Our Mission
At Grace's Table, we want teen moms to feel loved, cared for, and part of a community. We don't want them to live in isolation and apart from advocacy and hope.
We believe teen moms deserve hope, mentorship, hospitality, and the benefit of a team that will help them find resources, learn life skills, and gain access to healing through mental health support services.
As a team, we encourage them, equip them, and walk alongside them as they move towards their full potential as parents and adults.
Our Core Values
Hope relentlessly
The world can be a dark and broken place. At Grace’s Table, we actively choose to see what could be. We believe in each other and our community. We are agents of hope and we lead with eyes that see untapped potential.
Love lavishly
A common narrative is that too much love can hinder the effectiveness of work. At Grace’s Table, we believe love is the most powerful driver of transformation, and we also believe there’s no such thing as too much love. We fiercely hold on to love as the most important tool in our work and relationships.
Elevate abundantly
It can be easy to approach life with a scarcity mentality. At Grace’s Table, we commit to always elevating each other, our community and those without equal access. We believe every interaction is an opportunity to lift each other up, and we refuse to tear each other down.
Work wholeheartedly
Life is full of distractions. At Grace’s Table, we are driven by the passion and cause of our mission. While together, we commit to being present with our whole hearts, minds and bodies.
Rest and play unapologetically
A culture that runs on performing and producing fuels burnout. At Grace’s Table, we understand that being a whole and healthy person means protecting and celebrating rest and play. We weave rhythms of rest and play through all that we do.
Together, We
Preserve Families
Our Founder’s Story
Grace’s Table was born out of my struggle and prayers as a teen mama.
When I entered motherhood at age 17, I felt alone, isolated, and scared. There were times I had to make choices between keeping a roof over our heads or keeping food on the table. There were times that I wondered if I’d been too harsh or too light in how I handled an issue with my son. And other times I wondered if I was doing anything right at all.
I looked around for community groups that could help me learn life skills, become a better parent, hold space with me as I navigated life as an adolescent with a child.
And there weren’t any.
As I was raising my son, I prayed for a way to support other teen mothers. In spare moments and in moments of serving others, I began putting together the framework for what would one day become Grace's Table.
Isaiah 1:17 tells us, "Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow." I believe that the teen mothers I work with are today's “widows.” There are no husbands or men stepping up to the plate to help them raise children. Their infants are the “fatherless” that we are called to defend.
Today, Grace’s Table is a hedge of protection around fragile families. Our giving partners are defenders, shielding them as they grow and linking arms with them as they navigate the road to a fulfilling life and future for their family. Together, we preserve families.
About Our Name
“That day, I promised a woman that I would gather my family around the table and make memories. Her name was Grace Adams.”
