…We went ahead and arranged some outreach meetings in the Rancho Cordova neighborhood. It was climaxed with a Rock the Block meeting in our church (House of Glory) on the 17th of January 2009.
What started with a dream, became hope and I saw the promise right in my own eyes. We saw hundreds of different cultures and backgrounds especially the youths in the neighbor-hood attend the meeting. It was a big success as one person gave her life to the Lord, some were healed, and hundreds were fed with the Word and barbeque. Hotdogs were in plenty. We had more than we needed.Rancho Cordova was shaken for Christ.

Surely there is hope; the reality of the future church of Christ lies in such organization like the Rock the Block, Ca. We are looking forward to even more bigger ministry engagements with them in future.

Several months ago I had an opportunity to meet Dean Johnson and Kristina Neill, I had no idea that the relationship would blossom into such an outstanding outreach ministry project, Rock-the-Block, for our community.
The Rock-the-Block ministry team of Dean Johnson, Kristina Neill and Natalie Moore were instrumental in assisting with the organization and planning of this glorious event. These young people were fired up soldiers of the cross. They promised the leadership of our three congregations at Central International Fellowship that they would be able be bring a high energy, spirit filled event to our church and the surrounding community that would in one night attract hundreds of unchurched individuals while presenting the life changing message of Jesus Christ. They honored their promise! We easily reached between seven hundred and a thousand people that night. Many responded to the altar call by Dean Johnson and by the end of the night I held in my hands over two hundred prayer requests and contact slips of individuals who lived in our community and the surrounding area.
One young man that I personally lead to Christ that night was moved just by the notion that God has a plan for his life and that the only reason he lacked direction is because he did not have a relationship with the Planner, needless to say, he has that relationship today thanks to the ministry of Rock-the-Block.
I would invite any church when presented with an opportunity to partner with the Rock-the- Block Team to do so. We have truly been blessed by the experience.

Rev. Quonzeles Byrd-Executive Pastor-Central International Fellowship

Hello Dean and Christina! As youth pastor of Del Paso Union Baptist Church I am writing to thank you both again for the excellent service and ministry provided by your organization.

Your participation in the planning, logistics, organizing, publication and presentation of this event was superb. We also appreciated your willingness and patience to go the extra mile in fully explaining the ministry during the permit process with the City of Sacramento officials.

Thank you for participating in the event debriefing meeting that we had after the event was over. We discussed ways to make future events even better! We thank God and Rock the Block for the 51 souls that came forward as a result of this event. Our follow-up team is already making contacts! The Church and community feedback that we have received was exciting and appreciative.

Finally, the Church and the Del Paso Heights Community are looking forward to Rock the Block II "Were're Back" in 2011!!. We bid you Godspeed as you continue to minister Rock the Block in other cities throughout the nation.

Greg Jefferson, Youth Pastor