EMMAUS HOME FISH FRY – TONIGHT, Friday, January 23, 4-7pm (Knights of Columbus, 1121 Columbus Lane, Washington). For info, see flyers in lobby.
WinterJAM Concert – THIS Saturday (1/24), $10 @ the door. 6pm (Doors open @ 5pm) Scottrade Center (1401 Clark Ave, St. Louis, 63103) Artists:Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Battistelli, Building 429, Family Force 5, Newsong, For King & Country. Speaker: Tony Nolan NLC Relational Small Groups with a Focus Tuesdays 6:30am, Mtg @ Bread Co, Digging Deeper into Sunday’s Message Text 6:30pm, NLC Conference Room, Prayer & Praying Wednesdays 7pm, NLC Conference Room, Digging Deeper into Sunday’s Message Text Membership @ New Life – THIS Sunday is the final of three messages which focus on membership at NLC. Previous messages during January worship have focused on different aspects of membership. These messages have been audio recorded (see website to listen) and have also been video recorded if you wish to view the message after worship in the lower level Youth Room. Handouts from each week are available online or in the lobby. NEXT STEPS – Members of the leadership team will be contacting those interested in membership (communicate this by turning in your membership packet – the information handed out weeks 1 & 3 - to the church office or by signing up in the lobby – specific dates are listed. POLAR PLUNGE SNOW TUBING - All youth & interested others are invited to attend a polar plunge snow tubing event at Hidden Valley Resort in Eureka, Sunday (2/1). The group rate is $22/person- it covers 3 hours of snow tubing. If you have interest in offsetting the cost of your ticket you can participate in our sub sandwich fundraiser. The more sub sandwiches you sell the more you save. If interested, signup in the front lobby or see Sarah Sullentrup or Jennifer Kazmaier for a sub sandwich sale sheet. SUB-SANDWICH SALE – See a youth who is selling sub sandwiches to offset the cost of their upcoming polar plunge outing. Sandwiches will be sold by youth through THIS coming Sunday (1/25). All 6” subs will include bread, ham, turkey, roast beef, cheese, lettuce & tomato or any combination thereof for $6 each. Sub sandwiches will be made NEXT Saturday, January 31st and distributed after church the following day (which is also Super Bowl Sunday) unless you plan for a different delivery method. Please contact one of our youth to purchase a sub or two. Thank you!
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MEMBERSHIP SERIES HAS BEGUN
This past Sunday (and continuing through January 25) we began our membership series called, “Getting On Board”. You can listen the kickoff sermon (and download referenced handouts) at www.newlifechurchmo.org/sermons.html, or view the DVD of the message on Sunday after worship in one of the classrooms. REMINDERS! Pies Needed! The KC in Washington is hosting a Fish Fry Fundraiser on Friday evening, January 23rd from 4-7pm. Proceeds will benefit the Emmaus Homes. Emmaus needs to furnish the dessert and is looking for donations of pies (other desserts would work too). If you plan to donate pie, please email (krammed@emmaushomes.org) or call Dennis (636-299-1983) Pies can be dropped off at the KC Hall after 1pm on Friday, Jan. 23rd, or call Dennis Kramme (636-299-1983) if you need someone to pick them up from you. ELDERS TEAM TRAINING Begins tonight. As was announced on Sunday, Elders training begins tonight at 7pm in the Upper Room of the sanctuary (the room behind the sound-projection table in the back of the sanctuary). If you are interested in learning more about what it means to serve the Lord and His Church via the Elder’s Team, bring your Bible and join with others tonight at 7pm. This week we will begin looking at Titus 1 and 1 Timothy 3. Wednesday Evening Bible Study A new Bible study group is being formed. The group will dig deeper into the previous Sunday's sermon scripture. Bible study begins next week - January 21st at 7 p.m. at the church. Worship Ensemble A worship ensemble group is being formed by Denny & Vickie Price. First rehearsal will be Thursday, January 29 at 6:30 p.m. All ages and skill levels are welcome! Please contact the Prices for more information. Reminder: Sunday is the last day to bring food for the Loving Hearts Food Drive! "The First Christmas - Clarification" to listen to this past Sunday’s message, click here: www.newlifechurchmo.org/sermons When the bestselling writer Stephen King was interviewed by NPR's Terry Gross, King shared some interesting thoughts about his faith in God. At one point Gross commented, "[So] you always believed in God. You were just bored in church." King replied, It's certainly a subject that's interested me, and I think it interests me more the older that I get. And I think we'd all like to believe that after we shuffle off this mortal coil, that there's gonna be something on the other side. Because for most of us, I know for me, life is so rich—so colorful, and sensual, and full of good things, things to read, things to eat, things to watch, places to go, new experiences—that I don't want to think that you just go to darkness …. I choose to believe [in God]. There's no downside to that. If you say, "Well, OK, I don't believe in God. There's no evidence of God," then you're missing the stars in the sky and you're missing the sunrises and sunsets and you're missing the fact that bees pollinate all these crops and keep us alive and the way that everything seems to work together. Everything is sort of built in a way that to me suggests intelligent design. One could also add, “Then you are missing Christmas!” *How is the biblical account of that first Christmas strengthening your faith this Christmas? Based on Luke 1:57-66: “And they all pondered, ‘What then shall this child be?’.” REMINDERS!
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 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? 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.
UPCOMING EVENTS AT NLC
REMEMBER IN PRAYER….
GET INVOLVED…
“Discipleship 101: Following Jesus” |
REMEMBER IN PRAYER… Walter Hoffmann family, as they continue to grieve, remember and celebrate Walter’s life. Bob Meyer (Larry Meyer's brother). Defective heart. Kevin Brunkhorst, recovering from severe burns Sally Ploof's father, having bypass surgery today God's intervention in the Ebola epidemic. Prayer Points from NLC Prayer Ministry Father, we pray that our pastor will have an increase of vitality, renewal and vision that is from You so that our church can take hold of the vision, then be revitalized as a caring committed community for Your Kingdom and purpose. | A Special Thanks from Pastor George Thank you, New Life Church, for the many ways you expressed appreciation, thanks and encouragement over this past month. October, being Pastor Appreciation Month, was a very affirming time as so many of you communicated care and encouragement through cards, emails, gifts and reminders of your prayers for me and our ministry together. My family and I look forward to the trip to Branson in November, it will be a welcome break prior to the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Thanks, again, for your partnership. I continue to anticipate and look forward to what God is doing, and going to do, through our mutual ministry. |
It's time to start thinking about Christmas! Can you believe it?
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. |
“Discipleship 101”
to listen to this past Sunday’s message, click here: www.newlifechurchmo.org/sermons
to listen to this past Sunday’s message, click here: www.newlifechurchmo.org/sermons
Kevin Miller, (of Wheaton, Illinois) wrote the following which I share with you as a reflection of what “discipling others” might look like.
Kevin asks, “Is the Church More Like an Old-Fashioned Hardware Store or a Home Depot?”
Then Mr. Miller goes on to explain that:
When I was a kid, Saturday mornings were chore day. Often my dad would say, "C'mon kid," and I'd hop in the station wagon, and we would drive down the street to Hooper Wolfe's hardware store. Hooper Wolfe's had an old wood door, painted white—except where the paint was worn off near the handle. You walked in, and you could hardly move. There were two narrow aisles. The counters were filled with merchandise, shelves were overflowing, and stuff was hanging from the ceiling. You'd think, No way am I going to find anything in here.
But you didn't need to. As soon as you walked in, Clarence from behind the counter would say, "Help you today?" My dad would say something like, "I want to hang a light out back."
Clarence would come out from behind the counter and ask questions. "Where you going to hang it? Over the patio? Well then"—and he would start rummaging through shelves until he pulled off just the right light—"you want a light like this. And don't use these bolts here; they're good for indoor stuff, but for outdoor, you want something galvanized."
"Your wall is brick, isn't it?" Clarence asked. (Even though our town was small, I was impressed he knew what our house was made of.) "Well, to run the conduit through there, you want a masonry drill bit at least ¾ of an inch. If we don't have that in stock, you can get one over at Miller's Lumberyard." Then Clarence would pull a flat carpenter's pencil off his ear and get out a little piece of paper and sketch it all out. "The conduit goes here … and make sure you don't mount the light too close to the soffit."
Today, when I have a project on Saturday, I head to Home Depot. Unlike Hooper Wolfe's, where you had to parallel park on the street, there's an ocean of parking. And inside, Home Depot is huge. The ceilings are 30 feet high. Home Depot has forty times the inventory of Hooper Wolfe's. It all looks great under bright, argon lights.
There is a guy in an orange apron—a block away. If you run him down, he's likely to say, "Sorry. I usually work in paints. I'm just covering in electrical because someone called in sick." So you're pretty much on your own.
A similar thing has happened in the American church. We have programs that are amazing, with Disney-level quality and technological sophistication. But something's missing: Clarence. We all need a Clarence, someone who knows more than we do and who will guide us to grow in Christ.
Throughout the Bible this is the primary way faith has been passed on. Moses trains Joshua in how to lead; Eli trains Samuel in how to pray; Jesus teaches the apostles; Timothy's grandmother Lois trains up her daughter Eunice, who trains up her son Timothy; Paul calls Titus his "son" in the faith. When it comes to helping people grow into spiritual maturity, the Bible gives us "the Clarence Principle": the older teach the younger, and those more mature in the faith guide those who are newer in the faith.
*Who is your “Clarence”? Who is the one who has disciple (is discipling) you?
**To whom are you being a “Clarence”?
Based on John 1:35-42:
Jesus turned and saw them [two of John the Baptists disciples] following and said to them, “What are you seeking.” (v.38)
A Prayer to Pray:
Lord, You called the willing to follow you. When they did so they witnessed you teaching others, helping others, praying for others and even correcting others. Then You sent them out two by two to do as You had done. Eventually, Jesus, You simply instructed Your followers to ‘Go and make disciples’. As I read of You in the scriptures, help me Lord to catch glimpses of how Your great love drove You to teach, pray, help, and correct others. Strengthen me, too, that I might go and do the same. In Your precious and Holy Name, I pray. AMEN.
REMEMBER IN PRAYER….
| Constitution & By-Laws A vote on the Constitution & By-Laws is scheduled for THIS Sunday, October 19, 10:40am. Follow the links to view/download your updated copy of the Constitution/By-Laws andMembership Covenant with details regarding the changes (in RED print). As you have questions feel free to contact anyone on the leadership team or Pastor George. |
Prayer Points from NLC Prayer Ministry
This week all are encouraged to pray for the Leadership team and Pastor George in the following areas:
1. Pray that we realize that our inheritance and hope as a church family is in God's incomparable and incredible great power which is available to us (Gal. 1:12; Eph. 1:18-19; Phil. 3:10)
2. Pray that our church, leadership, and pastor becomes more surrendered and poured out to Christ, so they can have spiritual breakthroughs by seeking the fear of God and the mind of Christ and the Spirit's leading. (1 Cor. 2:16; Gal. 2:20-21)
3. Pray that your church and pastor continue to take hold of a growing, consistent walk with Christ with a devotional life and prayer that is steadfast. Pray that they allow Christ to work and use them as they grow in their faith, spiritual formation, maturity, and love (Psalm 16:8-11; 73:28; Rom. 8:31; 2 Pet. 1:5-7)
1. Pray that we realize that our inheritance and hope as a church family is in God's incomparable and incredible great power which is available to us (Gal. 1:12; Eph. 1:18-19; Phil. 3:10)
2. Pray that our church, leadership, and pastor becomes more surrendered and poured out to Christ, so they can have spiritual breakthroughs by seeking the fear of God and the mind of Christ and the Spirit's leading. (1 Cor. 2:16; Gal. 2:20-21)
3. Pray that your church and pastor continue to take hold of a growing, consistent walk with Christ with a devotional life and prayer that is steadfast. Pray that they allow Christ to work and use them as they grow in their faith, spiritual formation, maturity, and love (Psalm 16:8-11; 73:28; Rom. 8:31; 2 Pet. 1:5-7)
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