Pastor Paul Marshall

I’m a local, for all of my 42 years I have called Howard County, Maryland my home. My schooling started at St. Louis Catholic School in Clarkesville, MD for elementary and middle school then Atholton High School in Columbia, MD with my college years split between Howard Community College and University of Baltimore. As you can tell from my introduction I am a road scholar but mostly just local roads. My wife Debra, and I were married at Covenant October 5, 1991, and that’s how it all began.

After coming to Covenant, strictly looking for a place to get married, God began to talk in a way I never experienced.

I knew he was planning something but He only let me know in part. By 1993 I knew God was calling me to make a difference in the community I grew up in, I just wasn’t sure how. Debra was a 4^th Grade teacher and I worked as a Superintendent building Homes and Schools in the area as well as running our own home remodeling business, but my heart was for the youth in the area.    

In 1994 I was asked to start working with the Youth of Covenant on a part time basis and in 1996 became part of the fulltime staff at Covenant. Through God’s grace and the support of one of God’s greatest gifts, my wife, the story continues. Debra and I have 5 wonderful children; Landry 14, Carson 12, Dalton 9, Laken 7, and Kenley 3; each having more energy than the one before. Just as our home has changed throughout the years so has my ministry at Covenant. My role currently is the oversight of Covenant’s Family Ministries, preschool, children, and youth.  My greatest joy within ministry is short term mission projects. I also have been granted opportunities to coach within Howard County’s Recreation lacrosse and football programs as well as High School Lacrosse at Glenelg and Oakland Mills. If there is any more time in the day you will find me and my family playing something or building something, life’s busy but it’s a great life!

You can reach Pastor Paul via email at paulmarshall@covenantlife.net