Our Goals

Our goals are to raise $150,000 in one-time gifts and to reach $40,000 in scheduled monthly giving by March 31, 2022.

• Our first aim is to sow generously into the work of our partners in 2022. The first $50,000 raised will go to their vital work which is worthy of our continued support as they navigate the challenges brought on by the pandemic.

• Our next aim is to build on that first $50,000 to reach our overall goal of $150,000. After giving first to our partners, the rest of what is raised will enable all our work as a church in 2022 and beyond, including continuing to grow our good neighbor collaborations.

• We are aiming to reach $40,000 in scheduled monthly giving by March 31, 2022 in order to provide sustainability for our mission moving forward.

Christmas Offering

The first component of The Rebuilders Initiative is sowing generously into the critical work of our ministry partners extending mercy and seeking justice across our city and around the world. We have traditionally done so through our annual Christmas Offering which we are incorporating into the Rebuilders Initiative this year.

The first $50,000 raised in this campaign will go directly to strengthen our partners as they continue their vital work.

Good Neighbors Collaborations

One of our prayers the last few years is that we would become more engaged with our neighbors. Thankfully God has given us the opportunity to do that during the pandemic.

Through collaborations with Roots Cafe, Camp Friendship, YoungLives, Trellis, and others, we have had the opportunity to respond to the practical needs of our neighbors, delivering fresh groceries to the homebound, providing winter coats, Christmas gifts, school supplies and more.

In addition to meeting physical needs, we have helped host our neighbors for Covid Conversations, a series of conversations to process our individual and collective experiences in the pandemic.

Through this campaign, we will have the resources to lean into more of these Good Neighbor Collaborations than ever before.

Foundations Fund

It can be easy to take the faithful presence and witness of the church for granted.

When a person walks through our doors on Sunday, when they venture to ask for help, when they begin to pray, when they entrust their kids to a volunteer, when they hope there will be a another student their age around, when someone tries a small group, or their marriage needs help… these are all the places (and many more) where the church is meant to be.

The financial impact of the pandemic has been significant for our church:

• Congregational giving is down about one third from 2019.

• Scheduled giving is down by about $10,000 per month compared to February 2020.

Your giving to this campaign will enable us to keep proclaiming and demonstrating the gospel, and joining God in the renewal of all things. Thank you for believing in our work and investing in our future!

Our Impact from 2021

Giving to last year’s Christmas Offering contributed to:

• Providing 400 backpacks full of school supplies for under resourced families with Roots Cafe

• Our investment of $7,500 each in Trellis, Reconcile Brooklyn, and Recovery House of Worship to support their efforts in the community

• Sponsoring a full week of food pantry and fresh grocery delivery to hundreds of Brooklyn residents through Camp Friendship

• Through Preemptive Love, providing food, water, and shelter for hundreds of Afghan families who were forced from their homes by the Taliban

• Relational support provided by Safe Families to help 65 vulnerable families stay together

• Our investment in the development and formalizing of the Pray March Act coalition

• A gift to support the September launch of Rhythm Church Chicago

• A $10,250 donation to support teen moms through YoungLives in Bedford–Stuyvesant