Campaign pledge totals announcement

Easter Sunday 2009 ~

A Day of Celebration!

It was the day we were all waiting for ... the Sunday where Pastor Dan would announce the commitment totals pledged in our Touched By Fire Campaign. And what a day of celebration it turned out to be! The following is the pledge totals e-announcement sent out by Pastor Dan following the Easter Sunday announcement:

It was awesome to announce the Touched by Fire pledge total on Easter Sunday! We still haven't stopped giving. More and more folks are turning in their commitment cards! But as of this past weekend, God brought us to a whopping ... $1,136,722 ! It felt good to push pass past the 1.1M mark! Thanks to all of you who worked so hard to make this happen. I know we are all giving the credit to God!

Wait...there's more good news! Scores of you participated in our first ever First Fruits Offering on Palm Sunday. It turned out to be our largest single offering in the history of our church. People gave cash, stocks and valuable items that totaled another whopping ... $111,577 !

Half of the church was involved in volunteering and giving toward this team effort. Way to go, everyone! We did something that will long be remembered by all of us. Our consultant said that RBBC had such a sweet spirit throughout this campaign and mentioned that we had a very successful campaign!

Next Steps - We're weeks away from finalizing our drawings with the architect! We've already started the permit process with the city of San Diego. We'll soon put out to bid our project with three construction companies and then pick one to sign a contract with. Once we break ground in the summer, we are told that the project will most likely take 6 months to complete. Our best case scenario is that we will be in our new upper campus ministry center by early next year.

I can't wait to see what God will do next in our midst! Thank you for your generosity and willingness to follow God's leadership in our church!

Thanking God for Tomorrow! (Isaiah 43:18)

Dan Maxton, Lead Pastor

RBBC Blog Team
rbbclife.com

Gather ~ Grow ~ Give ~ Go
"The mission of RBBC is to lead people into a life-changing, growing relationship with Jesus Christ."