If you'll recall, in our last letter I shared that we would be raising 100% of our living expenses for this 12 month period. Our goal was $50,000. As of July 12th we had collected a little over $15,000 in pledges and up front gifts. With our last letter we asked for prayer and encouraged others to partner with us financially.  

We now have 35 individuals and families as well as 2 organizations partnering with us ! Your gifts and pledges have helped us reach 100% support!! Do you have any idea how amazing this is?!?! God has used YOU to help in kingdom work in an incredible way. In roughly six weeks of fund raising God has used your generosity in economically miraculous ways. 

We are extremely humbled and grateful. So many of you are sacrificially sharing with our family and we give God all the glory! 

What is Chris Doing?

Many of you may be wondering, "What is Chris doing out there in Charlotte?" Well, here's a snapshot. My title at Kinetic is "Leadership Resident." I'm a full-time staff member whose job is to work at the church, learn under the guidance of the staff and leadership and gain a broad bit of experience of what it's like to be a part of a church plant. Kinetic is 6 years old and still a mobile church (i.e. they set up and take down their "church facility" each Sunday in a local high school). I will be given the lead or co-lead role in a variety of ministries at Kinetic over the course of this year. Getting an opportunity to work with their Frontline (greeting and hospitality) team, production team, Kinetic Kids, etc. I will also be trying to build a small group that I will lead as well as share some of the preaching responsibilities with Dave. In addition to that I will serve on the staff in the ways that I have at other churches, simply being one of the guys on the team and "doing my thing" with the help of the gifts God has given me.

Last week I preached for both services on the will of God, sharing some of my journey finding and riding the wave of God's mercy. This week I'm setting up some meetings and "getting started" kind of stuff.

I came into this thing thinking about how great of an experience it would be for my education but God has laid a deeper layer of purpose on my heart. I will also be able to share the love of Jesus with many of the people He loves here in the Charlotte area. I look forward to discipling people, teaching them, and sharing life with them over this next year. 

• Become a prayer partner!  It is the most powerful way you can contribute to the spiritual needs of our ministry. You'll find a prayer list in the left column.
• Become a monthly/regular financial partner. At this point, all funds raised will be filtered to the "church plant" phase of our mission and we are still looking for 3 year partners for fall 2012-Fall 2015. You would not believe the impact your monthly $25, $50, $100, or more means to a family living on the support of other believers. A sacrificial gift is one that comes with so many blessings. If you are interested in being a partner in the church planting phase and want to front load our funds at this time please contact us!
• Consider a special gift.  Even if you cannot commit to a regular contribution, your one time gifts will go a long way in strengthening the financial end of our ministry. As with the the monthly partners (above) all of these funds will go into the church plant phase

*a special note for transparency and accountability. All of our funds are currently being handled by Kinetic Church's accountant. But 100% of your gifts will go to the ministry that the Woolard family is doing.