The Well has Launched!!

Psalm 150

1 Praise the LORD.

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens.

2 Praise him for his acts of power;

praise him for his surpassing greatness.

3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

praise him with the harp and lyre,

4 praise him with tambourine and dancing,

praise him with the strings and flute,

5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,

praise him with resounding cymbals.

6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD.

We invite you to join us in praising God for the successful launch of The Well on Sunday September 27th!!

God is so good, and we can't wait to see what He is going to do next.

Keep praying!!

Here is a brief summary from Doug and Karen:

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for your prayers! We had a really rough week. Our website was hacked and various other things happened. We had a wonderful day yesterday. 2 more new families checked us out. We have 2 other families that are getting involved in helping with things at The Well. Is it happening fast, no. It is going to take time but we are encouraged by the new people we are meeting in the community and those that have come for service. From what we've been hearing people weren't sure whether we were a fly by night type thing since we weren't meeting every week. Hopefully now they will see that we are a little more permanent since we've begun weekly service. Yesterday was just the beginning. We are looking forward to what God has in store. Thanks for your prayers!

Karen and Doug

Bridge PreView

On Sunday, September 12, The Bridge hosted our first monthly celebration--the first of five scheduled preview services--in the Penn Hills Public Library.  Because of God's faithfulness (and your prayers!), we are excited to report that we had 51 present!  We could clearly see evidence of God fulfilling the dream he has given us for a relevant, engaging, multi-ethnic, multicultural local church in the Pittsburgh area.

As you think of us, please pray for upcoming celebrations: October 10, November 14, December 12, and January 16th as we prepare for our scheduled 'Launch Sunday' on January 30, 2011.  We know the Holy Spirit is bringing greater things to Pittsburgh and are excited about what He us already doing!

Thank you, again, for being part of this journey.
From all of us at The Bridge.

The Bridge Family Fun Day!!

The Well Update

Upcoming events and updates:

We had our second preview service on August 22nd. 28 were in attendance. Over half were from the community.

Sept. 1^st - pray walk with launch team

Sept. 7^th - Oct. 26^th - we will be hosting a Bible study and light supper for the community.

Sept. 26^th - projected launch date

Oct. 3^rd - Back to Church Sunday

Oct. 6, 12^th, 20^th, 27^th - leaf raking and yard work in the community

We also have one of our launch team members that is looking to begin a women’s Bible study the 1^st of October.

Doug and I begin coaching another U-8 soccer team tonight. We will have all new children and parents that we will be connecting with.

Pastor Noel Meyers from Gearhartville Free Methodist Church contacted all the pastors in the area to have a community wide outreach to encourage people to get back to church. We are excited about this. It will be good to partner with the other churches to reach lost people.

This has also opened up an opportunity for us to advertise on Qwik Rock radio station. It is a secular station. We will be doing an interview along with 10 spot ads.

Karen