ONE x ONE | VISION 2027: Every year at Portrait, we unite around a word from God. This year’s marching orders came from Joshua chapter 12.
Joshua and the Israelites possessed the Promised Land, defeating 31 kings in total, but accomplishing God’s vision didn’t happen overnight. It happened one city, one battle, one act of obedience at a time … One x One.
Looking back, it feels like one incredible conquest. Living through it, it looked like incremental progress.
We believe that’s how God builds His church. One life changed, one person baptized, one family restored, one victory after another … One x One.
As Portrait continues to take ground for His Kingdom, the vision before us is big: to help North Texas Look Again at Jesus, win the next generation, take steps toward our future home, and advance the gospel through church planting nationally and internationally.
As we look at the horizon, we refuse to be overwhelmed by the size of the vision. Together, we take our next faith step on Sunday, December 6, through our annual Prepare the Way Offering—an offering that goes above and beyond our regular giving.
God gives the vision. We give our YES.
One person at a time. One opporunity at a time. One act of generosity at a time.
step by step …
brick by brick …
ONE X ONE
A Timeline of God's Faithfulness
2024 — Establish
2025 — United
God told us unity commands His blessing and flows top-down … as we united around inviting people to Look Again, He poured it out: 49 people wer baptized.
2026 — Prepare
2027 — One x One
Impact
See what God has done through your generosity.01 — Weekly Impact
- 49 Baptisms in the last 12 months
- 400+ average Sunday attendance (25% increase since January)
- 185 Servant Leaders (59% of adults)
- 125 people in Houses
- 329 New Here Cards
02 — $60,000+ Outreach Giving
- Support for new and future church plants – This remains one of the most effective ways to reach new people for Jesus
- Benevolence for people in need
- Vacation Bible School
- Campus improvements for Celina ISD, and teacher appreciation
- Tapestries of Life Orphanage
03 — Beyond the Walls (Serve Sundays)
- 2,588 collective hours served
- 375 unique participants
- Projects completed:
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- Celina ISD campus improvements
- Helping families get their home up to city code
- Serving the homeless
- Adopt-a-street beautification
- Operation Christmas Child (251 boxes sent)
- Project Linus – blankets for kids in area hospitals
- Samaritans Inn
- Helping Hands of Celina
- Embrace foster care
- Carter blood donations
- Canvas and invite local neighborhoods to Portrait
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Testimonies
The Stories God’s Writing
If you’re still breathing, then God’s still writing. There’s a story behind every portrait. What’s yours?
(hover to discover)
In a season of seeking God, we felt the Holy Spirit leading our family to become more rooted in our local community, and Portrait became that place for us. Through worship, serving, and practical teaching, we’ve experienced genuine connection, authentic relationships, and a real presence of God at Portrait. What we love most is seeing how comfortable our daughter is in kids ministry each week and watching her begin to grow her own relationship with God.
— The Woods Family
I always believed in a higher power, but didn’t know it was Jesus … Senior year of high school, I got into drugs. College got worse. My family relationships were wrecked, I had no real friends … just lost. When I came to Portrait, what I felt was light, acceptance, love, hope — and no shame. And I chose to get baptized to declare my faith in Jesus!
— Niko
Portrait has brought us renewed faith; it has given us community and friendship. The opportunity to share our lives with our House group and others serving at the church as God intended. We have felt uplifted and recharged for the first time in many years we feel closer to God and can feel him working in our lives and can see him working in the lives of others in the Portrait family.
— The Overstreets
Explore Initiatives
missional
The first 20% of the Prepare the Way Offering goes beyond our walls. As a church, we always give the first 10% away. So, why the extra? Because as our people give above and beyond, we will also give sacrificially.
- Pakistani partnership with East/West. Goal of 21 churches planted in 2027
- Christ Life Zambia – supporting Pastor Mulenga Chella
- Local outreach in Celina
Foundational
We are committed to four foundational callings of the church: Seeking the lost, reaching the next generation, healing the hurting, and feeding the faithful. (Zechariah 11:16-17)
- Lowering camp costs for NextGen ministry
- Youth worship movement
Future
God has positioned us at the epicenter of growth, and it’s time to prepare for the future home of Portrait Church.
The Church I See...
In 2027, I’m expectant that God’s goodness will crown our year.
There is an unmistakable sense of momentum. God’s hand of favor is visible all around. The ten acres God provided remind us that when God speaks a word, it’s as good as done. What’s next? God gave us this land not to squat on, but to steward … I can’t wait to see what He does with it.
Though we have our sights on a permanent home, the building is not our identity, nor is it our mission. It’s simply a tool for more people to Look Again. Every conversation about the property ends the same way: God is building His church; the land is a gift; Jesus remains our treasure; and changed lives are the miracle.
The whisper in the lobby continues: “It’s crowded here.” Though it stretches us, we’re starting a third service because the mission is greater than our comfort.
Beyond Sunday, people are sharing meals, opening God’s Word together, praying for one another, walking through every season of life together, sharing their faith with friends and coworkers… One by One, disciples are making disciples.
That’s the story I believe God is inviting you and me to be a part of.
Following His Lead,
Pastor David