We have just had another amazing weekend at The Rock Church!
On Saturday, as part of our 99 Days of Serving this summer, over 70 people from our church showed up at Asheville Buncombe County Christian Mission’s (ABCCM) women’s facility to help upgrade some of the rooms. We had so many people we ended up spilling over into cleaning the kitchen, cutting the grass, fixing grout work and on and on – in addition to totally redoing 3 of their dorm rooms. We had a blast working together and the rooms turned out great!
They told us we were the largest group that has ever showed up to volunteer at their facility. Way to go Rockers!
On Sunday, we heard a great message by Dino Rizzo in our One Prayer series. He spoke on “Make Us Extremely Generous”. We also received an offering to help support an ambitious church planting effort through One Prayer partnership. The goal is 500 churches in China, India, Sudan and Cambodia.
We also had 21 people raise their hand to respond to Christ at the end of Sunday service.
Wow!
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What an amazing day Saturday at ABCCM. The hearts and attitudes of every single person involved were astounding. Jesus himself would have said, "Now that's what I'm talking about". I think he is saying the same thing about the unity being formed through One Prayer. What a great time to be a part of God's house and what he is doing.
Posted on June 23, 2008 at 9:30 PM
That day took my breath away...really... There were so many people I had to introduce myself to - at a serving day!!! How beautiful to see that many people who don't even know eachother come together - unify - for the sole purpose of reaching out to our community with love, time, joy...and even sweat! "God Heart's AVL...and so do we!" Yes, we do...and it's beautiful. AND, to have our incredible, loving, accessible pastors at the helm - working (HARD!), encouraging, laughing...being the very real and wonderful people they are... It was a day that has already rooted itself in my heart and reminded me once again why I am so blessed to call this place home.
Posted on June 24, 2008 at 8:51 AM
I fell in love with my Pastors, My Church, and my friends all over again.
Days like this restore more than just buildings.
Posted on June 25, 2008 at 10:13 PM