By: Pastor Brandon Balkenbush
Late Summer and Early Fall has been a season of much excitement, anticipation, and amazing evidences of God’s Grace. It has been awesome to see Jesus work through His people – the dedication of our leaders and volunteers is simply amazing.
On Saturday, August 7th we had a BBQ/Cleanup Day/Baptism at Wingfield Park. We dunked 27 people in the Truckee River and were able to assist the City of Reno in making Wingfield Park a cleaner place.
We have been growing rapidly and on Sunday, September 12th we added a second morning gathering, which was nearly full the first day. Our worship gathering times are now at 9:00am, 11:00am, 5:00pm, and 7:00pm.
We finished the fund raising for our new building on Sunday, September 19th, and over $200,000 was raised. We genuinely thank all those who gave sacrificially to raise these funds – more unbelieving people will be exposed to the gospel because of your generosity. It has been amazing to see God provide us with exactly what he wants us to have.
On Thursday September 30th we received certificate of occupancy at our new downtown building. Our primary worship gathering location was moved to 445 S. Virginia on Sunday, October 3rd - our official grand opening will be on Sunday, October 24th. As for the parking – there is some parking available on the East side of the building fronting S. Virginia St. – this parking area is primarily reserved for handicap, young mothers, and anyone who has a legitimate need to park directly adjacent to the building. The primary parking area is in the parking garage to the North of the building – you must enter from Sierra St. and Exit onto S. Virginia St.
Pastor Harvey has been preaching through I Corinthians and is currently going through a series called Sex, Singleness, and Marriage. If you want to have a biblical understanding of these topics be sure to regularly attend one of our 4-Worship gatherings – if you’ve missed any of the sermons, you can download the podcasts here: http://www.lsreno.com/podcast.html.
Our next Covenant Membership class will be held on Sunday, October 24th at 2:00 at our downtown campus. We encourage all those who are interested in becoming a member to attend. To learn more about Covenant Membership click here.
I’m excited to see what God is going to do through this next season at Living Stones. Pray for God’s Mission to continue moving forward and for protection against the evil one. Praise Jesus for the work He’s doing.
