

2023 – Social Justice Sunday Resources