Update from Pastor Gerry

The Year of Aggressive Faith is Heating up in every way!

For example, 10 new church are burgeoning out of our Padre Las Casa, Dominican Republic trips! This is a very exciting development. God is sending us 10 sponsors at $200 monthly to help get them started. You and your family still have time to get in if you want.

And our building project is once again ready to move! Today I got a verbal confirmation that our bond has been approved! As soon as we get it in writing, we go to the township to get the actual building permit!! Then we move dirt, add lumber and steel, and watch our Therapeutic Learning Center get built! This church has a sweet spirit for so enthusiastically bearing the burdens of those with mobility challenges, and we are getting new, world-renowned-quality-tools to do it.

And you will have opportunity to leave your own permanent mark on the parking lots, buildings, and exciting new greens areas of this church. Stay tuned for these exciting plans as well!

Most importantly, a LOT of you are regularly bringing friends to church, and sharing your faith! Our new Alpha class for new or pre-believers has over 50 people registered (the goal was 40!) and we are constantly being asked when the next baptism is! God is definitely teaching us how to connect our friends and neighbors to Jesus better than ever before, and we are growing! We are in great need of more children's ministry helpers, and more musicians because of all God is doing to expand us.

And there is more! This week we got our outstanding mortgage refinanced for 2% less interest, saving us $20,000 per year! We are just starting the process of negotiating with the man across the street for 22 acres over there. God willing, one day (5-10? years) we just might be able to move across the street with a much bigger, more functional campus.

Our new church (sites) are doing wonderfully and there are about 4 new ones being planned!

It's only February! This is going to be our most exciting year ever!

Gerry