God is leading us to reach out to our partners and potential partners. We are gaining momentum and continuing to gain favor within our community leading up to the launch of the church in September, but we have much work to be done until then. We have partners that have given financially to get us to NYC and some that continue to give to keep us here. We are now praying for more partners to commit to give to Connection Church during this vital point in the process. Every gift, no matter the size, helps the story of Connection Church continue. If we have 5 churches that gave $500 per month and 25 individuals that gave $100 per month, we would meet our needed budget for the next year. Our budget increases over the next two months because of preview services, outreaches to our neighbors, and the influx of mission teams coming in June, July, and August.
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| Pastor Daniel rockin' the Yellow Cab |
As a cab driver in NYC, I have the opportunity to hear many interesting stories from the different people who sit behind me each day. Some have moved here to "make it big" in theater, banking, law, or business, and some have come here from other countries to have the freedom to change their family's story from oppression to prosperity. With all of the different testimonies I've heard, there seems to be at least one common thread in all of them: a step of faith. They believed that life was going to be better if they took this leap and "went for it" and that gave them the strength to endure the difficult times. Their stories were written differently because of what they believed.
Connection Church also has a story that is being written right now. We have a vision to see a church started that reaches people who do not know God and spreads the Gospel of Jesus Christ all over NYC and the world. Since moving to NYC, both the McGhees and the Mayberrys have seen God open door after door to continually affirm his leading them to the city. God will finish whatever he starts: Be confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ (Phil 1:6). We believe God has started a work in us, in you, and in NYC.
We have many teams of people that are spending money to come to NYC and help us saturate our neighborhood with God's love, but not everyone can come for a week's worth of work. And to be honest, we don't need everyone to fill that particular role in ministry. Some people have the ministry of giving financially, and God wants to use the resources he has given you for kingdom work.
Can you give to the work of Connection Church in NYC? Can you help write the story of this new work being started in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the world? Will you be one of the key reasons that the people of NYC come to know the Author of their life, the Author of their story?
Your gifts can be given online at: http://connectionnyc.com/online-giving.htm (Make sure to write "ConnectionNYC" in the memo line)
You can also send a check to: Connection Church NYC
c/o Memorial Drive Baptist Church
325 N. Piney Point Rd.
Houston, TX 77024
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