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 Word – November 25
Colossians 2:10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
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...
ALL IN with our Global Partners
Thank you Fearless Family! COVID-19 impact is impacting all of us and you continue to faithfully give! Your ALL IN generosity is still helping to REACH the poor, the hungry, and children around the world with the love of Jesus. Your gifts are also helping RESTORE...
How does serving fit into faith?
How does serving fit into our faith? When it comes to relationship with Christ, there are two areas that we should keep our focus. Vertically: this represents the relationship we have personally with Christ. Revelation of what the cross means to us as individuals is...
A story about discipleship and friendship
Al and Steve began their journey as one person “looking for something” and another person willing to “walk with someone”. This is how it has worked out for them. They meet weekly for lunch and have a Bible discussion along with that. They began to pray for each...
Opportunity for help and healing
C.S. Lewis once said that, “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” If you or a loved one has ever experienced the pain of loss you know exactly how grief and fear can feel. During those times you don't have to go through it alone and you can experience...
Come and See to Go and Tell
Do you feel the Holy Spirit nudging you and saying “come and see” what the Lord is doing in Africa or Honduras? Friends of mine recently commented that the short-term mission trip they took a couple of years ago completely changed the focus and purpose of their lives....
Zambia, Is God calling you to go too?
Have you felt God’s nudge to travel with a short-term trip team? For a good number of years, I felt God’s nudge to travel to Africa. My husband and sponsored a child through Jubilee Centre around 2008 or so. In the fall of 2012, Ridge Point offered a trip to Zambia...
New Year, New Opportunities for Community
As we begin 2020 we can’t help but think about resolutions for the New Year. For some, that means some kind of physical or emotional health plan. For others, it means starting new relationships or reviving old ones. Regardless of what your list may include I invite...
In Training: Barb and Karen
As we follow Jesus and Fearlessly make Him known God provides people to walk with as we follow Him. Check out Karen and Barb’s fearless follower story of friendship and discipleship. Karen: As a longtime Christian, I've been involved in many Bible studies, small...
For Every Child – Sponsorships
A friend of mine once said that Compassion is mercy and love in action. I think he is spot one. Every time we move to help someone or assist someone because they have a need and we have the power to help, our movement is the action of compassion. A few weeks ago, I...
Celebrate Recovery
Are you passionate about helping others out of addiction to find freedom? In partnership with Celebrate Recovery, there is a team of passionate people at Ridge Point who are launching into a year of leadership training. Ridge Point and the Fearless Family of churches...
How Sponsoring a Child can Change Your World
My family and I started sponsoring Boston through Ridge Point and the Jubilee Center over a year ago. Our communication with him has been scant, letters once or twice a year, but a few months ago I was able to travel to Zambia with Ridge Point to meet Boston and his...
Thrive: Best Means Best
Let's Thrive Ridge Point! The account of Ten Commandments is written to show that God is marrying Israel. It’s a beautiful picture of God’s covenant promise and faithfulness. This isn’t a contractual arrangement based on transactional terms (you do and you get). God...