A Generous Church: A Historic Day in the Life of Community!
This past weekend was truly a remarkable, milestone weekend in the life of Community Christian Church! As you’ve likely been reading on this blog (or hearing about in service), this weekend we did something we have never done before at Community. We devoted the entire service to four teams of the Jesus Mission and then we gave the offering completely away to the work of these four teams! Additionally, we did something else we have never done before, and I must say it was one of the best moments I’ve ever experienced at Community. During the offering time in all of our services, we cheered and hollered just like we do during a baptism – to celebrate that lives are being changed as we speak by this outpouring of generosity! Check this out:
* Of our nine campuses, all nine experienced record-breaking offerings this weekend!
* We had 137 first-time givers!! These are people who have never given before at Community, and they are experiencing the joy of generosity for the first time!
* Community attenders gave a total of over $230,000 to the four teams of the Jesus Mission!
* As a result of this offering and of the continued involvement of Community attenders in these four teams of the Jesus Mission, lives are being changed in Uganda, in the Philippines, in East Aurora, and all across the world through the NewThing networks and reproducing churches!
One of my favorite stories came from a guy who turned in an envelope at our Naperville campus on Saturday night. When we talk about this offering and this mission as helping the 20% who live in poverty and reaching the 67% who don’t yet know God, he writes… “I am one of the 67. Thank you for doing this.”
God has called Community to be a generous church, and I could not be more excited about the people of Community, who are truly a generous people. I can’t wait to see what God will do next through the hearts of the staff, leaders, and attenders at Community… He is definitely up to something big….
2 Responses to “A Generous Church: A Historic Day in the Life of Community!”
April 24th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Julie,
Wow! That is incredible. Kingdom churches = generous churches. Thanks for modeling this at Community.
Patrick
November 2nd, 2012 at 5:40 am
amarige givenchy 100ml
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