Connect - Ministry to Military Families

Encouraging and equipping our military for Christ

We seek to minister to Immanuel's military population. This is a new initiative to raise awareness of our military through an appreciation dinner and service Sunday (Memorial Day) , a pictorial collage of our deployed heroes (civilian and military) outside the Worship Center, a welcome ministry at Guest Reception using current or former military couples, and a fall/spring 5-week semester military married couples study called HomeBuilders.

We welcome any volunteers who would desire to participate or assist in any of these initiatives.

Military Appreciation Dinner—Active Duty, Reserve and Guard members
If you attend Immanuel Bible Church, you and your spouse are invited to a catered appreciation dinner. Spouses of deployed members are specifically invited.
For more information, click here»

Free Stay for Our Troops. Sandy Cove Ministries and Conference Center has created Operation Oasis Outreach as a way to say thank you for the sacrifices made by our military. Any service man or woman, including those in the Reserve and National Guard, returning home from deployment to the Middle East can come to Sandy Cove with their family to rest and reconnect for FREE! This program includes comfortable accommodations in the Chesapeake Lodge or Pioneer Campground cabins, all meals, recreation, and programs, if available. For more information, see their website.

Wounded Warrior Ministry
In a partnership with Dixie Bones catering, we serve food to the wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital and their families.There are opportunities to serve once a month.
2008 Schedule: April 20, May 18, June 29, July 20, August 17, September 21, October 19, November 16, December 14
Contact: John Sperling, jrsperling@aol.com, or Bill Law, wlaw@cox.net

Below are listed a few organizations or parachurch ministries that minister specifially to the military community:

Association for Christian Conferences and Teaching (ACCTS)

Association of Military Christian Fellowships

Campus Crusade Military Ministry

Cadence

Christian Military Fellowship (CMF)

Christian Embassy

Military Community Youth Ministries (MCYM)

Officers Christian Fellowship

Olive Branch International

Navigators Military Ministry

Military Missions Network