The Browning's
 
There are so many things to be excited about at the Journey Church.  We are seeing life transformation happen in families, individuals, and in our community.  Next month we will be having our third baptism service as we celebrate the milestones in several of our family members lives.  Also, we are seeing 85% of those adults in our worship service attending a small group each week.   This tells us that the people in our church are serious about growing in their relationship with Jesus.  We are currently planning multiple mission projects.  This month we will be hosting a movie night at a local elementary school where we hope to engage with hundreds of unchurched families in our community. 

We are also excited about the recent growth in our worship services.  Each month since June we have seen our average monthly attendance rise.  Because of this growth, we have been forced to plan for our future.  We plan to move into our new location in the beginning of 2010.  These plans are going to require a lot from us.  A major theme at our church lately has been sacrifice.  We know that our people are responding because over the last few weeks we've seen our church sacrifice in a major way.  We had our "First Offering Sunday," last weekend where we raised over $35,543!  Added to the money that had received before the first offering service, we have raised a total of $49,891!  That is real sacrifice for a church made up of families, new professionals & college students.

We still have a lot of work ahead of us.  In the next 4 months we will be building a stage for our new santuary, painting a building, constructing a riser system, and decorating an entire interior.  We are also about 20% below our total pledge goal, which represents about $40,000 more in pledges that we need over the next two years.  If we could identify 10 givers who would pledge $3,000 and 10 givers who would pledge $1,000 we could reach our goal.  If you could play a part in these plans, please let us know by turning in a Rebuilt Pledge card.  We can accomplish this together!
 


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