Weekly Rundown (8.16.09)

A little more detailed "rundown" this week on a few items ... Have a great week!!!!

Elders @ RBCC Calhoun ... Elders are one of the few "defined" church positions in the New Testament.  They are guardians, overseers, and shepherds of the local church.  We are in the process of nominating, screening, and selecting Elders at our Calhoun campus.  Rock Bridge Elders have played a very important role in discerning God's direction for our church, leading our church during major initiatives, helping people during times of crisis, and advising the staff.  Email carll@rockbridge.cc with any questions.

Chatsworth Update ... The excitement, interest, and momentum for our Murray County site is growing!  We believe there is big opportunity.  In our 7 year history we have recorded over 700 guests from Murray County who have come to our Dalton campus!!  That means they have driven 15+ minutes to worship.  The harvest is plentiful ...

We are still working hard to locate a building and have several possibilities but nothing definite.

Next Step construction ... The construction on the Dalton Ministry Center is running ahead of schedule!  The building is looking great ... the walls are being painted, light fixtures installed, and the elevator goes in real soon!  This building even has some cool "green" features that will save on electricity.  The work on the new "north-south" lobby continues which means the Wink downstairs bathrooms are still OOC.  This new lobby will connect the Dalton campus from Crawford Street (Wink entrance) to Gordon Street into the lobby/check-in area for Children's ministry.

Budget & Financial News ... Despite these tough economic times giving to our regular offering has held strong and grown by about 10% over the past year.  We are blessed and thank God for this!  Still our staff and Stewardship Team have taken measures to cut spending when and where we can without interfering with the "core" ministries and priorities of our church.

Random Stuff ...

• We are looking into the possibility of providing a way to translate one of our services into Spanish!!  We have several people who could already use this service and it could open the door for more people to hear God's Word!!


• We're working on some ways to continue broadening the base of servant-leaders in our church.  Raising up more and more people to do more and more in Jesus' Name and through Jesus' Church is a MUST for Christianity!!


• Working to improve our web site and service.  Sorry for all the problems with podcasts and audio.


• Our worship/tech team has started a worship blog.  You see all the songs we sing along with who wrote them, plus some insights into worship, music, technology, etc.  Check it out here!


• Continue to hear amazing stories of life change!!


• Lots of people are hurting bad and in tough times ... please pray.


• We had a great meeting with our prayer teams.  We know that prayer fuels God's work and opens His hand.  We have people praying during our worship services and prayer walking on our campuses.  We will be looking to have "prayer rooms" on our campuses soon.  The church is to be a "house of prayer"!!! Please contact your campus pastor (carll@rockbridge.cc or gus@rockbridge.cc) or Alfred (alfred@rockbridge.cc) if interested.


• College football is only WEEKS away :)


• I ate fondue last week and literally felt myself gaining weight!