4/30/20 Weekly Update

Happy last day of April!  How many of you still think we're in February?  Here's a good one, how often in the last 5 weeks have you asked, "What day is it?"  Not sure you're answer but I've asked myself that question multiple times, daily!  The days are blending together but it seems there may be a light at the end of the tunnel.  In the meantime we continue walking with God through Christ.  We continue engaging with Him through His Word, together, as a family and as a church.  That's the hope and prayer!   Please know this....the leaders and I are doing all we can to make sure The Rock SM doesn't skip a beat during this time, even if we're not sure what day it is or what month we're in.

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News & Notes

Here are a few things we think are important for you to know.

• Senior Highlight - Last night on The Rock SM Live we begin highlighting our seniors.  This is in addition to our normal Sunday graduate recognition service.  We're still planning on the official recognition but just not sure when that will be just yet.  In the meantime, we hope to do a little something special for our seniors. To do this we need your help.  Simply CLICK HERE to get an updated form.  Have your senior fill it out and then return it to us.  Print it out, simply email, send a pigeon, it really doesn't matter.  Just get us the information along with a photo.  We hope you'll help us!
• Summer Camp - The leaders and I met this past Tuesday to begin the discussion regarding camp.  Of course it's been on my mind for a while but we're getting in the time frame where a decision must be made.  We're hoping to be able to share with you some exciting news regarding our time together at Focus Camp this year.  Know this....we will have the opportunity to be together for Summer Camp.
• Splash - Currently it looks like Splash will be done on a "as needed" basis.  That simply means there may be some needs but the time frame could be last minute.  We're ready and willing to serve.  As needs come up we'll text everyone the amount of people and time/date needed.  It will be first come, first serve for each task.
• Devotions - Don't forget, we have daily devotions, written by our leaders, ready each day on our website.  Another great option to be together in the Word!
• Blue Couch VIP - We added another new thing last night at The Rock SM Live, PEOPLE!  Continuing this week and until further notice we will allow one family a week to attend the Rock SM Live.  Of course there will be some guidelines that we must follow. But I know this, it seemed to minister to the family in attendance last night and it sure was good to "be" with people again.  You may be reading this and thinking "that's crazy."  If so, that's totally fine.  But we were thinking there may be some families that would love to come. So what's the next step?  To begin, you simply email CHRIS and say, "our family wants to come to The Rock SM Live!"  We'll compile the list and do a random drawing and then notify the family that will attend.  We'll go over the do's/don'ts and have a great night together.  Again, we're not sure what to expect but wanted to give you an opportunity to be in attendance if you desired.  We have a great section set up and believe you will experience a little more home when here than you can on a couch, with a phone, and the chance of a bad connection.  So if you're interested email Chris.               *disclaimer - you cannot just show up.  We have a grizzly bear guarding the door.
• Q&A - We partnered with 831 for a Q&A this week.  We ask the students for any questions they had and then attempted to answer them.  It'd be great if you could watch.  We even had some special guests join us. You can WATCH HERE.
  
• Last night - Last night we continued our Jesus & People series.  I'm loving the live stream!  Obviously us all together is the best option.  But it has been so great to still be able to be together!  I believe we figured out our audio issues but last night the connection was a bit unstable at first.  The good thing is all of these nights are recorded and available on our Facebook and YouTube page.  What a great tool this is!    The video to last night is below.  We hope you enjoy and dive into the Word with us.

We love you all and miss you terribly.  Hope you'll take in all that's been said and connect with us as we continue to pursue Christ together!