News and Updates (Page 3)
NextGen Ministries and COVID-19
NEXTGEN MINISTRIES – On-site NURSERY MINISTRY, starts SUNDAY, July 19, at the 10:30-service only – On-site CHILDREN’S MINISTRY, starts SUNDAY, July 26, at the 10:30 service only – On-site WEDNESDAY NIGHT nursery, children, and teen ministries are currently on hiatus. The policies and procedures presented will provide adapted care for our nursery and children’s ministry during the Covid-19 pandemic. Items have been researched from the CDC website, studies in regards to childcare, as well as researching models of various children’s church…
More Come Back Details
First of all, if you haven’t yet, we would encourage you to visit our COME BACK DETAILS page, released last week. In it, Pastors Shawn and Deanna share the heart behind the journey to get to where we are now. And we outline the details and parameters that have been set for us to be able to regather. This week is the big week! For those of you that are joining us on-site, Pastor Shawn has another video to learn…
Come Back Details
VIDEO FROM PASTOR SHAWN LETTER FROM PASTORS SHAWN AND DEANNA Hello Destiny family! We are grateful to announce that we are planning for worship gatherings to resume, on-site, on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21, 2020! We have taken many steps to ensure that, for those who will choose to continue to view online, that live stream services will also continue to be available. Statistics nationwide, and locally, suggest that we will have about half of us on-site and half viewing online.…
Regathering Survey
If you are a part of the Destiny family, we are asking that you watch this short video update from Pastor Shawn. After you’ve watched, please take our quick, but very important, survey at www.mydestiny.family/survey. We want to hear from you. The participation deadline is Tuesday, June 2.
Call to Prayer and Fasting
Our staff is meeting, each week, seeking God’s wisdom and covering as we move forward. Thank you for covering us as we do our absolute best to move forward in faith, partnered with wisdom. Our goal is to love our community and our neighbors as God leads us. This is a season that calls for leaning in, to listen to the voice of God. And, also, we believe, leaning away from the voice of the world, which can be so…
Important Update: 5.20.20
IMPORTANT UPDATE Watch along as the team talks through what is happening at Destiny, when we are projecting to reopen, and the why behind it all. In short, we project to be opening our facilities mid-June. Stay tuned for more details.
April 29, 2020, COVID-19 Update
COVID-19 STATUS UPDATE We wanted to check-in, after some pretty big movement, with “soft opens” happening here in Rapid City, and basically, in the state as well. – Monday night’s City Council vote to update the city’s COVID-19 ordinance response.– Governor Noem’s press conference and her plan to “return to normal”. Our staff talked at length about this yesterday. And we all came to the same prayerful conclusion. Before we share that, we wanted to share the guidelines released by…
Learn How To Zoom!
Zoom is the standard application that many businesses, non-profits, schools, and even those working in the medical field, use to connect, network, and share when distance separates. And it has become a great tool for small and large groups to connect during the coronavirus pandemic. Right now, while we can’t meet on-site, Destiny is gathering at 9:00 a.m. to meet for what we’re calling a Pre-Service Coffee-Time — kind of like chatting and hanging out in the sanctuary, before service,…
Facebook Live Tutorial
Need some help interacting with our Facebook live stream gatherings? Pastor Derick is here to help! Watch his quick video tutorial, with walk-through instructions on how to view and interact on your desktop, tablet, and/or smart phone devices.
Facebook Live Tips And Tricks
With Destiny and the rest of the world, having to go virtual in this season we felt it necessary to offer some tips to help everyone stay connected while we are apart. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Derick and he will do what he can to help you. Or, if you would rather, Google and Youtube are your friends. You can learn almost anything through those two sources. A few notes on effective Facebook Live activities: GET…