Posts from August 2022

CMJ SUNDAY Every year we cancel our worship services and go out in our community and serve as worship. This year you opened your hearts and arms to serve Minter Creek Elementary School, Harbor Ridge Middle School, Evergreen Elementary School, The NW Furniture Bank, and Habitat For Humanity. Check out what Mia Darnell had to say about her experience. “God has blessed me with a lot of skills and talents which could potentially inflate my ego and pride. I’ve had…

THE PRAYER LADIES Lifetime friendships are hard to come by, but if you’re blessed enough to have a few, they make all the difference. Especially ones that pray for you every week.  For the past 40 years Sandy Anderson, Dalen Mason, Joanne Cochrane, and Cathie Gates have developed one of the deepest friendships we’ve ever heard of. We call them the prayer ladies, because they have committed to meeting together every week for years to pray for each other, for…

The Newells Conrad and Britta Newell, and their son Torben, are moving back to Chicago to be near family. The Newells have been an active part of Harbor Cov for 8 years. They have served on various different ministry teams, including Britta on the Leadership Team. We asked them to say goodbye, tell us their favorite Harbor Cov memories, and give us a little challenge. We will miss you Newells. God’s grace to you as you move back to Chicago.…

13 Teenagers and 4 Adults went to LA a few weeks ago and learned what it means to “Broadcast” the good news of Jesus. They attended a youth conference called Unite West, a gathering of Covenant Churches up and down the West Coast from San Diego, CA to Scammon Bay, Alaska.  To “broadcast” in its original medieval form means “to sow by scattering.” Students and their leaders spent time reading and studying Jesus’ parables and the truths in them. They were challenged to let those seeds take…

JODI MARSHALL One thing that helps me feel more connected to God is Service Sunday. With all the busyness of life, for some reason working elbow to elbow with my church family getting dirty, getting sweaty helps me to hear God’s voice. The act of showing love to others unselfishly, quiets my inner selfish voice and allows me to hear God speaking truth and love and Grace into my heart. The physical act of seeing the results of our labor…