What’s
for you
Youth
Having youngsters spend time together and
spend time with adult role models is important to our Second Family.
That’s why we encourage our grade-school and middle school girls to
be part of the GEMS (Girls Everywhere Meeting the Savior) program and the
boys to be part of our Cadets program, each of which meets on alternating
Monday evenings. We also have a youth group for high schoolers that meets a
couple of times a month for fun activities, service projects and
international missions trips.
Adults and
seniors
We spend time in fellowship as a
congregation with weekly after-church coffee times and all-church potlucks
every other month. We also have groups that meet on a regular basis. Our
women enjoy getting together for frequent fun activities either at a home
to scrapbook or make crafts, or out on the town for a movie or dinner. We
love and appreciate our senior saints and about every other month offer
activities such as afternoon parties, out-of-town trips and barbecues. We
also provide communion, sermon tapes and pastoral visits to shut-ins and
those in care facilities, and, of course, Bible studies for all ages (see
below).
Serving
those in need
When someone is ill, going through
treatments or in need of rides, we have teams of people who help out by
bringing meals or providing transportation. Our pastors, elders and deacons
also make frequent calls on individuals and families to help if spiritual
or financial needs arise. The Lord also has gifted our congregation with
many men and women who enjoy working with their hands, and so those on our
Fix-It team share that gift with those in our community who need work done
on small appliances and other “fix-ups” around the house.
Serving our
community
We also have a passion for helping
others in our community. Sometimes that means using our hands and sweat in
working on Habitat For Humanity houses or community projects like the
Million Smiles playground or at New Way Ministries for homeless women and
children. We also support dozens of local causes, including Project Hope in
Lynden, the Lighthouse Mission in Bellingham,
Christian schools, youth sports programs, city parades, the CF Bike-A-Thon
and the Relay For Life.
Education
for children
Teaching our children about God is one
of the most important tasks of our church. From 2-year-olds up through high
school, we offer age-appropriate classes that teach the Bible and way of
life to which God is calling us as His children. Lessons include simple
Bible stories, more thoughtful studies of what we believe, and pertinent
life lessons that reach children at their level.
Education
for adults
If studying God’s Word is
important to you, we have a Bible study for you. We have groups for couples
and individuals, men and women, young adults and senior citizens. And if
there isn’t a group for you, we’re always ready to start a new
one. We also offer regular adult education classes on Sunday looking at a
variety of issues that affect us and our world.
Missions
We believe it is important to support
missionaries through our offerings, our prayers and our interest. Each week
we spotlight different missionaries and give an update of their work to our
congregation. We also financially support six missionaries and missionary
agencies with a special monthly offering, and collect money for others
locally and abroad at various times. Each year we also devote a week to
Mission Emphasis, when we hear several speakers and highlight their
ministries. In addition, we have both youth and adult groups from our
church that do missions work in places such as Mississippi,
Texas, Alaska
and Mexico.
