Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Join The Conspiracy.



Dear Centerpoint Church Family,
I love this time of year – parties, family, good food, and a focus on generosity in our society that is different than any other time of year. As The Church, we should be at the forefront of that generosity.
During the month of December, I’m inviting everyone connected to Centerpoint Church to participate in our Advent Conspiracy Offering. The idea behind Advent Conspiracy is turning this season upside down to unleash an avalanche of generosity on our community to advance the Gospel and meet needs because of the Gospel. This is the time of year where we put feet to our faith – where we show our community the love of Jesus.
The idea here is that as we buy gifts for other people, we want our largest, most extravagant gift to go to Jesus. We’ll use 100% of the donations to the Advent Conspiracy Offering to fund the following projects:
  • Adding a full-time pastor to our staff. Our church has grown by nearly 150% over the past year, making it one of the fastest growing small churches in the country (Ed Stetzer, Lifeway Research of churches of 1,000 and under). The exciting thing for us is that many of those people are new to “the church” or are returning after being away for years. This has created a great need to add additional leadership in order to continue to create great environments, develop leaders, and have the structure to reach more people. Adding staff is in line with our vision, which is not just to grow numerically, but to help those who are attending CC to grow spiritually.  
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  • Planting our first CC extension campus near USF. The addition of another full-time staff member will allow us to partner with several groups who are also passionate about reaching college students, the least-churched demographic in the United States. We already have college students who commute and are asking about the possibility of inviting their friends to an extension campus closer to their university. 
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  • Digging wells through Living Water International. We will send money to dig several wells in Uganda where the lack of clean water is directly linked to disease and death. It’s an amazing opportunity to show the love of Jesus globally. 

On December 16, 2012, we will receive the Advent Conspiracy Offering during both of our weekend services. We’re providing special giving envelopes and encouraging everyone to come prepared to give on that day. You can get more information on the offering at www.centerpointfl.org/AC.
If you’re going to be out of town on December 16 or if you’d like to go ahead and donate now, you can do that online at www.centerpointfl.org. It’s safe, secure and simple to use.
In addition, during our Advent Conspiracy campaign we are encouraging every CCer to be generous with food and time. Donate food for Metropolitan Ministries on December 9th and donate time by serving at one of the incredible compassion organizations we partner with. We also have an Advent Devotional Guide with activities for individuals, families, and community groups during this season. All of the details are at www.centerpointfl.org/AC.
Please pray about participating and conspiring with us. God has given us an extraordinary stewardship of this message of reckless grace. Let’s unleash a wave of generosity for more people to encounter Jesus and for real physical needs to be meet.
Bryant
Lead Pastor and Fellow Bridge Builder
Centerpoint Church

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