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Mission Giving at Rockbridge Church

We had a fantastic day of worship and connection with different mission organizations! Thank you for pledging to pray, give and go! Our partners stepped up and committed $12,695 to be given to mission organizations plus a deep commitment to prayer and action. If you have not made a faith giving pledge, you can do so here . I had a partner ask me after worship, what we are going to do now, after this big mission launch. The goal is two-fold: 1. We want you, our people to get out and serve in missions. Hopefully, you signed up to volunteer with one of the wonderful organizations that we had at our event. Soon we will have a place on our web page and on our Mission Cross (by the donuts) where you can sign up with great organizations. If you have an organization that you would like the church to partner with, then please email mission@rockbridgelife.com and tell us about that organization! 2. We also want to use the funds that you give in the best way possible. Rockbridge will suppo

Why Faith Promise Giving?

On Sunday at worship with Rockbridge Church during our Mission Celebration, we are going to ask partners and regular attendees to commit to a faith promise giving for missions. We believe that we are called to the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world, and this faith promise is one part of how we do that! The fact is that there are amazing mission organizations that are greatly impacting the world that we want to partner with. We will select faith-based organizations that will use nearly all of your gift to go directly to serving a need by a person locally, regionally, or internationally. These organizations are ones that are committed to taking care of both the physical and spiritual needs of a person. A faith promise is a financial commitment to missions based upon the conviction that God wants to give that amount to missions; an amount not necessarily dependent upon known resources. This is about trusting God to give through you! A faith p

Why a Mission Celebration?

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I am very excited that we are hosting a Mission Celebration on March 18th this year at Rockbridge. Serving in the community has always been a passion of mine! There is a reason that Micah 6:8 is my theme passage! God requires us to act justly, to love mercy and walk humbly with our God. That means to me, at least in part, that we are called to serve our communities and that bringing God's kingdom means the poor, the oppressed, the suffering, and the hurting in our world are priorities for the church to help. So on March 18: We are going to have local, regional, and international mission organizations here at Rockbridge so that you can see where you are called to serve! My goal and vision for missions at the church is for everyone to participate in some way serving outside the walls of the congregation. There should be something for everyone. We are looking at being missional, with our hope to be part of God's healing mercy both spiritually and physically. Ephesians 2:10 te