Weekly Rundown (10.17.2010)

• What a week!!


• Church chats start ... please take this opportunity to learn more about our church's mission and ask questions!
  
  
  
  • Dalton: THIS Wednesday Oct. 20th (6 pm; Wink Theatre; child care and dinner available) is the first chat; 3 more: click here for details
  
  
  • Chatworth: Nov. 1st: (First National Bank of Chatworth community center)
  
  
  • Calhoun:  Wednesday, Oct. 27th (6 pm; Calhoun Campus offices; child care/dinner provided) is the first chat; click here for the other scheduled chats
  
  
  
  


• We unveiled much our new missions strategy this weekend ... I'm so pumped!
  
  
  
  • More information:
    
    
    
    • About missions in general:  Rock Bridge web site -- under Ministries tab--click on "Missions"
    
    
    • Trip applications:  click here
    
    
    • Email questions to missions@rockbridge.cc
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Doubling our missions giving in 2011!
  
  
  • Small groups serving locally across NW Georgia 4+ times a year.
  
  
  • Significant Great Commission work locally, nationally, and globally:
    
    
    
    • North America
      
      
      
      • United States: church planting
      
      
      • Haiti: Church rebuilding, food distribution, relational evangelism
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • South/Central America
      
      
      
      • Bolivia: Child Survivorship Program (see Compassion International web site)
      
      
      • Honduras: digging 2 wells; 2 mission trips
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Africa
      
      
      
      • Zimbabwe: helping AID/HIV orphans
      
      
      • Kenya: medical mission
      
      
      • Ethiopia: Missionary support & church partnership
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Asia
      
      
      
      • India: Supporting local/indigenous missionaries to spread the Gospel and plant churches
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Europe
      
      
      
      • Ukraine: church planting
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Middle East
      
      
      
      • Arab-Jew reconciliation (medical focus)
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Our first staff retreat in over 2 years starts tomorrow.  Great time planned just to be/become a team ... praying John 17 and Romans 12 over our staff.


• Staff retreat will be the first time BOTH Beth & I have been away from our children overnight ... ??


• Next weekend: FOLLOW ME -Part 7:  Mark 12:41-43