**Giving**

The Average Church plant costs over $200,000.00. We currently have very limited funding. Our goal is through individuals like yourself we can raise enough supporet to proceed forward into the fall. This will allow us to continue seeking larger funding from outside sources to keep from becoming a long term burden to you.

Its easy to think you can't possible do enough with your limited resources, but thats not true. We want to spread this load across many and so are asking you to simply, prayfully yet genersously do a small part which will add to the whole and attain a very achieveable goal.

We need to Raise $25,000.00 to get us into fall 2006. So we are asking freinds, family and concerned individuals to make a donation to the cause. Here is what we are asking of you.

1. Pray: For God to lead you in your giving, for Jesus to stretch your faith to new levels and for God to provide for and protect this stage of his mission.
2. Give: generously and joyfully as you are lead.

We have the following goals:

10 people who will give a $250 lump sum
15 people who will give a $500 lump sum
15 people who will give a $1000 lump sum

That’s only $25,000.00. A small dent in the overall need but a huge junk of what we need personally to get this thing of the ground. The Bible says that a cord of three strands is not easily broken. Taken here it means 40 individual people sacrificing can be that initial strength and provision.

Ways to Give:

Old School-
Mail a check payable to "Mystery Church" for one of the above amounts (250,500,1000) to:
Mystery Church
1002 Country side dr
Webb City, MO 64870

New School-
Click the button below and make a credit/debit/paypal donation to Mystery. You do not have to have a Paypal account. All you need is a credit or debit card. Just enter one of the amounts (250, 500, 1000) in the amount window and and follow the instructions.

To donate further or to be set up to give monthly contact MYSTERY GIVING

MY$TERY

We now have our Federal Tax ID Number and State Filled FIctitous Name. "So" you might say, but this is important. It means we are now recognized as a new church and that we can begin receiving donations.

We opened our checking account and you can now support financially the work God is doing in Joplin through Mystery. All gifts are tax deductable and will be accompanied by a end of year gift reciept letter for tax purposes, which is what many where waiting to hear. YES!

More funding options and information will be coming shortly. Just wanted everyone to know were are now legit and continuing to move forward.

Thanks for your prayers


-Steev

STRATEGY

As I am Always getting people asking mme whats going on and whens it all start i thought i would share the first two stages of our planting strategy so people know where we are at and where we are heading. This gives you a pretty good idea.


Mystery Starting Strategy
(Currently In Latter Stages of Phase One)

1. Preparation Phase: April –June 2006
a. Develop Planting Plan & Strategy
b. Identify Target
c. Cultivate Support (financial and prayer)
i. Determine Need
ii. Determine Potential Sources
iii. Set up Meetings
d. Define Vision, Mission & Values
i. Pray and Search Scripture to clarify and articulate God’s Leading of His new church
ii. Prepare Presentation of Values, Vision & Mission for Potential Supporters and Team Members
e. Launch basic website

2. Strategy & Recruitment Phase: June-Oct. 2006
a. Continue to pray for and cultivate support
i. Meet with people, churches and organizations to raise funding
ii. Organize groups and individuals who will prayerfully support this church plant. Keep them updated on needs and progress
b. Leadership Interviews
i. Conduct personal interviews with potential Core Group Leaders.
1. Share vision, values and mission.
2. One on one meetings to assess character & compatibility
c. Recruit core team
i. Interview Potential Core team members.
1. Share vision, values and mission.
2. One on one meetings to asses character & compatibility
ii. Gather, Train, and Lead a core team
iii. Equip team and prepare them for mission: leading of small groups, evangelism, and teaching of classes and Bible studies

iv. Begin Regular weekly core team meetings in August
d. Share Vision Publicly
i. Begin to preach and teach the mission, vision and values of Mystery through core group, churches, and personal meetings

I will continue to post updates and information as we progressrevealinng more of our timeline. I will also be posting our vision, values and mission in the coming weeks.

-Steev

PRAYER

Please Continue to Pray.

This aint gona be easy...

I am in St. Louis this week. Monday-Wed. Meeting with people, sharing the vision, enjoying friends, gaining wisdom, being encouraged and getting discouraged! This is tough stuff. We have jumped in head first without even thinking about if we new how to swim. This is where some might make some "God is your life vest" lame reference, but i wont. i know Jesus has called us to lay ourselves down and pick up HIS CROSS and not our own idols. Its tough. I know God is good. I know that all that he asks of us he provides.
Those are hard thoughts when your car is overheating in the parking lot of Panera 300 miles away from home, you left your laptop charger at the house you are staying at, mac battery is at t-minus...minutes left, you got a speeding ticket cause the lam-o at walmart made you an hour and half late for your trip (not my led foot off course), hard when you are wondering where your paycheck will come from.
Hard to see a silver lining. Its hard to have faith when the enemy is attacking. Hard to live a life in a sinful broken world were everything is falling a part and your own sin is so prevalent. Jesus says in John 10 that he has come to give us life...a full life and its true. As long as we are at work in this fallen world there will be much trouble, but through him we can experience it all with differnt eyes- real life. joy. peace and patience in the midst of the "suffering". We can lean into his divinity and not our weakness. He is good, and this is hard.

Jesus maybe you be glorified and exhauled in all of this and thanks for the new ipod... it helped!

REVEAL • LIVE • ENJOY


Steev

Family

Here is our family. The Inges. Steev & Ashley, Kids Abigail, Ethan and baby boss Lilly. Behold those crazy enough to obey God and plant a church. These are the faces of those you support and are praying for.

thanks

THe Inges

Prayer

Please be Praying for the following:

City & People God will send
Discernment, Insight and creativity
Funds for remainder of 2006
Funds for next 2 years
Future leaders
Future Core Group

Pray is the single greatest thing we need right now and everyone can afford that. Please spend some time on your knees this week when you can. If you would like to be added to our Prayer People list shoot us me an email here: steev@mysterychurch.com

Steev..

Creation

One of my personal values is creation. Creating, creation, dreaming, thinking, designing. all those things. its part of God's image on us all-to create. I like it. i enjoy creating and making. i dont give myslef nearly the time it deserves these days. this week though i spent some time putting thoughts on paper, playing in photoshop etc. been working on logos, web stuff etc. this is the cover of mystery's funding packet. i really like it. Thought i would share it with you.

Thank You

A very Special "THANK YOU" goes out to all my friends and family at the Bridge. Your Love and support is amazing, inspiring and encouraging.

Steev

Count Down

I continue to work on the ground work for the new church. Building a foundation. Thinking through the things that need to be done (there's a lot!) Designing logos and making plans. It overwhelming actually, but sorta fun. Well some of it is fun. Lots of people asking when we are going to start gathering. When are we gonna meet, sing, share and read. That will come. sonner than later. Gotta do it right. Gotta take somme time and not ruch too much. Maybe its part of the weeding out process. Seperating the impatient and what not. Maybe i am just a slacker....

We will being meeting for prayer and Bible study sometime in June. Until then please be praying for the new churches needs, the people of Joplin that it will reach and the lives Jesus will impact through it.

Grace and Peace

Steev

Here We Go...

Well we are two weeks into planting a new church. Scarry...exciting...nervous...anxious...all of the above. Faith is doing. Answering a call. Responding to Grace. Stepping out. Moving forward. Being Sure of what you hope for and certain of the unseen.