Brentwood Tribe,

What an amazing season we’re in! It seems like yesterday we just dreamed about launching new campuses in the greater Lynchburg area, and now we’ve announced our first site to go live in Forest, as well as a relaunch of ETR, all on April 17, 2011—now, enter the “On The Line” series and prayer journey (See previous post for more about On The Line or click here to listen to series).

Well, this is it. Our upcoming Sunday together (February 20, 2011) is “On The Line” Sunday. That means our 30-Day journey of prayer culminates and we decide how our households will respond to God’s leading on Brentwood’s multi-site future. Already, our leadership teams (20 households includes staff, elders and stewardship team) have given $64,000 toward the $300,000 goal.

Through this journey, though, I’ve asked you to join our leadership teams in praying through 3 big questions:
1) What campus will your family make home? ETR or Forest.
2) What financial sacrifice, over-and-above your regular giving, will you give to reach our community with Christ’s message and mission through Brentwood Church?
3) How will you volunteer and serve to launch these two campuses for success?

I keep hearing and experiencing story after story of people being completely transformed by this entire vision and prayer journey.

Here’s a quick story from one couple who emailed: “We haven’t been to the prayer room but have been praying at home. We’ve updated are budget & found the only place we could cut is our monthly $15 Netflix. $180 isn’t much, eating out? We get pizza maybe once a month. The Holy Spirit told us to check our investments and retirement accounts. They have appreciated such that we can take monies out to balance our budget and support the additional campus. We normally would not take out stock market gains. We are pledging $3000, payable when we receive the money in the next 10 days.”

Pretty cool. This couple started with giving up some creature comforts and then the Holy Spirit inspired them to go further and put future investments on the line for their neighbors who need Christ and His Church.

So, if you are a Christian and you’ve stayed around Brentwood for the last six weeks, you know what God is up to here, and whether or not He’s calling you to be a part of it in all-of-the-above ways. Come Sunday ready to join your church in God’s present vision and put it “on the line.”

Can’t wait to bring Christ’s message and mission to more of our neighbors!

With Deepest Love and Gratitude,
Jon