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FALL MEMBERS EMAIL

2024

Hey Church!

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It's been a busy year! A LOT of stuff has happened and IS happening in our church!! So instead of asking you all to come to yet another meeting - we are communicating our fall Members' meeting information via email/ web! 

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Below are tons of AMAZING THINGS to celebrate. 

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You might remember we had some initiatives and goals we set out to press into for 2024. We wanted to: â€‹

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  • Get more intentional about the practice of Prayer. â€‹

  • Free our hearts from a consumeristic, inward-facing version of Christianity and instead embrace an outward-facing Faith that impacts our community for the Kingdom. â€‹

  • Baptize more people! 

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We didn't hit our baptism goal of introducing 50 people to Jesus, but we've made wonderful progress!

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Thank you for giving generously!

 

Because of your generosity, not only have we been able to make new hires this year and maintain/upgrade our building in various ways, but our little church was able to give over $4,500 and SEND groups to Augusta AND Asheville, NC, to SERVE and LOVE those in need. GOOD JOB TEAM!

SETTING A BIGGER TABLE

You know when you go somewhere and everything has been set out perfectly for you so that you feel comfortable and welcomed? â€‹

Sometimes we can make church all about our seat at the table. We do this when our preferences are the most important, when we don't make intentional room for everyone to have a place. 

With that in mind, here are some concrete things we've done to make room!

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ALPHA AT ELIXER BREW CO. 

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ALPHA

We had 30-40 people show up at our first attempt of partnering with another church, AND meeting outside of a church building. 

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We even made our own 'neutral' website to help rally churches to work together.  

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IT HAS BEEN AWESOME! 

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THANK YOU to all of you who gave, helped setup, hosted conversations, and prayed for the people looking for answers.

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We believe that discipleship is a part of a healthy diet for every believer. Along with Alpha, we want to provide as many opportunities for you to grow in your faith, build close relationships, and to not do life alone.

We have 2 different types of Groups!

ARE YOU IN COMMUNITY???  


FORMATION GROUPS
Formation Groups focus on spiritual formation and discipleship. Some groups might discuss the sermon, pray, or go through a book together. The emphasis of these groups are intentional spiritual growth.

LIFE GROUPS
Life Groups are really low stakes groups that can center around anything! Like to hike? Great, grab 5 people and go once a month. Like to paint? Rock climb? read Novels? These are also groups that make it easy for you to invite people that don't normally go to church, but allow you the opportunity to grow meaningful relationships.
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CHECK OUT ALL THE AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING IN THE VINEYARD
 

Vineyard USA gathers annual information from all its churches and shares statistics and financial data every year. Check out all the exciting things happening in the Vineyard at-large. 

Vineyard USA is an association of churches birthed out of the Jesus Movement in the 1970s led by John Wimber until his death in 1997. The Vineyard Movement has been characterized by its adherence to Kingdom Theology; its willingness to believe God uses everyday people in the power of the Holy Spirit and an overarching drive to plant churches as a means to reach the lost for Christ. You can explore more about the history and theology of the Vineyard by clicking the button below.

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY 

Vineyard USA gathers annual information from all its churches and shares statistics and financial data every year. Check out all the exciting things happening in the Vineyard at-large. 

Vineyard USA is an association of churches birthed out of the Jesus Movement in the 1970s led by John Wimber until his death in 1997. The Vineyard Movement has been characterized by its adherence to Kingdom Theology; its willingness to believe God uses everyday people in the power of the Holy Spirit and an overarching drive to plant churches as a means to reach the lost for Christ. You can explore more about the history and theology of the Vineyard by clicking the button below.

We have continued our outreach to serve the residents of Countryside Living with a summer festival where we served over 200 people, not counting all those who received face painting and raced through the bouncy obstacle course. Several of our own people provided additional items, like books, a cotton candy machine, and a table for prayer and information. We also went on prayer walks throughout the neighborhood and have Christmas caroling, and more, planned for December.

Outreach to our neighbors...

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LEADERSHIP UPDATES

CLINT & AMY PARSONS

Clint and Amy moved here from California just over a year ago and have come to call Riverstone Vineyard home.  

DAVID PRICE-WILLIAMS

With a servants heart- David Price Williams has been faithfully and generously loving on our middle and high school aged kids and developing a Wednesday night youth program. 

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- more on that- 

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David has also agreed to serve on our finance team and bring his business savvy to help us financially flourish.

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Give David a big high five if you see him. He serves this church tirelessly. 

TANYA LUNA

Anna Kulp has stepped up and is now our Coffee Czar! She's making sure that the cafe is serving up coffee every week, and making sure your caffeine habit is well fed. Thank you Anna!

MATT KISER?- mens? 

Sara is helping in an Admin Assistant role a few hours a week. She will help Chris keep things moving and making sure things don't fall through the cracks.

Andrea McCullough 

Robyn has stepped into the role of our church Accountant. She's going to make sure our books are healthy and accountable with our finance team. We are so thankful for her willingness to take on such a monumental task!

AMY WALLACE

Amy has been answering our church phone for quite a while now. She's on the frontlines when people call and want to talk to someone at the church - even if 95% of those calls are telemarketers.

DO YOU HAVE OUR CHURCH APP?
 

This App is your one-stop shop to see what’s going on at our church, connect & communicate with small groups, give, and register for events!

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We baptized around 25 people in 2023. 

WE WANT TO DOUBLE THAT IN 2024. 

As we continue to ask 'What would church look like if it wasn't just about us?' and turn our church outward to seek and save the lost- We've made it our goal to baptize 50 people in 2024.
That means our heart for our members is that they are routinely praying for those around them who do not know Jesus and willing to invite them to events and Sunday mornings. Jesus was on Mission so we want to be on mission. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

THANK YOU

Lastly, we just want to say THANK YOU. Thank you for being a part of this church. Thank you for volunteering, investing your time, investing your money, and investing into The Kingdom. We could not do this without you.

FINANCE CHARTS HERE

Here's where your generous tithes and offerings are going. In addition to simply paying our monthly costs, we've been able to ...
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