CHC Newsletter: February Ministry Spotlight » City Harbor Church

What’s New?

Book Discussion Invitation

Want to read Emotionally Healthy Spirituality alongside people from church? Ben and Kristen Faroe will be facilitating an email discussion on a chapter each week. There will also be a few optional Zoom meetings over the course of the 8 weeks. Reading starts at the beginning of March. Email kristen.faroe@gmail.com if you’d like to join in!

Grocery Distribution

We now have a new source of pre-sorted boxes of groceries! In partnership with YWAM Baltimore, we are preparing the logistics of our distributions in collaboration with the dozen non-profits and churches ensuring deliveries to people in need. We are looking forward to seeing the faces of the hundreds of people who arrive each time. We are now able to schedule this as a Saturday activity. Please let Pastor Ben know if you are willing to volunteer for this by sending him an email at Ben@CityHarborChurch.com.

Upcoming Events

February 25th, 7pm All-Church Life Group
March 4th, 7pm All-Church Life Group
March 11th, 7pm All-Church Life Group
March 18th, 7pm All-Church Town Hall Meeting

Pastor’s Weekly

In Mark chapter 6, we see that Jesus was ready for rest. Crowds of people pressed Him and Jesus responded with compassion. Jesus served them with much-needed teaching. He provided a miracle lunch. He walked on water. Jesus healed many people! Jesus repeatedly proved His power over the laws of nature. Jesus is supernatural and that should inform our every-day lives. We may get stressed by things that Jesus is not stressed about. We should bring our cares to God because He cares for us. We can ask God for provision, grace, and wisdom. We can ask God for help. We can ask God for counsel.

For more encouragement from Pastor Ben, click here to view his daily devotionals. Click here to subscribe to receive his daily posts via email.

February Ministry Spotlight

Safe Place Team

CHC’s Safe Place Team was formed in 2020 to determine and communicate the church’s response to COVID-19. The Purple Group of the Safe Place Team focuses on compiling scientific research, checking state and city guidelines, and advising Pastors Ben and Rebecca on safe practices with regards to COVID-19. The Orange Group shares the compiled COVID-19 information with the church through videos and conducts surveys to help keep church members informed and connected.

Purple Group Members: Joe Talaiver (leader), Chiquacta Hodges, Eryka Wentz, Ben Faroe, Anna Talaiver, Ben Malmin and Bryan Beach

Orange Group Members: Chris Vazquez (leader), Holly Turlington, Malinda Brady, Abby Vazquez, Rebecca Malmin, and Kristen Faroe

COVID-19 Info on the CHC Website

Did you know that the Safe Place Team has a page on the church website dedicated to COVID-19 information? We have listed the required metrics for a return to in-person services, as well as a helpful dashboard to view current COVID-19 data for our area. We recently updated the COVID-19 FAQs with information about the new variants. Please click here to visit the COVID Info page.

COVID-19 Church Town Hall

We will be holding an all-church Zoom Town Hall meeting on Thursday, March 18th to share COVID-19 related information. More details and information will be coming shortly.

Good to Know

Subscribe to CHC’s YouTube Channel

Thank you to those who have subscribed! CHC is only five subscribers away from being able to have our own URL for our YouTube channel. If you have not done so already, please subscribe to our YouTube channel by going here and clicking on the subscribe button. By subscribing, you will automatically receive notifications from our channel. You can adjust your notification settings by following these instructions. Pastor Ben has posted several encouraging videos in recent weeks, so make sure you are not missing out!

Daily Bible Reading

If you missed Pastor Ben’s explanation regarding our church’s daily Bible reading plan, click here to watch it. There are two ways you can access the Bible reading plan: click here to view the entire reading plan or follow these instructions to subscribe to the Pastor’s Daily to automatically receive an email with each day’s verses. If you have any questions about the daily readings, feel free to reach out to Pastor Ben or Pastor Rebecca. You can also join our Zoom Life Group on Thursday nights where we have enjoyed discussing the scriptures from the week’s reading.

Watch Sunday Messages

Missed last week’s Sunday message? No problem! You can watch the recording on YouTube or Facebook. Sunday messages are posted each week at 8:55am Sunday morning on Facebook as well as on Friday nights on YouTube.

City Harbor Church is a safe place to find and follow Jesus. Click here for more information about us and what we believe.