Three Chesapeake Conference churches celebrated the grand opening of the Newton Street Community Center in Salisbury, Maryland on June 18 in a ceremony attended by the mayor of Salisbury, Jacob Day. The new community center is the result of a…
Photo Credit: Jacklyn Ruth The Washington-Spencerville Korean (Silver Spring, Md.) church hosted a vaccination event on April 21 and 22 that supplied 316 people with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The two-day event was held in partnership with the Maryland Vaccine…
Photo Credit: Janssen Evelyn Members from the New Hope (Fulton, Md.) church came together on April 4 to refresh and replant their community garden, the “Garden of Hope,” for another year. Produce from the garden supports New Hope’s food pantry…
On Sabbath, March 20, approximately 30 youth and young adults came out to the Ellicott City (Md.) church to put together more than 100 “blessing bags” for people in need. The event was held in conjunction with Global Youth Day,…
by Moriah McDonald / Park Church On Sabbath, December 5, violinist Jaime Jorge performed a concert at the Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in Salisbury, Maryland. The concert, which took place during the worship hour, was part of a series of…
Story and photos by V. Michelle Bernard Many churches normally go into high gear around the holidays, working to ensure that local families in need will have a full Thanksgiving meal and pantry. But what are they doing this year,…
Story by Fylvia Kline / Ellicott City Church Lead Pastor Paulo Macena and Associate Pastor Debbie Rivera baptize new church members into the Ellicott City church family. / Photos by Cristina Macena On Sabbath, September 26, ten people joined the Ellicott City…
Desiring to help their community, the Sipes family, members of the Berkeley Springs (Wv.) church, decided to find a way to share food with their neighbors through a Blessing Box (pictured above) that hangs on the front of their home. As fellow church…
Recently, Capital Brazilian Temple (Highland, Md.) reached out to their community with a Drive-through of Hope ministry, distributing boxes filled with food and hygienic products for families in need. A local CVS Pharmacy, as well as members of Capital Brazilian…
Story and photo by Javier Moreno and Cristina McConnell, Baltimore Spanish church Earlier this month, a group of volunteers gathered at the Baltimore Spanish (Md.) church to organize the packing and distribution of food, with each food basket containing a copy…