| Youth & Children's Ministry |
| Meet Our Youth and Children's Ministry Directors Caliex and Cathlyn Gumbs have been involved in Youth and Children Ministries for many years. Cathlyn began working with Church of God of Prophecy Children’s Ministries at the age of 16 on her birth island of Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. The following year, she was selected to be a Counselor for younger children at the Caribbean Regional Youth Camp; this was repeated for the following three years at both the Regional and District levels. During this time, Cathlyn had been appointed as Youth Director on Jost Van Dyke in the BVI, and served the department for eight years. Caliex had been involved in providing material and functioning on C.O.G.O.P. Youth Ministry teams in St. Thomas, USVI, as a teenager, but only after returning from New York, he was assigned to work as part of the Leadership Group for the Youth Department. His specific appointment was to re-establish the Children’s Ministries division, and along with supporting assistants, he helped reshaped the auxiliary in the Region. For the seven years during which Caliex held this position, he held seminars on effective Children’s Ministries, traveled with the children (called the “People Upstairs” due to where their first services were located) as representatives to District Workshops, and directed the first Caribbean Regional Children’s Convention. After getting married, Caliex and Cathlyn continued to work with the Youth Department and youth activities in St. Thomas. Cathlyn established a Young Women’s Ministry as an offshoot of the Youth Services, designed to meet both the spiritual and practical issues teenage girls dealt with; services involved the group (named the “DIVAS: Divinely Inspired, Virtuously Anointed Sisters”) in real-life experiences and travel to work with other youth groups. Together with Anointed Productions, they founded “Club baROCK”, a monthly Christian Club Event consisting of Gospel Music DJ sets and live Gospel recording artist performances, as an alternative outlet for the island’s youth. Shortly afterwards, the family relocated to Miami, Florida, and became involved in the Youth Department of a local C.O.G.O.P. Along with weekly services, they promoted out-of-building worship and Gospel Artist Concerts for the youth group as part of the full experience. Cathlyn re-established and held lessons with a new group of “DIVAS”, including traveling to an annual C.O.G.O.P. Statewide Young Women’s event, the “P.I.N.K.: Princesses In Need of the King” Conference. After three years in Florida, Caliex, Cathlyn, and their son, Caliex II (Lex) relocated to Maryland, where they currently reside. |
| Join us on Sunday's @ 11.15 a.m for our youth services and Children's ministry @ 10.35 am (Ages 3-10) You can reach Caliex or Cathlyn Gumbs @ 301-972-1926 or via email (Caliex), caliexgumbs@gmail.com or (Cathlyn), keiundra@hotmail.com |
Rockville Church of God of Prophecy. Young Adult Ministries The tentative name that the group will be known by is ‘SHABACH INC.’ (‘Shabach’ being a Hebrew word meaning “to praise with our mouths” and ‘INC’ meaning In the Name of Christ). This will be a unique, identifiable label for name recognition when we have meetings or events. Friday, August 5: The first day of the Kick-Off Weekend. Shabach INC. will hold an introductory ‘Cocktail Fellowship’ in the Fellowship Hall at the church, starting at 8 PM. Saturday, August 6: The second day of the Kick-Off Weekend. Shabach INC. will meet for dinner and entertainment at the Rockville Town Center. Sunday, August 7: The third day of the Kick-Off Weekend. Shabach INC. will attend service and represent the Young Adult Ministries in dress and seating (to be boosted). During service, the first of the four August Exhortations, “Forsake Not the Fellowship” (The Value of Socializing with Other Believers) will be done by Avi, introduced by Caliex. Sunday, August 14: During service, the second of the four August Exhortations, “Forsake Not the Encouragement” (The Importance of Supporting Each Other) will be done by Triston, introduced by Avi. Sunday, August 21: During service, the third of the four August Exhortations, “Forsake Not the Worship” (The Need to Grow Spiritually Together) will be done by Cathlyn, introduced by Triston. Sunday, August 28: During service, the fourth of the four August Exhortations, “Forsake Not the Outreach” (The Mandate to Tell Somebody) will be done by Caliex, introduced by Cathlyn. Subsequent to this, monthly get-togethers will be scheduled and held by Shabach INC. The introductions (one minute) will be a brief biography of the speakers experience with the Lord, as well as an explanation of the topic. The Exhortations (five minutes) will reconcile the aspect of the topic in better serving God and ministering to each other. We will establish a Facebook Group page and email address, which the leaders will jointly have administration privileges and access. The page will be the best means of communicating with and informing all members of upcoming plans, as well as a forum for discussion, promotion, and prayer requests. |
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