Since 1999, Christ Memorial has been bringing youth and their adult leaders to the GenOn Youth Summit (originally called the LOGOS Conference). Eighteen years of lives deeply impacted by a week of Christian community for worship, Bible study, mission, and fellowship. We’ve stayed at a variety of locations and this will be our fourth year…
CMPC supports Rebuilding Together Howard County in its mission to provide warm, safe and dry housing for Howard County citizens who have disabilities and/or have low incomes. Rebuilding Together is a nationwide organization. It is carrying on the ‘Christmas In April’ tradition by designating the fourth Saturday in April as National Rebuild Day. This past Saturday, April 29, 2017 was National Rebuild…
Dear Friends, What does it mean to be a missionary? Traditionally, missionaries were people with a goal – to tell those people the Good News. In my understanding, the Good News is still the focus – freedom from captivity, hope in desperation, the victory over death that is ours because of the generous love of God. I, however, do not think we…
On June 23rd of this year 10 inches of rain fell over a 12 hour period in Richwood, West Virginia and the surrounding areas. The small town of 2000 residents is located in a valley through the center of which runs the Cherry River. The water that ran down from the mountains and the rising…
CMPC has a rich history of responding to the needs of people affected by natural disasters, including several trips to the Gulf Coast after hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately, now is such a time. There are two upcoming opportunities for CMPC members and others to step up either through financial donations or (just as important) through volunteering…
In May, CMPC worked with Stop Hunger Now to package 20,000 meals, which are on their way to Nicaragua. The impact of our work will be felt by a community thousands of miles away. Each meal provides much needed nutrition to undernourished children and families, like Junior Alexander Hernandez. Junior is an 8-year-old boy who lives in a community called Neuva Vida in the…
If you ever hear news from Ethiopia, Sudan, or South Sudan – countries where Michael and I live and work – it is probably something about war, kidnapping, shooting, arguing, and generally hateful stuff. A lot of that goes on; it is true. A year ago, Michael and I left Ethiopia to return to the US in order to promote the story…
This past Saturday, May 21st, friends and members of CMPC of all ages gathered to package meals with Stop Hunger Now. Over the course of four hours, over 100 adults and 18 children measured ingredients, weighed bags, and packaged 20,000 meals to be shipped all over the world to children and families in need. In…
Christ Memorial Presbyterian Church participated in the 6th annual Hotter Than Thou Chili Cook Off to benefit Bridges to Housing Stability, an organization hard at work on preventing homelessness in Howard County. Lucas, Noah, Yeketenesh, and I were thrilled to represent our church at this cook off held at the Church of the Resurrection in…