After completing his specialty training in Family
Medicine and while working in the community, Dr. William Morehouse responded to
a strong sense of calling to establish a presence in the city for faith-based ministry through
comprehensive primary health care. In 1978, with the help of a team of people from his church and with
a lot of community support His Branches
opened on Arnett Boulevard in Rochester's west side, as part of a progressive vision, dream, and prayer.
The vision was of people from all walks of life being helped by gifted Christian doctors and nurses working with others who were living out their faith caring for those in need. The dream
foresaw people living in communities where children could grow up in healthy families, play in safe
neighborhoods, worship in vibrant churches, and learn in enriching schools. Together with Jesus, our prayer was and has always been “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven!”
Since then, Grace Family Medicine
has grown and become a thriving example of servant leadership and sacrifice in ministry to the underserved in our community.
30 years later, another team came alongside Dr. Morehouse to open a second office called
Joy Family Medicine at the Gerhardt
Neighborhood Outreach Center (GNOC) on the corner of Goodman and Bay Streets in
northeast Rochester.
Opening Day at the
Gerhardt Neighborhood Outreach Center
GNOC is a community revitalization
project and ministry undergirded byJoy Community Church
and supported by a growing coalition of churches and collaborative ministry partners.
