At Sierra Vista, we have always counted our children as one of our greatest blessings. We minister to over 350 children every week through our nursery, CDC, and Children’s KICK Ministry. Our Children’s Ministry also provides special events for families throughout the year, such as our Christmas Eve Worship Experience. The proposed budget for the Children’s Ministry in 2024 includes staffing and nursery expenses.

Our students continue to have tons of fun – all while engaging in deep conversations and growing in their relationship with Christ. This past year, our youth went on a summer mission trip to impact the lives of Military Families at YoungLife Camp. Sierra Vista continues to seek ways to involve more students and strengthen the faith of those already coming. This category supports our students in that effort through staffing and operating expenses.

Adult faith formation opportunities continue to expand and diversify. On average, over 225 people participate weekly in deepening their spiritual walk – mind, body, and soul through opportunities like Men’s and Women’s Bible Studies, our Gathering Groups, and our Sunday School Ministry, etc. The proposed budget for Faith Formation includes curriculum and supplies for helping people to discover the next steps on their faith journey.

The center of our church life is our worship experience. Our unique ability to both meet people where they are combined with our emphasis on being grounded in sacred traditions, such as Communion and the Lord’s Prayer, has enabled us to reach an average of over 400 people each week. The budget provides for expenses such as videos, music, and aesthetics. The largest component of this expense goes towards worship staff.

Even after renovations and updates, our facilities continue to increase in costs to run and support the various ways our church ministers. During the upcoming year, we remain encouraged that our members, regular supporters, and outreach activities will continue to help us fill every empty seat enabling us to refine and focus God’s vision for Sierra Vista as we move into the future with faith and excitement.

While this budget category provides 15% of our operating budget for a wide variety of mission and outreach work that our church supports, our people do much more than is reflected here. Sierra Vista seeks to serve others through risk-taking service both here at home and throughout our world through opportunities like: Harvest Fest, Summer SALT, Kids Eat Free, our Food Ministry, Children’s Bed Project and Bunk and a Prayer; our adoption of families at Christmas; and our children and student ministry missions, etc.

Between the CDC, Children’s and Youth Ministry, Sierra Vista invests over $250,000 per year in our kids - not including teacher salaries and our investments in buildings?

Sierra Vista spends roughly $38,105 per month on operations to do all that God calls us to? Things like Utilities, Supplies, Maintenance, Insurance, Equipment, and Support