| Happening at The Rock September 21, 2024, Rock the Block from 4:00-8:00October 11-12, 2024, Pure Freedom Retreat (high school girls)October 15, 2024, Communion Class, 6 p.m.June 19-26, 2025, Guatemala Mission TripJuly 19-23, 2025, LCMS Youth Gathering |
| Join us for Rock the Block on Saturday, September 21 from 4-8. Music, snow cones, bounce house, face paint, and BBQ! Bring your friends. |
| Teen girls are invited to attend the upcoming Pure Freedom Retreat on October 11-12 at The Rock. The retreat kicks off with a movie Friday night, followed by a day of fellowship, food, faith, and fun on Saturday. Register at this link. |
| Do you have an announcement you’d like to have made in the Rock newsletter, on our social media pages, or on the screen on Sunday? Please use this new Announcement Submission Form. |
| The Rock and St. John partner to offer Godparent Groups for high school students. Currently, more leaders are needed for freshmen! If you are interested in leading a group of high schoolers, please reach out to Cayla Freeman, Godparent Coordinator at St. John Lutheran Church. What is Godparents?A Godparent (GP) group typically consists of one husband/wife GP Leader couple and a small group of high-school age youth. Groups are formed as confirmed youth enter their freshman year in high school. This group remains together through the four years of high school. Groups meet every Wednesday evening from September through April, as the group determines, primarily at the leaders’ home. Through the inclusion of Bible Study, discussion, activities and prayer, the GP ministry offers youth an opportunity to establish Christian relationships with their peers and adult leaders as they walk through formative high school years and prepare for life as a Christian man or woman. |
| Join the next Guatemala Mission Team! Are you passionate about serving others and sharing God’s love? This is a unique opportunity to grow in faith, build relationships, and make a lasting impact in the lives of those we serve. Activities include: VBS, music and crafts, teen and women’s ministry. Consider joining the next trip scheduled for June 19-26, 2025. Contact Jen Janousek at [email protected] or Emma Dannehl at [email protected] for more information. |
| Sign up for the 4 Person Golf Scramble scheduled for September 22 to help support the teens from The Rock going to the LCMS Youth Gathering next summer. Don’t golf? You can still buy raffle tickets. See Jen Janousek or CLICK HERE for details. Sign up HERE. |
| Our September item to donate in support of Blue Valley Community Action is boxed meals. Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way. You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. |
| The Rock Facility Improvement Project We are still looking for people to partner with us in our facility improvement project. We’ve divided the entire building into 48 distinct areas, each with its own To-Do list, To make it easier for everyone to contribute, we invite you to “adopt” a room or area, and over the next year, enlist your friends or family to focus on just that ONE space. Whether it’s a big task or a small one, many hands will make light work, and there is something everyone can do to help. With God’s people working side by side, we can accomplish amazing things! If you can help, please contact [email protected]. We have posted the To-Do Lists in each of the spaces so you can walk around and look at the areas before choosing your space. |
| We are still in need of a backup caregiver for Nicodemus Comfort Dog. The role of the Back-up Caregiver is the same as the Primary Caregiver, only a much shorter time commitment. The Back-up Caregiver cares for the needs of Nico, getting him ready to go out to service when Randy and Marcia have scheduled time off. The Nico fund would set up that person or family with all needed supplies and training as to Nico’s verbal and house commands. The Back-up Caregiver does NOT have to be a member of the Rock Church or even a Lutheran, but must be a follower of Jesus. Policy from the Lutheran Church Charities (LCC), the head of the Comfort Dog Ministry who set the rules and commands for all the Comfort Dogs across the U.S.A., has changed. Another pet within the Back-up Caregiver home is allowed but still not preferred. What the Nico Team is asking is that you sit with our Lord in prayer, to ask for a name that might be a possibility for a Back-up Caregiver for our Ministry. Please get that name with contact information to one of Nico’s Team members or one of the Rock’s leadership members, or submit it to our church office. Thank you for your prayers and help. |
| Visit the YogaFaith Facebook page for a full calendar and more information. |
| Minutes from the Ambassadors’ and Directors’ meetings can be found HERE. Visit our website leadership page to see who is serving and how to contact them. |
| Contact Us | [email protected] Prayer Requests | [email protected]Giving | https://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/ Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email. |