Core Groups

Tonight I finished up the last of the four core group meetings that we had for the church. It has been amazing. My original goal was to have 25 people to be on board with the launch. After tonight's meeting we realized that through the four meetings, we had over 60 people represented through the core group process. A couple of families sent one or two people to the meeting to get the info for the entire family which was very cool.

All in all the core group meetings were a huge success and I am even more excited to see what God does from here. A special thanks to the Scott's, Garrison's, Miller's and my parents for hosting the meetings. I will be meeting with our leaders and then we will have a huge meeting with all of our volunteers in the next few weeks. If you didn't turn in your volunteer form at the meeting, please remember to drop me an email with your information within the next couple of weeks so that we can plug you into your area of ministry

Website, Tax Stuff, and Core Groups

The website is up and running www.sstonebridgechurch.tv .

Today was pretty productive on getting a ton of the official tax and paperwork stuff done. It is amazing how many things that you have to fill out for taxes, incorporation, non profit and so on. The good news is that all of this is completed and now I can spend more time on messages and series.

Our third core group meeting is Tuesday at 6:45 p.m in Piedmont. . Drop me an email if you need directions. The fourth one is scheduled for Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in Powdersville.

Core Group Update

We have completed two of our core group meetings. Both went very well and people are getting on board. I was able to lay out our core values and our focus. I shared the vision with both groups and the response was awesome. We had some great questions and discussions. It was a unique learning process for me personally and it felt good to be able to lay everything out and see others get excited about what it going to take place.

We have two more core group meetings next week and I am excited to see what will take place in those meetings as well. It is not too late to get in on one of those meetings.

The cool thing about these meetings is seeing God fill the spots where we have needs. It is late and I have an early meeting with our web designer tomorrow. I will update more later.

Core Group Meetings

We have scheduled 4 of the Core Group meetings with one left to finalize. Having said that, if you would like to get in on the ground floor of what is going to be happening at Stone Bridge Church then make plans to be at one of these meetings. Each meeting will be the same so you will only need to be at one. This will be a time of sharing the vision for the church, prayer, and answering any questions that you may have. You will also have a chance to get plugged in to one of our ministries right from the start. If you are considering being a part of the church, then I encourage you to be a part of this awesome time. Once you decide which meeting you will be able to attend, please email me at scbushelno@aol.com for directions and so we can have an idea of how many to plan for at each location. The dates and locations are as follows: August 22nd- Easley @ the home of Ray and Sandra Clary, August 23rd-Anderson @ the home of Jeff and Alfreda Scott, August 28th -Piedmont @ the home of Jeff and Lisa Garrison, August 29th - Powdersville @ the home of Danny and Brenda Miller

Each meeting will last from 7:00-8:00 p.m. with the exception of the Piedmont meeeting which will start at 6:45p.m. and end at 7:45p.m..

Here's the Latest

We have just about finalized our upcoming Core Group meetings. I will post the dates and locations in the next couple of days. I will say that there will be one meeting in Piedmont, one in Anderson, one in Easley, and two in Powdersville. Once I post the locations, you are free to attend the one closest to you. These Core Group meetings will help you find out more about the church and have any questions answered that you might have. These meetings promise to be exciting as we will begin to see the possibilities that can take place. I am excited about sharing the vision of the church and even more excited to see what happens when people get on board.

Melissa and I will be in Cincinnati this week with Isaac while he has surgery. I will still update and this week I will be doing a three part post on what it takes to start Stone Bridge Church.

Check back for more updates this week and remember to go ahead and begin inviting people for 10.07.07 @ 10:07 A.M. in the Wren High School Auditorium. My prayer is that people would come to Christ from Day 1.

Three Day Recap

Here is a quick recap of the last three days. Friday, I met with the guy who is going to be doing our web design. We decided on a general layout for the site and he will have some preliminary templates for me to view on Tuesday. This is key because we are going to be advertising the website so that people can find out information about us and hopefully will come and check out what is going to be happening.

Our guy who is doing our graphics has finished up our logo which will be key to ordering some of our print media and signage.

We received our paperwork that has to be completed to get our 501 3c status. That will be filled out and sent in by Monday afternoon.

We are supposed to be hearing from the school this week to make it official that we can use the facility.

We will posting the dates and locations for our core group meetings by this Friday. If you would like to be a part of the core group, drop me an email at sammy@sammyclary.com. We have had several people express interest in this and I am looking forward to sharing the vision of Stone Bridge Church.

Here are a few prayer requests: 1. The people we are going to be reaching 2. Pray for the right person to lead our children's ministry 3. Wisdom in all of our decisions

Core Groups and Location

This past week has been filled with some very cool conversations. The core group for the launch in mid-late fall is continuing to grow. We have around 15-20 as of right now committed to the core group that will be helping with the church start. It has been cool to have conversations with people who feel led in the same direction. Tommorrow I am meeting with an old friend who is interested in moving forward with a new church. Things are getting more exciting day by day.

In other news, we are hoping to have some stuff finalized on our location as we will have our third conversation with the folks who are responsible for the facility we are wanting to rent out for our services. Pray that everything goes smoothly with this and that we can proceed forward and begin getting the word out.

We have someone working on our graphics and we hope to have our logo ready soon and we will be meeting with a web designer this week to begin working on our website which we hope to have up within the next month.