The Camarillo Community Church Story

The goal of our Next Step campaign is to raise the financial resources to pay off the mortgage on our current property in three years so that we can use the funds currently paying for the facility to expand our ministries to our community. The $30,000 per month we currently spend on our mortgage could support much needed additional staff, church planting and mission opportunities, educational resources, counseling facilities, and many other ministries.

The Next Step is our church's effort to express gratitude for what God does for us and what He can do through us and to return to God, gifts from our hearts. It brings us quickly to a crossroads where our finances become a matter of faith, where giving becomes a freedom and not a burden.

Throughout "The Next Step," we have talked about sacrifice and proportional giving. We have focused on giving over and above current tithes, and we have explored the meaning and methods of personal sacrifice. During this campaign, I pray that you have been listening carefully to the messages on Sunday mornings and reading the Devotional and bible study lessons. I also want to emphasize that your decision to give, and specifically what you give, is between you and god. Remember that what you choose to give for the next three years should not be in response to a church need, but a reaction of gratitude towards God.

The effects we have on our worlds begin as we learn more and more not just to believe in, but to trust God. During the campaign's remaining days, please pray that God will guide our church and leave Christ's imprint on individual hears. Ask God to keep us on the path of obedience and trust. Pray that the "Next Step" will accomplish what it is meant to do: to focus our vision for the Creator's work and keep us aware of the privilege of our part in it.

"And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together...." Hebrews 10:24,25