Local Outreach Update for January/February
Looking to Do More?
Grace Bible Church partners with many local outreach organizations that are always looking for volunteers. Visit our Serve the Community site to find information about our local partners and how you can get involved.
Prayer Requests
 - For J1 Cafe and each student that will come to Virginia Beach this summer, as well as for employers, sponsors and volunteers!

- For our school partnerships - for more student mentors, dynamic relationships with school staff and parents, dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers.

-For the staff, families and city personnel who are grieving the loss of their beloved Assistant Principal, LaDawn Durant of Norview Middle School. 

Help International Students Learn English Through Adult Learning Classes

Looking to reach out to international people and help transition to life here?  Join other Grace members in volunteering in Virginia Beach Adult Learning Center's  English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Classrooms.  Hours are flexible with daytime and evening classes available. 

Contact Kathy Luehman at [email protected] for more information.
 
**There is a critical need for volunteers with teaching or reading literacy experience to help staff a weekly reading literacy book club.
Young Life Virginia Beach
   
Arellana Bacon got involved in Tallwood Young Life during her mom's deployment. She [and her brother] came to know Christ personally at Lake Champion last summer. 
 
This year she returned her old school in Richmond (Thomas Dale HS) and in January she started a Campaigners group! 21 students showed up last week!
 
Please pray for these kids and their efforts to reach out to their fellow classmates with the Love of God through Jesus Christ!



 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,  and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45
Serve the City
COMING UP SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH!
 
Thank you to all of those who came out to serve in January! We served at many of our partner locations including Union Mission, JCOC, PIN Ministry, and two Sentara nursing homes!  

Crafting and Visiting Nursing Homes
Volunteers at Sentara Windermere Nursing Home

Don't miss out on reaching our community SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH! Sign up today at www.gracebible.church/servethecity

New Family Oriented Project!
We will be making Blessing Bags that you can give to the homeless you meet.  We will fill bags with eats and drinks and other good things, as well as cards that kids can complete and put in.  We will do this at both the Lynnhaven and Norfolk campus.  If you haven't been to Serve the City before, this will be a great project to start with!


School Partnerships

Today we celebrated over 400 staff members at 5 elementary school campuses for Valentine's Day! 9 Grace volunteers showed up bright and early with eager hands and beautiful smiles to serve coffee and hot chocolate. We love our school partnerships! We look forward to more small group opportunities to show how grace changes lives. We hope you'll be joining us for the next ones!
 
February: Valentine's Dance at Norview Elementary, 2/16
March: Read Across America day March 2nd, 9-2:40, at Brookwood Elementary, all grade levels, seeking to fill 200 slots of 15 min reading volunteers
May/June: Field days at most school campuses


Our Partner Schools:
Birdneck Elementary - Virginia Beach
Brookwood Elementary - Virginia Beach
James Monroe Elementary - Norfolk
Norview Elementary - Norfolk
Tanners Creek Elementary - Norfolk

Internship Opportunities

Virginia Beach Christian Chapel (VBCC) has three internship spots available for the 2018 Virginia Beach J1 ministry.  For more information, please contact:  Oksana Nosova, VBJI, [email protected], or call 757-773-8667.

Operation Homefront

It is time again for Operation Homefront's  Star Spangled Babies 
Shower and they need your  help!  The event is planned for late
April for 75 moms.

The Star-Spangled Babies program  provides baby showers to expectant service members and their  growing families. Due to deployments and frequent relocation,  military parents-to-be often live far from their extended families  and support systems. T he Star-Spangled Babies showers  provide these new and expectant parents with early childhood  education tips and a support system when loved ones are far away.

If you would like to help, the following is needed:
Travel size baby toiletry items * White onesies (3 months and up) 
* Wipes * Teddy Bears/Small Stuffed Animal * Bottles/Pacifiers 
* Gift Cards * Large value raffle items 

For more information contact Program Coordinator, Shannon 
Stinson at  (757) 407-6616 or 
Deadline for donated items  is April 12th, 2018.
Mission Trip to West Virginia!

Did you know that you don't have to leave the country to go on a short term mission trip!  In conjunction with World Vision, we do a family-oriented mission trip to Appalachia, West Virginia every year.  This year's trip will be going to Fairmont, WV, June 17-22.  Children as young as 5 years old are welcomed!  The deadline to register is March 1st.

For more information, contact VIctoria Segar at:  [email protected].  



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