Season of Opportunity
Since May we have been praying and talking about what we are calling “A Season of Opportunity”. I would encourage you to listen to audio message on this page from May 1st, and watch the video on this page to get a picture of where we are.
5/1/2011 – “Prayers and Opportunities” by Chuck Land
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I have said it recently and I’ll keep saying it; we are in an unprecedented season at Crossbridge. Since last fall we have been growing slowly in our Sunday Worship attendance to now averaging around 400 people each week. Last Easter we had 379 people and this Easter we had 597! Our latest snapshot of our Community Groups shows that 83% of our adult attendees are in a group! We are reaching people and seeing people connect in gospel community!
Our Elders are excited about the growth and the possibilities ahead. We see the need to expand as our children’s ministry is seeing record numbers and is feeling the need for more room. Our teen ministry needs a space to call their own so they might continue to see teens transformed by the gospel of Jesus. There is space available for us to lease and renovate for our purposes but our Elders wisely feel we must retire the current construction debt. If giving averages stay on the track they are now on we will have an outstanding balance of $322,000 when the loan is due in October. We want to pay this debt off and keep moving in our mission to see people far from God come home to the Father.
What if God provided for us not just enough to pay off the loan but enough to pay it off and begin to move forward with our expansion! I’m praying that God will provide $600,000 – $700,000! Will you join me in praying for this?!
This is an amazing opportunity. We have unprecedented growth, a financial challenge and a God who does beyond what we can ask, think or imagine!
This is an opportunity to…
- Pray for God’s provision and our role in this matter.
- Give sacrificially.
- See God move in a mighty way.
Will you join me in seeking God about this? My family will be asking what our role in this and what can we do to retire this debt and move forward. It will take faith on all of our parts!
To say that I’m excited to see what God does in this matter is an understatement! I can’t wait to see what He does! No matter what happens, if we seek Him and obey His leadings, He’ll get the glory and we’ll get the joy!
We are making August 28th our “Opportunity Sunday”. On this Sunday we are asking our church community you to give toward our construction loan to not only pay off our debt but sacrificially give to allow us to move forward with needed expansion. We also want to celebrate baptisms. If you are interested in being baptized e-mail info@crossbridge.cc, as we already have a number of people preparing to be baptized on that day. You can give before or after that Sunday if you are going to be out of town. Be sure to mark any giving toward this debt as “building” or “debt retirement” so we know how to apply your giving. Thank you also for your continued sacrificial giving to our normal operating budget, without which we could not be doing the ministry that is required during this season of growth!
Expecting Great Things!
Chuck
