After hearing Pastor Jeff Noblit's preaching online, Josh Tancordo decided to move down to Grace Life Church of the Shoals to serve as a summer intern. While there, he met his future wife, Becky. After Josh had been mentored in Muscle Shoals for four years, the congregation commissioned Josh and Becky to plant Redeeming Grace Church in the summer of 2014.

After Josh and Becky built relationships and hosted a Bible study in Pittsburgh for two years, Redeeming Grace Church officially covenanted together as a church in October of 2016. Today, Redeeming Grace Church is a gospel-centered church that values rich biblical preaching and authentic Christian community. More than anything, they are passionate about Jesus. They want to see him worshiped, treasured, and exalted. To learn more about Redeeming Grace, visit https://www.redeeminggracepittsburgh.com/our-story.

August 2024 Update:

This past month has been a wonderful time of not only various church activities but also some very enjoyable family activities. One of these was a "Daddy-Daughter Date" I went on with Grace to a local ice cream shop. These family activities are a great reminder that one of the most important things we can do is invest in the next generation and build a legacy of godliness that will honor the Lord long after he calls us home. 

To this end, our church is starting an Awana program. Awana is a national club in which children are led to memorize Bible verses, given prizes for their memorization, taught Bible lessons, and get to play a lot of fun games. We plan to offer Awana for grades 1-6 each Wednesday evening beginning on August 21. Please pray that plenty of children would sign up and that we would also have enough volunteers. And most of all, please pray that the children who attend will be saved and transformed through the Word of God. 

In addition, on the more practical side of things, we'd greatly appreciate your prayers for our parking lot situation. As I believe I've mentioned before, we have outgrown our parking lot to such an extent that about one third of the vehicles on Sunday morning have to be parked on the grass (which is an issue when it rains, since we're located in a valley, and even more of an issue/impossibility when snow is on the ground). 

Unfortunately, we learned a couple of weeks ago that our planned parking lot expansion (from 63 spots to 108 spots) violates the zoning code and will therefore require us to appear before the Zoning Board and be granted a variance. We have secured a very good attorney for this ordeal and are praying that God would give us favor with those in authority. We have heard from numerous sources that it is very difficult to be granted a variance in our municipality, but we know the Lord is able to open those doors. We also believe we have a relatively strong case. Please join us in prayer for God's provision. 

Also, please continue to pray for me as I meet with Ken, the maintenance man from the public building where I do a lot of my work. I've been meeting with him on many Fridays to read through the Gospel of John together, and we've been having some wonderful discussions. Please pray that the Lord would use his Word to bring Ken to saving faith. 

As always, we remain profoundly grateful for your prayers - thank you!

Serving Him,
Josh & Becky