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I (Heart) Cheyenne

jeffmaness — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:00:19 +0000

Generosity isn’t about how much you GIVE, it’s about how much it COSTS you. And when you give the BEST, it costs the MOST. Coming up this August, we are going to make an INTENTIONAL effort as a church to lead the way in generosity and it’s going to require BIG sacrifice and RADICAL generosity. It’s one of our core values we have as a church. We serve a RADICALLY generous God, so we’re going to be RADICALLY generous people. Check out this video.

Our outreach team has worked HARD on starting to plan out the month of August. It is going to be HUGE in the life of our church and in IMPACT to our community. 1,000 backpacks and school supplies for students, 10,000 hours of service to our community, AND we are also doing the Element 5k run on August 25th where $15 of the $20 registration fee goes STRAIGHT to Comea Homeless Shelter and Life Choice Pregnancy Care Center. You can register HERE for the 5k. More detailed info and sign up opportunities will be coming as the month of August approaches.

Now those are high and lofty goals. It WILL require sacrifice for us to meet them. But I want to challenge us to do more. I’d love to see us give 1,500 backpacks, serve 15,000 hours and be RADICALLY generous to our community. As a church we are giving 15% of every offering in August towards outreach and generosity. I’m giving you 4 months advance warning to start praying about and planning for how YOU can be involved. The only way we’ll accomplish these goals is with EVERYONE participating.

Individually we can’t do EVERYTHING, but we can all do SOMETHING, and when we all do SOMETHING, we end up accomplishing EVERYTHING!

Ezekiel 16:49 says Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.

May that not be said about us.

I (Heart) Cheyenne,

Jeff

If Only For The One

jeffmaness — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:53 +0000

We shared this video 2 Sunday’s ago when we preached on the core value of “If only for the ONE!”. But it also fits perfectly into what we talked about this past Sunday with “Leading the way in generosity”. My wife served with this couple at the Gas Buydown a few weeks ago. We captured their story and it truly shows how ONE act of generosity, might reach ONE family, who serves at ONE event that reaches ONE person. The power of if only for the ONE!

Element Gives Back

jeffmaness — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:26:44 +0000

Hey guys. Got some new posts up on Element Gives Back. Check it out and make sure and post your story if you haven’t yet.

NEW Element Gives Back

jeffmaness — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:03:30 +0000

WOW! Some incredible stories on Element Gives Back. You really need to go check it out. Awesome to see the money get paid forward. Keep up the good work!

Element Gives Back

jeffmaness — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:47:39 +0000

Hey everyone. Please make sure and go read the stories on Element Gives Back to see how God is blessing people through you. We’re so excited to see God’s blessing be spread through our community. If you haven’t posted your story yet, please be sure to do so.

Following Christ,

Jeff

Element Gives Back

jeffmaness — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:39:00 +0000

Hey Element Church! Hope you all haven’t forgotten about checking out Element Gives Back! I can’t wait to do that again, and we WILL do it again! It will be a complete surprise but it will be done! There is a new story on there that came up a few days ago. Check it out. I got some CRAZY news on the Egg Drop for tomorrow, but I need to get in bed!

Element Gives Back

jeffmaness — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:18:00 +0000

Hey Element Church! Don’t forget to check out the new stories on the Element Gives Back web-site. So proud of our people. Many of them trying to figure out how to keep the money going and continuing to help people who are in need. Thanks Element Church for how you responded!

Element Church — Personal Story

jeffmaness — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:19:00 +0000

Hey Element Church. We got this email today from a regular attender at Element Church. I asked for permission to blog it and received such. I’ve edited a few things out to protect the innocent. This is an AWESOME story!

Pastor Jeff,
Something exciting happened to me this morning and I just had to share it.
First off, my husband and I have decided that Element Church is where we belong. We have ALWAYS had a passion for teenagers, and have been very active in youth group leadership – well – since we were teenagers ourselves. Sunday you mentioned your passion for teaching today’s youth and expressed it exactly the way we have for the last 25 years of our marriage, we decided THIS is our church.

The other thing I have to share is even more exciting! I have been looking for a nice, used, queen size bed for my guest room. I am really thrifty, but I like quality. The other day I found an ad on Craigslist for a mattress in Greeley Colorado, for twenty bucks. After talking to the gal about it, I decided it would be worth the twenty bucks in gas to buy it. On the way to Greeley this morning I thought, “this mattress is going to be crap, you get what you pay for, turn around and don’t waste the gas”. But I felt the urge to move forward. I got to Greeley and found the [clear throat] dumpy basement apartment to look at the mattress. I was greeted by a very sweet little two year old with a binky in her mouth, I LOVE kids, and she wanted to show me her movies, so her mama showed me to the collection of DVDs while this sweet little one showed me each and every one. The mother commented that normally her little one is shy and I told her I have a grand daughter that age and just love being at her level. We talked a bit more, I looked at the mattress, found it to be above and beyond my high standards, and we proceeded to load it into my truck. I felt an nudge from the Lord to give her forty dollars, not twenty. Upon handing her the money she began crying and told me her mother had just told her that morning that an angel would be coming to visit today. She told me I was that angel. After a brief conversation, she rededicated her life to Christ with her little girl sitting on her lap smiling up at me!

I don’t tell you this story to boast or brag (quite the opposite, as I am really shy), but to show you that the “Element Church Gives Back” continues even after we have used the money we received. God is honoring your committment and decision to turn the offering back over to the people of the church. Please pray for that young single mom and her daughter. Their names are Lindsey and Cienna.

Now that is cool! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Element Gives Back

jeffmaness — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:20:00 +0000

Some great new stories on Element Gives Back. www.elementgivesback.com

Element Church: Element Gives Back

jeffmaness — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:03:00 +0000

More stories are coming up. I LOVE what our people are doing. You guys blow me away. Can’t wait to do this again sometime. Remember, NO GIVING STORY IS TOO SMALL! Check the stories out at www.elementgivesback.com

I am SO PROUD to be called your pastor! Thank you for letting me serve you.

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