Ridge Church Update

From time to time I like to update on what is going at Ridge Church.  To stay in the know with everything, head over to Ridgechurchblog.com.  Here’s a quick rundown of what’s been happening lately…

• We’ve now been in our building for almost 5 months. I was only about 70% sure at best this was the right move for out church, but with each day, I’m more and more confident we did the right thing.
• We still have really not advertised yet, and so all the growth we’ve seen from the move has been from personal invites.
• Oak Ridge is one of the HARDEST places to advertise for anything. Only 2 billboards in town, can’t put up street signs because of a city ordinance, and the local media stinks.  It’s tough but we’ve got to figure it out.
• Who out there is doing the best job in a similar situation?  Hook a brother up!
• This past Sunday we saw our highest attendance on a non-holiday weekend!  Yeah…I can get up for that
• The current series, Losing My Religion has been a hot topic series.  It’s started the year off with a bang!
• The next series, Real Marriage based on Mark Driscoll’s book, should be another conversation starter
• To be fair and honest, I wasn’t entirely excited about planting a church in Oak Ridge. But the longer I’m here, the more I love this city for what God sees in it.
• I’m  really excited to see what God is doing in our Ridge Kids and Ridge Students so far this year. Ridge Students has already seen several students accept Christ and Ridge Kids is blowing up in size.  It’s gonna be a crazy year for kids at Ridge Church!
• Speaking of crazy, I told our Ridge Students if they hit a certain number, I’d come lead worship for them. Yikes!  I think they’ll do it
• I’m really looking forward to this year of ministry.  The momentum is swinging and I think we’re picking up steam.
• I’ve heard some great reports of random people in our city talking about what Ridge Church is doing in the community.  I’ll take that buzz all day!
• One simple phrase is helping us tighten up loose screws each week….THAT CAN’T HAPPEN. I strongly encourage you to inject it into your culture as well.  It’s totally transferable