God challenged NRHC to two things: what can we do and what can we give to help us reach our Circle of Accountability (CoA). When God challenges, God provides, and it is obvious that God is performing miracles!

Do Update

Last October we covered two maps of our CoA with almost 500 commitments to make a difference in our city. It is exciting to dream…What if there were no orphans in our region? What if those in crises had a ready helping hand? What if every school in our CoA had a strong church partner to serve them? But how do we do this? What do we do next?

On Thursday February 11 you are invited to the next step. We will have a What If follow-up gathering at the Riverview campus where we will brainstorm ideas, inform about opportunities, and take a closer look at the seven goals we committed to in our CoA. Look for more details in the coming weeks, but pencil in the date now.

By the way, we have already helped 65 families and 275 children with the Christmas Boutique ministry in December (our commitment to those in transition). La Red had their public launch last week as a new church reaching out to the Hispanic community (our commitment to planting new churches). Our new Rawlinson Place campus had over 300 in attendance last week (our commitment to have three strategic campuses around the city). These are just a few examples to be celebrated!

Give Update

The level of sacrifice demonstrated in our commitments to date has been extraordinary. As of January 10, 2010 our 3-year commitments total $1,019,759. To date we have received $165,000! Another exciting thing that happened during the last few months is a $20,000 grant NRHC received to go toward the What If…goal of impacting our CoA.

Let’s be clear… our goal has not changed! We are working hard to raise the entire $1.8 million necessary to purchase the Rawlinson Place campus and shopping center. It is our goal to pay off that location so that we have more money to impact our CoA.

Over the next couple weeks you will receive a 2009 contribution statement that will also include your personal What If… update. You will see both your 3-year commitment and our record of your giving to date. Please double check the numbers and make sure they are accurate. Also, will you join us in praying that we continue to see increases in commitments and contributions in the coming months? As you know we have committed to close on the Rawlinson Place campus and shopping center the middle of this year, and it will take everybody doing their part for us to reach this goal.

Last Updated: 02/03/2010