Goals

Unfinished People

The Primary Goal is 100% ENGAGEMENT

We believe that God's work in us is UNFINISHED and He is calling us to take our relationship with Him to a new level.

Secondary Goals

The secondary goal is to raise $17 million over two year.

Every dollar given during unfinished will go towards continuing our Mision, Vision, and Outreach of Valley Real Life in our community and beyond.

Unfinished Mission

Be and Make Disciples

Every year, 4 million dollars comes through the Valley Real Life general fund from the generosity of the people who call VRL home. This equates to $8 million over two years. But our general fund is anything but general. Relationships and transformation happen each day through ministries like VRL Kids, Life Groups, Men's and Women's groups, Recover, Student Ministry, Outreach, and our weekend services.

Jesus is central to each of these ministries and we continue to see people reached for Jesus, one person at a time.

Unfinished Vision

Reaching the world for Jesus, one person at a time.

Valley Real Life is a great place to be a disciple through belonging to a group, serving, worshipping, and studying God's Word. Thousands of people have called VRL home over the years and had life-changing encounters with Jesus. But we are out of room in our physical building, limiting our opportunities to make more disciples of Jesus.

For this reason, $8 million will be directed to an expansion of our campus. This will include:

  • Building a new worship auditorium seating 1,500 people, more than doubling our current facility.
  • Remodeling our current auditorium to accomodate our growing student, men's, women's, and recovery ministries.
  • Adding additional classroom space for Life Groups.
  • Expanding offices and meeting spaces.
  • Adding additional parking to create a welcoming environment for our guests.

This facility will be a place our growing population can call home and a place that our schools and community will be able to utilize for events and gatherings.

Unfinished Outreach

We will invest $1 million over 2 years into local and international initiatives. We continue to be a church who loves and cares for people, encouraging them in their discipleship journey.

Our priorities for include:

  • Launching an offsite counseling and care center that offers professional counseling, pastoral care, coaching, mentoring, and prayer support.
  • International church planting with partners in the Philippines, Uganda, and North Africa/Middle East.
  • Local church planting in the Inland Northwest to reach more people for Jesus.
  • Supporting 16 local schools by caring for students, loving their families, and encouraging teachers.
  • Expanding our special needs ministry and facilities.
  • Supporting adoption and foster families.

Frequently Asked Questions

We're glad you asked. Giving to Unfinished can be done through our website at vrl.church/give/give-now. You can use a credit card or electronic check via ACH. We encourage the use of ACH over debit and credit cards as they have the lowest transactions fees.

We also recommend creating a recurring gift to keep you on track with your pledge. You'll be able to see your giving progress toward your pledge on your MyAccount page.

First and foremost, we are asking that you pray and seek God's leading of obedience in your life. Prepare your heart to hear Him and then do what He says. Join a Life Group, pickup a VRL Unfinished Guidebook that goes with the Unfinished sermon series. And share enthusiastically with your spouse, your family or anyone who will listen what this commitment will mean for you during the this season of your life.

Secondly, we are asking that you make a sacrificial commitment to gospel-centered generosity — whatever it is that God is leading you towards. Follow His leading.

Finally, we ask that you prepare to be amazed. It is an awesome God that we serve and He is going to move in huge ways and we anticipate an unprecedented impact from our collective commitments — something only God can do.

If you're new to Unfinished, you are invited to make a commitment through December 31, 2026. For those continuing in their commitment, Unfinished officially began December 2024 and continues through December 2026.

But don't let dates stop you from following God's call to live and give generously.

You may have been a part of church giving initiatives in the past during which you were asked to give a second gift "above and beyond" your usual gifts to make special initiatives like new buildings and new ministries possible.

Normally, you gave that gift to a "Building Fund" and you also continued to give offerings to the "General Fund."

With Unfinished we believe that it is ONE MISSION that we're on — to REACH THE WORLD FOR JESUS ONE PERSON AT A TIME. So, we want to encourage everyone to unleash our generosity towards that singular purpose.

Over the two years of Unfinished, every gift that is given to Valley Real Life will go to fund our Unfinished Mission, Vision, and Outreach.

The good news: our Unfinished Outreach through offerings like Joy To The World are still happening. They are wrapped in the "one-fund" of Unfinished. That means that every dollor received goes to make sure that we're still reaching the world for Jesus.

That means that every day becomes a day to celebrate and contribute towards what God is doing in us and through us to help ALL people discover and deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ.

Be creative as you explore ways you and your family can give towards Unfinished. You might have stocks, property or other stored resources that God has blessed you with. He might just be calling you to give out in other ways during this time.

Please let us know if you need assistance with facilitating gifts of property or stock and we would be happy to help you with that. You can contact our finance team at finance@vrl.church.

Unfinished is about your total, radical, sacrificial generosity to God's mission through VRL. We believe that God calls us to action in times of hardship just as much as He does in times of abundance and that looks different for every person. But Unfinished is about a heart change — one that is only accomplished by surrendering our lives completely over to God in the area of generosity.

God may be calling you to make a commitment that you don't quite know how to fulfill right now. Believe that God will provide for as you seek ways to sacrifice and work towards that commitment. It is not about the size of the gift, but your obedience towards what God is calling you to in this season

The primary goal of this discipleship journey is 100% participation of every person that considers VRL home.

If you are making payments to pay off debt right now, we commend you for your discipline and wisdom. You should continue down that path.

We would be happy to help you in this journey and/or to recommend a budgeting class that might encourage you. Being in debt doesn't dismiss God's call to generosity. Giving is not about what God wants from you; rather, it's about what God wants for you.

Unfinished was crafted specifically with you in mind. Unfinished is a "one fund" generosity initiative, meaning that it is different from a traditional capital campaign where you are called to give an extra gift above and beyond your normal giving - thus creating two steps for people who aren't yet giving. If you have never given before, this is your chance to get involved with committed generosity. We really hope you will.

Unfinished is about the vision for our church. We believe that the local church is one of the most compelling missions to give towards and we would really love for you to make VRL your home and join us in reaching the world for Jesus one person at a time.

If you are ready for it, this is a perfect time for you to make VRL your church. You should consider joining our next DNA Class to learn more about our history and our vision for ministry.

Great question. People take different spiritual steps at different times. Some people begin praying before they begin attending church. Others begin going to a Life Group before they begin talking to God in prayer. Giving is another spiritual step and it comes at different times for different people.

One thing is for sure, however just like other spiritual disciplines, giving draws us closer to God. And God is calling all of us to give. (Matthew 6:19)

Whether you have been baptized or you haven't, we would encourage you to still join us in Unfinished as your next step in your spiritual journey. We firmly believe that it will draw you closer to God and hopefully to a place where you are ready to make the decision to be baptized.

For all finance and giving related questions, please email finance@vrl.church. For all other questions about Unfinished or VRL in general email us at hello@vrl.church.