Center for
Community Engagement
The Center for Community Engagement exists to counters social isolation by fostering connection, building protective capacity, and creating pathways for meaningful relationships.
Community Hospitality
There is a Solution
Serves as an umbrella for community-based recovery groups to gather, share their stories, and walk together toward healing and wholeness. Participants find connection, accountability, and hope.
Healing Conversations
Developed by Dr. James Hawkins, Healing Conversations applies the principles of Emotionally Focused Therapy to community dialogue around racism. Grace partners with Dr. Hawkins to host annual workshops that bring diverse congregations together to listen, learn, and heal. Each spring’s workshop launches a year-long cohort.
The Grace Grove
Offers mission-aligned nonprofits reduced-rent workspace on the Grace Mid City campus, along with access to our programs and resources to strengthen their impact.
Therapeutic Education
We have secured an in-house Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) Practitioner and ACES Educator, building our internal capacity to provide trauma-wise support across multiple settings.
Job Training and Testing Center
Grace is bringing a cutting edge online vocational and professional certification training and testing lab on our campus providing opportunities to all who walk through our doors.
Our Impact
- Welcomed 1,000+ people each week into our community spaces
- Host 40+ community groups on campus, including addiction recovery groups
- Provided over $700,000 worth of donated facility use to local groups
- Welcomed Steadfast Foundation to join The Grove
Your Partnership
Give to the Grace Mid City General Fund
Your gift supports the full mission of the Center for Community Engagement. Your support helps maintain the facility, pay essential staff, and fund programs.
Sponsorship Opportunities
- $25 – One Hour 12 Step Meeting
- $1,300 – One Year of Weekly One-Hour 12 Step Meetings
- $7,500 – One TBRI Training / ACE’s Cycle
- $8,400 – One Year Rent for a Non-Profit in The Grove
- $15,000 – One Healing Conversations Workshop & Cohort
- $52,000 – Covers One Year of Weekly One Hour Meetings for 40 Groups.
Transform the Space
Renovating teaching and meeting spaces creates safe, welcoming environments for healing and collaboration.
- $50,000 – Covers Cost of New Roof for Education Bldg.
- $80,000 – Renovates the Fellowship Hall and Kitchen
- $350,000 – Renovates the Auditorium.
- $500,000 – Renovation of 9,000 sqft.
Support the Grace MidCity and help the communities across Baton Rouge.
