Alright, today was a big day for us at RSC. As you know we are moving into the movie theatre in town in August and along with a move comes the simple fact that it costs money. We had a need to buy staging, more sound equipment, lighting, more preschool stuff, signs, etc. Being a new church, we have never really tried to raise money so I wasn’t sure how it would go. Add on to the fact that over 70% of our adults were unchurched when they started attending, I really wasn’t sure how they would react. Add on the fact that we announced it three weeks ago at the start of the summer when all our people where on vacation, I REALLY didn’t know how it would go.

Well today, our people hit a GRAND SLAM! We had over $22,000 come in this morning and I am sure a lot more will come in through out the week. That might not seem like a lot to some of you but that is huge for a 10 month old church plant.

We had 348 people in church today, our people were jacked!!!! I preached on Dancing Alone and used a clip from Napoleon Dynamite. Our people loved it.

I have learned a lot about raising money over the last month and I will share later my thoughts on that.

Bottom line is this: Those you think will step up big won’t. Those who shouldn’t step big because you know they can’t afford it, will.

Well, I am wore out and I am going to bed with a smile on my face, thanking God that I get to pastor this group of people.

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