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Loving Our Neighbors
2025-7-22 | Ronda Ooms
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and Love your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27
In August, schools across the area will begin the 2025-26 school year. In 2007, The Grove recognized Miller Elementary School as our neighbor and we have been partnering with them in various capacities ever since! That means this is our 19th year!!! God has been faithful over the years, and we have been blessed by our participation in the school as we have sought to love our neighbors!
Ninety-two percent of students that attend Miller School qualify for free or reduced lunch. Many of the families struggle to make ends meet. Life is hard. Going into the school to volunteer is a simple way that we can be a good neighbor. It can be weekly or periodically as you are able. The children love to have adults who care come in and spend time with them and it’s a blessing to the teacher.
Have you considered being a part of our Community Outreach Team? Are you ready to do something different or outside of your normal activities? I invite you to start praying about joining us in the exciting ministry that God has allowed us to be a part of!
There are many ways that you can be a part of our outreach ministry at Miller. Opportunities are available to help in individual classrooms, the library, at lunch or recess, with afterschool tutoring, to be a mentor, a MakerSpace helper or a sub for our food backpack ministry. We will be continuing our monthly family night meals at Miller and will need volunteers for food prep and serving.
Spending an hour a week or time monthly to participate in our outreach ministry at Miller can help you grow closer to God and help you grow as an individual. As you reach out and help others you will learn more about yourself, grow in compassion and be a part of something bigger than yourself. If you would like to be a part of our outreach ministry, you can sign up here.
An immediate need is for cookie donations for Meet the Teacher night on Monday, August 4. We will be hosting a reception for the families that come. The cookies need to be the “homemade” bakery type cookies that you can find at the grocery store, Walmart or at Sam’s Club. Please sign up if you can help by donating cookies. Cookies should be brought to the church on Sunday, August 3 so that they are fresh for the reception. 😊
We are so blessed by our participation at Miller Elementary School. It will be exciting to see how God uses us this new school year. We hope you’ll be a part of blessing the wonderful staff, students and families He has allowed us to partner with. Please email me at rooms@thegrovecov.church or give me a call at the church office at 474-4842 if you have any questions. I’d love to connect with you to talk about what might be the best fit for you.