Learning as we Grow

We are very excited this year to have had opportunities to minister to families through a local public elementary school! At Thanksgiving, we gave the school gift cards to a local grocery store. The only notations we wrote on the gift card were the amount, “from Ashland Church” and our website. The school administration then decided which families to give them to. We were able to do the same thing during the Christmas season as well. As a result, we have started a new relationship with the school administration and ministered to families we would not had known needed help otherwise.

We were also able to minister to several local families with children during the Christmas season by buying gifts for their children. At the same time, an inner-city ministry used our church hall. Ashland families were blessed to be able to donate gifts to the children that came to their Christmas party from single parent households and a group home.

During Thanksgiving we distributed baskets filled with food to local families and ministries. We also have a partnership with a local church and donate to their food bank monthly. 

Although we are a small church, our church family has been able to share Christ’s love in a very tangible way.