Today in the midst of a completely packed house I had the privilege of celebrating progress in our building campaign. People have given $35,000 since our first big give date just a month ago. We are giving 10% of everything received since that day to our local serving efforts, so $3,500 was available for our "Unexpected Christmas Store"--which along with another $2,000 from Ridge Church operating budget and $3-4k in donations, supplied Christmas for 14 local families.
So how are we doing? Really?
We have received over $148,000 total to date for our 1 twelve campaign! So here is how it breaks down in comparison to our goals. As a refresher: "1" stands for bigger one time gifts designed to fund most of the up fit and "twelve" stands for 12 month commitments/pledges in 2012 to help absorb the remaining up fit and increased overhead costs related to our new facility.
1 "gifts": Approximately 55% of goal (*enough to at least begin the demo work in January)
Twelve "Pledges": Approximately 25% of goal
The "twelve pledges" are an absolute must for us to get into the building so lean in and dream big with us! Here is the video we showed today as a little reminder of why this matters. Awesome to be a part of this Church and this mission!
Twelve in 2012--December 18th
I'm blown away and honored by the sacrificial generosity of the people connected to the Ridge Church community. I use the word "connected" because some of the people that have continued to support Ridge Church financially through the years don't even attend our church and some don't even live in our city--but they believe in what we are doing enough to to help fund this amazing mission.
[The "1"] We are making progress weekly on our "1 twelve" fund to renovate our future home. The "1" of the 1 twelve is our effort to collect bigger one time gifts to capture the bulk of the funds needed for our renovations. Our next big give date is December 18th
[The "twelve"] The "twelve" of 1 twelve is equally if not more important than the big gifts. The "twelve" represents a 12 month commitment in 2012 to increase our monthly operating budget. Without this monthly increase we won't be able to sustain the increased costs related to a 24/7 facility. On December 18th we are doing a "pledge" day. The chart below represents our current giving, our goal, and what it will take for us to bridge the gap. We only need 25 families or individual to either START giving or INCREASE there giving (picking up one yellow box each). This goal is very achievable...so we would love for you to pray--then pick a box for 2010. TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS!!
[The "1"] We are making progress weekly on our "1 twelve" fund to renovate our future home. The "1" of the 1 twelve is our effort to collect bigger one time gifts to capture the bulk of the funds needed for our renovations. Our next big give date is December 18th
[The "twelve"] The "twelve" of 1 twelve is equally if not more important than the big gifts. The "twelve" represents a 12 month commitment in 2012 to increase our monthly operating budget. Without this monthly increase we won't be able to sustain the increased costs related to a 24/7 facility. On December 18th we are doing a "pledge" day. The chart below represents our current giving, our goal, and what it will take for us to bridge the gap. We only need 25 families or individual to either START giving or INCREASE there giving (picking up one yellow box each). This goal is very achievable...so we would love for you to pray--then pick a box for 2010. TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS!!
Do you have breakfast plans Saturday?
One of our community groups from Ridge Church is hosting a pancake, or if you are from the south, a flapjack breakfast Saturday, December 10th from 7-10 am at the Applebees in Matthews. The proceeds will help us do two things:
- Renovate a new 24/7facility for Ridge Church--
- Supply Christmas for 14 needy families
This is something that one of our community groups took upon themselves, to plan, promote, and do and I think it's incredible that people have owned the vision and mission of Ridge at that level. So please come out and support their efforts and our mission.
A courageous step (video)
We asked these families to give us their Christmas "wish list" and it was incredibly humbling, and honestly a bit convicting! Unlike the wish list most of us would formulate, with iphones, 70 inch tv's, new cars, new jewelry bla, bla, bla---these "wish lists" were more or less survival lists for many of them. They asked for groceries, pajamas, blind for windows, house hold items (and yes a few toys!). Many of them are just hoping to have electricity this Christmas. It was truly humbling to experience. AND I want us to rise to the challenge.
1st Video inside Ridge Future Home
Our 1 twelve campaign (1 stands for a one time gift TWELVE stands for a 12 month giving commitment) had it's official beginning this weekend. We are extremely excited about the journey toward the future home of Ridge Church and we are very grateful for the families that are sacrificing to lean in and give generous financial support. Every gift makes a difference. Begin preparing now for the next BIG GIVE date on December 18th. Also, remember that 10% of everything we receive toward this campaign will be given directly to benefit our title one school partnership with Piney Grove Elementary School. To contribute through e-give CLICK HERE.
Here's the first video shot in the Future Home of Ridge Church. Stay tuned for three more in the days ahead:
Here's the first video shot in the Future Home of Ridge Church. Stay tuned for three more in the days ahead:
More seats, more people, better environments
This video is from our 1 twelve informational meeting on September 19, 2010. The vision and mission of Ridge Church are so exciting. It's not just bricks and mortar it's hearts and souls. Don't wait to get involved. Now is the time! No regrets...find your place in the story.
1 twelve update--off we go!
Ridge Church recently celebrated two years of Sunday morning services and it was a great reminder of how much God has done in such a short time as well as a reminder of the potential of our future. A few weeks ago, not including the 15 adult volunteers, we had 55 children just in our Upstreet environment (k-5th grade). That's far more children than the amount of adults that were in our launch team two years ago when we officially launched Sunday morning services. Needless to say our family ministries are knocking it out of the park!
That's ONE of the many of reasons for this 1 twelve campaign. We MUST create more open seats for children, and we want to continue to create even better, more appealing, environments for them and their entire family.
In short--1 twelve is the run way for us to make the move to a 24/7 location for this young, exciting, growing church and you can be part of it. Our challenge to people is to become a 1 twelve partner by making a 1 time gift to begin building what we call a seed fund. The other half is a commitment to a 12 month giving increase above and beyond normal giving. Increased giving for a season for a purpose!! Here is a snapshot of our 1x gifts to date. The green boxes represent gifts received. (click on image to enlarge):
That's ONE of the many of reasons for this 1 twelve campaign. We MUST create more open seats for children, and we want to continue to create even better, more appealing, environments for them and their entire family.
In short--1 twelve is the run way for us to make the move to a 24/7 location for this young, exciting, growing church and you can be part of it. Our challenge to people is to become a 1 twelve partner by making a 1 time gift to begin building what we call a seed fund. The other half is a commitment to a 12 month giving increase above and beyond normal giving. Increased giving for a season for a purpose!! Here is a snapshot of our 1x gifts to date. The green boxes represent gifts received. (click on image to enlarge):
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