Celebration Sunday Report

Celebration Sunday was really spectacular! Here is a run down of some of the offering and pledge totals for The Journey Capital Campaign. Total Pledged: $282,460.00 Total in the First Fruits Offering: $74,708.15 I went over to the church this morning only to find that someone who could not be at Celebration Sunday today had sent a check to me in the mail. It was for the building fund. It was $51,500.00! I knew that was a good start for celebration Sunday. It was only a check, no pledge was enclosed. When I announced the First Fruits offering, it included that gift. When I announced the pledges, it did not include that gift because it was not in the form of a pledge. However, considering it as a one time gift and the completion of a three year pledge up front the above numbers are correct. We had an absolutely amazing morning. Here are some of the great highlights. 1. So many people helped to make this an amazing day! Mark Knickmeyer and Tim Willard had perhaps the most time consuming and stressful jobs of the campaign with huge amounts of organization accomplished. 2. So many others helped I don't know where to start. Many people almost 20 gave an entire day of work to this project this week. 3. I am absolutely proud of The Stand Youth. First, they beat the $1,000 goal I set for them. zThey raised $1,000 in one month. Second, when worship started, over 30 youth hit the front of the room, lifted their hands and began to worship God. What an amazing experience. 4. It was amazing to see our entire church at one time! Today was a new all time record attendance of more than 220. 5. Two young ladies responded to the opportunity to be saved. One of the young ladies has responded before. The other, who was younger, was responding for the first time in an adult service. Her mother had never seen her accept Christ in a public way. We have now seen 22 people saved on Sunday mornings in 2011. 6. The enthusiasm of our church is a huge blessing to me. I am thrilled to be a part of what God is doing for us. From young people to older people, there is a real excitement in all of our hearts.