Servant Leadership

Resurrection House couldn’t accomplish everything we do for our clients without partners like Grace Community Church in Lakewood Ranch.

James Brost, a long-time Resurrection House volunteer and member of Grace Community Church, is heading up the church’s involvement with Resurrection House. James shared he was called into this role after being inspired one Sunday by his pastor’s sermon about the importance of caring for others. “That sparked a real passion in me,” James said. “I have a heart to help people who are less fortunate.”

Initially, James reached out to Grace’s outreach director, Michael Cason, about building a volunteer work force at the church to help Resurrection House return to serving our clients five days a week.

From there, Grace officially recognized Resurrection House as one of its community partners, meaning the church pledges to commit their time, talent, and treasure to select nonprofit organizations in the area.
James also started an outreach ministry within Grace where people can sign up to specifically serve Resurrection House.

So far this year, members of the outreach ministry have not only continued to volunteer on a weekly basis, but they also painted several areas within Resurrection House, which hadn’t been touched up in years. Grace supplied all the supplies and the people to do the work.

“We have some other projects already planned throughout the rest of the year,” James said. “Plus, we’re
actively looking at other ways we can make a difference.”

The ministry plans to paint more areas of the building, as well as coordinate a backpack drive in December.

Thank you, Grace Community Church, for your commitment to Resurrection House and our mission!