C2 Family,
I look forward to worshipping with you again this weekend. We really are a church without walls. One church, many locations! Even if it is online, my heart joins with yours in worshipping God. I find joy and strength as your pastor knowing we continue to worship each week together in spirit.
“God is bringing us through.” That’s what I keep telling people and encouraging them with. God will see us all through this. May this season refine us, refresh us, and bring us to repentance. My prayer for all of us is that we will know Jesus better when this storm passes. I am asking God for a new level of faith for myself, and for us all, to trust Him and His ways.
In the meantime, let us continue to share the Gospel. Let’s invite people into faith and hope in Jesus. Let’s grow together as disciples as we help disciple others. Let’s continue to care for one another as Jesus cares for us.
What needs do you have? Is there a need in your life that your C2 Church family can help meet? You can let us know at C2Church.com/Hope.
People continue to ask me how they can help. Perhaps you, like others, are wondering how your stimulus money can make the biggest difference. Some families are in desperate need of that money, while others are deciding what they are going to use this “extra” money for. I believe one way you can invest what you have received would be Kingdom Builders.
Kingdom Builders is our way of committing to people and projects that help build God’s Kingdom in meaningful ways here and now. We have over 50 missionary and ministry partners all around the globe, and right here in mid-Missouri, that we support on a monthly basis. Each year we commit Kingdom Builder funds to people and projects as well. One of our long-time community partners, Love, INC is in need of greater financial support during this crisis. Since the pandemic hit, they have served more homeless families (17) with children in a few weeks than they see in a single year. They depend on donations from the community, including churches like ours. Love INC helps to meet immediate needs like temporary housing, food, and personal care as well as helping them with unemployment paperwork, budgeting and re-entering the workforce. As the economic toll of this crisis rolls forward, their ability to meet the need is limited. But this is what Kingdom Builders is all about! Their name literally stands for “Love In the Name of Christ.” We are able to respond with generosity in this moment because of the ongoing generosity of our people through Kingdom Builders. So today, we have committed above our monthly support of Love, INC, an immediate $5,000 to be followed up by another $5,000 in the next few months.
If you haven’t yet, would you consider becoming a Kingdom Builder, either through a one-time gift or a recurring gift? Every dollar goes directly to support our missionary and ministries partners.
Thank you for your partnership in the mission as we share the love of Christ,
Pastor Jeremy