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October 24, 2012 in 90 Day Challenge, church at the bay, Encouragement, Generosity, Giving, Haiti, life change, Students, Tampa Church with Comments Off

Dear Church at the Bay Financial Partners,

This is Blaine, your Worship Arts Pastor here, and it is an honor to write to you on behalf of all of our pastors this month. God is doing so many wonderful things at Church at the Bay, and I appreciate the opportunity to share my perspective. Serving a church where the people are so generous with their time, energy, and finances is encouraging and inspiring!

The third quarter of 2012 was a busy one. Here are some of the happenings:

July- Party at the Park

We kicked off the quarter with a church-wide party at Philippe Park. In addition to a great time of hanging out with our church family, we got to watch some people take their next step with Christ by being baptized- Go God!

 

 

Student mission trip

Our student ministry spent some of their summer break on a mission trip to South Florida. They painted a house for a family in need, helped paint a title 9 school, cleaned up at a beach, and helped run a summer missions program for kids at Discover Church (one of the churches that we help support/Pastor Chip Stallings).

 

 

 

Newly repaired wall.Our Orphan Village in Haiti
Hurricane Isaac passed through in August, and we were thrilled to learn that no one in our village was injured or worse. There was some property damage, though. Because of your generosity, Church at the Bay, all of the damage has already been repaired! Thank you for being the hands and feet of Christ and making a difference in our kids’ lives.

 

 

New offices/Warehouse space
Just a couple of weeks ago, we moved into our new church offices. We are so excited about the opportunities for ministry that this new space will provide. In addition to the much-needed facelift to our office space (we now have consistently working AC and no leaking roofs), the BIG plus to our new space is THE WAREHOUSE.
The warehouse is a large open space that will give us a place for Student ministry events/bible studies, Ladies’ Events, leadership training, IRON MEN, and more! If you’d like to check out the new space, come by and take a tour sometime. We will be having a Christmas Party in the warehouse for all of our Church at the Bay volunteers in December. If you serve in a ministry at CATB, you are invited! If you don’t serve anywhere, what a great time to jump in and start making a difference!

Speaking of Christmas, we will begin giving toward our year-end “Love Your Neighbor” offering in December. The money received during this offering will go toward church starts, Haiti, and other compassion ministries, local and beyond.

I am thankful for the way that God has resourced the ministry that is going on at Church at the Bay. He is using YOU to spread His glory and gospel in our city and our world. Now that we’re in the final quarter of 2012, it’s a great time to take stock of where you are investing.

Thank you for taking the time to read about the great stuff that is happening at CATB. I am looking forward to all that He has for us as we close out 2012 with excellence!

God bless you,

Blaine Albright

Pastor of Worship Arts

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August 21, 2011 in Generosity, Uncategorized with Comments Off

This Sunday I talked about The Principle of 1st!  I challenged people to get on a God honoring budget and take the Blessed Test.  If you missed Sunday make sure you watch the video- I explained the Blessed Test in detail.

Remember change in your financial status takes time- this is a Crock Pot approach (you must put into to practice again and again) we don’t have Microwave solutions when it comes to life’s most important issues.

How much???

July 18, 2011 in Generosity with 1 Comment

We serve a God who is over the top in His generosity toward us. I am thinking about salvation, forgiveness, grace, answered prayer and more.  When it comes to redeeming mankind He willingly sacrificed His Son for the world- that means you! That is so generous and then He continues to provide us with so much more than we need.

We got our cue from God when we made generosity a value at Church at the Bay.  We demonstrate this value every week as we try to provide resources and refreshments at “no charge”.  Sure we could charge for bubble gum, child care, DVD’s, books, snow cones, tea and tons of other stuff.  Instead, we have chosen to be generous and give them away because we want as many people as possible to “take their next step” with Jesus!

We also have generous givers.  I often talk about money and don’t shy away because to function as a generous church we need generous people.  I also believe (as individuals) that through our financial generosity we really demonstrate our faith.

This past weekend I said- “it never has been about the cost, it is about the value”.  I was talking about changes that Church at the Bay will pay for with money and time attached.  We are willing to pay the price –whatever it is- if life change is the outcome.  Watch the brief video below and see if you agree.

If you don’t see a video – click here.