Courageous Volunteers

by Wendy Jo Melcher, Access Coordinator @ MBC Loudoun Last week, I had the pleasure of welcoming a new volunteer into our respite program called Break Out. As a volunteer for Access, you do not need any prior experience with children who have special needs. You just need the courage to take that first step [...]

Helping Those in Need

by Greg Lilly As people plan their vacations and summer plans, thoughts of lounging around the pool and picnicking with friends start to push their way forward in our minds. The sad reality is there are people right here in our area that don’t have these options. Their thoughts are consumed with “Where is our [...]

Even the Small Things

by Joyce, Volunteer with Access Ministry @ MBC Loudoun On Saturday, March 20th, I dropped some food off to the food bank at Tysons. I noticed the diamond in my ring was gone. I retraced my steps, but to no avail; I could not find it. A woman noticed that I was looking for something [...]

Weekend Host Teams

Thanks so much for your interest in our Weekend Host Teams Ebenezers! What are who are the Weekend Host Teams, you ask? They are an amazing group of people who serve the Lord by preparing people to encounter Christ. From the parking lot to your seat, they help prepare attendees’ hearts for worship and for [...]

Weekend Host Team Ebenezers

What a great day Sunday was! Our annual Weekend Host Team Leaders lunch was a blast. We are blessed with an amazing community of leaders at MBC Loudoun. At our lunch, we took some time to give God all the credit and honor and glory for all He is doing at MBC Loudoun, in our [...]

God’s Plan Works Even When Ours Doesn’t:

by Wendy Melcher, Access Coordinator @ MBC Loudoun This past Sunday, Access Ministry was ready for a normal, smooth running Beautiful Blessing classes. The volunteers and nurse were scheduled and confirmed for the two services. My plans were coming together and I was not sweating a thing that morning. However, God had His own plans. [...]

GSA’s Campfire Program Update

by Steve Paine, Volunteer @ MBC Loudoun Recently I had the opportunity to serve with nine other MBC Loudoun volunteers at the Good Shepherd Alliance’s Campfire Program. This program allows volunteers the opportunity to eat dinner with women and their children who currently reside at a local homeless shelter and to play games / do [...]

Pack A Shoe Box

by Kathy Scherrer, Kid’s Quest Parent Receiving: For many of us, when we think about our childhood, we have fond memories of those moments with our loving parents, annoying siblings, and the friends we couldn’t get enough of. The holidays were especially exciting times when we would start thinking about all the possibilities of the [...]

Welcome Baskets Ministry

by Ashley Mitchel, Welcome Baskets Ministry @ MBC Loudoun The Welcome Basket Ministry team met September 1st for fellowship and service to assemble 25 baskets for the fall season. We would like to thank the volunteers who gathered basket items as well as assembled baskets. Their hearts for serving the Lord and helping this ministry [...]

Nicaraguan Memories

by Missions team member Jen Bantle If I could have taken one home, it would have been Teressa. Teressa (short vowels, beautiful rolling “r”) has deep passionate eyes and a sweet smile. She is 7, but probably weighs as much as an average American 4-yr-old. Every time I saw Teressa, she was wearing an emerald [...]