As you may have noticed the countdown timer is on 3 months now. Everytime I look at it I get that feeling in my stomach like I am on a roller coaster. Scary but fun. We have come a long way from planning to implementing this church. There is no doubt that we need God to come through in a big way. But the way I see it is go big or go home. If we could do it ourselves we don't need God.
So I want to share a bit of where we have been and where we are at. We started our launch with some info meetings at BJ Brickers back in Jan/Feb. After that we formed a launch team from the people interested in being a part of what we were doing and began monthly pre-view services. Our first was on Easter and we were very excited to see 30 people show up for that. It was awesome. The next month we had 32 new people show up and again we were surprised and blessed. This past months attendance was down but that was ok. We gained a new team member from that service. We met at the Claremont Senior Center for all of these services. Starting in June we will be meeting in the Claremont Movie Center on Washington St. That will be on June 20 to be precise.
Part of our strategy was to do a community project once a month. Our first one we handed out about 200 M&M's with contact cards connected to them to all the shop owners up and down Pleasant St. Our second one we washed 50 windsheilds around Broad St. Park and placed invite cards on them. Last month we gave out 200 carnations at Market Basket with invite cards attached. This was for Mother's day. We gave them all away within 45 minutes. Next year we are going to do 400. Our next project we are handing out 200 flower seed packets with invite cards attached for people all over town.
Another part of our strategy is to have a comeback event for all of our pre-view services. The first month we all went bowling. For the second one we were going to play mini-golf but we got rained out. This time we are going to do a movie night under the stars. That should be a lot of fun.
Although our launch service is 3 months away God has been doing some amazing things. We cannot wait to begin our weekly services. We have been blessed and encouraged by a great many people and churches who are excited about what we are doing.
We continue to ask for help financially, physically and spiritually. If you want to be a part of a life changing church you can help us in several ways. One, we definitely need your prayer support. We can do nothing without the favor of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Please pray for us that we will be a blessing to the city of Claremont and a church known for loving the un-churched.
Two, we definitely need help financially. We couldn't do this without the support of our friends and family. Thanks to those who have committed to give to us for montly support. I also want to thank the Northern New England District who bought into my vision for a church in Claremont and have invested heavily into it. And I want to thank those who are considering giving financially. Starting a church from scratch is very expensive. We are trying to keep our costs down by accepting donations of other kinds i.e. a sound system, toys for our nursery, etc. We still have many things to purchase and don't have the money to do it. Please consider helping us by sending a check to Riverstone Church, PO Box 341, Claremont, NH 03743. Your gifts are tax deductible and greatly appreciated.
And thirdly, we are looking for a few good volunteers who would give their lives in service to God through Riverstone Church. It is our vision to build a church for the unchurched. A place where no perfect people are allowed. Our mission is to make outsiders insiders and insiders faithful followers of Christ. We can't do it alone. If you live in or around Claremont we want to ask you to consider joining a church that is going to do things a bit different. Although we are serious about what we believe God wants to do we love to have fun and we are often a bit irreverent.
If you live somewhere in NE and want to travel up to be a part of one of our community projects than you are more than welcome to come. If your church is looking to do a home missions project then consider us as a candidate for that. Please contact me and we will give you all the info. Go to www.riverstonechurch.tv to get the information you need.
So I want to share a bit of where we have been and where we are at. We started our launch with some info meetings at BJ Brickers back in Jan/Feb. After that we formed a launch team from the people interested in being a part of what we were doing and began monthly pre-view services. Our first was on Easter and we were very excited to see 30 people show up for that. It was awesome. The next month we had 32 new people show up and again we were surprised and blessed. This past months attendance was down but that was ok. We gained a new team member from that service. We met at the Claremont Senior Center for all of these services. Starting in June we will be meeting in the Claremont Movie Center on Washington St. That will be on June 20 to be precise.
Part of our strategy was to do a community project once a month. Our first one we handed out about 200 M&M's with contact cards connected to them to all the shop owners up and down Pleasant St. Our second one we washed 50 windsheilds around Broad St. Park and placed invite cards on them. Last month we gave out 200 carnations at Market Basket with invite cards attached. This was for Mother's day. We gave them all away within 45 minutes. Next year we are going to do 400. Our next project we are handing out 200 flower seed packets with invite cards attached for people all over town.
Another part of our strategy is to have a comeback event for all of our pre-view services. The first month we all went bowling. For the second one we were going to play mini-golf but we got rained out. This time we are going to do a movie night under the stars. That should be a lot of fun.
Although our launch service is 3 months away God has been doing some amazing things. We cannot wait to begin our weekly services. We have been blessed and encouraged by a great many people and churches who are excited about what we are doing.
We continue to ask for help financially, physically and spiritually. If you want to be a part of a life changing church you can help us in several ways. One, we definitely need your prayer support. We can do nothing without the favor of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Please pray for us that we will be a blessing to the city of Claremont and a church known for loving the un-churched.
Two, we definitely need help financially. We couldn't do this without the support of our friends and family. Thanks to those who have committed to give to us for montly support. I also want to thank the Northern New England District who bought into my vision for a church in Claremont and have invested heavily into it. And I want to thank those who are considering giving financially. Starting a church from scratch is very expensive. We are trying to keep our costs down by accepting donations of other kinds i.e. a sound system, toys for our nursery, etc. We still have many things to purchase and don't have the money to do it. Please consider helping us by sending a check to Riverstone Church, PO Box 341, Claremont, NH 03743. Your gifts are tax deductible and greatly appreciated.
And thirdly, we are looking for a few good volunteers who would give their lives in service to God through Riverstone Church. It is our vision to build a church for the unchurched. A place where no perfect people are allowed. Our mission is to make outsiders insiders and insiders faithful followers of Christ. We can't do it alone. If you live in or around Claremont we want to ask you to consider joining a church that is going to do things a bit different. Although we are serious about what we believe God wants to do we love to have fun and we are often a bit irreverent.
If you live somewhere in NE and want to travel up to be a part of one of our community projects than you are more than welcome to come. If your church is looking to do a home missions project then consider us as a candidate for that. Please contact me and we will give you all the info. Go to www.riverstonechurch.tv to get the information you need.
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