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Parade Day!

11/28/2014

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Downtown Washington Parade of Lights
Today at 6:00 p.m.!


Please wear your New Life Church shirts or white shirts!
If you have battery-powered lights or light-up necklaces, feel free to decorate yourselves...  the more lights, the better!

The float needs to be in place at 4:30, but those walking with the float or riding on it can arrive much later.  We will meet at church to carpool at 5:15-5:30.  Our float is staged on 2nd street between Cedar and Olive.  You can meet us there, but parking will be limited downtown.

If you would like to help tranport the float from the Arnolds' to the staging area, please meet at the Arnolds' home at 3:00 p.m.

Reminder:  The following kids have signed up for spots on the float:

Josie Collier - Mary
Bryce Kazmaier - Joseph

Braden Kazmaier, Jason Sides, Owen Bartlett - Wise Men

Dylan Bartlett, Sam, Eli - Shepherds

Raena Carver, Dayton Griesheimer, Lily Schweissguth - Angels

Jeremiah Bollmann, Lafe Schweissguth Jr, Lyla Schweissguth - Animals
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November 22nd, 2014

11/22/2014

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The FIRST THANKSGIVING  (in honor of Thanksgiving, the theme of this Sunday’s worship will be on giving thanks)
     Do you think the first pilgrims who came to this country were complainers? No, they wanted to be free to worship God. They worked hard to start a new life in this land.
     The harvest of 1621 was abundant. Governor Bradford declared a Day of Thanksgiving and invited the local Indian chief. It was a shock when he arrived with ninety other Indians! They celebrated this first harvest in 1621 with three days of feasting, games, and prayers. But the food supply was greatly depleted later by thirty-five colonists who arrived by ship with no food or extra clothing.
     Many people died that winter from sickness and lack of food. By the following spring, the Pilgrims were starving. The harvest in this second year was a failure. By the spring of 1623, daily rations were reduced to 5 kernels of corn a day! Twelve weeks of drought dried up their crops that spring and summer.  One day the desperate Pilgrims fasted and prayed for eight hours straight. The next morning, God answered their prayers with a gentle rain that continued for fourteen days and saved the crops.
     At a Thanksgiving celebration that fall, the first course was different: An empty plate with 5 kernels of corn was placed before each person. The pilgrims stood up one by one and shared five things for which they were thankful.  
     *For what/whom are you thankful?
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Parade of Lights Update... Giving Opportunities

11/10/2014

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Several people met after church this past Sunday to brainstorm and come up with a design idea for the New Life Christmas parade float. We are excited to announce that our theme will be "We Believe" (and no, not in Santa :)). We wanted our focus to not only represent who we are as a church, but to send an uplifting message to parade spectators with the true meaning of Christmas. Our plan is to attach the words "We Believe" on the sides of our float while a few members of our worship team sing the News Boys hit song "We Believe" as well. Also on the float we are going to incorporate a large lit star over a manger scene with live characters (Mary, Joseph, Shepherds, Wise Men and Angels). We will pass out New Life magnets and postcards (with Christmas service information). 

Our first float work day will be this upcoming Saturday, November 15th at 3:00 pm (We will be meeting at the home of the Arnold's...if you are interested in helping please contactJennifer Kazmaier or Amanda Griesheimer for directions).


We do have a few needs to make this come together, so if you have any of the following items that could be donated or borrowed please let us know as soon as possible. 
  • White Christmas Lights(and lots of them) - rope lighting, icicle lights and standard lights
  • Battery operated light strands (for those walking to wear)
  • Large Nativity Scene Backdrop (Stable and Manger)
  • Large Lit star (3-4 ft)
  • Artificial Trees (non Christmas trees) to be used with nativity scene
  • Small candy canes (to be attached to New Life postcards and passed out during the parade)
  • Parade Walkers
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Have you selected an ornament from the Christmas Tree in the church lobby yet? The ornaments list items needed by the Pregnancy Assistance Center, a ministry whose primary purpose is to save the lives of unborn babies while also assisting the families with many other needs. If you would like to help, please choose an ornament and return the gift and ornament by December 14. Thanks for being a blessing to others!
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Please support the NLC Food Drive, starting this Sunday!

The Missions Team chose Loving Hearts Outreach because of its ability to reach people not just from Washington, but from the surrounding community as well.
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Reminders...

11/7/2014

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UPCOMING EVENTS AT NLC
  • Friday, November 21 - Movie Night at NLC - showing Mom's Night Out
  • Friday, November 28th – Downtown Washington Parade of Lights
  • Sunday, December 7th (11 am to 4 pm) – Christmas outing to The Well Community Church (NLC Youth)

REMEMBER IN PRAYER….
  • Dennis Brakensiek family, Dennis passed away Nov. 1
  • Celeste Schreifer - battling viral infection
  • Todd Marquart - recovering from surgery to insert pacemaker
  • Kent & Betty Misener - needing to sell their home
  • Ferguson and the nation - pray that racial tensions diffuse
  • Boldness for Christians to "stand" in a deteriorating Christian culture
  • New Life Church - to grow in the Word, in prayer, in our relationship with God

GET INVOLVED…
  • Ways to Serve at New Life – see Welcome Table in lobby
  • L.I.F.E. Groups @ NLC – see the possibilities at the lobby table.
  • Parade of Lights Float Committee – The parade will be held Friday, November 28.  There will be a short brainstorming session in the sanctuary after worship this Sunday.  If you are interested in helping in any way, please see Jennifer Kazmaier or Amanda Griesheimer.
  • Christmas Decoration Committee – Please see Kelly Dohm or Angie Hilbert if you are interested in planning and assisting with the Christmas decorating.
  • College Care Packages – We would like to send care packages to 10 college students associated with NLC.  With college exams around the corner they could use a little extra encouragement.  If you are interested, please bring donations (baked goods, packaged snacks, energy drinks, fast food giftcards, etc) to the church lobby on or before November 30th.  We will also have some stationary in our lobby to be included in our packages, so please make sure to stop by and write some encouraging words as well. If you have any questions or would like to help in any other way please contact Jennifer Kazmaier at jekazmaier@hotmail.com or 314-503-8767. 

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Christmas is Coming!

11/1/2014

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New Life Church will be participating in the Downtown Washington Parade of Lights on Friday, November 28.  If you are interested in helping design/build a float, please see Jennifer Kazmaier or Amanda Griesheimer or e-mail the church office.  All are welcome to walk with the float in the parade as well.  More details to follow.

A Christmas decorations committee is also being formed.  If you would like to help with the decorating or planning, please see Angie Hilbert or Kelly Dohm or e-mail the church office.
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New Life Church
408 E 8th Street, P.O. Box 2074 ∙
Washington, MO 63090
​636.432.5052

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