5/13/20 Rock Update

FRIDAY JR!  

Happy Thursday or as one leader put in a future devotion, Happy Friday jr.!   I love that and have officially stolen it!  But we all love Friday right?  And now it seems the Covid restrictions are beginning to be lifted just as we enter into the summer schedule.  So Fridays may begin to bring a little more excitement, along with the rest of the week.  Hopefully everyone is being smart and will be able to enjoy being outside and traveling a bit.  The cool thing is that no matter where you are, you can still join us at The Rock SM Live!  That's exciting and I pray you'll all take advantage of this new avenue God has given to be still be together.

Below are a few things we think are important for you to know.  We'll mention it below, but if you missed last night we've attached that service at the bottom!  Follow us on Facebook and subscribe on Youtube to ensure you never miss a service!

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A Few Things...

• Summer Camp - We announced last week that while we will still be having summer camp, it will look a bit different.  Our plan is to still have devotions and a Bible Study in the morning through an online experience.  The evening service will be live and in person.  That's our goal but as of now we're not exactly sure how that will look.  We're still wading through those details and waiting to see how things are in the next weeks.  If you watched our service last night you heard a familiar voice from past summer camps.  We spoke with Brian and got his "commitment!"  So though things may seem and look different, we can still experience some part of summer camp.  I'm excited!   There will be no charge for camp this year but we will be selling a camp shirt.  We will have some renderings in the next few weeks.  So for $20 you will get a shirt and camp book.  Two great souvenirs and reminders of the camp that was but kind of wasn't?  We'll be letting you know how you can place your order next week.
• Summer Series - Next week we'll begin a new series called "ELEVATE" that will go through the summer.  This series is real simple but may sound daunting.  We'll plan to pick 10 book of the Bible and simply spend each week in one book.  We'll "elevate" and look at the big parts.  We'll answer a few questions for each book and ultimately get a big sky view of the book.  I think it'll be a neat way to see the big picture and hopefully guide our in depth reading for the future.  These are great because each week is essentially a stand alone.  This means that if you miss a week, no worries, the next week is fresh and stands on its own.  BUT, with us having each week on Facebook and YouTube, you can always go back and catch up.  Either way....next week.....ELEVATE.
• Senior Highlights -  We are hoping to honor our seniors each Wednesday night at The Rock.  If you haven't submitted the senior highlight you can CLICK HERE and do that.  Keep in mind, this is a bit different than what we'd do on the regular Sunday Recognition.  We hope to get a little more personal and ROCK specific on the Wednesday Senior Highlight.  So help us do that by completing a form and returning it to Chris or Andrew.
• Series Wrap Up - Sorry, I just wanted to keep the "S" theme going.  Last night we wrapped up the series "Jesus & People."  This series dug deep into interactions Jesus had with various types of people.  I loved seeing Jesus respond to the same people we often see and are around each day.  Last night we finished with "friends."  Ultimately we took away 4 characteristics we can use to apply to those close friendships we have.  The video is below and we'd encourage you to check it out, share it, and then the prayer is that we all apply and live changed lives.
• Special Guests - Again, the "s" theme has got me.  We've been announcing it and two families have joined us.  We have set up a blue couch VIP section for the Rock SM Live.  If you and your family are interested in coming to The Rock and being a part of the Live service email Chris.  
• Sundays - Hopefully it won't be long until we can be together as a church body. In the meantime please be taking advantage of all the opportunities to be together.  Each SS class has a google hangout opportunity and then we have a Sunday stream of our morning service.  Then at 7p we unveil the night service sermon on Facebook, our Website, or our Vimeo page.

We love you all and are thankful to serve the Lord along your side!
We can't wait to see everyone and be together again.  Until then we hope to take advantage of every opportunity to be together in some form or fashion.

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