Love Those Cougars!
0 CommentsI am so proud of our Covenant Life School varsity boys and girls basketball teams who BOTH won their championship games last Saturday night! Go Cougars! See photos and video below, and a write-up from Kris Marcantonio, the Middle School Principal and Athletic Director at CLS.
Cougars Sweep Basketball Championships
What a memory! Roughly 500 screaming fans dressed in black and gold were on hand at American University’s Bender Arena this past Saturday night to watch the Covenant Life School boys and girls varsity basketball teams win back-to-back championship games.
The Lady Cougars, behind third-year head coach Dave Marable, led for most of the game and held on for a 49-46 victory. As they’ve done all year, Dominique Seamon and Kristen Mstowski (tournament MVP) led the way in scoring, and Brielle Knowlton came strong during the final quarter to seal the win. The girls came into their fourth championship game in five years with an undefeated conference schedule and brought home their ninth conference basketball banner. The team is coached by Wayne Cates, Taylor Ferry, and Anna Marable.
The boys, led by third-year head coach Jim Lutz, came into their first conference championship game in nine years as the underdogs but rose to the challenge with Daniel Ferry and J.D. Garris (tournament MVP) leading the team in scoring. The guys refused to buckle under pressure in an intense game where Nick Riddlesburger and Andrew Melrose made key shots to hold onto a 61-58 win and bring home the first boys’ championship banner.
The boys are also coached by Bob Ferry. Both teams compete in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference (PVAC).
What really sets these players apart, though, is their humility and servanthood. Josh highlighted this on Sunday morning when he referred to seeing one of the boy varsity players serving on the parking crew the morning after the championship win. Thank you to all the players, coaches, and fans for representing the Savior so well during the season and the championship games. We are grateful for the opportunity to play sports to the glory of God!
December 26 2009 at 6:58 pm
Photos from Christmas Eve Services
1 CommentsHope you had a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of our Lord.
I was so encouraged by our two Christmas Eve services. It was good to see so many new faces and meet so many guests. We gave away many New Testaments as well as books to guests. Thanks for your prayers and for inviting friends and neighbors.
And thank you, Paul Barrios, for taking the photos.
December 18 2009 at 10:32 am
A ‘Wonderful Helper’
0 CommentsIn case you didn’t see it on the One Blog, I just wanted to highlight a recent post about one of our members, Olu Edegbai, and the way he has been laying down his life to serve local kids at the Emory Grove Resource Center. Thanks for your example, brother!
Hope you enjoy reading the post.
December 1 2009 at 4:24 pm
Report on Work in Fabens, Tx.
1 CommentsA team of men from Covenant Life spent the last week of October in Fabens, Tx., tackling a construction project that will serve Rancho3M Orphanage and its staff. Participants were Grant Layman, Andy Tvardzik, Peter Giglio, Larry Wethje, Larry Earles, Morrie Wilson, Nick DeCarlo, Tom Crow, Bo Lotinsky, and Joe Flaherty. During church on Sunday Grant Layman took a few minutes to describe the trip and the nature of the work.
The video clip and separate slide show below will fill in the details:
September 29 2009 at 4:35 pm
Let’s Pray for OneU
0 CommentsTo inspire you to pray, here’s the OneU video shown in church a few weeks back. OneU is the campus outreach ministry of Covenant Life Church.
In the team’s own words, “OneU aims above all else to spread the fame of Jesus Christ so that students treasure Him and embrace His church. We’re a community of students, theologians, nerds, missionaries, athletes, artists, and engineers who have been radically changed by Jesus Christ and now desire to saturate the college campus with the gospel of Jesus Christ and to raise up disciples who will spread His fame to the ends of the earth.”
September 18 2009 at 11:40 am
Introducing God Begins
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Wednesday night I got to speak at the opening session of the new Introducing God course. I really enjoyed the time and interacting with a number of guests afterward. Introducing God is such a great series of meetings. I love what’s going on there, and I’m so grateful for all those who are coming out to serve and make the course possible. Please be praying for the course and all those who are attending!