October 2024
Church family,
Here is our October update for Lead The Way.
Let me give you the bottom line first: Our main focus right now is prayer.
In Matthew 7:7-11, Jesus teaches us, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” (NIV)
What are we asking for? Let’s ask Him for a breakthrough multimillion-dollar gift or grant from a foundation or civic investment entity. For His glory. For this vision that He has called us into together. For the good of our neighborhood, our city, and the ends of the earth.
You may remember that early-on in this initiative, we identified three requirements that we as a church must fulfill before moving from this “preparation” stage of Lead The Way to our “transition” phase. Here are those three requirements:
City Approvals Acquired
$20 Million Funding Received
Memorandum of Understanding with Transition Location Signed
Praise the LORD for making the way for us to have our Planned Development approval from the City of Cincinnati.
Now, let’s continue to go before the Lord with boldness and ask Him to open the doors for funding. When He answers that prayer, we will continue forward and focus our collective prayers on our transition location (regarding which we do have a team continuing to work diligently).
I am grateful to be on this journey alongside you.
In faith,
Alek
Alek Beard
Core Team Member