Praising God for another year of Celebrations!
Getting the Life in Worship:
- Over 700 on average attended in-person weekly worship, up 7%
- 1,553 attended in-person Christmas Eve worship, up 39%
- 2,227 attended in-person Holy Week worship, up almost 400 people
- 15 baptisms were celebrated
- Over 80 kids sang and worshiped Jesus on Palm Sunday
Experiencing the Life in Community:
- 19 Life Groups participated in the Made for More study
- Nine new Life Groups formed
- 45 people participated in Rooted, and nine new Rooted facilitators were trained and coached to take a next step to lead
Giving the Life Away in Mission:
- Over $13K was raised for Saint Trinity Urban Ministries
- Over 525 walkers, servants, and sponsors joined together to help bring awareness, education, and support to our community at the Stomp Out Addiction Walk where $15,525 was raised
- Mission trips to Pine Ridge, Acuna Mexico, and Guatemala returned many blessings as lives were impacted when people took the next step to serve.
- 85 kids in foster care received pajamas and Christmas presents through Foster Together Christmas
- Our new C.A.R.E.S Team officially formed to assist those in need in our community
- $10K was collected at VBS for Feed My People, where over 500 kids and servants had a fin-tastic week diving into friendship with God
- 23 middle schoolers and five adults went to Camp Wartburg for a mission trip. They cleared out an overgrown outdoor chapel area and finished building a new storage shed
- 17 students, young adults, and leaders were sent on mission to Acuna, Mexico to build a home for a family of ministry leaders
- 68 folks at Faith supported Faith’s mission and ministry for the first time
Praising God for our Staff:
- Added Pastor Matt Peeples to partner with us to support our Life Groups and leaders, to work with staff to begin the Missionary Pathway process, and to serve as an advisor on the Executive Team
- Added Chloe Akerson to the Business Office
- Five Interns took a next step to learn new skills at Faith
- Restructured the Executive Team to include six staff