The ACTS Group
August Update
From the Director
Summer of 2014 found us in the thick of an “organizational review” – tearing apart, thinking through and reassembling what the ACTS Group was to be “all about”. We were two years old and so much had been built– SacramentoPRAYS, Serve Sacramento, Leader Groups, Q Commons, and many events. But, how were we to focus all that had come together in those years following the Luis Palau Sacramento Festival? It was clear that we needed to identify and galvanize these strengths around a “high impact initiative”. Through focus groups of pastors and task groups of leaders, we called the emerging conceptual framework the “Every School/Every Neighborhood” initiative.
(read more from Jeff Kreiser about the initiative by clicking here )
Now, a summer later, we are preparing the launch of this initiative. Through think tanks and the work of task groups, written materials, videos of “talks” and podcast recordings are all prepared to support the local church and school in positive partnerships. There will be information and challenge given to pastors and churches in our six county region beginning August 27 and extending through the Season of Service 2016 to engage with this initiative. Our goal is to have 100 congregations engaged in the first school year of 2015-2016.
How can you help? Please share this newsletter with your pastor, PRAY with me for this success and engage with a financial gift this month (more details at the end of this newsletter).
If you are reading this, you ARE the ACTS Group –
Jeff Kreiser
ACTS Group DirectorConvergence.World
Learn more at www.Convergence.World
August 15 Closes Summer of Prayer
Financial Update & Partners Like You
Transition. That has been the theme over the last 8 weeks for the ACTS Group. As of July 1, the ACTS Group moved from working within Jessup to operating as a 501c in cooperation with New Horizons Foundation. With the steps taken this year to launch the Every School/Every Neighborhood high impact initiative, it was essential to move into operating as the missional organization ACTS Group was designed to become. With the changes:
All checks can now simply be made out to The ACTS Group and mailed to our midtown Sacramento office:
2830 G Street, Sacramento, CA 95816.
You can also see our new online giving page here - http://newhorizonsfoundation.com/index.php?option=com_crowdfunding&view=details&id=1336:the-acts-group&catid=8:operating-projects&Itemid=105 .
We will be contacting the many individuals like yourself who identify with this missional movement to “sign on” as prayer and financial partners of The ACTS Group in the month of August. Feel free to "beat us to the punch" by contacting me today – Merisa.moy@gmail.com - or signing up for a monthly contribution online. A final note: a BIG thank you to William Jessup University for allowing the ACTS Group to begin and “grow up” in the context of such a supportive environment.
Merisa Moy
Finance & Development OfficerACTS Group Endorsement
Bryce Jessup, D.D., President Emeritus of William Jessup
“God is up to something in the Sacramento region” is a phrase that I have heard numerous times. The Palau festival in 2012 reflected and accelerated it. It is vital that we continue the momentum so that God can have access to all of those in need of the good news in our region. I am excited about the ACTS Group because it expresses God’s heart for a united church to meet the diversity of needs in our community by taking the “basin and towel” and serving others together and speaking the hope of Jesus to the community
About Us
The ACTS Group is…
Unified, gospel-based leaders working for transformation in the diverse communities of the Sacramento region. These leaders provide ongoing leadership and encouragement for gospel movement in communities as well as in the spheres of cultural influence of the city.
Email: acts@jessup.edu
Website: actsonline.net
Location: 333 Sunset Boulevard, Rocklin, CA, United States
Phone: (916)577-2389
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheActsGroup
Twitter: @TheActsGroup