Sunday, November 22, 2020
The Psalms of Ascent
Week 5 | Psalm 123
The Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) were sung by worshipers as they made the journey up to Jerusalem for the annual feasts. The early church used the book of Psalms to sing and communicate to God. As we unpack the Psalms we will learn to sing and pray in a way that touches on all the human emotions. We will also see how the Psalms point us to our ongoing need for the gospel in everyday life.
Our nursery is open!
We’ve made plans for additional safety and cleaning procedures and we are looking forward to welcoming children age 0-2 into our nursery area during both services and our Sunday School hour.
We encourage you to fill out the online Friendship Register when you worship with us online or in person. You can share prayer requests, ask questions about our ministries, or just let us know that you’d like someone to contact you.
Deeply Rooted in God’s Word Together
From June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021 we will be focused on intentionally setting aside time to read God’s Word. We have some tools for you as well as ways to let us know what you've been reading so we can track our progress as a church family. We'd like read 52,000 chapters this year!
You can pick up reading plan cards in the foyer. We also have a basket for completed cards. If you’ve been letting us know how many chapters you’re reading through our online form, we don’t need the cards back - we don’t want to count the chapters twice. But if you haven’t told us yet, we really want to record your numbers so we can reach our goal of 52,000!
You can track any chapters that you read. If you aren’t sure where to start, we have resources to help on our website.
Women’s Weekly Zoom Meeting
A group of women will be having a weekly Zoom meeting on Monday evenings (7:30-8:30pm) to discuss the Bible Reading on the plan. If you’d like to join in you can contact Dawn S. (dawnmstee@gmail.com) or Dana N. (dananiemann@gmail.com) to get the Zoom invite.
Mike Florey still has some “Share the Blessing” cards to distribute to those in our community that have needs. If you have a neighbor, friend, or co-worker that would be blessed by some extra help this Thanksgiving, please stop by the Info Center after one of the worship services to talk with Mike Florey and pick up a card.
We are working on updating our church photo directory.
Click here to fill out a form with your current contact information. Or you can give us call at the church office (886-1977) and we can go through your information on the phone.
You can send a new family photo to: sherryd@newlifeefree.org. You are also welcome to stop by the church office with a printed photo and we can scan it and give it right back to you. We are not picky about the photos - snapshots or even selfies are fine!
Missions Prayer Focus
Dan & Lisa Friesen, Joshua - Serving with World Team in Cameroon, Africa
Prayer requests:
We’re still waiting on a visa for Nathan Miller, the intern (currently here in Cameroon) who wants to travel to Chad. Dan will travel with him for 2.5 weeks as soon as his visa is issued. Pray for the Chadian immigration officials to sign the needed document and for God’s perfect timing on this trip.
Pray for me (Lisa) as I’m feeling stretched in a lot of different directions. Pray for prioritization, the ability to focus on what’s needed at the time, and for rest between tasks.
Watch the video for other requests! 😊
Youth, Awana, and Club 56 will not be meeting this week.
Missions Trip Opportunity | Summer 2021
We are planning a mission trip to return to Dorie's Promise in Guatemala City July 10 -16, 2021. If you are interested in more information about joining the trip, please contact Lorna at hoferl@yahoo.com or 881-6747.
