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‘Love the World’ Follow-up

How do we move ahead in our call to “love the world” (as I talked about in Sunday’s message)? Here are a few steps we can take as a church family:

• We can teach and equip our members to share the gospel and do good works.
• We can make loving the world a normal part of our discussion in care group.
• We can highlight opportunities and examples of people loving the world in our community.
• We can mobilize and deploy members for works of service.
• We can partner with Sovereign Grace to plant churches and spread the gospel around the world.

Here are a few steps we can take as individual disciples of Jesus Christ:

• Be like Jesus, and be a friend of sinners—make a priority of friendships with unbelievers.
• Share the gospel faithfully.
• Love justice and mercy in your vocation and in your life as a private citizen.
• Care about the poor, and be generous and ready to share.

Loving the world can’t just be a program or one-time gift. It has to be a way of life that flows from a changed heart.

One of the practical ways Covenant Life members can love the world is by committing to serve on a ministry team. Here’s a list of teams that seek to communicate the love of Christ to our community:

• Celestial Manna: Pick up and deliver food to the needy.
• Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Volunteer at either the Shady Grove or Rockville Pregnancy Center as a counselor, ultrasonographer, PT receptionist, or baby boutique helper.
• ESL (English as a Second Language): Teach, assist a teacher, or serve food to internationals for the course starting in April.
• Expecting Mother’s Outreach: Visit and encourage pregnant ladies who are on bedrest at Shady Grove Hospital.
• Men’s Shelter: Prepare bag lunches or serve food at a shelter in Rockville.
• Prison Ministry (for men):  Be part of a team that shares the gospel at the Clarksburg jail.
• Prison Ministry (for women): Be part of a team that reaches out to incarcerated women.
• Soup Kitchen: Cook and serve food at The Lord’s Table soup kitchen.
• Wounded Warriors: Prepare and serve food to wounded service men and women and their families at the naval hospital in Bethesda.
• The Au Pair Place (for ladies): Represent Christ’s love by building friendships with au pairs.

E-mail LINK for more information on any of these teams.