As a church we continue to preach the Gospel and do our best to live it out in our community. On the last Saturday of each month we have "PB&J at Grape Day". We put together sack lunches and pass them out to homeless and others in downtown Escondido at Grape Day Park. This has been a great opportunity to practically meet needs and interact with others in the community. The last Saturday in October we plan to ratchet it up a notch with a large barbecue in the park.Clean up at San Pasqual High School after the football games is in full swing again. We meet as a group at the end of fourth quarter and begin the task of cleaning up the stands when the fans leave. We generally follow up our night of service by hanging out at Chili's with one another.
Our Men's Bible Study recently completed the book of Luke (it only took us a year to get through it :) Last Monday we began our new study in the book of Acts.
The number of new faces seems to be picking up each week in our Sunday services. We have had new guests almost every week for the past several weeks; it is always a shot in the arm for us to see and connect with new folks. Most of our guests are coming as the result of fellow "branches" inviting their neighbors/coworkers/relatives to join them at church. The challenge becomes developing community outside of our Sunday morning services with those who have recently begun attending.
Our mother church, Brookville Road Community Church, will be having their annual Missions Banquet on November 16th. I will be back in Indiana from November 10-17. I would love to connect with you while I am back. I'm looking forward to catching up with many of you and hearing about what the Lord has been doing in your lives. To stay current with where I will be, please feel free to follow me on Twitter: @changeisgood4u or "friend me" on Facebook - You can also email me at changeisgood4u (at) gmail.com
Pastor James and I would like to thank you for your prayers as we are in the infancy stages of The Branches Community Church. Please continue to pray for favor for all of the families who have moved from Indiana to start this church (Pinkerton's, Harris', Canady's, & Sorensen's) Please pray that the Lord would open doors of opportunity for us as we desire to spread the Gospel to as many people as possible in as many places as possible.
Glad the tomb is empty!
Kris
