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from Mike Bernoi I am excited to share some family news regarding our pastoral search for a Teaching and Worship Experience Pastor, who will initially report up to me as they oversee our gifted teaching, worship, and tech teams. Vanderbloemen, the Christian staffing, and consulting firm that conducted our search, has provided us with six well qualified candidates from the 79 who applied. Recently, our search consultant was onsite and shared an excellent overview of the candidates to the elders, including video interviews of each individual. At this stage, we are beginning to set up interviews starting post Easter through May. We’ve got a great team of folks serving on our interview panel, consisting of select elders, trustees, Human Capital Committee, along with our Executive Director & myself. Our hope is to extend an offer by the early summer time-frame. Naturally, this new pastor’s arrival is dependent on lots of moving parts, but we’ll keep you posted! One other quick note - our elders & trustees are close to completing the edits to our articles and bylaws to reflect our newer shared leadership structure. Shared leadership is something that has always been a rich part of our history. They will be ready for review by covenant members ahead of our Spring Congregational Townhall. We’ll keep you posted as all of this progresses. We are grateful for the efforts of all involved – and we are grateful for all of you, as together we proclaim Christ and grow people up in Him! That’s what it’s all about!

Lead Elder Brian Deyaert announced the exciting new leadership structure for Damascus Road on Sunday, February 4, 2023 to the congregation. Did you miss it? The announcement begins at the 15:50 mark. We're excited to see what God's going to do as we continue with a shared leadership model that will help us expand our impact to meet the needs of the Church, our communities, and world!

We’re excited to share that we’ll be continuing in our shared leadership model. You can attend a Townhall on February 20th at 7pm for more details and an opportunity to ask questions. This is will be in-person, but will also be available online for those who can't attend. Register here for the virtual (Zoom) option. See the below Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). You can view the org structure here.

To see this working, head to your live site. Categories All Posts My Posts Life on the Porch Welcome to the Life on the Porch Online Community! Have a look around and join the discussions. Create New Post Start here. In the next five weeks, we'll share stories, experience community & go deeper as we do "Life on the Porch." subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 3 Follow Weekly Challenges Each week we will be challenged to "build new porches." Follow the weekly prompts and share your progress. subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 5 Follow New Posts damascus-road 4d Week #1 Weekly Challenges Who are you praying for during this five week Life on the Porch series? Share below using their INITIALS or FIRST NAME only! Like 3 15 comments 15 damascus-road 6d Week #2 Weekly Challenges Now that you have decided on who you will be praying for during the "Life on the Porch" series, share with this community the ways you will connect with them. Will you write a card, send an email, invite them to a concert? Remember, Jesus "meets us where we are" - and that's a good lesson for us when we're brainstorming ways to connect with others! Like 2 3 comments 3 damascus-road Mar 28 Week #3 Weekly Challenges We are fully known and fully loved by God. He is our Creator and knows us inside-out! For we (being mere mortals), get to know others by interactions - by listening to their stories - and sharing our lives with them. What have you learned after hearing the story of someone you are praying for? Don't share personal details here, but write your response in your journal this week. Then, tell us below how hearing their story affected you. Did it bring you greater understanding and empathy? Maybe a little overwhelmed with the information that was shared? How can we pray for you? Like 2 0 comments 0 Forum - Frameless Log In

Pull up a chair. Throughout history, porches have served as a meeting place. A place where introductions are made, stories told, laughter is heard, relationships are deepened. People have gotten busier, less connected, more divided and our porches sit empty, unused. Jesus created porches wherever he went.… meals with strangers, the sick healed, sinners forgiven, a hungry crowd fed. Porches are all around- in our neighborhood, at work or school, on the golf course, at a coffee shop, on the sidelines of a sports game. Let’s build new porches where we… learn stories…and share our story. Pull up a chair….join us on the porch! Sundays, 9:30 & 11:15am in-person & online What to expect each week. Hover and click below for each week's details. Videos of the messages will become available on YouTube after they have posted each Sunday. Get interactive content using the Series Guide . Challenge Take the challenge. We've created the Life on the Porch Series Guide to help you follow along with this new message series for an interactive experience! ​ Pick up your free copy on Sunday morning or click below to view/download/print a copy from your desktop. View/Download the Series Guide Guía de series en español Join the conversation. We want to create a culture at Damascus Road where we intentionally share our lives with others who may be exploring faith in our neighborhoods, workplaces, family or friend groups. ​ What better way to learn about community and connection than to experience it for yourself? ​ We've created an online community where you can share your stories, ask questions, and pray for others as we grow together to become more like Jesus. ​ So, here's your invitation to join the Living on the Porch forum : Visit the LOTP Forum Resources Looking for ideas on how to make genuine connections? Check out these resources: ​ Building Genuine Connections - Download The Turquoise Table - Visit the website and find out how to turn your front yard into a place of neighborhood connection! Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World , book by Jennie Allen, author, speaker, and the founder and visionary of IF:Gathering. How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird , book by Amy Lively, author and speaker whose passion is teaching God’s Word as a “How To” manual for loving Him and loving others. ​ Receive weekly prayer prompts Want a text reminder to help keep you on track throughout the series? Sign up to receive a weekly prayer prompt or text PORCH to 301-888-6922 (note: if you had unsubscribed from receiving texts from DRCC, simply text, "START" to this same number to opt back in): Sign up!

new series learn more Welcome to Damascus Road Community Church We're a multi-generational, non-denominational church located in Mount Airy, Maryland, serving Carroll, Howard, Frederick and Montgomery counties and the surrounding areas. We're a community where people learn about Jesus and the abundant life He offers, a community that people run to - not from - in their struggles and challenges. Sunday | 9:30 + 11:15am Children's Program available Discover life with purpose. Adults Jesus wants to have a relationship with you and connect you to His Church as you grow in faith, love and service to others. Damascus Road offers many avenues to help you along your journey. Learn more... Children Our Children’s and HAVEN (for Special Needs Children) Ministries partners with families to encourage and equip children using age-appropriate teaching sprinkled with fun. Learn more... Youth We help teens navigate one of the toughest seasons of life through real relationships, relevant teaching, service opportunities, and connection through small groups. Learn more... You matter to God and you matter to us. Check out these stories of life transformation. Life Stories Play Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Now Playing Liana's Small Group Story 01:50 Play Video Now Playing Tina Snow Small Group Testimony 01:14 Play Video Now Playing Ron's Small Group Story 02:03 Play Video Now Playing The Ziegler's - Parents Small Group 01:06 Play Video Subscribe to Our Newsletter Stay up on what's new! Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Sign up