Join Bridges in helping raise funds and awareness for RealOptions Obria Medical Clinics’ life-affirming services for women, men, students, and families through their five Bay Area medical clinics and outreach programs. A team from Bridges will be participating in this year’s annual Walk for Life! Want to join the team? Walk with us at or run the 5k at the main event at Martial Cottle Park in San Jose this Sat., Mar. 2, at 9:00am. You can also donate to support our team, and pray for the ongoing ministry of these clinics to our community.

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THIS WEEK'S MESSAGE

In God’s Image

Christianity has tremendous resources to assign inherent worth and dignity to every human. Regardless of ability or background, Scripture teaches that every human life is equally precious. This week, we’ll see how this belief originates all the way back to creation, has altered the history of the world, and still has more to accomplish in our modern day.

NEWS AND EVENTS

Support Los Altos Christian Schools' PAWS (Parents Active With Schools) by eating at Panda Express this Wed., Feb. 28! Whether you dine in, pick up a to-go order, or have it delivered, 28% of sales will be donated to PAWS.

Our next Reasons to Believe chapter event will be online via Zoom on Fri., Mar. 8, at 7:00pm. RTB Visiting Scholar Leslie Wickman will give a presentation entitled “Cultivating a Personal Environmental Ethic.” Dr. Wickman was a professional women’s tackle football player, a rocket scientist, and currently runs her own non-profit company. She is an inspirational speaker and an excellent role model for young women. Here is the Zoom link. To receive email notifications of our upcoming meetings, contact Kirby Hansen: 650-917-9107 or kirbyh@pacbell.net.

Come to our next Membership Intro Meeting on Sun., March 24, at 12:15pm, and hear about the meaning of membership at Bridges! For details and to register, visit bridges.info and look under News & Events. To be included in lunch, please register by March 20.

Save the date for Feed My Starving Children’s Silicon Valley Mobile Pack at Bridges on Fri., April 12, and Sat., April 13. Priority registration will open on March 1. Plan to register early because it fills up fast! Look for details to come.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

Join MUCH Hope as they serve local homeless at Sunnyvale Homefirst shelter by providing monthly dinners. Guest numbers at the shelter have increased greatly to 150 people, so lots of help is needed whether it's for 30 minutes or 2 hours! Volunteer to drop off supplies at Bridges, or help cook in the Bridges kitchen on a designated Sunday. For questions, contact sujana.panthulu@gmail.com.

Join us this summer for a short-term mission trip to São Paulo, Brazil, July 18-28! We will be working closely with our long-time mission partners Paulo & Ireni Mota and the organization and staff they oversee (Restoration Ministries) to lead fun Bible programs and activities for children and youth, and to participate in home visitations and prayer outreaches to families in the surrounding favela neighborhoods. The trip will cost approximately $2,000-$2,500 per person. For more information, please email Pastor Steve: steve@bridges.church.

Deeper Roots Life Group member Karen Chu is seeking help from the Bridges family to fill a life-changing need—a living kidney donor. Since being diagnosed with end stage renal failure at just 10 years old, she has undergone two kidney transplants that have allowed her to live a great life until finding out last year that her current kidney is declining in function. Karen needs another transplant within the next few months, otherwise she will need to begin dialysis. To learn about becoming a living kidney donor and hear more of Karen’s story and updates, email: karenc.needdonor@gmail.com or karenchu.cs@gmail.com. For online information on living donation and registering as a donor, check HERE. Please join us in prayer as well—that this need will be met and the Lord will bless this evolving story.

We’d love for each person to find a place to use their God-given gifts within our Bridges family. Prayerfully consider how God would like you to serve, and then fill out our online form. Thank you for helping build our church!

STAY CONNECTED

Do you have a question about this week's sermon? We want to hear it! To see our pastors answer past sermon questions, click HERE.

Our Bridges family prays together three different times each week: twice on Wednesday via Zoom, and once on Sunday mornings before our worship service. We'd love to have you join us.

Need help picking up groceries, setting up tech tools or equipment, running errands, etc.? We have a team of people who are ready and willing to help. If you're able and willing to help others, join our team!

These are our current year-to-date giving figures: Actual is $816,574; budgeted is $913,000; shortfall is $96,426. These figures reflect contributions for the church year, which runs Sept. 1 - Aug. 31.

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