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Gabriel Network
2 CommentsRecently the 10:31 Youth Ministry of Covenant Life had the opportunity to partner with the Christian organization, Gabriel Network.
Gabriel Network’s mission is to provide housing for girls in crisis pregnancy situations, most often young teenagers, who are considering abortion. Our teens and their parents spent a day doing yard work, paint jobs, and repairs at the Gaithersburg location in an effort to make it suitable for girls to move in.
To learn more about the Gabriel Network, visit their website.
April 25 2011 at 2:26 pm
Wounded Warriors Ministry Update
0 CommentsThe Wounded Warriors ministry prepares and serves food to those wounded in military service and their families at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda twice a month. Sachiko Speelman and Rick and Ilona McGlaughlin sent in brief reports from one of their recent visits:
The families, staff and active military personnel at the National Naval Medical Center always voice their pleasure and amazement at our serving both a nutritious and tasty lunch on the Saturdays my wife and I help out. This free meal tells them clearly that somebody cares and is going out of their way to help make their day a better one. The family members of those wounded military men and women on the fifth floor are typically in a daze while they are visiting their loved ones. Our lunch is a human touch that for a few minutes gives them some respite and possibly someone to sharing of their troubled hearts. My heart is usually quite full when so much gratitude is shown to us as we serve them in this simple way. Please remember to pray for those who have been injured and are recovering at the Medical Center. They have put their lives on the line, and prayer is a great thing we can do for them.
–Rick and Ilona McGlaughlin
Thank you for the opportunity to take part in this monthly outreach. One of the more enjoyable experiences was being able to go to the individual rooms and serve the military personnel. It was really eye opening to see what all these young men and women go through to serve our country and how easily we can take that for granted.
I really look forward to doing this again!
–Sachiko Speelman
December 20 2010 at 6:26 pm
Sheldon Care Group Reaches Out to Three Families
2 CommentsDrew Garfield, who directs Community Outreach and Missions at Covenant Life, passed on this note in which Scott Sheldon describes how his care group took initiative last week and expressed Christ’s love for some needy families in a neighborhood not far from the church.
Last Tuesday, our care group came together to provide Christmas dinners for three families in the Washington Grove community. The dinners included turkey, stuffing, canned beans and corn, rice, rolls, pie, apples and oranges.
Five of our care group families, including children, participated by packing boxes, making up cards, and making the deliveries. Four couples delivered the dinners while one couple stayed back and kept the kids.
We had significant interactions with two of the families, including opportunities to pray with them. One family shared a medical concern about one of their children, and the team got to pray for the child. The response from the family that my team visited was also very warm; they invited us in and offered us seats. The dad described how he suffers from an injury, and we prayed with him. He called me later, thanked us again for the food, and told me that his family wanted to visit our church on Sunday, so we made plans to meet them at the second service.
All around, it was a great time! I am interested in knowing more about the area and learning how we might be able to serve the folks in the neighborhood in the future.
—Scott Sheldon
Drew comments, “It’s exciting to see not only Scott’s initiative to get involved in the lives of people in our community, but his desire to build long-term relationships with them instead of simply a one-time kindness—and that he is doing it in a community we are already working in is great!”
October 25 2010 at 10:49 am
Host an International Student for Thanksgiving
2 CommentsWould you like to be connected with an international student to host them for a Thanksgiving meal? This holiday is a great opportunity to bless a student who is far from home and family. Many international students would love to experience this American tradition and be invited into an American home. If you are interested in hosting one or more students, please e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call the church office.
September 15 2010 at 6:35 pm
Partnering With OneU
0 CommentsThis past Sunday Jon Smith shared an update about OneU, Covenant Life’s campus outreach ministry at The University of Maryland. The ministry’s aim is to spread the fame of Jesus by multiplying the followers of Christ on the college campus.
You can partner with OneU in their mission to proclaim the gospel through your prayers and financial giving. Visit the Online Giving page to donate now or set up a recurring donation.
August 18 2010 at 12:55 pm
Serving Our Neighbors Across the Road
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In a continuing effort to bring a gospel witness to the community immediately surrounding Covenant Life Church, a number of church members have begun a weekly ministry to the Laytonia community. Laytonia is the small, largely self-contained community right across Muncaster Mill Road from the church building.
According to one resident, a Laytonia homeowner for over 40 years, the community used to be an upscale neighborhood of single-family homes. However, through the years, with the progression of extensive development throughout the Gaithersburg area, Laytonia slowly declined to become a socially and economically distressed neighborhood.
But there is reason for optimism. A homeowners association is in place and is increasingly active to take measures to improve the neighborhood. In God’s providence Covenant Life member and staffer Joe Moorman was recently appointed as the president of the HOA.
Covenant Life has sought to be a good neighbor to Laytonia in recent years through service projects such as trash pickup days and the renovation of the Laytonia Community Center. In addition, members Peter and Shirley Giglio have been actively serving the children and families of the community through a weekly boys and girls club.
This summer, Todd Keeler and his family organized a local mission week for the 10:31 Youth Ministry, which included the Laytonia neighborhood. Youth from Covenant Life spent time interacting with children in a Vacation Bible School-type setting, bonds were formed, and God was clearly at work in numerous ways.
On the final day of the outreach, about 15 children from Laytonia crossed Muncaster Mill Road and entered Covenant Life’s facility for the first time in their lives. They enjoyed a building tour, played some games, and heard a brief gospel message. At the conclusion we asked, “How many of you would like to learn more about the Savior, Jesus Christ?” To our delight, every one raised their hands!
Since that week, Covenant Life members have continued to pray for and plan ways to serve the Laytonia community. Since mid-July a number of members, young and old(er), have been reaching out on Tuesday afternoons. A typical gathering includes playing games like football, soccer and four square. One Tuesday a water balloon toss turned into a water balloon fight! Youth including Jenna Fourney and Katie and Alexis Ambrose have been organizing crafts, and the kids have come to the community center for Bible teaching more than once. It has been wonderful to see the how attentive they are.
Last week, we played an intense game of kick-ball—Covenant Life vs. Laytonia—and unfortunately, we got trounced 12 - 4! They had some big kickers and swift feet on their team. A rematch is in store for this week.
It has been a delight to connect with this community and to be able to bring the love and light of God’s Word with us. We see God at work through us in this ministry and in us as well.
Looking forward, the plan is to have an ongoing presence in the Laytonia community and to seek to be faithful to the Great Commission in our own back yard. A Good News Club has already begun in the local elementary school. And plans are being made to offer a reading, writing and math enrichment program for the younger children, a homework club, a mentoring ministry, and to serve the youth in a setting similar to Introducing God.
To find learn more about this ministry or to participate, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). We would love to have you join in this venture. For sure, we would appreciate the prayers of God’s people as we look to the Lord to lead and bless this ministry.