Our next Reasons to Believe chapter event will be online via Zoom at 7:00pm this Fri., May 12. Reasons to Believe President Dr. Fazale Rana will give a presentation entitled “God Is An Artist.” You can request the Zoom link by e-mail to kirbyh@pacbell.net, by phone at 650-917-9107, or find it and more at reasons.org/chapters/san-jose/events. | |
Sports & More Camp—Registration is Open! | |
Our annual Sports & More Camp is coming up June 19-23, 2:00-5:15pm each day! We will host separate tracks for ages 6-12 (going into 1st grade in the fall through outgoing 5th graders) in basketball, table tennis, science, and “makers” — a combo of art and woodworking. Click HERE for more information and to sign up. | |
All singles and single again over age 35 are invited to our monthly fellowship. Through workshops, presentations, and discussions, we hope to share healthy relationship principles as singles and single households, and build a safe place for support and growth as singles navigate through stages of individual and family life. Join us at Bridges on the 4th Saturday every month (unless otherwise announced), 5:30-7:30pm. This gathering is free! Click HERE for details. Questions? Call Susanna Chan: 706-341-7655. | |
Short-Term Mission Trip to São Paulo, Brazil | |
Volunteer to join our summer short-term mission trip to São Paulo, Brazil, July 13-22! We will be working with our long-time missionaries Paulo & Ireni Mota and their organization (Restoration Ministries) to lead fun Bible programs for children and youth, and to participate in prayer outreaches to families in the surrounding Favela neighborhoods. The trip will cost around $2,000 per person, and partial scholarships are available. For more information, email Pastor Steve Durand: steve@bridges.church. | |
Sunday Morning Nursery Volunteers Needed | The Bridges nursery is looking for warm, loving volunteers to help care for our babies on Sunday mornings . The nursery needs help during the first or second hour on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. For details or to volunteer, email Liliya Gor at liliya@bridges.church. | |
Men, are you cleaning out your closet and have a suit or two to get rid of? Donate your suits to San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge! This is a live-in program for men and teens with addiction problems, to help change their lives through Christ. As the men approach graduation from this strict and structured program with a very high success rate, they are required to find work. One of your suits could help in those efforts as they interview and begin a new career! To coordinate the donation of your suit, please contact Don D'Arcy: dwdarcy.dd@gmail.com. | |
Finance Update as of May 7, 2023 | |
These are our current year-to-date giving figures: Actual is $1,097,136; budgeted is $1,237,000; shortfall is $139,864. These figures reflect contributions for the church year, which runs Sept. 1 - Aug. 31.
Did you know that you can text to give? Use your phone’s text messaging function and enter 650-864-4437 as the recipient. In the message field, type “Give” and tap the “send” button. You will receive a text in response with further instructions. More information is available on the BCC giving page.
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Speaker: Pastor Dan Stockum
Message: He Knows What You Need
Scripture Focus: Mark 6:30-44
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One of the most consistent traits of Jesus that we see throughout the book of Mark is His pattern to meet people exactly where they are. This week, we see Jesus meet people in their various needs and respond with compassion and care. As we will learn, it’s the same response He has for each one of us—no matter how desperate our need. | |
Use YouVersion Live This Sunday | "YouVersion Bible" is a free app available on most smart phones and mobile devices. Each week, we upload our message notes to YouVersion so you can connect more deeply with the day's teaching. Download the app from Apple's App Store or wherever applications for your device are available. | |
Last Sunday's Message Online Now |
Missed last week's message? Click HERE to watch May 7: "Your Turn" by Pastor Dan Stockum. All past Sunday messages are available on our messages page.
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Submit Your Questions About Our Sermons! | Do you have a question about this week's sermon? We want to hear it! Click the green box next to the sermon video on THIS page to submit a question. The more we get, the more we know you are interacting with the message, so please send them our way. Depending on the number of questions we receive, we will vary how often we record responses and make those available to you. To see our pastors answer past sermon questions, click HERE. | |
Join one of our Bridges groups! Most are now meeting in person and some still virtually using Zoom. Click HERE to see our current groups and when and where they meet. | |
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Our Bridges family prays together virtually on Wednesdays at noon. We'd love to have you join us, even if you can only get away from other things for five minutes. When we come before God's throne of grace to find mercy and help in our time of need, God hears our prayers and always answers. We invite you to join our prayer time HERE on Zoom every Wednesday at noon. The passcode is: Prayer.
If you can't make the noon meeting, a prayer group also meets on Wednesdays at 7:00pm on Zoom. Please use the same Zoom link and passcode as above.
A third prayer group meets in person on Sunday mornings, 8:30-9:15am in Room 116.
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We’d love for each person to find a place to use their God given-gifts within our Bridges family. If you haven’t already, please take a moment to prayerfully consider how God would like you to serve at Bridges, and let us know by filling out this online form: bridges.church/serve. If you've already filled out the form, a ministry leader will contact you in the coming weeks to arrange next steps. Thank you for helping build our church! | |
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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. Just click HERE to let us know your need, and we will make sure you're taken care of.
If you're able and willing to help others, especially those who cannot leave their homes, please click HERE.
If you have a prayer request that our BCC staff can pray over, please click HERE.
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Bridges Community Church
625 Magdalena Ave.
Los Altos, CA 94024
Ph: 650.948.5698 Fax: 650.949.6052
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