What a gorgeous night to celebrate Jesus! Christmas At Emerge was such a wonderful evening of pointing us to Jesus. We had the kids lead us in Away In A Manger and lit the love candle for the finality of the Advent Season.
The scenery of the property and barn were simply stunning with the luminaries and singing Silent Night by candle light.
It was such a great way to end the year!
The Fortville Action crew pulled together a great opportunity to impact our community. Local businesses and Emerge Church decorated Christmas Trees in the Alley. It was such a beautiful site to see the tress lit up both day and night. It was a bright spot for the season, for sure!
Our 3rd annual daddy-daughter dance was a HUGE Success!! We had over 90 in attendance this year and it was such a fun time!
The Dads and daughters had the opportunity to take photos at the photo booth, face painting, and tear up the floor dancing! We can’t wait until 2024’s dance!
We convened on the building to gather for prayer and worship! We had the opportunity to spend time to dedicate the building to The Lord!
We had a great turnout that day as we circled the sanctuary in prayer and praise. Following that we all took time to write names on the floor of those that we were praying for as well as to put our own names on the concrete to leave our mark :-)
WOW!!!!!! This was a HUGE BLessing all around!!
CommUNITY Church in Muncie gave us 163 chairs for our new building!! YES!!! HUGE blessing not only financially but spiritually and physically!
We recruited 10 guys to go up and get the chairs … we arrived and the church asked if they could pray over and for us! THEN .. 20 football players from WesDel grabbed all the chairs and loaded the trailer for us! Such an amazing gift!!
WOOHOO!!!
In what felt like years, we finally received the permit to begin the construction on the property! We had a lot of hurdles to jump through to get this done and definitely saw God’s Hand in this thorughout the entire process!
We worked closely with the local team in Fortville and the Homeland Department at the State to get the final approval in hand. With this permit, the rebuild can officially start!
For the 2nd year, we were able to serve our community at the WineRun 5K at Daniel’s Vineyard!
This event is such a great way for us to serve those that are attending. We spend time connecting with the runners as we help them register. During the race, we cheer them on, handout water, snacks, and the medals at the end. We look forward to serving at this each year!
On July 2nd, we had a huge turnout for our cookout in the parking lot! We planned several events throughout the year to show the community that we are here and have invited them into the gatherings.
We convened on the new building, setup a grill, and tents. We had a great time of conneting and eating!
What. A. Day.!!
The weather wasn’t cooperating … cool, rainy … but we didn’t care! We had 75 people arrive to celebrate the 4 being baptized! What a great Sunday for us all to be together and celebrate!
It’s official — we own 211 S Merrill Street, Fortville, IN!!
We will begin the work soon and hopefully will be moving into the building late this summer! If you want to see live time updates and learn more, join us in our SLACK community.
We are incredibly excited to be able to call Fortville our official home! Looking forward to serving the community in a greater way and partnering to help Fortville prosper and to spread the Good News!
Hey, Church!
If you missed the news on SLACK or on the SERMON from Sunday (May 7th), we gave an update on the closing being pushed back.
First, Good News :: Appraised value came in favorable and the survey is done!! Answered prayers!!
New Closing Date :: May 24th (could move up to as early as May 19th)
Why did the closing get pushed back? — well, we are having an Environmental Phase 1 analysis done because there was an automotive repair shop on this lot prior to the church being built. This report is being ran for not only our safety but also for the future in case we were ever to need to sell the building. We want to protect our assets — people and property :-)
We have the walk through with the environmental team on Thursday, May 11th. Please be praying that this is a successful walk through and the findings are that all is well so we can move forward.
Once we receive this report and cleared, we will go to closing and begin the process of renovations. As of now, we do not foresee it impacting us on getting in the building this summer. We do need all hands on deck for the demolition team. Please signup ASAP.
Also, please consider giving — we would love to raise more $’s to avoid a big mortgage :-) … a one-time gift would be amazing, but a regular cadence of a tithe is the primary.
It’s our 3rd anniversary!!
We launched April 19, 2020 online for our 1st gathering! … and look at where we are now!
It’s been so amazing to see God working in/through Emerge over these years! Check out this reel giving you a glimpse over the last 3yrs!
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Church!
It’s all because of your generosity … we just delivered the balance of the chairs to Geist Montessori to leave with them as a gift for their generosity of hosting us!
We provided them with 160 chairs that will be used year round! 🙌
He is Risen!
He is Risen, Indeed!
What a glorious Resurrection Sunday filled with an impromptu outdoor gathering. We arrived a little bit earlier for the day to setup for Easter and we found out that the building was locked and no keys available.
We love how flexible everyone is .. people went to their cars and pulled out a few chairs from the soccer games on Saturday, blankets for picnics, and even a cooler for a music stand!
While this wasn’t our plan, it was God’s and it was beautiful! It was truly a beautiful morning to celebrate our Saving King Jesus! The weather was perfect, the worship was spot on, and the message was impactful.
No one grabbed a photo .. but the livestock (chickens, goats, pigs, and horses) lined up along the fence once we started singing the worship songs!
Check out this latest update!!
We can’t wait to celebrate our Risen King Jesus!
Join us on Sunday, April 9th at 10am for Easter @ Emerge. We will be gathering at Wild Blackberry Farms which is a beautiful facility set in such a peaceful area to enjoy God’s creation.
We are nearly back in business for offering our gatherings online!
We finally have the availability to record the gatherings and will be posting them by Tuesdays of each week. If you miss a gathering, you will, at least, be able to watch it later in the week.
Thanks to the team for helping us get up to where we are able to offer this now!
For our 2nd year, we had a group of women push pause from their schedules to connect and grow!
We had 12 ladies that rented an Airbnb locally to truly spend time connecting with one another and grow in their relationship with God. The IF Gathering is a conglomeration of speakers that deliver various topics. All of the ladies watched sessions together to discuss, had quiet time, and enjoyed meals/snacks together.
Be sure to signup early next year as we ran out of space in the Airbnb this year! … but we can always find a bigger venue!
Church!!
You are amazing! … over 250 boxes of Jello were donated!
We delivered the 250 boxes of Jello to the F.A.R.M. PLUS gave $400 to help provide Easter Meals for the families that are served by this ministry. Each family received an Easter Dinner with a ham + all the fixings for a complete meal.
The money we donated covered boxes, dairy products, and overall costs to help the mission continue to impact the families of Fortville!
We love to get together for events outside of church. From concerts to camping to sporting events, the options are quite endless and we take the time to do it!
Why do we gather at events like this? … to build community and display to those around us that church doesn’t just happen in the building!
Thanks for all that joined for this fun night of hockey and food!
