Thank you for how you Serve!

Stamp out Hunger!
On Saturday May 10th, the Storehouse is having their annual Post Office Food Drive which is their biggest day of the year. Please see the signup genius below, which is based off of previous years. They primarily need the most help in the afternoon and evening and you do not need to stay the entire time. If you want to help, please take a look at the slots and sign up for one. They will also have lunch, dinner, snacks, and refreshments available.

Storehouse Volunteer Opportunities

If you are interested in any of these volunteer opportunities, please contact
Rylan Renggli rengglirylan@gmail.com
Helping with Drives at the Grocery Stores. This included passing out flyers at the doors or sorting food in the truck. This will be a combination of pet food drives, food drives, and hygiene drives at Safeway, Fred Meyer, Dollar Tree, and possibly Walmart.
Helping organize and put on fundraising events. This would include work before the event to organize it and helping on the day of to run it. More info to come.
Volunteer Truck Driver. This would be a position that would be a random schedule filling in when we need a truck driver. Adding truck drivers costs money so not everyone who is interested will end up helping. This is just to give me an idea.
Administrative paperwork. This would mostly be entering data
Grant Writer. If anyone has experience and interest in writing grants, let me know
Volunteer Driver for Grocery Rescue. This would be picking up food in your own car mostly on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. This position is not a regular schedule and is a backup for our current drivers.
Job Opportunity

The Storehouse currently has an unfilled Hungercorp position at the Storehouse through United Way of King County. A Hungercorp member works at the Storehouse but is paid by UWKC. We are currently seeking someone to fill this position pretty quickly. This role will primarily handle overseeing the Backpack Buddies Program as well as assisting with Storehouse operations. This is a full time job but the days working vary throughout the week and are negotiable. Please feel free to share this with whoever you know and if anyone is interested in applying, please contact me ASAP. I have listed the main job info below and attached the job description so let me know if you have any questions.
Term of Service: March 10th-August 31st (900 hour position)
March 10th will be a virtual training day
March 11th will be the first day of service at Storehouse
Pay: $1385.18 Bi-weekly paycheck
First paycheck: April 4, 2025 (due to bank verification and tax documentation processing)
Subsequent pay dates: April 18, May 2, May 16, May 30, June 13, June 27, July 11, July 25, August 8, August 22, September 5, September 19
- Additional Benefits:
- Loan deferment & interest payment on qualified student loans
- Segal AmeriCorps Education Award ($3,697.50 upon completion)
- ACA-compliant health benefits
- 3 personal leave days, 3 holidays, and 3 sick leave days
- Unlimited public transportation (ORCA pass)
- Mileage reimbursement for travel outside of regular duties and trainings
- Childcare assistance (subject to WA state rates)
- Emergency assistance program for financial hardship
Contact: operations@covingtonstorehouse.org
Our Blessing Box

During these difficult times we are seeing more and more activity at the Blessing Box in our parking lot. On a daily basis people are donating to the box and taking items as needed. If you would like to donate you can add non perishable items directly to the box, bring them inside the church lobby and we will restock when needed, or you can make a financial donations to the church and memo them “Blessing Box”. We are SO grateful for your continued generosity.
Global Ministries

Serve Team Sponsored Charities:
The Storehouse (Covington Food Bank)
Thank you for your continued generosity for so many hurting in our community.
Storehouse helps 100s of families every week. To find out more about how you can help this important ministry in our community. Visit their website. Home | covingtonstorehouse
September 17th 2024- All Church Project, Sorting a large Storehouse Delivery





The Storehouse All Church Project was a success! The project was able to be completed early thanks to all who came out and helped! Thank you everyone for all of your hard work!
Vine Maple Place
Vine Maple Place is always in need. To see their most current needs please see their website at Vine Maple Place – Ending Homelessness in South King County

VINE MAPLE PLACE
HELPING US TO END HOMELESSNESS
Give love to homeless families this Christmas season by providing gifts that meet emergency needs, provide warmth and care, and build new family bonds and holiday traditions.
- Surprise a homeless family with a Christmas gift card for Emergency Gas and Food: Help moms get to work, classes, counseling and transport their children to school, tutoring, and doctors’ appointments. Provide $20 gift cards from Fred Meyer or Safeway.
- Provide a family with Emergency Basics: Click here to buy hygiene essentials online for delivery to Vine Maple Place (list also attached).
- Wrap a mom in warmth and love, gift her a New Winter Coat: Click here to purchase a NEW Winter Coat. All adult sizes are needed: S-XXL and plus sizes, 1X-4X.
- Gift a child with a new, cozy, warm bed: Click here to purchase a bed or bedding online for delivery to Vine Maple Place.
- Choose a Gift with a Purpose: Click here to make a financial donation that will provide a life changing gift for a family at Christmas.
- Host a Giving Tree, Wreath or Holiday Display: Get gift tags from Vine Maple Place, display on a Christmas tree or holiday decor, and encourage members to purchase and return requested gift cards. Contact Lisa O’Leary to sign up. Gift cards from your giving tree are needed by 12/31.
- Bless Moms and Kids with Christmas at Home Traditions: Gift holiday activities for families to celebrate together!
- Gingerbread House Activity – Give a gingerbread house kit (with frosting and decorations) for families to have a fun, traditional holiday activity to do together – Needed by 12/1
- Cozy Christmas Eve – Nothing like a snuggle together! Provide Jesus Storybook Bibles and warm, fuzzy blankets for Christmas Eve storytime together. Needed by 12/15
Bring or ship donations to the Family Hope Center in Maple Valley at: 21730 Dorre Don Way SE, Maple Valley or Kent- 24044 104th Ave. SE (Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm).
If you have any questions, contact me or Lisa O’Leary at lisao@vinemapleplace.org or call 425-432-2119 ext. 104.
Kent Community Supper – needs volunteers
Joy & Jeremy Ellington


- 700 people participated in or attended the Christmas program, with a special note that the 100 gifts they had for the 14-17 age range disappeared quickly, including many youth who had stopped coming in recent years returning and even wanting to participate (see older dancers, if include the videos).
- 300 attended the New Year’s Eve service; 2x usual attendance.
- Many miracles surrounding the funeral/memorial service for father/relative of worship leader and dance instructor, which started with asking for days of fasting and prayer before knew that he was very sick: Allowing/asking for prayer amidst adamant refusal from many relatives; participating in the Christmas program against cultural norms of no celebrations for a year after a death of a family member, etc. Asking for prayers for God to continue giving Grace in the situation.
- Prayers for Umbali and family: She has been on a YWAM mission and wishes to continue serving in missions. Father is an alcoholic and pressuring her to marry. Mother attempted suicide last year, but survived, and both mother and daughter asking to take baptism soon. (new prayer request today, that “Devil is raging and roaring” about the baptisms, so “Please pray for protection and victory.”)
- Were able to buy a mirror 1/5 acre adjoining the original 1/5 acre previously purchased for the recreational/education center near one of the villages. Blessing and praise to Central Church for a large donation to help with the purchase. The previous owners, after seeing the initial clearing and leveling, asked if they could hold their child’s wedding there. They were able to bless the family with a level area for a tent, as well as leveling the drive with left over dirt, while they had the equipment, creating extra good will in the community.


Looking for a new way to serve? The women and children of KentHOPE Day Shelter are always in need. KentHOPE opened their doors in 2013 to provide basic needs, support services, medical and dental care along with so much more to those women suffering homelessness, spousal abuse, mental illness and substance abuse. To date they have helped 760 women and children transition into housing, 267 women gain employment and have had 157,380 meals served by volunteers like us! Some of you know we have been providing 2 or more meals a month there for many years. Cornerstone volunteers are amazing with their time and cooking skills and the ladies love to see us show up! We put together some awesome menus! Today they house approximately 30 women. For some of you it’s difficult to deliver your items to meet mealtimes, find the time to prepare food or just don’t enjoy cooking but want to contribute. So, we’ve found a solution! Instead of making complete meals, we’ve been blessed with the ability to use the church kitchen to prepare freezer casseroles and other entrées. This gives KentHOPE a freezer meal on the days volunteers are not scheduled to serve. Perhaps you’d like to join us to help with the prep work, cook, supply meat or other ingredients, donate toward supplies or deliver to KentHOPE. It’ll be fun, rewarding and a blessing to all! Watch for future posts on Sundays.
