In October 2025, we launched Build Your Church — a three-year generosity campaign designed to equip our church to sustain the continued growth of the past five years and continue our work of connecting the church to the community and the community to the church. We are raising $2,000,000 above and beyond our annual budget to further expand the impact of our ministries and initiatives across Lawrenceville. As of October 2026, we have had $1,100,000 pledged towards Build Your Church, and we have already received over $500,000 in contributions!

$1,000,000 will be used to support the expansion of the Parents First Initiative to the remaining Lawrenceville school clusters: Discovery, Collins Hill, Mountain View, and Archer. Funds will also go towards supporting our school engagement initiatives throughout the year like our Central Gwinnett Football Meals and Teacher/Faculty Lunches.

$1,000,000 will be designated to updating and renovating our church to ensure we continue providing a safe, comfortable, and appealing space for people across our community to connect with God and with each other. We have already made completed a number of projects across our church campus in the last 10 months of Build Your Church. You can find more information about those on our Build Your Church website: www.buildyourchurch.org/updates

We are going to wrap up Build Your Church: Multiply on October 25th with a very special time of worship. A generous donor has offered to match up to $50,000 donated to a special Multiply Offering on Sunday, October 25, 2026. We are calling this our Multiply Sunday because the gifts you bring will immediately multiply. We are inviting everyone to bring a gift above and beyond their regular tithe for this special offering. Please be sure to designate your Multiply Sunday offering as Multiply Sunday Special Offering. If giving online, there is a specific fund set up that you can select by the same name.

These funds will help offset this year's current operating deficit as we head into the final months of the year.

Not going to be here on Multiply Sunday? We are adding a time of commitment at every service throughout October. As you receive and fill out your pledge card, you're invited to come up during the commitment time during service, pray over your pledge, and leave it at the altar.

If you have not received your Build Your Church materials in the mail, we have packets available for pick up on Sunday mornings in the Welcome Center and in the Narthex. You can also find a digital version of this year's pledge card on the church website: www.lvfirst.org/give

YOUR PLEDGE is a pre-decided percentage of your annual income moving towards a tithe, or 10% or more, of your income that you give towards the general operations of the church (General Fund) like ministry programming, Bible studies, missions, Sunday worship, Staffing, Grace Arbor, Facility Operations & Utilities, Campground expenses, etc.

YOUR BUILD YOUR CHURCH COMMITMENT goes to its own, separate, designated account which is this distributed 50% to the designated Trustee Fund (for church campus renovations and projects) and 50% to the designated fund for the Parents First Initiative.

YOUR MULTIPLY SUNDAY OFFERING is a one-time gift above and beyond your usual giving. These gifts received on Multiply Sunday (October 25th) will automatically double their impact thanks to a generous donor offering to match up to $50,000 in Multiply Sunday Offerings! These gifts, along with your regular tithe, will help us to reduce our current deficit as we head into the final months of the year.

You can make your Multiply Sunday gift early, if you will not be here on October 25th. Please ensure your gift is designated for our Multiply Sunday Special Offering.