{"id":12819,"date":"2018-09-23T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salarmyeds.org\/?p=12819"},"modified":"2026-09-29T19:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:08:14","slug":"local-church-joins-army-meeting-needs-in-carteret-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarmyeds.org\/index.php\/2018\/09\/23\/local-church-joins-army-meeting-needs-in-carteret-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Church Joins Army Meeting Needs in Carteret County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEWPORT, NC \u2013<\/strong> Songs of praise rose Sunday morning in the cafeteria of the Newport Middle School, where scores of displaced Carteret County residents have lived for more than a week. \u201cChrist alone, Cornerstone, weak made strong in the Savior\u2019s love. Through the storm, He is Lord, Lord of all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the storm<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words couldn\u2019t have been more fitting for those who gathered for the service led by SNL Church, whose Newport location on Highway 70 was destroyed by floodwaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t spared from the flood,\u201d SNL Church Pastor Matt Dymmel said. \u201cBut, it has given us the opportunity to share the love of God with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The church\u2019s space inside a Newport shopping center was completely flooded, and nothing will be able to be saved. Not the chairs. Not the sound equipment. Nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur loss has created an opportunity. If it takes us having our church flooded out for another person to know the Lord, we\u2019ll do it, rebuild and have it flood again,\u201d Pastor Dymmel said. \u201cThere\u2019s no mourning over the loss of our chairs or equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, church members will begin mucking out their Newport church. But, on Sunday, their ministry was at Newport Middle School, their temporary worship center. Volunteers from SNL Church have been serving here alongside The Salvation Army since the evacuation shelter opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow many are thankful for another day?\u201d Associate Pastor Patrick McAnaw opened the service to applause. \u201cThis is SNL Church, everyone here, all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201call of us\u201d this day includes shelter residents, many of whom lost everything in the storm. Pastor Dymmel\u2019s encouraging message was about foundations, using Jesus\u2019s words in Matthew 7. If you build your house on the rock, you\u2019ll be able to withstand the storms. \u201cYour foundation is what determines what happens in and after the storm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a call to not only hear the words of Jesus but to do them (Matthew 7:24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These have been \u201cmarching orders\u201d for SNL members, as they have given countless hours in volunteer service following Hurricane Florence. They have served alongside The Salvation Army at the Newport shelter. They have put tarps on roofs. They have taken chainsaws to fallen trees \u2013 all volunteers donning their trademark black T-shirts inscribed with the mission of the church (The Gospel. Discipleship. Community.) All in the name of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut, if we spend all this time serving, all this time rebuilding homes, and there\u2019s no action in helping people know the Lord, we\u2019ve wasted our time,\u201d Pastor Dymmel said. \u201cThe Salvation Army hasn\u2019t fed more 30,000 meals out of that kitchen for nothing, it\u2019s for people to know Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The partnership between The Salvation Army and SNL Church is deep. In fact, they worked together years ago to begin the Lunchbox Love ministry. The Salvation Army started the program, and SNL Church has taken it and grown it to provide more than 13,000 lunches to children this past summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this disaster, The Salvation Army and SNL Church have worked hand-in-hand, preparing meals and ministering to people inside the Newport evacuation shelter. The Salvation Army has also provided food to help stock SNL\u2019s Storehouse Pantry in Morehead City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, despite the circumstances many are facing, hope was in the air. \u201cI\u2019m excited about what God will do and what He\u2019s already doing,\u201d Pastor Dymmel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The excitement is about new opportunities. As Pastor McAnaw says, \u201cThis is a chance to show people that the church is still actively moving, that the church is alive. We have an opportunity to show Jesus to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday\u2019s service closed with this: \u201cMay this storm not be a marker of disaster but one of new life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, SNL Church and The Salvation Army are thanking God for the new life already starting in Carteret County.<\/p>\n

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NEWPORT, NC \u2013 Songs of praise rose Sunday morning in the cafeteria of the Newport Middle School, where scores of displaced Carteret County residents have lived for more than a week. \u201cChrist alone, Cornerstone, weak made strong in the Savior\u2019s love. Through the storm, He is Lord, Lord of all.\u201d Through the storm. 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