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Join us in thanking God for
His provision and grace in our
lives in the following ways:
His provision of Jesus who fully drank the
wrath of God on our behalf so that we can
experience forgiveness for sin and
reconciliation with God
East North Street Baptist Church allowing
us to use their facilities in a dual usage
agreement!
20 attendees going through Partnership
Class 2 new college reGroups
Opportunities to serve at Shepherds
Gate, Connie Maxwell Girls Home, a
block party with Rocky Creek Baptist Church,
and others where we can practice humbly serving
others as Jesus served us
Gods continued financial provision through your
giving
Successful Multiplying Disciples Summit (MDS)
Currently 37 one-on-one discipleship
relationships meeting weekly to study Colossians
The grace of God to us that He is seeing fit to
build His church through Renewal
Prayer Needs:
God to continue to draw those who are far fromHim so that they
would trust Christ for salvation
and sanctification
Preparation for Renewals first team to travel to
Scandinavia in January to seek out a partnership wit
churches in that region
Hugh and Hollie Carson as they continue raising
support to be on staff full-time at Renewal
Financial and personnel resources to upfit East North
Street so that it will meet ENS and Renewals needs
Relationship between ENS and Renewal as we emba
on this journey of using the same space for the glory
God - pray for unity, love, and humble service betwe
the two congregations
Fall Getaway (first weekend of November) - all Rene
college students going to Pigeon Forge, TN for aweekend of
teaching and fun together
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Renewed Relationship with GodThey devoted themselves to the
apostles teaching, and to
he fellowship, and to the breaking of bread, and to
rayer. (Acts 2:42)
Much effort was invested in the month of September
o start our fiscal year well. With the return of college
tudents, school beginning, and families returning to
he routine of non-summer life we saw the danger of
getting comfortable with church life. In response, the
lders began encouraging our people to return to the
imple, but profound purpose of why we exist: to
multiply disciples to the glory of God. On Sunday
mornings, Matt began teaching through the book of
Luke in a series entitled The Disciple Experiment.
We are walking
hrough each
passage where
esus describes
what a disciple is,
nd what a
disciple is not.We have all been
hallenged as we
xamine our lives
nd see how we measure up to what Jesus has called
us to as His disciples.
The elders also challenged us to follow the Titus 2
model by taking on someone spiritually younger than
ach of us to disciple. Each of these pairs are
tudying Colossians together, and meeting each week
o discuss what theyve learned and how to apply
what Jesus commands.
Most of our congregation have never been involved
n a one-on-one discipleship relationship before, so
many did not know how to proceed with this
challenge. Many of our congregation had been
apart of
discipleship
classes where
they either
taught or were
apart of the
class to learn,
but few had
participated in
a one-on-one
relationship with this purpose. To equip them, we
put on a Multiplying Disciples Summit, which was
a seminar that gave practical instruction on how to
disciple another person. We all left encouraged,
more passionate about discipleship, and feeling
like we have the resources to accomplish what
God has called us to do: Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I havecommanded you. And
behold I am with you
always, to the end of the age. Currently, there are
37 pairs meeting together weekly to study
Colossians together to model this process of
discipleship! Please join us in praying that these
pairs would see growth as God works in them
through discipleship. We are very thankful to
Summit Church for allowing us to use their space
for this event, and for Crosspoint Church for
sending workers to watch our children while
parents participated in the event.
If you would like to listen to any of the sermons
from The Disciple Experiment as we walk
through Luke, or messages from the Multiplyin
Disciples Summit (MDS), you can access them f
www.renewalupstate.com/sermons .
How to Give
Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to an
as he had need. Acts 2:45
Thank you again for your commitment to give t
Renewal Church! See the following informatio
how to give:
By check
Place a check in the pre-labeled envelope a
with a stamp, and mail to Renewal Church
B. West Butler Rd. #151, Mauldin, S.C. 2966
Online
Go to www.renewalupstate.com and click o
Online Giving at the bottom of the home
Click Register to give a one time gift.
Automatic Draft
Go to www.renewalupstate.com and click o
Online Giving at the bottom of the home
Click Register to complete your automat
draft.
A few reminders:
All gifts are tax deductible
Please make us aware of any address change
changes to your giving so we can make the
necessary adjustments. Send an email to
[email protected] to update your
information!
Should you desire to give to send our first
exploratory team to Scandinavia, please not
on your checks.
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Renewed Relationships With
Each Other: East North Street
Baptist ChurchEveryday they continued to meet together in the
temple
ourts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together
ith glad and sincere hearts. Acts 2:46
rom the beginning, when Renewal was just a
hought and we were trying decide where this
hurch would plant roots, Greenville was in ourocus. One of the
reasons we felt drawn here was
ue to the many churches that dot our landscape
hat either lost the gospel long ago, or retained the
ospel but lost their people. East North Street
aptist Church (ENS) is one of the latter mentioned
bove in that they have retained the gospel, but
ave lost members as a result. The elders at
enewal began conversations with the leadership at
NS and have entered into a mutually beneficial
elationship where both churches will have use of
he sanctuary, fellowship hall, classrooms, nursery,
nd gym that make up the ENS campus.
his is again Gods provision and perfect timing forenewal because
we have quickly outgrown our
rge group space at the hotel, and our childrens
pace. We knew we would needto find a new space
oon and are so excited to see how God has
rovided through this 40,000 square foot building
with multiple rooms to accomplish much of what
we envision for our gatherings. This location is very
rategic for us as well since it is surrounded by
eighborhoods and schools instead of businesses as
he hotel is now. Please pray with us that we
would be a light in these neighborhoods that God
will entrust to us as we move into this space. To
ead more about why our elders made this decision,
lease visit http://www.renewalupstate.com/logs/renewals-new-home
.
ur monthly Connections meeting (membership
meeting) was held at Rocky Creek this month. Wewere challenged
to fast together as a body and seek
he Lord for His guidance as He knits together our
ody and builds His church. We heard updates
om Toby and Matt, and were able to present Hugh
or the first time as a staff member. This time
ncouraged us as we were able to spend extended
me in prayer together and love each other well.
Two new reGroups have started each with 15-20college students
from North Greenville University
and Furman University. We are so excited to see
these students meaningfully connected to a local
body of believers and to watch them grow in their
faith. Please pray with us that they would invest
their four years of college pursuing His Kingdom
instead of their own.
Due to a lack of space at Rocky Creek Baptist
Church and at the Hilton Garden Inn, our
Partnership classes have been limited to one hour to
download all the information about Renewal that
people should know to become Partners. This
changed in September as Grace Church donatedspace for us to meet
for this class to become a 6 hour
partnership class. Those seeking partnership now
meet for 2 hours on 3 Sundays and are able to hear
from all pastors and some staff before making the
decision of whether or not to partner with us.
Currently there are 20 going through Partnership
class this month. Please pray with us that, if led to
Renewal, they would meaningfully connect and
fully invest themselves in making disciples in the
context of Renewal Church.
Renewed Love for Those Far
From God...And the Lord added to their number daily those
who
were being saved. Acts 2:47
Renewal is continually amazed at the opportunities
given her to be able to serve. During the month of
September, many of us were able to serve others
with nourishing and fun foods, as well as have a
great time of fellowshipping with many new and
old friends.
On Sunday, September 19th, many Renewal partners
assistedRocky Creek Baptist Church with a block
party held at Hobby Lobby on Woodruff Road in
Greenville. There were twenty people from
Renewal that served that evening. They helped theteam from Rocky
Creek by making popcorn and
snow cones.
Much of what we have done as a church for City
Serve has been very church-driven instead of it
being more organic from the members of Renewal.
We would like to create a culture where the opposite
is true where individuals or small groups see
needs and seek to meet them by inviting the rest of
the church to help. To that end, the Rogers small
group pursued serving at Shepherds Gate, a
ministry of Miracle Hil
that serves homeless
women and children in
city. They served a spa
lunch to the ladies for w
all of the small groups
contributed food. Du
small kitchen and dinin
area, the Rogers group
represented Renewal by
cooking, serving, andfellowshipping with the ladies. There are
ma
churches who come to teach Bible studies, volu
to answer the phones, or clean the grounds, bu
there are few who take the time to engage in
conversation with these ladies and serve the ne
of their hearts. The Rogers small group was
touched by this experience that they are lookin
how to serve there more consistently.
The ladies of the Rogers small group were also
to have another get together with the girls from
Connie Maxwell Girls Home in Mauldin. Sar
Rogers shared her testimony with the girls and
the ladies were able to encourage these girls in
walks with the Lord. This is the third get togwith them in as
many months and they have gr
enjoyed being able to pour into these girls.
During the month of October, Renewal is lookin
forward to several new opportunities for servic
On the 24th, we will join Rocky Creek Baptist
Church with a pledged walk to raise financial
support and continual awareness for Breast Ca
We will be sponsoring a young mother with th
children that was recently diagnosed with thi
disease. Then, at Halloween, Renewal will hos
Trunk-A-Treat event. We will invite all par
of Renewal to join us to give out candy in a pub
parking lot on Halloween evening. This will
great way to reach out to the city. Lastly, Ren
excited about our new location on East North S
in Greenville. We are looking forward to the
opportunity we will have to do ministry work
within the elementary school that is beside our
location. There are many ways to reach out w
love of the Lord. Thank you for your prayers
continue to serve and love our city well.
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Dix reGroup ladies enjoying a cookout together
Hollie Carson teaching the women at MDS
Matt teaching the large group at MDS
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