Smithsburg, MD >> In their four years at Covenant Life Church (Gaithersburg, MD), Trav and Cindy Neumann have been commuting from near Frederick for almost every meeting—a round-trip drive of more than 100 miles. Last fall their prayers were answered when Covenant Life announced a church plant in Frederick. Here is their story…

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New Orleans, LA >> It’s been several months since Hurricane Katrina crashed through this city, flooding Lakeview Christian Center’s church building and seriously damaging many members’ homes. What does it look like for a church to rebuild? Erik Schmaltz (on staff at Lakeview) and his wife, Erin, sent us this update.

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Vishakhapatnam, India >> Last November, Bethany Emerson of KingsWay Community Church (Richmond, VA) traveled to southeast India to spend nine weeks serving in Love-N-Care Ministries’ children’s home. Bethany talks about prayer, faith, and what it means to have a heart for missions…

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Richmond, VA >> Being deployed to Iraq for a year didn’t stop Capt. Hans Kirkman from serving his family. Hans and his wife, Margaret, are caring for each other and for their eight children with excellence and joy, even though she's in Virginia and he's at the Kirkush Military Training Base near the Iraq/Iran border. Today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch features the Kirkman family, and notes the enthusiastic service they receive from their church, KingsWay Community Church. “I commend Hans and Margaret for this testimony to their parenting,” says Gene Emerson, senior pastor of KingsWay.

Read the story and see a photo slideshow at the Richmond Times-Dispatch website.

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