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Join us in thanking God for

His provision and grace in our

lives in the following ways:

We have a new home!

20 College students are on missionaround the world this summer

God continues to bring new folks toRenewal each week

We continue to see much growth inbiblical community through smallgroups and studies

He continues to provide and nurturerelationships within our city for the

sake of the Gospel and missionalengagement

God has faithfully raised up servantleaders to lead and serve in all of ourministry areas

Four additional partners were baptized inthe month of June

Prayer Needs:

Pray for our transition to Greenville Tech

Pray for our elders, that He would guard andprotect them as they lead and shepherd well

Gospel to be adorned as we serve Mitchell RoaElementary and our surrounding communities

Pray for continued growth, knowledge, andsanctification for our people

Pray that God would continue to grant us favoestablishing and building relationships in our c

for His purposes Pray that our college students serving around

world would be safe and have the opportunityfruitfully share the Gospel often

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Renewed Relationship with God

We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the

ailings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let eachf us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.Romans 15:1-2)

Hugh, our newest elder at Renewal, started off the

month with an overview of our last Core Value atRenewal, Biblical Community, by examining

Romans 15:1-7. God used His Word and Hugh to

xhort us to love each other faithfully, bear with one

nother, and experience the beauty and goodness of

Gods gift of the community of believers.

We continued through the rest of June with our

Blueprint: Glimpses of the Gospel series

eginning in Leviticus. Many have commented that

hey are seeing the Old Testament with fresh eyes,

re connecting the Old and New Testament together

or the first time, and are experiencing heart change

s they gratefully worship our God whos beenworking redemption throughout all of history!

he start of Leviticus instructs us in proper worship

f God as we observe how He has prescribed

worship of Himself. Most churches ask, How do

we make God potable to man?, and they yield to

ulture in order to make God appear worthwhile. In

tark contrast, Leviticus, and the rest of Scripture,

sks, How does sinful man become presentable to a

Holy God? During the month of June, weve

xamined Gods answer to the latter question

hrough Leviticus.

Leviticus 1 instructed us that man cannot be

presented to our Holy God except through a

perfect sacrifice where, by faith, the sacrifice

takes our unrighteousness and death, and

righteousness and life are credited to us. Leviticus

2 & 3 reminded us through the grain and peace

offerings that worship flows from a thankful heart

for Gods character and His gracious acts on our

behalf, and can only be offered after the sacrifice

of atonement for our sin. We celebrated through

partaking of the Lords Supper together, andsinging praises to our great God, who atoned for

our sin and gives us peace and reconciliation

through the death of Jesus. Leviticus 4 & 5

instructed us on the nature of unintentional sin.

We were challenged on our view of sin, as we

often think we are better than we actually are.

Leviticus teaches that all sin is exceedingly

sinful, whether we know weve sinned or not, and

all sin has consequences. The Body of Renewal

was encouraged to repent of sin because sin costs

more than we know, but as a result the gospel is

more beautiful than we know.

Renewal is Moving!If you havent heard the big news, Renewal is

moving! Beginning July 31st, we will gather eac

Sunday at 5:30 pm at Greenville Tech. We

encourage you to visit our website for all the de

and a short video from Pastor Matt on the trans

Simply click on the following image on our

homepage, and youll have all the details:

We are incredibly thankful for Gods graciousnand provision in the life of our church to date, awe trust that He will continue to do big things ithrough our people as we make this transition.

Pray for our elders and our people, that we wou

forward with grace and humility to do the workset before us in our city. Please also pray for thefolks at East North Street Church whove beenexceedingly gracious in allowing us to share th

space since October. We pray that God wouldcontinue to bless the relationships weve built isurrounding communities, and that He would opnew doors in the days and weeks ahead, both fo

Renewal and East North Street.

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Renewed in RelationshipsEveryday they continued to meet together in the templeourts. They broke bread in their homes and ate togetherith glad and sincere hearts. (Acts 2:46)

Coffeehouse Theology

On Thursday mornings at 6:30 am, the men of

Renewal meet at a local coffeehouse in downtown

Greenville to study theology. They are going

hrough the theology textbook by Danny Akin

alled A Theology for the Church. Thus far, they

ave studied topics such as natural and special

evelation, creation and providence, the attributesf God, and human nature. This study hour has

een lead by different men each week in an attempt

o give opportunity for growth and teaching, and

as been tremendously fruitful thus far.

Womens Summer Study

Not to be outdone, this month the women of

Renewal started a summer book study and have

een reading through Nancy Leigh DeMosss

ook, Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets

Them Free. The study meets every Tuesday and

he women have thoroughly enjoyed being

hallenged through this book.

he study digs deep into how the woman of todayrogresses from deception to bondage and the lies

he believes that carry her there. DeMoss does a

antastic job calling sin SIN and challenging

women to truly embrace Truth, the Word of God,

o counteract and liberate them from the bondage

hey are in. Were excited to see how God uses this

ook to change the hearts of our women. Please be

raying for all of the ladies reading through this

tudy that God would do a good work in their

earts towards lasting change and unite them in

elationship with one another.

Renewed Through StudyHugh has begun laying the foundation for adult

Bible study on Sundays around our gathering. This

will give Renewal more in-depth time for the study

of theology and to focus on its importance to our

lives. Jesus said that we are to love the Lord with

all our heart, soul, MIND, & strength (Mark

12:30). In order to love the Lord with our minds

we must learn to think rightly and see the world

through a biblically-informed lens. We will launchthe study in the Fall.

Renewed in Love & Service...And the Lord added to their number daily those whowere being saved. (Acts 2:47)

Community Engagement

As weve told you before, God has blessed us with

the opportunity to build great relationships with thefolks at Mitchell Road Elementary School, and

weve had the opportunity to do several events inpartnership with the school.

Renewal was thrilled to have the help of a mission

team from Mount Hermon Baptist Church in

Danville, Virginia, during the week of June 20th

.About thirty youth and eight adults conducted

Bible clubs at three apartment complexes, building

new relationships with children, youth, and adults.

In the afternoons, the team worked at Mitchell

Road and the surrounding apartment complexes,

doing yard work, cleaning windows, and many

other tasks.

They also handed out 5,000 invitations to our

Movies in the Parking Lot events that will be

held at the school throughout the summer, the first

of which they helped conduct on June 23rd.

Each evening the team would gather at East N

Street to hear a message from one of Renewal

elders, along with a time of worship with our

newly birthed Renewal youth group.

A second mission team, this one from Norco,

Louisiana (First Baptist Norco) came to visit

Renewal and serve our city the first week of Ju

The team conducted two block parties for two

apartment complexes and, as a result, 50 kids

real Gospel presentations.

The managers of these complexes expressed th

desire to have similar events more often and g

us an open invitation to come back any time. T

team did an exceptional job and earned legitim

to continue working there. We plan to continu

growing that relationship in the months ahead

Weve been blessed by these whove come

alongside of us to help spread the Good News

Jesus. As summer continues, thank you for pra

for Renewal and for those who serve with us i

name and for His glory.

How to GiveSelling their possessions and goods, they gave to a

as he had need. (Acts 2:45)

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