Father’s Day Gift Bags for CityTeam This Weekend! |
We are excited to team up with CityTeam to celebrate with the men who are changing their lives through their programs. We are collecting donations for 60 gift bags that will be assembled at Bridges this Sat., June 18, at 10:30am and then delivered to CityTeam San Jose. We are seeking help with delivering the bags! For more information, please contact Lyn Rogers at lynrogers143@gmail.com or 408-355-5302.
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Sports & More Camp Starts Next Week! |
There's still time to register! Join us for Sports & More Camp, June 20-24, 2:00-5:15pm on the Bridges campus. We will have a team from Uncharted Waters joining us to help lead ages 6-12 in basketball, soccer, and art, and a fun Sports Skills program for 4 and 5 year olds. For more info or to sign up, visit bridges.church/sportsandmore. Questions? Contact kathy@bridges.church.
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Volunteers Needed for Sports & More Camp |
We are so excited for Sports & More Camp coming up next week, June 20-24, 2:00-5:15pm each day. We are still looking for people to serve in several areas of the camp, to help the leaders from Uncharted Waters. You can help at our registration table, preparing snacks, or in one of the areas with our children—basketball, soccer, or art. Please use this link to let us know how you would like to help: HERE. Contact Alba or Kathy with questions or for more information.
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Our next opportunity to spend extended time together as a congregation is Sun., July 31, at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz! Times to pause as an entire church family in a setting where we can personally interact are important. We've had an Easter breakfast, a summer potluck lunch, and now we'll have a day at the beach! Come for worship at 11:00am, bring lunch, and stay for the afternoon. There may not be a better chance to make new friends from Bridges. If you need a ride, or you have extra space in your car to offer a ride, let us know by emailing liliya@bridges.church. Note: there will be no service at Bridges the morning of July 31.
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Bridges’ Search for New Elders |
BCC is looking for “a few good men." More accurately, we’re looking for God’s choice of men who love Jesus and meet the biblical standard for leadership. Our constitution limits Elders’ terms, so we will be losing Mel Rosowski, Fritz Mueller, and Mark Chen this year, and we need your help to identify our next group of leaders.
Al Kruger is chairing a search committee comprised of Jayne Bell, Allen Bates, Yuki Ichiriu, Sarah Sun, and Andrew Hill. They would all be pleased to hear your recommendations, as would any of our current Elders. You can reach Al through email at al@bridges.church.
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Ukrainian Refugee Needs Rental Housing and Car |
A Ukrainian mom who fled the war with her 2 kids (who are enrolled at LACS) is looking for an affordable place to rent. She is also looking to buy a secondhand car. If you have or know of rental housing and/or a car the family can benefit from, please contact Sujana Panthulu: sujana.panthulu@gmail.com or 971-533-5744.
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Enroll in Grades K-12 at Los Altos Christian Schools |
LACS is accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year for Kindergarten-12th grade! Our accredited school serves families with students in general education and students with mild to moderate learning differences. We are excited about their recently opened high school, which helps students excel in "LACS" -- Leadership, Academics, Character, and Service. For more information, visit lacs.com.
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Join us in praying for all the people hurting due to the war in Ukraine, and consider supporting Ukrainians financially by donating toward WorldVenture’s Ukraine Relief Fund HERE.
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Good news! BCC has reached our CityTeam funding goal of $30K! We are continuing to help them renovate their existing apartment complex that will be used as transitional housing for women and children in crisis, and we're still meeting together most Saturdays to help with some actual hands-on work (demo, floor and bathroom remodel, paint, etc). If you are interested in helping, please contact Steve Durand at steve@bridges.church.
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Sunday Morning Nursery & Preschool Volunteers Needed |
The Bridges Nursery and Preschool Ministries are looking for warm, loving volunteers to help care for our babies and kids on Sunday mornings. The nursery needs help during the first or second hour on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. For details or to volunteer, email Liliya Gor at liliya@bridges.church. The preschool needs help during the first or second hour on a monthly basis. For details or to volunteer, email Kathy Spillar at kathy@bridges.church.
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Transportation Help Needed |
We're looking for help providing transportation for people wanting to come to Bridges on Sunday mornings. If you are willing to help once or twice a month, contact Pastor Steve at steve@bridges.church. You can use your own car or our regular-sized church van (no special license required).
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Finance Update as of June 12, 2022 |
These are our current year-to-date giving figures: Actual is $1,316,136; budgeted is $1,403,845; shortfall is $87,709. We are now 6.2% below our General Fund budgeted contributions for the church year, which runs Sept. 1 - Aug. 31.
Did you know that you can text to give? Use your phone’s text messaging function and enter 650-864-4437 as the recipient. In the message field, type “Give” and tap the “send” button. You will receive a text in response with further instructions. More information is available on the BCC giving page.
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Speaker: Pastor Dan Stockum
Message Title: Praise, Glory, Majesty
Scripture Focus: Psalm 96
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As we begin our summer series in the Psalms, we start with the goodness and greatness of God: His power, salvation, and rule. The Psalmist even seems to lack the words to describe the extent of God's glory. As we study this Psalm, pray that God would similarly open all of our hearts to be properly awed by Him. |
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Use YouVersion Live This Sunday |
"YouVersion Bible" is a free app available on most smart phones and mobile devices. Each week, we upload our message notes to YouVersion so you can connect more deeply with the day's teaching. Download the app from Apple's App Store or wherever applications for your device are available. |
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Last Sunday's Message Online Now |
Missed last week's message? Click HERE to watch June 12: "God Sovereign in Relief" by Pastor Dan Stockum. All past Sunday messages are available on our Sermons page.
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Connecting Virtually with Our Worship Services |
Can't make it to our on-campus service on Sunday? You can watch a recording online beginning Monday afternoon every week.
You can also listen to our entire worship service on your phone by calling 650-209-7367 anytime after Sunday night football concludes. The service will be accessible all week.
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Submit Your Questions About Our Sermons! |
Do you have a question about this week's sermon? We want to hear it! Click the green box next to the sermon video on THIS page to submit a question. The more we get, the more we know you are interacting with the message, so please send them our way. Depending on the number of questions we receive, we will vary how often we record responses and make those available to you. To see our pastors answer past sermon questions, click HERE.
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Our Bridges family prays together virtually on Wednesdays at noon. We'd love to have you join us, even if you can only get away from other things for five minutes. When we come before God's throne of grace to find mercy and help in our time of need, God hears our prayers and always answers. We invite you to join our prayer time HERE on Zoom every Wednesday at noon. The passcode is: Prayer.
If you can't make the noon meeting, a prayer group also meets on Wednesdays at 7:00pm on Zoom. Please use the same Zoom link and passcode as above.
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Many of our Life Groups and ministries are meeting regularly—some virtually using Zoom and others in person! Click HERE to see our current groups and when and where they meet.
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We’d love for each person to find a place to use their God given-gifts within our Bridges family. If you haven’t already, please take a moment to prayerfully consider how God would like you to serve at Bridges, and let us know by filling out this online form: bridges.church/serve. If you've already filled out the form, a ministry leader will contact you in the coming weeks to arrange next steps. Thank you for helping build our church!
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Need help picking up groceries, setting up tech tools or equipment, running errands, etc.? We have a team of people who are ready and willing to help. Just click HERE to let us know your need, and we will make sure you're taken care of.
If you're able and willing to help others during this time, especially those who cannot leave their homes, please click HERE.
If you have a prayer request that our BCC staff can pray over, please click HERE.
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Bridges Community Church
625 Magdalena Ave.
Los Altos, CA 94024
Ph: 650.948.5698 Fax: 650.949.6052
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