| UPDATE (5.27.2010):Thank You to the Body of Christ
Thank you to the body of Christ who supported El Shaddai Christian Church at the benefit event, “Love Your Neighbor,” organized by Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram and Jim Houser and hosted by Fellowship Bible Church. We appreciate the gifts of time and talents offered by each member of the event team along with Mike Donehey of Tenth Avenue North, Britt Nicole, Toby Mac and surprise guest, Amy Grant. Members of El Shaddai are so blessed by the generous donations totaling $61,857! We are also grateful to Pastor Rick White and the congregation at The People’s Church of Franklin for your care and concern for our church community. We are awed by your incredible financial support. Thank you to all the donations we have received from other churches and individuals in addition to your continued support and prayer. Reconstruction or Relocation Whatever route God directs us to take, whether we are allowed to restore the existing building or if we are required to relocate to a new facility, it will be a huge undertaking for our congregation. We trust the Lord to continue fulfilling his purpose through El Shaddai. We believe He will complete what He has started and will provide all that is necessary for the challenges that lie ahead. We know He will grant us strength and endurance in the process. El Shaddai awaits word on two possible options for our church building. Costs for the first option, restoring the existing facility, are being estimated. The second option, moving our community to a new location, may be necessitated by new governmental regulations for flood-damaged regions. In this case, we will enter into a rebuilding campaign to purchase new property and construct a new facility. Our metropolitan government released new regulations on Wednesday, May 19, regarding flood-damaged buildings and rebuilding in flooded areas. These regulations require us to obtain a building permit. Because our church is located in the 100-year flood plain, and has sustained significant structural and interior damage due to recent flooding, we are uncertain as to whether we will receive the permit. Although buildings in the 100-year flood plain may, “get a building permit to make repairs in some cases,” the permit is considered “pending” until a field assessment of the property is completed. The “pending” permits are generally issued within a few days of application. Metro Water Services (MWS) can sign off on your building permit if: the building meets the current storm water regulations or the damage to the building is less than 50% of the building’s value’. (www.nashville.gov/mpc/pdfs/main/FloodplainPermits.pdf). Will will continue to update our body of support as new information is available. Thank you, again, for your care for El Shaddai Christian Church during this challenging season for our church. We have faith that God will grow the ministry of His church through this experience and look to Him for a new season of outreach and harvest. |
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What an amazing evening last night for the body of Christ @ the “Love Your Neighbor 3″ benefit concert at Fellowship Bible Church! Words cannot express our gratitude to all who blessed our congregation so generously – especially Jason Ingram and Brandon Heath, along with special guests Mike Donehey, Britt Nicole, TobyMac, and Amy Grant! Of course a huge thank you to Fellowship Bible Church and all who organized the evening! We simply cannot comprehend the vastness of God’s grace and love, but we caught a glimpse last night in the midst of our loving brothers and sisters. God has already brought forth beautiful blooms after the rain! May He richly bless each one of your lives!
Qué noche más increíble anoche para el cuerpo de Cristo en el concierto de beneficio “Ama a tu Prójimo 3″ en la iglesia Fellowship Bible! Palabras no pueden expresar nuestra gratitud a todos los que bendijeron a nuestra congregación tan generosamente – en especial Jason Ingram y Brandon Heath, junto a los artistas invitados Mike Donehey, Britt Nicole, TobyMac, and Amy Grant! Claro que también agradecemos a Fellowship Bible Church y a todos los que organizaron la noche! Simplemente no podemos comprender la grandeza de la gracia y amor de Dios, pero vimos un destello anoche en medio de nuestros queridos hermanos y hermanas. Después de la lluvia, Dios hace florecer! Que Él bendiga cada una de sus vidas!
Muchas gracias a los cientos de manos del cuerpo de Cristo en nuestra comunidad en Nashville y Middle TN., gracias por sus oraciones y contribuciones. A los muchos carpinteros y hombres y mujeres, jóvenes y niños que han venido a contribuir su talento y tiempo. A todos aquellos que han traido agua, comida, y merienda, muchas gracias. A las iglesias que han ofrecido sus edificios.. Dios les ha de multiplicar en abundancia lo que siembran en su Reino aquí en El Shaddai. Dios bendiga la ayuda que tanto estamos necesitando en este tiempo para reconstruir nuesta iglesia.
Muchas personas nos han preguntado, como pueden suplir nuestras necesidades inmediatas. Aqui hay algunas ideas:
Brandon Heath and Jason Ingram visit El Shaddai
This week we had the hands of Brandon Heath and Jason Ingram, helping at El Shaddai.
“Gracias por ser Sus ojos, Gracias por ser Sus brazos, Gracias por dar generosamente de su Corazón”
Thank you for living out your song at El Shaddai and for the seed that you are planting in our community and through The 3rd Annual LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Benefit – FREE with Love Offering benefiting El Shaddai Church. Tuesday May 18th, at Fellowship Bible bringing the body of Christ together to be his hands and his feet.
This week has been a continuous demonstration of God’s love through the body of Christ.
Thank you to the folks from New Life Church PA, who drove all the way down from Pennsylvania; Jason Ritz and his team, Rozanne, Camille, Sabrina ,Briana and friends you too have brought “New Life” to El Shaddai, Muchas gracias!
We have had beautiful moments with people from our local churches and community all together, planting the garden, sharing prayer, stripping walls. Gracias! Muchas gracias. Dios los bendiga.
A beautiful family from Forest Hills donated some of their Garden to beautify El Shaddai. Our prayer is that El Shaddai will shine Gods grace in Greater ways not only to its 300 members and the nations represented, but to the beautiful community of middle TN.
From a broken sky a revival blooms!
Thank you to all the people that have come to surround us in these difficult moments. Enormous things have happened. We thank God for all the love and grace upon El Shaddai. We’ve traveled miles, yet we still have many roads to cross.
There is much hard construction labor, all the help we can get to continue to build the floors and walls is greatly needed. Please pray we do not have heavy rain.
Yesterday two women from Illinois have traveled to serve us, they have worked in all this hard labor. Thank you Robyn and Carrie!
We had our first service at our neighbor Church, Concord Community Church of the Nazarene. Thank you Pastor Todd and your congregation for making us feel at home.
For our immediate needs please see our press release at the main web page.
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Gracias a todas las personas que nos han apoyado en estos momentos dificiles. Grandes cosas han sucedido. Agradecemos a Dios todo el amor y gracias que ha derramado sobre El Shaddai. Ha sido una larga jornada, pero nos quedan muchos caminos que trazar todavía.
Hay mucho labor de construcción para hacer, y toda la ayuda que puedan brindar para continuar en la construcción de los pisos y paredes es necesitada grandemente. Porfavor oren para que no recibamos lluvias muy fuertes.
Ayer dos mujeres de Illinois viajaron para venir y servirnos, y han trabajado en este labor arduo. Gracias Robyn y Carrie!
Tuvimos nuestro primer servicio en la iglesia vecina, Concord Community Church of the Nazarene. Gracias a Pastor Todd y a su congregación por hacernos sentir en casa.
Para ver nuestras necesidades más urgentes, favor de ver al comunicado de prensa en la página principal de web.
Press Release
May 10, 2010
Thank you to the many hands and help that has come from the body of Christ and our community in Nashville and Middle TN., to the many carpenters and building volunteers who have helped in tearing down the wet dry wall and starting from ground zero, changing the floor beams, for all the food, water and snacks. To the churches that have offered their church buildings, to the youth and children for sharing their talents. for your prayers and contributions. The Lord bless your much needed assistance.
Many people have asked how they can help with our most immediate needs. Here are a few ideas:
1. Pray and fast.
2. Come and help. We have had hundreds volunteers since the flood day. And continue to need help. After a week of tearing down and taking out all the debris. We need help reconstructing starting with the floors and dry wall.
3. Our cost for materials are very high, your financial gifts donations for building materials and supplies are greatly needed and appreciated. They can be done at our web site or contacting our Pastor Germán Castro at (615) 573-5508 /info@elshaddaicc.org.
Immediate Needs:
Flooring – vinyl.
Dry wall – up to 4 feet needs to be replaced around all the building.
Doors – Nine doors including the Fellowship entrance.
Paint for the entire building Water rose to 5 feet
Windows – 12 for the front of the building are the most urgent.
Air conditioning ducts
Warehouse space for 3 or 4 months.
Technology - Photocopying machine
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Muchas gracias a los cientos de manos del cuerpo de Cristo en nuestra comunidad en Nashville y Middle TN., gracias por sus oraciones y contribuciones. A los muchos carpinteros y hombres y mujeres, jóvenes y niños que han venido a contribuir su talento y tiempo. A todos aquellos que han traido agua, comida, y merienda, muchas gracias. . A las iglesias que han ofrecido sus edificios.. Dios les ha de multiplicar en abundancia lo que siembran en su Reino aquí en El Shaddai. Dios bendiga la ayuda que tanto estamos necesitando en este tiempo para reconstruir nuesta iglesia.
Muchas personas nos han preguntado, como pueden suplir nuestras necesidades inmediatas. Aqui hay algunas ideas:
1. Ore y ayune.
2. Venga y ayúdenos. Hemos tenido mas de 200 voluntarios en los últimos días. Se continúan necesitando ayuda en el área de construcción.
3.Los costos financieros son muy altos, su generosidad será de gran ayuda para la restauración del edificio, equipos, materiales y suministros. Puede hacer su contribución contactando en el website: www.elshaddaicc.org o contactando a nuestro Pastor Pastor German Castro al (615) 573-5508 / info@elshaddaicc.org.
Nuestras necesidades mas inmediatas son:
Pisos - vinilo.
Dry wall – a la altura de cuatro pies, al rededor de la iglesia
Puertas – Nueve puertas
Pintura
Ventanas -12 urgentes para el frente del edificio
Bodega de Almacenamiento – Temporal por 3 a 4 meses. Mientras la reconstrucción.
Tecnología – Maquina fotocopiadora
Love your Neighbor
(Siga abajo para leer en Español)
The 3rd Annual LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Benefit
The 3rd Annual LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Benefit – Free! with Love Offering benefiting El Shaddai Church, devastated by flooding featuring Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram, TobyMac, Mike Donehey (of Tenth Avenue North) & Britt Nicole.
Tues, May 18th, 2010. 7pm at Fellowship Bible Church. 1210 Franklin Rd, Brentwood, TN.
The LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR benefit is an annual concert event created by Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram.
2008′s concert benefited tornado victims in middle TN, and now another natural disaster brings us together again.
Each year in partnership with Fellowship Bible Church in Brentwood, Tennessee, Brandon and Jason tap their music community friends for a great night of guitar pull songwriter music to donate funds and gather volunteers for a focused need in the Nashville community.
More info at: http://www.facebook.com/loveyourneighbor
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Tercer anual AME A SU VECINO concierto de beneficiencia
El tercer concierto anual AME A SU VECINO de beneficiencia- Gratis! con ofrenda de amor para beneficiar a la iglesia El Shaddai Christian Church, devastada por las inundaciones. Presentando a Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram, TobyMac, Mike Donehey (de Avenida 10 Norte) & Britt Nicole.
Martes , Mayo 18, 2010. 7pm en Fellowship Bible Church. 1210 Franklin Rd, Brentwood, TN. 37027
El evento AME A SU VECINO – LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR es un concierto anual de beneficiencia creado por Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram.
El concierto del 2008 beneficio a las victimas del tornado en Tennesse y ahora otro desastre natural nos une nuevamente.
Cada año en colaboracion con Fellowship Bible Church en Brentwood, Tennessee, Brandon y Jason unen sus amigos de la comunidad para una gran noche de musica de guitarra para recoger fondos y conseguir voluntarios para una causa especifica en la comunidad de Nashville
Mas informacion en http://www.facebook.comloveyourneighbor
We have a place to have our Sunday Service! Concord Community Church of the Nazarene . 9826 Concord Rd. Brentwood 37027. Right behind us, on the other side of Mill Creek over the hill. At 12:30m.
A man from Illinois, heard what was going on in Nashville TN and decided he would take his bob cat and see where he could help , as he arrived someone told him about our church. We had a huge job to do today, hauling all the debris to the dumpsters (2). But this God send man did the job in one hour. Thank you Jesus for Tim!
Another man drove by asking how he could help, he offered his truck for us to use until Friday.He handed pastor the keys and left.
We had our first church service, out in the parking lot. It was encouraging to be reminded the the church of the Lord Jesus Christ was is not a building but the people.
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Tuvimos nuestro primer día de servicio en el parqueadero de nuestra iglesia, nos motive a recordar que la Iglesia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo no es la de ladrillo sino la de carne y hueso. Un hombre de Illinois, de la Iglesia Free Will Baptista, escucho de lo que sucedía en Nashville TN y decidió venirse a ver a quien podía ayudar. Al llegar aquí a la ciudad alguien lo envió a nosotros.
Otro hombre pasó a preguntar cómo podía ayudar y ofreció su camioneta, le entrego las llaves al pastor y le dijo que volvía por ella el viernes.
Ya tenemos lugar donde congregarnos el Domingo! Concord Community Church of the Nazarene. 9826 Concord Rd. Brentwood 37027. Detrás de nosotros en el otro lado de la quebrada pasando la loma de atrás.