Church Planting | Bedrock Church Lynchburg

November 2019

Our launch team moves from Lynchburg VA to Fishtown PA.

The Guensch family moves to Philly!

All of 2020

More team members trickle in from Bedrock Lynchburg to Fishtown, and we have a few other people connect with the church plant.

Missional Communities (City Groups) start in person in January but quickly shift to virtual for the rest of the year and into 2021 due to COVID.

Three groups meet for the majority of the year.

February 2021

Virtual Sunday morning messages begin in earnest.

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“The Word is placed at the center of everything we do...so as we gather this morning, we gather around the Word. But the goal isn't to gather. The goal is to be sent.

So, we gather together to worship, but we are also sent out of here to live worship-filled lives.”

Drew, Leading Elder

May 2021

We finally get to move into our new facility, and are able to meet corporately for the first time in person.

July 2021

We begin holding family membership dinners – the majority of our team members and some new additions sign membership covenants.

October 2021

After being intentional about building relationships with the Fishtown Neighborhood Association, we have the opportunity to play a significant role in the Halloween event for the community.

May 2022

We have our very first Parent/Child dedication – we are able to dedicate 5 children from four families!

October 2022

We hold our first membership class in a new 3-week format. Six people sign covenant memberships – none of whom were part of the launch team!

April 2023

Easter 2023 gives us a chance to partner with the community at their Easter event (with over 300 attendees). Easter Sunday is our highest attended service, with 75 people and our first two baptisms!

Fall 2018

Core team relocates to Worcester, Massachusetts

Summer 2019

Home groups finally begin meeting, and we get the chance to take part in local outreach events.

September 2019

Weekly church services begin!

In the beginning, our services are all home-church meetings.

The COVID Era

COVID interruptions delay any chances of moving into a building, but God continues to work and we keep following.

We start running a COVID homeless shelter, and launch the Worcester Trash Collective; planning and fundraising for Vessel Skatepark begin in earnest; and of course, our weekly home-church and local outreach continue.

February 2022

After signing a lease, we are able to officially start building Vessel Skatepark!

March 2022

Services finally begin in the new building!

Listen to that first sermon

January 2017

Blake & Kelsie Harcup move to Sarasota, Florida.

September 2017 - September 2018

Blake, and occasionally others, walk around the chapel, praying for the future of Bedrock Sarasota.

Blake prayed for the church, the people, and the building – specifically that their pastor would lead Bedrock to use the chapel on Saturday evenings for free.

This went on for a year!