Have You Considered Baptism?
In February 2013, my wife Cynthia and I stood before a large group of family and friends to make our marriage vows. We promised to love each other faithfully for as long as we both shall live. The words we spoke that day reflected the commitment we have already made...
Church Planting, Village Adoption and Travel
God has called the Fearless Family of Churches to make disciples and leaders while also planting churches to Fearlessly Make Him Known. When we caught the vision of Paradise Bound Ministries (PBM) and realized that their mission was our mission, we got excited about...
An Invitation to The Great Adventure: How to Study the Bible
Fearless Followers! Have you ever been on an adventure? Last week I was walking along the shore of Lake Huron searching for beach glass on Mackinac Island. For me it was a relaxing and fun time with my family. For Pike it was a hunt for buried treasure. Within the...
Exciting Update from Holland Middle School!
Over the last year Ridge Point has been partnering with Holland Middle School to support the vision of Mr. Boerman to teach kids about nutritious food through the start and use of a new greenhouse. Mr. Boerman and his STEM class have been the brains, hands and feet of...
Pastor Kevin Featured in Conversation with Spectrum Health
Hi Fearless Family, Recently, Senior Pastor Kevin Pike was invited into a conversation through Spectrum Health with local medical and faith leaders regarding COVID and its impact in the faith community. You can view the video in entirety below. ...
Work as Worship: Live Simulcast!
Hello Fearless Follower, As a Christ Follower, how often have you thought about how our work is a reflection of our walk with Christ; that God has meaningful work for us to do -- filled with passion and purpose? Our approach to work matters! Some local business...
Invite to Invite- Forgiven 4.01.21
Relationships are central to who we are as people, and because no matter how committed we are to those relationship, we are at times going to hurt each other. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that we become experts in forgiveness. One of the central themes of the...
Celebrating Fill a Bag- Fill a Belly Kickoff!
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in. Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. – Matthew 25: 35...
Invite to Invite- Flourish 3.05.21
Hi Fearless Followers, It is with much anticipation and excitement that I tell you we will be starting a 4-week marriage series called Flourish on the weekend of March 6-7 at all our Fearless Churches. Many of our marriages have been impacted one way or another after...
Making Waves Update
Our Fearless 40 Challenge has inspired us to be a people of prayer. Mark Batterson, in his book "Draw the Circle", encourages us to circle in prayer the areas in which we want to see God move. On Sunday afternoon, February...
Princess Dance 2021
Here in the Fearless Family, we get so excited when the annual Princess Dance is upon us! We believe in the positive impact a strong male role-model plays in the course of a girl’s development. This event is a chance to come alongside our community and provide an...
Fill a Bag – Fill a Belly: March 2021
Kids Food Basket is running out of the Supper Packs you donated this fall. We would love to replenish their supply and provide 6,000 new supper packs during the month of March! Continuing the Fearless Family theme of We Are for Every Child, we are pouring into the...
Jubilee Centre Child Sponsorship Praise Report
Your ALL-IN generosity continues to make waves around the world: Savings Groups are the core of Jubilee Centre’s Child Sponsorship Program. Families are growing their own finances and are able to save and prepare for tomorrow. Martha, JC’s Child Sponsorship ...
Fearless 40 Prayer Challenge: Encouragement
Today is day 3 of the Fearless 40 Prayer Challenge! Batterson starts off by explicating Joshua 3:5 “Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” (Joshua 3:5). This is the clarion call for anyone expecting God to move in a big way. It...
Fearless Followers Growing Kids and Vegetables
In a year like none other, as Thanksgiving approaches, I wanted to drop a note to say thank you to each of you and to Ridge Point for helping both the students at Holland Middle, but also their families and the surrounding community. While this year has been unique,...
Jubilee Centre Child Sponsorship – Zambia
Our power went out Sunday night meaning no lights, running water or heat. I reflected on the children we sponsor in Zambia; most have no electricity. Families bring water in buckets from a nearby well for drinking, cooking, bathing, and cleaning. They have no heat...
Compassion Child Sponsorship – Honduras
Did you know that Fearless Followers sponsor 170 children who live in Honduras, through Compassion International? That is a great celebration!! We have new profiles for 9 children living in or near La Canada, Honduras who would be blessed by your support of $38 each...
Giving Tree 2020
Giving Tree provides Fearless Followers thoughtful ways to partner with our “Regional” and “Global” Mission partners to Pray, Serve, and/or Give this Christmas season. To participate on-line, CLICK HERE, or simply email me at MaryJoB@FearlessFollower.org and let me...
Fearless Word – November 17
Acts 7:51-52a “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?
Healing and Forgiveness: Rooted Prayer Experience
Our fall Rooted groups recently went through their prayer experience. This involved going to prayer stations that prompted them to pray through different aspects of their journey through life with God. It was a powerful time for many of the participants, leading to...
Final week to Fill a bag to Feed a belly!
Ridge Point is filling bellies of hundreds of kids in Holland and Zeeland! As we round the corner into the final week of October, our goal of 5,000 is in sight! Fearless Followers have been packing supper packs all month long and our collection boxes are literally...
What does Rooted and Celebrate Recovery (CR) have in common?
What does Rooted and Celebrate Recovery (CR) have in common? Actually, a lot! According to the Rooted guide, Rooted Connects you with God, The Church and Your Purpose; so does CR! The Guide says Rooted is a catalyst for change; CR is also a catalyst for change! The...
Have you ever wanted to be just ordinary?
Have you ever wanted to be just ordinary? I used to want to be ordinary. I grew up looking different from the girls on tv and in magazines. And I definitely felt “different.” Which wasn’t a great feeling. I thought if I was “ordinary” that would mean that I would...
Fill a Bag, Fill a Belly: Update
God is on the move! Ridge Point, you have blown us away with your excitement about Fill a Bag, Fill a Belly! We have received so many Supper Packs that we had to add extra containers to our displays. God is multiplying our ordinary things to have an extraordinary...
Moving Forward: A Celebrate Recovery Story
Moving Forward - DivorceCare to Celebrate Recovery Gala Kempkers is a Fearless Follower who is currently enjoying her role as a Celebrate Recovery leader at Ridge Point. Gala shares a portion of her journey from brokenness to healing below. I was having a...
Amazing Parent Talks w/ Dan Seaborn
There are times in life when we as parents just feel overwhelmed and we don’t even have the words to express what is going on. A kind encouraging word to get us through the next hour/day/week can be a fresh drink of water in the desert of parenting. Dan Seaborn and...
Freed For Life – 70×7 Annual Fall Fund Raiser
Stronger Together 70×7 Life Recovery walks alongside families while loved ones are absent, and helps families prepare for when loved ones return. We provide encouragement, strength, and hope for families of incarcerated individuals. We believe a family is stronger...
Life Groups this October: Extraordinary Planting
A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a friend about how God works on our hearts. We imagined our hearts was a piece of land and God is a gardener. God wants to plant the seeds of his Kingdom in our hearts, so he comes to till it. He starts by removing the big...
Does your life feel like a puzzle?
During this week’s Rooted leader meeting, we asked the question “what do you love?” In response, one of the leaders shared an image that I believe shows clearly what Rooted is about. She said that she loves jigsaw puzzles. She loves putting the pieces together,...
Thank you for being For Every Child by Filling The Bus 2020
Thank you, Fearless Followers for being “For Every Child”! With your donations of backpacks and school supplies, 150 + kids have the supplies they need to start school well. I would like to introduce you to Bryna, one of our Fearless Ridge Kids (and pictured above). ...
Ready to go on an Adventure with God?
Imagine you want to go hiking. You have all your gear ready. You’ve packed your water and your food. There’s only one challenge. You have never hiked this trail before. You have a map but you are not sure how reliable your map is. You don’t want to miss the best...
Mosaic: Empowering Foster & Adoptive Families
The Mosaic team has been talking with some of our local foster agencies. It’s no great surprise; everyone is expecting an influx of kiddos into care once school starts. They are expecting an increase in some high trauma cases: especially sexual abuse of younger...
Sheltered by Amazing Grace
We have been challenged by the Great Commandment b] “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the greatest and the first commandment. 39 The second is like it:[c] You shall love your neighbor as...
Mission Update: Zambia Child Sponsorship Story
One of the ways we walk alongside our friends and partner, Jubilee Centre, in Zambia, is through child sponsorship. Did you know that Fearless Followers sponsor 173 children through Jubilee Centre? Fearless Followers sent 20 letters and 11 special gifts to their...
Honduras/ Compassion Update
As Fearless Followers we take the Mission of Following Jesus and Making Him known seriously. We believe that making Jesus known means that we get to show others who Jesus is with our words and our actions. In fact, we believe that two of the markers of being a...
Different Strokes for Different Folks?
Honey, dinner’s ready! Those are the words I expected to hear from my newlywed wife. I would then saunter into the dining room, sit down and enjoy a wonderful family dinner. Imagine the shock on my face when my wonderful wife walked into the living room with a plate...
We are For Every child: Let’s Fill the Bus in 2020
Help us Fill the Bus in 2020 as we show that Fearless Followers are “For Every Child” globally, regionally and locally. This year we will be collecting backpacks for all ages of students. Backpacks will be distributed to vulnerable youth through our local Missional...
Creation Ridge Preschool
We are excited to partner with the Outdoor Discovery Center Education Network as we launch Creation Ridge in the fall of 2020. The ODC's expertise in outdoor education and nature-based preschool experiences will guide us as we start our own nature-based preschool...
Driving through life in community.
Picture your car. What is the most important part? The part you cannot imagine driving without? For some, it is the steering wheel. For others, it is the brakes or the seat belts and airbags. Yet for others, it is the GPS, radio, heat, air conditioning, even the cup...
Fearless Word – June 30
Matthew 5:21-22 “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to...