Silver Spring, Maryland—Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church is excited to share that this year’s Community Service Day, held on April 27, was a huge success. The Spencerville Church Community Services ministry team coordinated 23 service initiatives, including Homes Not Borders, Shepherd’s Table, Elizabeth House, Montgomery County Parks, Grocery Grab and Go, Sunrise Assisted Living, and the Displaced Persons Project. This year’s effort drew more than 200 people from Spencerville Church, with additional members from the Ellicott City Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the Tech Road campus of the Beltsville Seventh-day Adventist Church also participating.
“What an amazing day seeing Christ’s love in action!” said Luceta McRoy, event coordinator and leader of the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church Community Services ministry. “It was a blessing to see the excitement of our church members as they came together to serve others in our community.” She continued, “Whether they were serving meals, washing dishes, providing hygiene bags, making sandwiches, unloading trucks, picking up trash, preparing groceries, loving and caring for the elderly, coordinating showers and haircuts, or serving displaced families, our community services team is pleased to know that we made a difference as the hands and feet of Jesus in our community!”
Crystal E. Ward, the Executive Pastor of Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church, added, “I’m proud of how our Adventist community responded to this opportunity, and am grateful for the participation of our friends at the Ellicott City and Beltsville Tech Road churches! While this is our annual day emphasizing community service, Spencerville is blessed with an active church body engaged in service throughout the year. We’ve been so blessed! It’s a privilege to fulfill our mission in not only knowing Jesus, but making him known through our service to the community.”
Spencerville Church would like to thank Luceta McRoy, our Community Services Ministry leader, for her leadership in this event, as well as our site leaders for coordinating the individual service projects. The church would also like to thank our partners in Community Service Day: Shepherd’s Table, Apryl Showers, Montgomery Beauty School, Homes Not Borders, Elizabeth House, Montgomery County Parks, Sunrise Assisted Living, and Emmanuel-Brinklow Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Through our Community Services and Connect Group ministries, Spencerville Church members regularly participate in service initiatives that feed the homeless, sort clothing and household items, serve in food-insecure neighborhoods, and collect clothing and food items for families in need. If you’d like to learn more about participating in Spencerville’s active Community Services ministry, contact Luceta McRoy, our Community Services Ministry leader, at community@spencervillechurch.org.
Contact: Jason Lombard Pastor of Media and Communication Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church 301-384-2920 x 123 jlombard@spencervillechurch.org
Shepherd’s Table in downtown Silver Spring was our largest service project this year.Shepherd’s table serves hundreds of people each day.Donated food is prepared and brought in, where it must be labeled and sorted before distribution.Catherine and Ana open cans in preparation for Sunday dinner.Daniel and Carla were excited to volunteer at Shepherd’s Table.Sheena (left) leads Spencerville Church Health Ministries, while Luceta (right) leads Spencerville’s Community Services ministry.Sean, Benjamin, and Patrick sort and label sack lunches for distribution.Bernadette (right) is the owner and operator of Apryl Showers, serving the homeless and especially homeless veterans.Jermaine and Jean wait for instructions at Shepherd’s Table.Rob and Ana make sure that every meal includes healthy options like fruit.Our volunteers are preparing to begin food service.The atmosphere was light and enjoyable, and a lot of fun was had in the moments between projects. And of course, after meals are served, dishes need to be washed. Here Patrick (left) and York lend a hand.Food comes in, gets prepared, and then goes right back out—multiple times each day.Alex, Maritza, and Eugene made sure that the clients of Shepherd’s Table were supplied with toiletries and hygiene products.Alex is always positive and ready to share a smile and a laugh.Vanessa and Donna were all smiles at Shepherd’s Table at the sign-up table for haircuts and styling.Ava Wilt shares a photo with her group at Shepherd’s Table.Merle Poirier (with help from her assistant, lower left) lead our group at Sunrise Assisted Living in Silver Spring.Manuela engages one of the residents at Sunrise Assisted LivingLandon prayed for the residents of Sunrise and that the music, singing, and story was a blessing.Silonia played a beautiful piece on. the piano to bless the residents.Isabella played a piece on the cello.Merle shared a story with the residents.Silonia and Sophia shared a violin duet.Elliot shared flowers with the residents.Landon helped pass out flowers as well.Landon, Reagan, Connor, and Levi helped act out part of the story Merle shared with the residents.Christina enjoyed the kids participating in the music.Cynthia and her boys were an active part of the program.Serving at Sunrise is a great family activity and a way for all ages to be involved serving.Our middle school kids waited for their part of the program.Merle’s story had everyone on the edge of their seats.The ministry at Sunrise Assisted Living was blessed to have a large group!Nahum and Luke helped pick up trash at Burtonsville Park.The Timon family was also helping to ensure that our local park stays clean.Sometimes, picking up trash is a team effort, as Chris and Jacob demonstrate.Sometimes, you have to reach a little to get all of the trash.Victoria was one of many of our young adults who gave of their time on Community Service Day.Brittany and Riley shared their efforts at Burtonsville Park.Pastor Lerone has fun wherever she is—including picking up trash at the park.May was our project leader at the Burtonsville Park project.Lizzie and Carla coordinate food coming in to be sorted at Emmanuel Brinklow’s Grocery Grab and Go.Maddy coaches Rodney on how to pick a good onion.Keri packed the bags of produce for distribution.Jessica helped ensure that every bag had the right mix.Bob graciously took on cabbage duty.Lizzie ensured quality control was maintained as the bags were prepared for distribution.Karen brought her trademark joy to the bag packing process.Elena, like many of our youth, was happy to be involved in Community Service Day.As the raw materials come in, they must be sorted for packing.Judy made sure that the team never ran out of bags.Lauron and Lilian prepared the sandwiches.It was a well-oiled production line as the team made hundreds of sandwiches for Elizabeth House in Laurel.Pastor Kandace sorted and labeled lunch bags.Kelly made sure that the team never ran short of supplies.Gabriella waits for Lilian to bag the sandwich so it can be added to the other items in the lunch sack.Nancy worked with Lauron and Lilian to keep the sandwich production line moving.Ji and Pastor Kandace organize the bags to be packed into boxes for distribution.A team photo of the group ministering to displaced persons in Riverdale.The children enjoyed activities and games, including this sack race.Maria was all smiles as she painted the faces of the children.The lines were long at the face painting stations as the kids were excited to participate.Photos courtesy of Sheena Crawford, Cassie Foard, Ava Wilt, Brenda Chase, Lisa Froelich, and Jason Lombard
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