Wow! Yesterday’s Give Love blew us away! The Restored Family of Churches together raised more than $54,000 to support Josh and Courtney Lewis and @anthemdenver! We are in awe of the generosity shown to our friends and their church plant by the four Restored churches! And we were so blessed to have Josh and Courtney with us on Sunday to share with us and lead us in worship to our God who has been so generous with us! #givelove2019 #restoredfamilyofchurches #restoredtogether #anthemdenver
Today is Give Love 2019! Every year, the Restored Family of Churches comes together to raise money for an initiative or church planting endeavor outside of the local church. In the past few years, we have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for church plants, fighting human trafficking, blessing inner city students and sending our first missionary couple to Northern Africa! Money raised on Give Love Sunday always goes outside of the four walls of our local church. This year we want to bless a church plant that recently launched in Denver, Colorado. Led by Josh and Courtney Lewis who did a church planting residency with Restored Uptown in 2018, @anthemdenver is a new church in Denver with a financial need. Most church plants need some level of external financial support for the first two to three years, as giving among local believers is often small. Every one of the Restored Churches started out this way, including Restored Uptown! With that in mind, we are trying to raise $25,000 to make up the difference between Anthem Denver's initial year one costs and what their deficit is each month. You can give online restoreduptown.com/give. Just select the "Give Love 2019" fund to give directly to this initiative. Everything that is given there and everything given during our gathering today will go straight to Anthem Denver. We'd love to see you today at 10AM at Jefferson Elementary! If you are unable to make it, or if you'd like to give early, our giving fund is available now (link in bio). When: 10 AM Where: Jefferson Elementary School | 3770 Utah Street, San Diego, CA . . . #restoredchurch #restoreduptown #sundaygathering #sandiego #northpark #churchisfamily #Jesus #thetruestoryofeverything #restoredtogether #restoredfamilyofchurches
This week, a few leaders from the Restored Family of Churches joined the Genesis Collective annual retreat in Malibu. It was a powerful and encouraging time of getting away from the normal rhythms of life to connect with God and with church planters from around the world. We’re so grateful to God that he’s given us so many brothers and sisters to partner with in his global mission to redeem and restore all of creation back to himself. Andy from @restoreduptown, Brad from @restoredla, and Tom from @restoredtemecula all shared and ministered to those in attendance. And we got to hear from Josh and Courtney Lewis about the work God is doing through them and @anthemdenver. They will be with us this Sunday for Give Love! Have you prayed about how much God’s calling you to give to this church plant? #restoredtogether #restoredfamilyofchurches #genesiscollective #bettertogether #givelove
We have such a generous God! In response to the generosity Jesus displayed on the cross for us, we want to be generous people who live to bless others! We have a unique opportunity to bless a church that we are closely connected to this coming Sunday!⠀ ⠀ Josh and Courtney Lewis and his family spent six months with us last year as they prepared to plant a church in Denver, Colorado. Last month they officially launched @anthemdenver and are already seeing God do some amazing things in the lives of people connected to their church community!⠀ ⠀ This Sunday, October 20, the Restored Family of Churches will be taking a special offering to bless Anthem Denver and partner with them in making disciples in Denver! The Lewises will also be with us that Sunday and Josh will be leading us in worship. We hope you will join us in joyfully giving to Anthem Denver as a sacrificial response to the generosity you've received in Jesus!⠀ ⠀ Would you spend some time this week praying and asking God how much he is calling you to give?⠀ ⠀ You can give now at the link in our bio and selecting Give Love 2019 fund, or give in person this Sunday!⠀ ⠀ #restoredtogether #givelove2019 #anthemdenver