What a month August was in the life of Encounter Church! Check out the details...
1) On August 1 we concluded an exciting week of VBS and outreach opportunities with a Community Picnic. This exciting week was led by Kerris Wright, Sharon Neely, David Ayers and a bunch of teenagers from Ebenezer Mennonite Church (Bluffton, OH). Thanks to the Thurmans and Hamiltons for opening up their homes for the teenagers to stay.
2) The month of August was the first month in Encounter Church’s history that we averaged over 100 people in weekly attendance at our Worship Gatherings! This was our largest growth month in over 16 months.
3) The giving for the month of August was up by 11% over August of 2009.
And finally…drum roll please…
4) On August 31 we signed a lease for the available space near the intersection of Galene Dr. and Stonybrook! This new location will provide us with 14,588 sq. feet of ministry space that will serve as a tool for engaging the culture with God’s Love and Truth. If all goes well and the Landlord agrees to our proposed improvements, we will take possession of the space on October 1 to begin the build-out process. There is much to do and many opportunities for you to be involved. Stay tuned to our blog to keep current on the progress.
We are well on our way of reaching our IMPACT130 goal by the end of 2010! (IMPACT130 is the goal of having 130 people in regular weekly attendance and $3,000 in regular weekly offerings.) Be sure to set your phone alarms to 1:30 PM everyday to be reminded to pray for lives to be changed and God’s continued guidance.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, while the numbers and new location are all exciting, the MOST EXCITING news is that lives are being changed! Encounter Church will continue to live out her mission of engaging the culture with God’s Love and Truth. ~MB
Praise God.
ReplyDeleteI am truly excited by God's work through Encounter Church.
Count me in on serving God by assisting with the further growth of Encounter Church.
I am So excited about the possiblites of this New space and to see what God is going to do through Encounter in the near future
ReplyDeleteWOW! This is so encouraging to read after being gone from Louisville for 2 years now. To hear that Encounter has grown from ~30 to ~100 in only 2 years is wonderful! God is blessing Encounter.
ReplyDeleteSo exciting! Woot woot.
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