I love New Community Church. It was an awesome day on campus as a faith community and it's only going to get sweeter as we move forward as a Church. I feel like today's conversation was intense. I believe that most of us know in our core that we need COMMUNITY with other believers, but we struggle with making time for it to happen in our rhythm of life. If you are willing to take this step, we are here to help you connect with other believers beginning in February. Here are the highlights from the day!
1. Part three of Killer APPS: Christ-centered friendships help Guard our Heart. We learned last week that a guarded heart aligns us with God. As we intentionally connect with other believers for fellowship, study and prayer...God shows up and grows us in our faith. Here are th passages we studied. Acts 2:42-47 and Colossians 3:12-17. We learned that having a sincere heart means having authentic relationships (when people know the real us) in our lives. We also learned that when Christ is the center of these relationships, we begin teaching and encouraging one another....which leads to a guarded heart.
2. More coats and blankets came in today for our winter initiative. YOU guys blow me away with your generosity and willingness to bring your coats and blankets to give to the under resourced. This initiative ends next Sunday, so keep bringing it.
3. Over 70 kids and adults in our preschool ministry and over 50 in our Elementary Ministry...it was an AWESOME Day in NC Kids. If you are not volunteering anywhere, or if you have kids in this ministry and are not serving....we need you to VOLUNTEER ASAP to partner with what God is doing...remember...teamwork makes the dreamwork!
4. As Dawn said, our pre-school volunteers were rock stars today and our student volunteers stepped up their game as well as God continues to grow this ministry.
5. I am always blown away by all the new faces and it is awesome to meet new people each week before and after the service.
6. We announced today that we will be launching "starter groups" in February. We are inviting everyone that is not in a community group to test drive a group for 8 weeks. Every group will meet for 8 weeks at a host home and the idea is that if you have never been in a group, this is a great way to "try before you buy" when it comes to group life. IF you want in, email stephen@newcommunityonline.com.
All in all, it was a great day at NC. God is really blessing our church beyond belief and I can't wait until our Pot-Luck next Sunday to share our next steps as a Church. It is going to be a cool night together as we eat and share together.
Grace and Peace my friends.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
January 16, 2011
POW...what a day at New Community. If you were here, you know it was a high energy, intense worship gathering as a faith community. It was week 2 of our Killer APP Series, and we talked about our first Killer APP: God's Word. Here are the highlights of the day.
1. We had our highest attendance since November. God continues to grow our church.
2. We got introduced to whiteboydj.com. If you missed the intro video: baby got book, you can see the entire video here.
3. We learned that A Guarded heart aligns us with God and the first step in guarding our heart is downloading God's word into our life regulary.
4. For a FREE online resource or FREE app for your smart phone, go to www.youversion.com. You can also go to this website to listen to the sciptures for free online: www.dailyaudiobible.com
5. I will write some more about guarding our Heart with God's Word on my blog this week, stay tuned to www.bigandsafelove.blogspot.com
6. There were over 100 children on campus this morning learning about the love of God.
7. Our Greeting Team had new volunteer leaders step up to keep moving this ministry forward.
8. Joey McCall got baptized today...it never gets old to see adults align their life with Christ. Way to go Joey.
9. It also never gets old hear stories about how God is using New Community to meet physical, emotional, relational and spiritual needs of people in our community.
10. Our Annual Pot-Luck gathering got rescheduled to January 3oth...5 pm. Be there OR be square.
Have a great week my friends. See you soon.
1. We had our highest attendance since November. God continues to grow our church.
2. We got introduced to whiteboydj.com. If you missed the intro video: baby got book, you can see the entire video here.
3. We learned that A Guarded heart aligns us with God and the first step in guarding our heart is downloading God's word into our life regulary.
4. For a FREE online resource or FREE app for your smart phone, go to www.youversion.com. You can also go to this website to listen to the sciptures for free online: www.dailyaudiobible.com
5. I will write some more about guarding our Heart with God's Word on my blog this week, stay tuned to www.bigandsafelove.blogspot.com
6. There were over 100 children on campus this morning learning about the love of God.
7. Our Greeting Team had new volunteer leaders step up to keep moving this ministry forward.
8. Joey McCall got baptized today...it never gets old to see adults align their life with Christ. Way to go Joey.
9. It also never gets old hear stories about how God is using New Community to meet physical, emotional, relational and spiritual needs of people in our community.
10. Our Annual Pot-Luck gathering got rescheduled to January 3oth...5 pm. Be there OR be square.
Have a great week my friends. See you soon.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
January 2, 2011
We kicked the new year off this morning at New Community. As you know, we moved back to one service as a church and let me tell you...it was an awesome Sunday on Campus as we came together to worship and learn this morning.
Before I get to the highlights from today, i want to just THANK all the VOLUNTEERS for getting things ready for our gathering today. The Logistics Team, set up our room, our tech/media team prepared all the media and screens, and our Cleaning Ministry cleaned our campus last week...We could not be the Church we are without YOUR investment of time and talent.
Here are the highlights from today.
1. We wrapped up our our Terms of Peace Series this am. We looked at Luke 19:1-10 and learned from Zacchaeus' story. Peace came to his house when he encountered Jesus. This happened because Zacchaeus positioned himself to see Jesus. As we do this, Jesus reminds us of our identity...this helps us have Peace with ourselves continually.
2. Stephen updated us on our Christmas Offering, not only did we reach our goal of 20K, we passed it by over three thousand dollars. We cant wait until next week to share the final number.
3. We kicked off a coat and blanket drive for the less fortunate. Dave Scheel and By His Hands Ministries will be collecting Coats and Blankets every weekend to hand out to those in need during this winter season. Bring your coats and blankets to our worship gatherings...You cant miss where to put them.
4. Falcons Won!
5. We openned a new pre-school environment (ages 3 and 4) for the little ones today. Thanks Pre-School Leadership Team!
6. We saw many new faces and first time guests on campus today as well as many folks returning from Christmas break and travel.
All in all, it was a great day. If you missed our gathering today...be sure to jump back in next week as we kick off a new series called "Killer Apps". Have a great week and I will see you all soon!
Grace and Peace...
Chris
Before I get to the highlights from today, i want to just THANK all the VOLUNTEERS for getting things ready for our gathering today. The Logistics Team, set up our room, our tech/media team prepared all the media and screens, and our Cleaning Ministry cleaned our campus last week...We could not be the Church we are without YOUR investment of time and talent.
Here are the highlights from today.
1. We wrapped up our our Terms of Peace Series this am. We looked at Luke 19:1-10 and learned from Zacchaeus' story. Peace came to his house when he encountered Jesus. This happened because Zacchaeus positioned himself to see Jesus. As we do this, Jesus reminds us of our identity...this helps us have Peace with ourselves continually.
2. Stephen updated us on our Christmas Offering, not only did we reach our goal of 20K, we passed it by over three thousand dollars. We cant wait until next week to share the final number.
3. We kicked off a coat and blanket drive for the less fortunate. Dave Scheel and By His Hands Ministries will be collecting Coats and Blankets every weekend to hand out to those in need during this winter season. Bring your coats and blankets to our worship gatherings...You cant miss where to put them.
4. Falcons Won!
5. We openned a new pre-school environment (ages 3 and 4) for the little ones today. Thanks Pre-School Leadership Team!
6. We saw many new faces and first time guests on campus today as well as many folks returning from Christmas break and travel.
All in all, it was a great day. If you missed our gathering today...be sure to jump back in next week as we kick off a new series called "Killer Apps". Have a great week and I will see you all soon!
Grace and Peace...
Chris
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