A Church on Fourth Avenue in Downtown Mason
Grace Chapel sits on 406 4th Avenue, right in what locals call the heart of Mason, Ohio, along US 42. It is the kind of place that looks modest from the road and surprises visitors once they step onto the campus, because the ministry happens across four buildings and several parking lots that together cover more than 80,000 square feet. The church has been described by its own team as "a global community of Christ-followers awakening imagination, igniting passion, and unleashing purpose," and the rhythms of the week reflect that three-fold calling. Worship, teaching, small groups, mission trips, a food pantry, and a disability-outdoor program all operate from the same campus, seven days a week.
From a High School Auditorium to an 80,000-Square-Foot Campus
Grace Chapel held its first service on January 9, 2000. At the time, Jeff and Debbie Greer had more than seventeen years of youth ministry behind them, and they stepped out in faith along with several other families who shared a vision for transforming lives in the community and around the world with the love of Jesus Christ. Their first official meeting took place in a local high school auditorium, and more than two hundred people showed up. Within a few years the church had outgrown borrowed space and began acquiring its own property on Fourth Avenue. Today the ministry campus includes a Worship Center that houses the children's wing and life-group rooms, an Impact Center with a gymnasium and a turf field used by the youth ministry, a Church Office that also hosts the Mason Food Pantry and Marketplace Ministry, and the ORCA Center, which provides co-working offices for marketplace ministry. The parking lots themselves have been reimagined as outdoor ministry space.
Sundays at the Worship Center
Two identical Sunday services are held at 9:30 and 11:00 AM in the Worship Center. The style is contemporary and energetic; worship is led by Jen Neyer, who also serves as the Creative Arts Director, and the teaching is described on the church's teaching archive as scripture-filled, theologically rich, and straight-forward. Senior Pastor Jeff Greer is the primary preacher, supported by a teaching team that includes Drew Baker, Pastor Kevin Schwieger, Pastor Andy Keimer, Pastor Matt Ball, Debbie Greer, Aaron Barker, and Chuck Proudfit. A teaching archive going back to 2021 is available online, and services are livestreamed each week.
First-time visitors are encouraged to come as they are. The "Connect" page is built around the idea that "sometimes, taking the first step is the hardest," and it offers a simple Connect Card, an office phone line answered Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 4 PM, and a general email address. There is also a designated Welcome Team that greets at the door, a Parking Team that helps direct traffic, and a Safety and Medical team on duty during services. A map of the campus is published online so that newcomers can find their way around.
Children's Ministry from Newborns Through Fifth Grade
Children's ministry meets on Sunday mornings during both services in dedicated classrooms inside the Worship Center. The classes are arranged by age so that every child hears age-appropriate Bible teaching alongside worship, games, and crafts. The nursery cares for newborns through age three, with simple songs of praise woven into play time. Preschoolers explore the world God created through Bible stories, crafts, and games. Kindergarten and first graders build on the foundations of the faith through worship, stories, and games. Second and third graders begin to own their faith through worship, storytelling, Bible reading, and interactive discussion. The fourth and fifth grade class is unique: those students begin in the main worship service at 9:30 with their families and are dismissed to their own class after worship, a structure designed to help them feel part of the wider church body.
Youth and Young Adults
The youth ministry at Grace Chapel, led by Pastor Sam Grant, gathers all students in grades six through twelve every Sunday morning at 9:30 AM in the Impact Center for Youth Worship. The students return on Sunday evenings from 6 to 8 PM for a meal, games, and small group discussion. The ministry is intentionally split between a Middle School track, which focuses on building encouraging student communities and meaningful friendships around Biblical teaching, and a High School track, which encourages students to wrestle with two questions: "What does God say in His word?" and "What am I doing about it?" The Impact Center's gymnasium and turf field give the group room to play and to host larger events, including a fall costume party and a friendsgiving.
Young adults ages eighteen through twenty-eight have their own community, designed to help them navigate the season after high school or college. The group is designed to be down-to-earth and conversational, with a stated goal of helping young adults seek God's direction for their lives alongside peers walking a similar road.
Women's and Men's Ministries
Grace Chapel's Women's Ministry, led by Debbie Greer, is built around two Bible study seasons each year, a fall session and a winter-spring session, scheduled at varied times to fit working and parenting schedules. The ministry also runs the Women's Collective, a gathering for women sixteen and up that meets every third Monday at 6:30 PM. The Collective rotates between three formats: Gather to Worship, Gather Around the Table, and Gather to Celebrate. Annual highlights include a Friendsgiving in November and an Ornament Exchange in December.
The Men's Ministry aims to help men become Christ-like leaders at home, at work, and in their communities, with Bible studies, retreats, family activities, and sports and recreation. Three standing Bible studies anchor the week: a Wednesday morning study at 7:00 AM led by Pastor Jeff Greer in Worship Center Room 115, a Wednesday night study at 6:30 PM led by Larry Meadows in the Orca Coworking Reef Conference Room, and a Sunday morning study at 8:00 AM led by Dave Devore, also in Worship Center Room 115. A men's retreat is held each fall.
Life Groups and Membership
Life Groups are the backbone of small-group life at Grace Chapel. Groups meet weekly or every other week in homes across the area, with some having met for more than a decade. They share meals, discuss sermon questions, pray through highs and lows, and build the kind of friendships the church describes as "authentic, long-lasting, and meaningful." A next step for newcomers is the Next Steps Class 101, a ten-week study that runs after the first service in the Worship Center and walks participants through the church's vision, mission, and values. The class is also the on-ramp to formal church membership.
Luke 5 Adventures and the Mason Food Pantry
Two local-mission ministries set Grace Chapel apart in the Mason community. The first is Luke 5 Adventures, a ministry that uses specialized equipment to take individuals living with disabilities on hikes to places that would otherwise be inaccessible. Partner Pastor Kevin Schwieger oversees this work, which frames itself as building community for families impacted by disability by "making the impossible possible." The second is the Mason Food Pantry, which the church started right on its own campus to help meet the basic food needs of people facing crisis or emergency in the area.
Beyond Mason, the church sends short-term mission teams that last anywhere from one day to two weeks, with destinations that have included Alaska, India, Nigeria, Mexico, and Haiti. The deepest long-term relationship is in Nigeria, where Grace Chapel has helped develop whole economic systems by partnering with local villages to build working farms, drill fresh-water wells, and start businesses that create sustainable jobs. Executive Pastor David Avery, who oversees strategic planning, operations, and facility remodels, also assists Jeff Greer with the work in Nigeria. Other ministry partners include At Work On Purpose, Back2Back, Self Sustaining Enterprises, and Carry Them Ministries.
What Grace Chapel Believes
Grace Chapel's statement of faith is rooted in classical evangelical Christianity. The church teaches that God exists eternally in three co-equal persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that humanity is made in God's image but is separated from him by sin. Jesus Christ is affirmed as the sinless Son of God whose death and resurrection provide the only ground for salvation, received by grace through faith rather than by self-improvement or good works. The Bible is described as the inspired, error-free Word of God and the supreme source of truth for belief and living. The Holy Spirit is described as present in every Christian from the moment of salvation, providing power for living, understanding of spiritual truth, and daily guidance.
The church practices two ordinances: baptism by immersion as an outward expression of personal faith in Jesus Christ, and the Lord's Supper, which is open to all believers regardless of church membership. On marriage, Grace Chapel teaches that God created each person as male or female, that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, and that intimate sexual activity is reserved for that union.
Practical Details for a First Visit
Grace Chapel is located at 406 4th Avenue, Mason, Ohio 45040, with phone (513) 754-0333 and email office@grace-chapel.com. The office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Sunday services run at 9:30 and 11:00 AM, and a Connect Card is available online for visitors who want the church to follow up. Giving is handled through giving boxes in the Worship Center and online through PushPay, and there is no formal offering plate passed during services. A mobile app ties everything together, and sermons, live streams, Bible study sign-ups, the church calendar, and the Connect Card are all accessible online. The campus also rents space to outside groups; inquiries can be made through the Facility Rental page.