We had the privilege of baptizing two more adults this weekend at Ridge Church. When we started this church our dream was simple “To create a church where ‘church people’ would love bringing their un-churched friends…and a church where those un-churched friends would love attending”. Along the way we’ve had people of all ages realize their need for a personal relationship with Jesus. Every person has a story–they are all powerful!
Check out the videos of those stories on Chris’ blog.
I’m long overdue on an update of the happenings around Ridge Church. The demo permit is here and we are starting demo on our future home. Demo should take 2-3 weeks then construction will begin. Our capital campaign called “1 twelve” has been wrapped around the idea that every chair represents a person that matters to us and even more importantly matters to God. We have received just over half of the funds necessary to renovate our future home. We are in our final push to the finish line. Our new facility will have 450 total seats and we are inviting people to symbolically purchase a chair for $199–for a family member, friend, or co-worker. If all 450 chairs are spoken for that should enable us to finish the interior. Go HERE to give through e-give or you can use our 1 twelve Ipad kiosks on Sundays.
NEW STUDENT ENVIRONMENT OPENS THIS SUNDAY
Our middle school and high school students get to start in their new environment before the adults will arrive in theirs. We we make the audio/visual installs this week in their new permanent environment. I heard rumors of a DJ and free XBOX drawing–9AM at this address: 1031 Matthews-Mint Hill Road, Matthews, N.C.
NEW SERIES BEGINS
Last but not least we begin a fantastic new teaching series this week called “Recovery Road”. Can our nation be saved from economic crisis and political turmoil? Come see what Jesus had to say about it. 9:30A.M. and 11:00A.M.
Today in the midst of a completely packed house I had the privilege of celebrating progress in our building campaign. People have given $35,000 since our first big give date just a month ago. We are giving 10% of everything received since that day to our local serving efforts, so $3,500 was available for our “Unexpected Christmas Store”–which along with another $2,000 from Ridge Church operating budget and $3-4k in donations, supplied Christmas for 14 local families.
So how are we doing? Really?
We have received over $148,000 total to date for our 1 twelve campaign! So here is how it breaks down in comparison to our goals. As a refresher: “1″ stands for bigger one-time gifts designed to fund most of the upfit, and “twelve” stands for 12-month commitments/pledges in 2012 to help absorb the remaining upfit and increased overhead costs related to our new facility.
Where are we now? 1 “gifts”: Approximately 55% of the goal (*Enough to at least begin the demo work in January). Twelve “Pledges”: Approximately 30% of the goal.
The “twelve pledges” are an absolute must for us to get into the building, so lean in and dream big with us! Awesome to be a part of this Church and this mission!