ELDER UPDATE — October 2023

Summit Family,

We write you with gratitude for your partnership in the gospel. The mission of God through the local church has always been fueled by the generosity of God’s people. And the generosity of God’s people is motivated by God’s generosity to us in the gospel. In fact, our generosity declares our high view of who God is — the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

Psalm 24:1-2 states, ‘The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.’

Each year, the Elders are prayerful and expectant that the Lord will do a work of grace in and through our lives, in our church, and beyond our walls. And from His fullness, God is certainly doing that. Because of your generosity, we are celebrating that we are on pace to meet our budgeted giving for the year. We wholeheartedly thank Him for His grace and are anticipating what He is going to do through our collective generosity as we approach the end of 2023.

Thank you for demonstrating dependence upon God and trusting in his provision for us.

Thank you for giving as an act of joyful obedience and also as an opportunity to participate in God’s redemptive mission, locally and globally.

Thank you for praying with us as we continue to follow the Lord’s leading for the Summit family.

Here’s one specific way you can join the Elders in prayer over the next few months: we are asking the Lord to allow us to end the year at least $50,000 above our budgeted number of $1.45 million. We will spend some time in November talking through our new budget number for 2024, but we believe ending the year above and beyond this number will allow us to cover some of our unexpected ministry expenses while still being generous to our ministry partners. As you pray with us, would you also consider how you might participate in helping us reach this goal?

Thank you for praying towards this with us. Thank you for your continued partnership.

Terry Carlton

On Behalf of the Elders