330-825-3285 | Worship every Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.
330-825-3285 | Worship every Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.
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We are a come-as-you-are church for believers and nonbelievers alike looking for connection. Learn more about our mission and vision.
The purpose of Grace United Church of Christ of Loyal Oak is to embody the ministry, message and hope of Jesus Christ, by offering a sacred place for worship and spiritual growth. Further, our purpose is to empower people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ in order to participate in a wide range of ministries for our members, as defined in the Bylaws, the local community and the world.
To love God, love people, and serve people.
Hello, this is Pastor Rob Grow and I would like to welcome you to Grace at Loyal Oak United Church of Christ. We are a church that is a safe place for you and your family as a weapon free zone. We are also a church with certain commitments to helping to make the world a better place: as a Just Peace Church, an Eco-Justice Church and an Open and Affirming Church. Being an Open and Affirming church means that we are a congregation that is welcoming to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We are also welcoming to people of all colors, creeds, languages, national origins. So, whoever you are, you are welcome here. We are a congregation that has a long history of serving our community by hosting the school’s latch key program in the summer, a preschool and several recovery groups. Here you will find a group of warm and friendly people who are also great self-starters at initiating ideas to help others. We are currently doing this by helping the homeless with Friends in Tents and by collecting food for the primary school food pantry. We also have a worship service with excellent music and liturgy.
So welcome, come join us,
God Bless, Pastor Rob
The congregation dates back to 1845 when German Americans settled in the farming community of Bates Corners, the present interchange of Cleveland-Massillon and Wadsworth roads, which villagers later called Loyal Oak. Two congregations, Lutheran and Reformed, shared a sandstone church, built in 1851, and held services in German on alternate Sundays until 1885 when the groups built adjacent houses of worship. The 190-member Lutheran and 140-member Reformed congregations used stones from the original building as foundations for their new churches. Grace Reformed Church, forerunner of Grace UCC, dedicated its home Jan. 17, 1886, with the Rev. E.H. Otting as pastor.
