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Category: Updates

A collection of posts and writings.

IMPORTANT UPDATE from Pastor Marty: Service Time Changes

Dear Worshipper: Based on our continued growth, last week, I informed you of our need to start a third service. Yet, after further discussion with the elders, it is now our collective decision to take incremental steps toward a third service by simply adding fifteen minutes to the start time for the second service.  With

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End of Year Elder Update

December 2022 Dear Burke Community Church Family, As 2022 comes to a close and 2023 stands at the door, the Elders would like to wish you a Happy New Year and thank you for being part of life at Burke Community Church.  2022 gave us many more stones to add to our memorial to remember what God

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10 Takeaways from the 2022 Church Survey

In June and July of 2022, Burke Community Church conducted an extensive church-wide survey. The goal of the survey was to determine who the church naturally attracts, what attracts them to the church, how they connect and grow, and where they are in their journey of faith. The response rate was incredible, with 761 individuals

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Congregational Meeting Highlights from Pastor Marty

Dear Worshipper:  The Lord continues to bless this church, and we are thankful for His leadership and empowerment. Thanks to all members who attended our bi-annual business meeting this last Sunday. Your presence allowed us to conduct the church’s business and bring you up-to-speed regarding how the church is doing and what missional events we

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Parking Update from Pastor Marty

Dear Worshipper:         As you can see, the Lord continues to bless Burke Community Church with spiritual and numerical growth. We are certainly thankful for God’s movement among us, but it also stretches and challenges us. One area we need to re-think in order to accommodate our numbers of worshippers on a given Sunday concerns parking.

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Year End Update From Pastor Marty

Dear Worshipper: In late October of last year, we began using a variety of methods to inform you that we were running around $470,000 behind our budgeted needs for the year. Immediately, you, the church body responded in a profound, humbling, sacrificial, magnanimous, and jaw-dropping fashion. From November 7th to the end of the year giving

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Service Opportunities at BCC

  Dear Worshiper, Pastor Greg’s sermon from Luke 5 couldn’t have been more challenging to those saints who desire to grow in their faith and service to our Lord.  Contextually, Peter, a fisherman by trade, came back to land with his team exhausted and empty handed from a night of fishing on the Sea of

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Update on Mask & Social Distancing Requirements

Dear Worshipper,            We have an update for those of you who plan to worship with us in-person Sunday, May 23 and in the future. The Virginia governor has lifted Virginia’s universal indoor mask mandate to align with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Since we have followed CDC guidelines and the governor’s mandates since March

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