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LOVEWEEK2013 is LIVE!

Monday, June 17th, 2013

LOVE WEEK 2013 is LIVE and you can begin signing up NOW for events that begin on July 13.

Use the filters on the left to show the events near you. More are being added every day, and many more will be added during the week, but getting signed up NOW is a great way to make sure you’ve got a slot for your favorite events with your eGroup or eTeam.

You can serve a meal, build a house, clean up all over our city, sort and organize donations, impact a child, or save a life. SO many opportunities!

You can sign up for an account and register by clicking the tabs on the right.

Thank you Elevation for your hearts to BE the hands and feet of Jesus during LOVE Week and all year long – together, we are changing the world!

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New Partners & Bless Back

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

By KALEY RIVERA

We’d like to wish all of our dads at Elevation Church a happy Father’s Day. Elevation Church dads across our nation and even the world are making an incredible impact.

This week, Pastor Steven and our entire church family celebrated the life of Larry Furtick. We called him “LTrain” and pastor preached an incredible message he called “This Train.”

Mr. Furtick died last week of complications from ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He shared his testimony with our church in 2011 during Code Orange Christmas and more than 2,000 people gave their lives to Jesus in response.

One of our core values at Elevation is that we will lead the way in generosity. Pastor Steven leads us to give 12% of every tithe and offering back into the community through outreach. So far in 2013, we’ve given away close to $1.6 million to our outreach partners.

This week Pastor’s family had the honor of giving $61k in Larry Furtick’s name. Elevation, thanks to your generosity we gave $21k to the ALS Association’s Jim “Catfish” Hunter chapter, $20k to Hospice and Palliative Care of Charlotte and $20k to Crisis Assistance Ministry. Click the links to find out more about how to serve with these partners, leave us a comment below for more specific questions, or join us during LOVE Week for opportunities.

George Collins is an amazing dad whose leadership and passion to serve in Jesus’ name led to the launch of Bless Back Worldwide. This 100% volunteer ministry empowers more than 370 people to serve desperate needs in Haiti and Nicaragua. Doctors, dentists, physician assistants, and others have helped to treat more than 68-hundred patients in Central America and here in Charlotte as well.

Thanks to your Banner Years generosity, this year we gave Bless Back Worldwide $60,000 to build a health clinic in Nicaragua. The need is great. There is space remaining on 2013 Bless Back trips to Haiti and Nicaragua this October, November, and December. 2014 teams are being formed as well. Check in with our Elevation Outreach Bless Back Worldwide volunteer liaison Allison Fowler for details.

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Beyond the Banner; behind the scenes

Friday, June 14th, 2013

By LINDSEY PLEVYAK

For the past several weeks, we’ve been been on set shooting interviews for the documentary, Beyond the Banner. This film is a look inside the heart of our church as we recount the monumental generosity and heart of our people. Person after person has stepped through the doors of Elevation’s StudioE to share the accounts of how they have experienced this powerful movement of God in both their life and the lives of others.

These stories are both compelling and inspiring, leaving an air of challenge for us all to rise to the occasion to be a part of something much greater than ourselves. They inspire us to truly to be invested in the hearts and lives of those God has placed with in our local and global community.

I must say I am grateful for my vantage point, having been both behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera through out this process has been quite an experience. I feel that I have been able to receive a full circle perspective in both documenting the story live on location as well sharing the stories of the lives we have intersected along this incredibly journey.

I am thrilled to see how all of the pieces of this incredible story will come together. God is both author and producer. It is an extraordinary moment in time for our church.

Stay tuned for the documentary Beyond the Banner coming this summer and check out Elevation Outreach to see how you can play a part in this unbelievable movement. You don’t want to miss out.