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Rancho 3M Baby Home: Complete!
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This coming Sunday we’ll be celebrating the completion of the baby home at Rancho 3M Orphanage and School in Gaudalupe, Mexico. Covenant Life has been partnering with Director Dean Adamek and the Rancho 3M Ministry since 2005. Completion of construction on the baby home this summer was the culmination of seven Covenant Life missions trips over a two-year period and 6000 man hours of work.
Working hand in hand with the appropriate governmental authorities, Rancho 3M plans to take in orphaned babies from the community while seeking adoptive homes for them.
The video (top) and slideshow (bottom) above provide a look at the construction process, the Covenant Life members involved, and the some of the children and staff of Rancho 3M. Thank you, Covenant Life Church for praying, believing, and giving to make the baby home possible.
July 1 2011 at 5:24 pm
Outreach to Area Neighborhoods Coming This Month
0 CommentsYouth from Covenant Life are putting “feet to their faith” July 11-15 by offering a week of Christian day camps in communities close to the church. The goal is to love our neighbors through serving, developing friendships, and sharing biblical truth as we combine service projects with intensive, relational ministry.
Todd Keeler is leading the initiative called simply “Local Missions 2011” (see above for photos from last year), with the support and help of Family Life pastor Matt Maka and the 10:31 youth ministry. Participants will be primarily 10:31 youth and their parents, including other Covenant Life adults who have already been serving faithfully in these communities.
Youth and parents will fan out to several local neighborhoods each day to lead day camps for children with games, singing, Bible teaching, Scripture memory, arts and crafts, snacks, and miscellaneous fun. At the end of the week, each team hopes to host a cookout for the children and their parents right in their neighborhood.
Todd sees the week of camps as “another step into the community with the gospel, following in the footsteps of Mark Mitchell (Outreach Pastor), Drew Garfield (Community Outreach and Missions Coordinator), and others who have been getting to know and love our neighbors.”
It is tremendously exciting to think of the possibilities as God directs more and more people from Covenant Life to serve in practical ways and build relationships with members of these communities. We hope that this week will play a small part. Let’s pray that God will continue to fan into flame his gifts at work in us as we befriend our neighbors with the love and truth of Christ.
For more information about Local Missions 2011, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or call the church office.
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
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.
October 4 2010 at 12:06 pm
Medical Mission To Addis Ababa
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In 2003 Covenant Life Church partnered with two Ethiopian pastors to plant a church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
This coming March, Covenant Life will once again partner with these men and the church they’ve helped to build; only this time, instead of church planters we will be sending a group of medical personnel.
The area around Covenant Life Church Addis Ababa is marked by poverty and strong occult activity, and we believe that the medical team can provide a great service and have considerable impact for the sake of the gospel. While there will be a few slots for non-medical people, the greatest need is for medical personnel.
The trip runs from March 18-28, 2011, and will cost approximately $2300 per person. If you have a heart for serving in this capacity, please download and complete the two forms below and submit signed hard copies to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at the church office. The deadline is to apply is Nov 7. Thank you for your interest!
Team Application (PDF)
Care Group Leader Recommendation Form (PDF)
September 1 2010 at 2:45 pm
‘A Front Row Seat’ at Introducing God
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In the fall of 2009, I found myself fresh out of college with loads of unscheduled time. God had been working in my heart in the area of evangelism, largely due to the influence of Jon Smith, who is now leading the OneU campus ministry at University of Maryland, College Park. I’d really been struck by Jesus’ commission in Matthew 28 to “make disciples of all nations.” As I prayed about ways to evangelize, I recalled the amazing opportunity we have at Covenant Life Church through the Introducing God course.
There were many things that struck me as I led a discussion group. I was reminded that our guests are not projects that we target with the gospel, but real people I could begin loving, listening to, and sharing the love of Christ with. And yes, they do need the saving message of the gospel, since those who haven’t trusted in Christ for salvation are under God’s wrath. I was amazed as I watched God work in hearts, and humbled as I saw that it often had to do with God’s timing and not my “eloquent speech.” This drove me to pray more often and with more fervency. It’s funny how much more real and “alive” prayers can become when you’re thrown into a situation that you can’t control. God is the one who saves, and the only one who can change hearts. This truth resulted in much joy and confidence as I lead the group. I found myself praying even during the group times.
Not only was I humbled, but I learned how to listen better, love better, and pray more. And as I saw God work in the group, my faith grew. One girl in my group got saved in the first couple of weeks. He gave her a hunger for his Word, and she came to the point where she believed. Another guy in the group was quieter, but at the overnight (a weekend mini-retreat that’s part of Introducing God), he professed faith in Christ as well. Another is now a friend, is seeking to understand the gospel, and has come to Covenant Life many times since. I’m praying God will open his eyes. I’ve also heard countless testimonies from those whom God saved at the overnight; it was a sweet time of seeing the Spirit at work.
Finally, I was amazed at how God worked in me. I don’t normally expect to be the beneficiary when I go somewhere to “serve,” but I learned so much from the guests, from the teachings by Mark and Robin, and from working with my group.
If you have a hunger for evangelism and are trying to find a way to get a kick-start, try serving in IG. If you don’t have a desire to evangelize, come serve in IG and watch God grow you in this area. If you don’t have the time to commit to serving in IG, please pray for our volunteers and guests.
In John 3 God tells Nicodemus that he must be born again to enter the kingdom of God. Only God can bring the new birth, so let’s pray that he will do this in the lives of many who enter the doors of Covenant Life Church! God calls us all to evangelism, and IG is one way you can evangelize alongside other Christians, learn from them, and get a front row seat to how God is using this church to powerfully spread his gospel!
—Andrew “Ace” Leyva