In December of 2025, we launched a Community Resource Shelf at Grace. This is a resource for the Grace community and our neighbors to use as needed for a stopgap, or to supplement other Dakota County and nonprofit resources. It also has information and tools to help keep ourselves and our neighbors safer amid authoritarianism.

This shelf is stocked with basic hygiene supplies, nonperishable food bags, COVID tests, whistles, and more. It is for our whole community, and is a way to directly support each other and our neighbors who stop by looking for support and care.

If you or a neighbor needs food, bring them a bag! If you’re concerned about the increase in ICE presence in our state, grab a whistle and informational zine! One of the ways dominant culture distorts community is through the lie of rugged individualism and shame for needing support. But God created us for community – to share food, to share resources, to pray for one another, and to support each other so that all can thrive. This Community Resource Shelf is one way we are living out those covenants of community.

Community Resource Shelf

Want to donate to support this ongoing work? If you’d like to donate physical goods, scroll down to find our list of most-needed items.

If you’d like to give monetarily, follow the link below, and use the drop-down menu to select “Community Resource Shelf”.

And if you’re in need of support, please call the front office and we can get you connected to the resources we have and know about! We are especially equipped to support food access and basic household supplies.