Children's Ministry Update: God is supplying E with everything we need to be ready to start a new church! Prayer works, ask and receive! Big news we now have a new non paid staff member - a Children's Ministry Director who will help us build a full children's ministry department for ages nursery through 5th grade. As we plant our new church having a full children's ministry program will allow us to minister to a wider variety of families in Santa Cruz and will allow us to invest in the next generation of Christ Followers. God is bringing people resources to us in ways that are amazing! Come find out who, what and when this Sunday at E!
"Smaller Groups" Update: More of God's gracious movement in E = we now have an amazing, talented, experienced non-paid Life Groups Director too as of this week! Life groups will be starting soon and give you a chance to meet with others in smaller gatherings through the week for prayer, the Word, friendship and missional activity. Come Sunday to find out the who, what, why, where and when. Life Groups will revolutionize community and care at Elevation.
Financial Update: Thanks to everyone who have been faithful in giving to God's work at Elevation! As we get ready to plant a new church and strike out on our own we'll need to begin to pray as individuals, families and as a body to ask God to provide for the greatly increased financial needs we will have as our own church. We see God's clear leading and blessing as we move forward and are trusting Him for the finances to plant. Be praying about how you can financially take part in planting our new church. We now have a special fund set up for the Church Plant. You can now make special gifts to the planting fund by mentioning it on the giving envelop or on your check memo. Since we have ongoing ministry costs for current ministry please only make donations to the designated Church Plant Fund after your normal giving otherwise we will not have operating funds for the current expenses.
Location Update: we've had our team look at about every possible meeting location in the city, we're now working through the list to separate out the no- go's , possibles, impossibles, and seeking God's leading. Join us in praying for God to provide the most powerful location for Elevation. Great things are brewing, God is in action, more news soon as we get a little closer and have a clearer idea of where "the where" might be.
