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Bent Tree Year in Review 2025

January 1 – Present (Giving reflects August 1 – Present)

This page is a snapshot of what God has been doing in and through Bent Tree this year. Every number represents people, stories, and moments of grace. Thank you for being part of it.

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Worship Together

Expressing gratitude and hope as a unified people through worship of God. There is something special about gathering with others to worship our God. It’s a high value and catalytic for our growth as individuals and corporately - whether online or in person, we want our people to worship God in community, not isolation.

  • new songs released
  • 2 new extended plays released
  • 12 Prayer Gatherings
  • 248 Online Prayer requests
  • 257 FADC campers
  • 297 United student participants

We welcomed 280 middle and high school students to Fall Retreats, our highest participation since 2019!

Be Known

Growing daily in relationship with Jesus and others here at Bent Tree. An innate need we all have is to be known. To be known is an invitation to initiate being discipled, knowing others, and disicipling others as well. We believe that groups will cultivate life-changing relationships at Bent Tree.

Groups and Community

  • 27 new small groups and studies launched
  • 24 adult ministry demographic gatherings
  • 308 people were newly connected into groups for the first time
  • 40 Families served at the Special Needs Ministry Christmas Party
  • 93 participants in Basketball Skills

Milestones and Care

  • 41 child dedications
  • 31 5th-grade graduation participants
  • 38 senior Sunday participants
  • 14 weddings celebrated
  • 24 funerals and memorials supported

We celebrated 84 public proclamations of faith through baptism in 2025.

Make a Difference

Sharing the Love of Jesus in our church, community, and around the world. As we experience the transforming love of Jesus, he leads us to live, available for him to share his love with everyone around us so that they may experience him as well. This includes serving, giving, missions, and regularly having spiritual conversations with those in our community.

  • 168 stepped into serving or leading for the first time
  • 45 children were able to attend United, Fall Retreat, or FADC thanks to scholarships through the benevolence fund
  • 66 missions partners supported
  • 94 adults and students sent on mission journeys
  • 345 potential lives saved through blood donations
  • 600 children fed through Christmas Blessings
  • 100 Angle Tree recipients
  • 93 Basketball Skills Participants

Our Missions Fund was used to support more than 90 active global and local mission partners and missionaries.

Where We Are in Giving

Our fiscal year giving numbers below reflect gifts received from August 1 through December 16. Your generosity fuels ministry in our church, across our city, and around the world.

Fund Given Goal for December 31 Percent
General Fund $2,293,000 $3,469,000 66%
Missions Fund $479,000 $746,000 64%
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All numbers above are as of 12.16.2025 and are rounded to the nearest thousand. 

Thank you for praying, serving, giving, and walking with us this year. We are trusting Jesus to keep shaping us into a people who worship together, are known in community, and make a difference for his kingdom.

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