January 2025 | 11
Fall Conference, The Capital Church, The Salt Company, Columbus
“Thank you all so much for praying for us and with us! We had an incredible weekend. The weather was perfect, all of the logistics went smoothly, and it seems as though the weekend led to some really incredible growth for students both relationally and spiritually. Our students are currently filling out a debrief from post-conference talking about what their takeaways were, and so far, we have stu- dents who want to be baptized, move on church plants in the Salt Network, and dive deeper in their walk with Jesus. A highlight of the weekend for me was talking to a girl after our main session on Saturday night. We had been teaching on 2 Corinthians 4, where the author, Paul, says that our suffering is temporary and light compared to the weight of glory that is waiting for us in heaven because of Jesus.
She told me that she had been walking through a significant season of anxiety and depression that was causing her to lose a lot of hope, but by the grace of God, she told me that Jesus seems more hopeful than ever before after this weekend. On top of that - she wouldn’t have been able to attend our conference when it was supposed to originally happen three weeks earlier. I’m convinced that God worked everything out to specifically have her in attendance this weekend, and I’m praying we continue to hear stories like that as we meet with students going forward. Your support means the world to us, and your generosity makes weekends like we just had possible for students.” –Harrison Guetzko, director, The Salt Company, Columbus
Fall Outreach Event - Lifepoint Church, Worthington
“Thank you, SCBO, for the generous contribution to the Lifepoint Worthington outreach event at the end of October! We had a FAN- TASTIC turnout from the community and saw around 1500 folks come through our area. We had a team of volunteers personally connecting with everyone. We had a lot of engagement with people through our communi- ty board questions that gave us an opening to talk with folks. The questions were: “Does the church have a place in a modern city?” and “Is religion a ‘bug’ or a ‘feature’ in a modern society?” The funds from SCBO allowed us to feed hundreds of people, pro- vide games, candy, professional photobooth and more! Our city was blown away by how much we were able to do with our team and said they have never had a church partner with them at this level. They’ve given us an open invitation to come back to the rest of the city’s events. It was a huge opportunity to engage our city and both show and share the love of Jesus. Thank you so much for your partnership in making this possible!” –Dan Osborn, teaching pastor, Lifepoint Church, Worthington
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