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Driven By Grace:
A Short History of Springs of Grace Lutheran Church

2013 – 2013

Much had happened since Pastor Judson joined on July 1, 2007.  Our congregation was certainly acting like a “Church”.  Our membership continued to grow, in fact, we have almost tripled in size.  Of course, part of that growth was due to the addition of two “Merrells”, Pastor and Carrie’s daughters Addison and Camryn!

We established an active Sunday School for adults and children.  We had very successful Vacation Bible School programs that grew in numbers and enthusiasm each summer.  We had an active confirmation program, having confirmed several of our youth with more joining the program with each year.  Our Lutheran Men program was started and had enjoyed many programs and projects for the local community, while our Women’s Fellowship group continued their mission work and was probably one of our strongest small group ministries.

In addition to our growing numbers and growing ministries and programs, we were blessed with amazing stewardship among our members. Statistically, we were considered on par or well above most other Lutheran congregations in our generous giving. But we are most proud of the way we were employing these gifts.  Our outreach to the community was nearly non-existent only a few years ago.  Yet during this time we continued to build on one successful event after another.

Pastor Judson served faithfully until the end of December 2012, when he moved to Gilbert, SC. For much of 2013 and into the following year, the Rev. Dr. James H. Milligan served as our interim pastor.