Can you imagine life without water? No faucet to turn on, no hose to use, no pump to pump. No water. This is the daily reality for many people.
Over the past 25 years, CLA has partnered with World Serve to bring 20+ water wells with clean drinkable water to those in Africa. By providing this essential resource, lives are being changed and communities are being connected to Jesus.

With each well drilled, a church is planted. Why? Because, Scripturally, the well is a gathering place, and that stands true today. It draws people together and offers opportunities for people to connect. When people seek water for their physical thirst, they will also find an opportunity to satiate their spiritual thirst with the Living Water.

For the past two years, you, the body of Christ, have helped to rebuild a church in Kiambaa, Kenya, where tragedy struck in 2008 when political unrest led to a severe tribal conflict. As riots broke out, the church where people were taking refuge was set on fire. Tragically, 40 people died. Yet a place of hurt and death has become a place of healing and life. In addition to rebuilding the church sanctuary and multipurpose building, a playground was built and a water well was drilled.

The final step of the development plan for this project is finishing the Next-Gen Building/Fellowship Hall, which is now under construction and projected to be completed in time for the property dedication ceremony in September. This building is becoming a reality because of the generosity of our CLA people in the recent special offering received.

So...thank you! Whether you have prayed, given or gone on a trip, thank you for your obedient and faithful commitment to Kingdom ministry!

With summer coming, we wanted to share some outreach opportunities for you to prayerfully consider.

• Jubilee Day – Every year, we are thrilled to sponsor this community event that is held in downtown Mechanicsburg, PA. We love having the opportunity to connect with people through our Petting Zoo and kids’ activities booth that features face painting, balloon animals and more. This year's event will be held on Thursday, June 18. Register here by June 11.

• World Cup Watch Party - We are thrilled to host this event at CLA Silver Spring and on the Cumberland Valley School District practice field adjacent to this campus. This event will take place on Sunday, July 19 from 3:00-5:30 PM. This will be a wonderful opportunity to invite individuals from our community who enjoy soccer, connect with them in a fun way and share about Jesus. Various volunteer roles will be available. More details coming soon!

• CLA Serve Days occur on the fourth Saturday of each month and include a variety of opportunities for your gifts and talents to be used. Click here to sign up for one or more of our Serve Days:

June 27 – CLA Silver Spring, Mechanicsburg, PA
July 25 – Wildheart Ministries, Harrisburg, PA
August 22 – River of Life Assembly, Sunbury, PA

• Commissioned is CLA’s annual missions event, where we celebrate what God has done and look forward to what He is going to do in our nation and around the world. We pray you will save the dates (September 27 and October 4) for this unique event. More details coming soon!

• Other ways - If you have a heart for missions and want to get involved with some “at home” opportunities, like sharing prayer needs and assisting with social media, email missions@cla.church.

Over the years, a beautiful partnership has developed between CLA and Pastor Charlie and Sharon Rose. This year the team will be in McDowell County from August 8-15 serving with various projects that will leave a lasting impact. To register, visit cla.church/missions.

• Renovation/Construction – A variety of skill levels, from general laborer to skilled help, are needed to assist in the projects for this trip.
• Food Team – Help prep, cook and serve meals for the team throughout the week.

Over the past two years, two teams have traveled and served with Pastor Jackie Holgate in Navajo Nation in Arizona doing a variety of projects. Building a relationship that lasts beyond a week of serving is a special thing, and Pastors Kristian and Jackie have done that.

Recently, Pastor Jackie shared that they have installed the basketball goals on the courts that CLA helped to build. To the Navajo, basketball isn’t just a sport, it is so much more. It provides a sense of belonging and connection, especially since it is a way to unite youth with elders, creating lasting relationships that span the generations. Please pray that the goal of reaching many people in Kayenta, AZ will be realized.

Sometimes God moves us in unexpected ways. Pastors Gamal and Amal Gerges began their ministry in Egypt in 1998. After serving in pastoral ministry as the Assistant Superintendent of the Egyptian Assemblies of God and as the president of the Bible College in Egypt, they felt led to begin their U.S. missionary journey in Bethel, MO.

With the unexpected loss of their daughter in 2021, the Gerges moved to Harrisburg, PA, where they began Hope Arabic Church. The location is different, but the mission is the same – to reach Arabic speaking people for Jesus.

As a local missions partner of CLA for the past five years, Pastors Gamal and Amal realize there is an urgent need to reach the Arabic community in our region with the love of Jesus...and they do that in a variety of important ways. In the past three years, they have supported more than 2,000 refugees. They provide ESL classes (approx. 275 students have gone through these classes over the past three years), hold an Arabic-speaking church service, host an Arabic School of Ministry (the number of students has grown from 12 to 25+), host holiday picnics, and provide a variety of free local resources and connections to local resources.

A few of these include CLA’s Breads Food Market and Toy Share Experience. They have helped hundreds of families, many of which had nothing. These families are so thankful and come away feeling so loved; they share they feel something different and life changing. They are learning to serve and sharing their hearts.

Many volunteers from Harrisburg First Assembly and other churches serve in many ways with the Gerges’ ministry, such as teaching, assisting, with prayer and child care. If you are interested in learning more, please email us at missions@cla.church.

We have extended the deadline for one of our upcoming global missions trips to June 14! Click on the trip link to learn more and register, or visit our Missions page.

• Tanzania | July 11-21 - Medical Clinic (we still have openings for doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals, prayer team members and general ministry volunteers)

A team of 13 people recently returned from a first time of serving with missionaries Mike and Diane Masse in Sumba, Indonesia. The mission of the ministry is to provide a safe place, education and a chance for a better future for children who are underprivileged, orphaned or abused. More importantly, they are providing an opportunity for a life with Jesus.

The team helped with some basic maintenance like painting and cleaning, as well as teaching the arts and sharing in games of pickleball...important memories were made. The children were loved through healthy relationships while being taught how to sing, dance, act and make beautiful art. By the end of the week, they were able to perform a mini production of Beauty and the Beast.

They also had a chance to play several rounds of pickleball on the newly renovated pickleball courts that CLA helped to fund. The team quickly learned how good the kids were at this game!

You never know what you will experience on a missions trip, but relationships will always develop if you are open to them. The bond was so strong between the team members and those that they were ministering to that their new Indonesian family showed up to the airport to wave “See ya later” to them on the plane.

Thank you for your generosity in supporting our students who have or are going to go on a missions trip this summer! Our College Age team is wrapping up their trip to the LA Dream Center, our middle school students will be heading to the Philly Dream Center in a few weeks, and our high school students will be serving at King’s Castle in El Salvador later in June.

A total of $28,113 was raised to support these students! Thank you to everyone who gave financially, have supported our youth and college age with prayer, and who helped prep, donate and serve food during the three Sunday missions dinners.

• Jubilee Day | Mechanicsburg, PA – Pray for many people at Jubilee Day, who have not yet said yes to Jesus, to recognize and desire an opportunity to learn more and connect to Him through a church home at one of our campuses.
• Gamal and Amal Gerges | US Missions – Pray for Arabic speaking people in the Harrisburg area to be drawn to Jesus, find community and to grow through the Hope Arabic Church.
• Sumba, Indonesia – Pray for Mike and Diane Masse as they continue to minister to children who need to know and experience the unconditional love of the Father.

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