I pray you had a great Thanksgiving and have enjoyed time with family and friends. I enjoyed spending nearly two weeks back in Indiana with family and friends. From November 10th-22nd I spent time visiting churches and pastors in the BRCC network. The primary purpose of the trip was to attend the missions banquet at Brookville Road Community Church. I also had the opportunity to speak at BRCC and Brandywine Community Church. It was great catching up with the other pastors and staff, and hearing about how God has been working in their churches. I came back with a list of prayer requests from our parent church and sister churches that we, The Branches Community Church, will be praying for.
I'm so grateful for the friendships and support that we have experienced with our extended church family. It is a privilege to partner with this group of pastors and congregations back in Indiana. Although we are separated by distance, our common goals of reaching our communities for Christ and extending His work across the globe helps us to realize that we are all working together.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, our first "preview service" has been moved from December 5th to January 9th. San Pasqual High School is completing construction on their campus and their auditorium is in use on the date that we needed it. Fortunately, the delay will allow us more time to invite friends and family members to our first service. Our preview services will be on the following dates: Jan. 9, Feb 6, Mar 6, April 3rd and Easter April 24th. Beginning on Easter Sunday we plan to meet each Sunday.
Invitation cards are being printed so that we can distribute them by hand in the community. We recently supported our local civic theatre by helping with stage props and were given a large, full page, color advertisement in their playbill which invited people to our first service. Our launch team purchased and assembled Thanksgiving baskets that were distributed to needy families in the Escondido area; and plans are being made to go Christmas caroling at a local retirement community on Christmas Eve.
Prayer Requests
Please pray for:
Continued blessings for our mother church, Brookville Road Community Church; and our sister churches.
Our preview services: that we would have good attendance, that God would be glorified, and that we would see lives in our community impacted by our young church.
Opportunities for us to express the Lord's love to our community in meaningful ways.
Financial blessings.
Thank you so much for your prayers.
