Issue no.

5, January 2010

Join us in thanking God
for His provision and
grace in our lives in the
following ways:
• Continued provision through
supporters to allow us to finish
2009 strong
• Standing Springs Baptist Church
for allowing the Rogers’ to use the
mission house until they bought a
house in Greenville
• Rogers’ are so thankful for a house
in a neighborhood in Greenville!
They can’t wait to start sharing the
gospel with their neighbors!
• Rogers’ family will see the
addition of a baby boy in May of
this year!
• Continuing to see new faces each
Sunday morning
Prayer Needs:
• Possibility of a building in which • Continued drawing of a wide variety
we could begin meeting in
February. Pray that our offer
would be accepted.
• Toby Dix and his family are
raising support so that they can
work full time with Renewal. His
position with Rocky Creek Baptist
Church ended the first of January,
so pray that God would provide a
salary for their family as they take a
step of faith to join with Renewal.
• Pray for Carl & Brooke Boyer as Carl
raises support as well to work part-
time with Renewal and gain ministry
experience
of people to join with the mission of
Renewal.
• Pray for our fellow church planters
beginning Covenant Life Church in
Tampa, Florida and Restoration
Church in Washington, D.C.
• Pray for guidance as we seek out an
international missions partnership
possibly in Scandinavia.
• Pray for Matt’s ministry at Furman
through BCM (Baptist Collegiate
Ministry).
• Pray for Toby as he leads a camp for
middle and high school students
called “Meltdown” January 21-24.

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Renewed Relationship with God How to Give
made and how your gift can be tax deductible.
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to
the fellowship, and to the breaking of bread, and to “Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone
prayer.” (Acts 2:42) as he had need.” Acts 2:45

Throughout the month of December, Renewal Thank you again for your commitment to give to
celebrated God coming to dwell among us through a Renewal Church! See the following information on
series called, “In the Flesh”. Through Scripture, we how to give:
saw Jesus as Savior, King, Model, and Missionary.
• By check
In January we have been and will continue to study Place a check in the pre-labeled envelope along
through our core values as Renewal Church. We with a stamp, and mail to Renewal Church - 201
desire to see our members embody these core values Membership Sunday - 41 people committed to partner with B. West Butler Rd. #151, Mauldin, S.C. 29662
individually so that corporately we would be known • Online
Renewal Church
for these values. Go to www.renewalupstate.com and click on
A few months ago God brought a couple, Carl and
“Online Giving” at the bottom of the home
Brooke Boyer, to Renewal and they have since
page.
Toby Dix and his family, Julieann, Madison, and become very dear to the staff. We learned that Carl
Tanner, officially joined the pastoral staff of Renewal desires to be a pastor and is now enrolled at North
Church the first of January! We are so thankful to the Greenville University to finish his undergrad with A few reminders:
All gifts are tax deductible
Lord for providing another pastor to help shepherd plans of going to seminary after graduation. They •
• Please make us aware of any address changes or
the people who are joining with this body. We are are both hard workers and have made ends meet
changes to your giving so we can make the
also very thankful to Rocky Creek for deciding to with janitorial jobs and Brooke’s full-time job at
necessary adjustments. Send an email to
continue providing the Dix family’s insurance for the Taylor’s First Baptist, but ministry experience
church@renewalupstate.com to update your
next six months! They are now in the process of through a local church has been hard to come by
information!
raising support so that they can be full-time on staff for them. We desire to partner with those who
with Renewal. This is a huge step of faith as they sense God’s call to full-time ministry so Carl is also
leave an established church with a good salary and raising support to be able to spend his time
trust the Lord to provide for their family. We are outside of school working with Renewal Church.
thankful that they are obeying the Lord’s call and are We are excited to see the potential of what God
excited to see how God uses them to advance His could accomplish through the Boyer’s. They will
mission in the context of Renewal Church! If you begin by taking over the small group at North
would like to contribute a one time gift or monthly to Greenville University to disciple the students. We
the Dix family, please include a note in the giving are also celebrating with them as their family will
envelope provided and let us know how you could soon grow to a family of three as they welcome a
be involved! Read the information in the “How to baby boy in March!
Jeff, Carl, Brooke, Matt, and Tracy at Renewal’s Christmas party

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Renewed Relationships With
Each Other
“Everyday they continued to meet together in the temple
courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together
with glad and sincere hearts.” Acts 2:46
We desire to be a church involved in planting other
churches, and now we are involved in supporting
two other church plants: Covenant Life Church in
Tampa, FL and Restoration Church in Washington,
D.C. We are giving a small monetary amount each
month, have committed to pray for these churches
regularly, and are planning mission trips to both of
these locations over the coming months. Furman
University and North Greenville University’s BCM
(Baptist Collegiate Ministry) will be traveling to
Washington, D.C. over spring break to assist
Restoration Church for a week. Over the summer,
Renewal Church will travel to Tampa, FL to assist
Covenant Life Church. Please begin praying with
us for these churches and for the trips that we will
take in the coming months. To pray specifically for
them, these are some of the requests they
mentioned:
Restoration Church:
• For God to move their hearts to continue
pursuing personal holiness
• For God to draw those that they’ve been building
relationships with to Himself
• That they would manage their schedules well to
balance all that needs to be done
• A space to meet as right now they’re meeting in a
member’s apartment because everything in D.C.
is so expensive. Pray for the resources to take
advantage of good deals that come up.
Covenant Life Church:
• For God to not allow them to get comfortable and
lose intentionality in sharing the gospel with
those around them.
• A meeting space as they are meeting in a
townhouse
• Beginning a series on church membership gearing
up for their first membership Sunday where those
interested commit to membership at Covenant
Life.
• For God to give them a love for Tampa and for
the people that make up this city.
• For God to draw the hearts of older families to
join with Covenant Life.
You can learn more about these churches by visiting
their websites. Restoration Church:
www.restorationchurchdc.com Covenant Life
Church: www.covenantlifetampa.com
“Although I am less than the least of all God’s people, this grace was given to me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable
riches of Christ, and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in
God, who created all things. His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made
known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to His eternal purpose which He accomplished in
Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Ephesians 3:8-11
The Rutland’s enjoyed their first Christmas together
Renewed Love for Those Far as a married couple by welcoming their family to
From God them in Greenville! Their family celebrated this
year at Stephen and Christina’s new house in
“...And the Lord added to their number daily those who Greenville and had a great time!
were being saved.” Acts 2:47
The Dix family traveled to visit family and enjoyed
This December we were keenly aware of those
their Christmas as well. They celebrated Tanner’s
around us who are less fortunate and made efforts
9th birthday on the 6th. This season was a little
to bring the gospel to them. Scott Pitmon, a member
bittersweet as they transitioned from Rocky Creek
for our church, works for a children’s home that
Baptist Church, where they’ve been for 7 years, to
houses mostly teenagers and we were able to
Renewal. We have been lifting them up, especially
provide Christmas gifts for these teens. We gave a
their children Madison and Tanner, to the Lord and
number of children to each of our small groups and
encouraging them as they move on from friends and
they went together to purchase the items needed
a “home” feeling to something new.
and requested from these teenagers. The children’s
home makes a move to uniforms this year, so they
The Rogers’ celebrated this season by traveling to
were in great need of khaki pants and solid colored
Columbia and Rock Hill to visit family as well as
polos for each of their residents. On top of this we
seeing Avery experience her first Christmas! They
purchased items that the boys and girls requested -
also celebrated Corrie’s 3rd birthday on the 26th!
soaps, perfumes/colognes, shoes, etc. Our small
groups had a really enjoyed spending time together
while they shopped! The teens were very
appreciative for these gifts and the door was opened Automatic Draft
more for Scott to be able to clearly share the gospel
of the glory of God, God’s love for us, and His grace First, let me thank you on behalf of Renewal Church
through these gifts. for your generosity.  God is already using you to
bless Renewal Church as well as the city of
Individually, we encouraged the families to find Greenville.  Because of your efforts, we are able to
serve and love our community well.  We also want
opportunities to serve our city together and
provided a few ministries that we could partner to serve you well, and that is why we have
implemented a new system for online giving.  We
with to accomplish this. The Rogers’ family
partnered with one of the ministries, ____________, are doing away with Paypal in favor of a more
efficient form of online giving.  This will allow you
on Christmas Eve to bring frozen turkeys and
pancake mix to 8 families, and stockings filled with to sign up for automatic drafts from your bank;
candy, apples, oranges, and playing cards to each of meaning that you can schedule what day of the
their children (which most families had 5 to 8). The month you would like to give your gift, and it will
families were very appreciative of the gifts and the automatically be taken from your bank account. 
You will also be able to set exactly how long you
Rogers’ enjoyed spending time with them in
conversation and seeing their three year old, Corrie, pledge to give so that the automatic giving stops
sharing her stickers with the other children they when your pledge is fulfilled.  This form of giving
has been used by several churches, and it is
met. Renewal prays that each individual knows the
truth of God’s word that it is better to give than to completely safe.  It is also helpful to us as a church
because all of your online giving comes to us
receive.
instead of having to pay a percentage to Paypal.
Updates from Pastor and Staff If you are interested in setting this up, please go to
www.renewalupstate.com and click on “Online
Families Giving” at the bottom of the home page. Once on
the online giving page, you can click “Register” and
The Rogers, Ushers, Rutland’s, and Dix families
set up your automatic draft. There are more
enjoyed this holiday season visiting family and
instructions on the “Give” page if you need help or
friends and celebrating the birth of Jesus our Savior!
contact us to help you with the set-up.
The Usher’s spent much of the month traveling to
Florence and Charleston to visit family and enjoyed
seeing their daughter, Addie, experience her first
Christmas!
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