Sunday, October 10, 2021
Christianity and Nightly News
What impact is the news and social media having on you and your family? All too often we are more impacted by the news and social media than we are the Word of God. If we are not careful we begin to experience attention deficit syndrome and become anxious, angry and apathetic. What we focus our hearts and minds on has the power to shape us into its image. Tragically we have become focused on world events and yet we fail to reach out and love those who are all around us in everyday life. Join us Sunday, Oct 10 as we explore the effects the news is having on us and turn to God’s Word for the remedy.
Nursery care for children 0-2 is available all morning. Children’s Church is offered during the 11:00 service for kids age 3-5.
Desperate for God
October 17 - November 7
Are you hungry to know God on a deeper level? Are you tired of skimming the surface of what it means to love God and love others? On Sunday, Oct 17 we will begin a 4 week sermon series about the revival that takes place under King Josiah in 2 Chronicles 34-35. Josiah was only 8 years old when he became king of Judah, yet God used this young man in a powerful way. God’s people had become hard hearted and had drifted into idolatry. God used King Josiah to lead his people into genuine repentance and spiritual revival. We hope you and your family will join us as we seek to rekindle our love and passion for Jesus Christ.
We have Sunday School Classes for All Ages!
We have classes for everyone age 3 - adult and nursery care for infants and toddlers. Classes will be held between the two worship services: 10:15-11:00am. Please plan to stick around if you attend the first service or come early if you attend the second service!
Adorned (women’s class) will be meeting in the Fellowship Hall
Answering the Call to a Man’s Heart (men’s class) will be meeting in Room 209 - near the office entrance
Discipleship 101 will be meeting in Room 201 - across from the nursery
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.
Thank you from the Florey family…
Thank you, New Life Family, for your prayers and condolences over the past weeks. Thanks also to those that brought food and served as we celebrated Linda’s life last weekend.
Deeper in Relationships
From June 2021 to August 2022 we will go deeper in relationships with people outside and inside the church body to intentionally share the grace and love of Jesus Christ with them and to grow together as his disciples.
The Gospels are full of stories of Jesus intentionally engaging those inside and outside the family of God. We want to know and obey the words of Jesus and we also want to emulate his lifestyle. We will be a people who are willing to get out of our comfort zone and make building relationships a higher priority in our everyday lives. We know that in our post-Christian culture it is a poor strategy to sit back and wait for people to attend our worship services. We challenge every person at New Life to meet, talk to, get to know, and go deeper with at least 1 person within our church family and 1 person outside our church family each month!
In the coming months you can anticipate sermons about reaching out to others with the love of Christ, evangelism training taking place in Life Groups, continued times of prayer, and an overall focus on building relationships with people in the six counties all around us.
Wednesday Gatherings for Kids & Youth are up and running for the school year. It’s never too late to join us!!!
Learn more and register on our website…
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
6:00 - 9:30PM AT NEW LIFE CHURCH
$20/PERSON
Dessert will be served. You may want to plan ahead for you and your spouse to have dinner out together prior to the event. Child care will not be provided.
Discipleship Pathway
Are you ready to take the next step? Find out more about how to get involved in a Life Group or a D-Group.
Women’s Bible Study starting this week…
Wednesdays | 10:00am | beginning Oct 13 | At New Life
Is it possible that good things can come out of our broken dreams?
Worship leader and recording artist Laura Story’s life took an unexpected turn when her husband, Martin, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Their lives would never be the same.
Yes, with God all things are possible. But the devastating news was that no cure existed to restore Martin’s short-term memory, eyesight, and other complications. The fairy-tale life Laura had dreamed of was no longer possible. And yet in struggling with God about how to live with broken dreams, Laura has found joy and a deeper intimacy with Jesus.
In When God Doesn’t Fix It, Laura helps readers understand that:
We aren’t the only ones whose lives have taken unexpected turns
Even heroes of our faith experienced brokenness
Despite our flaws and stories, God can use us in extraordinary ways
God may not fix everything. In fact, although your situation might not ever change or get better, with Jesus you can. Not because of your faith, but because of the faithfulness of their God.
The book and study guide can be ordered on Amazon. If you would like us to order books for you, call the church office (886-1977) or send an email to sherryd@newlifeefree.org.
Missions Prayer Focus
Please pray for the EFCA Crisis Response Team travelling to Lake Charles, Louisiana October 10-15. Steve Austvold is leading the team and Michaelle Peterson and Jomi Schoeman from New Life are part of the team.
Lake Charles was hit directly by two hurricanes, only six weeks apart, in the fall of 2020. The mission of ReachGlobal is working to show God’s love and compassion through hurricane relief and recovery, for the purpose of outreach, evangelism, and church planting. Their plan is to be assisting Lake Charles rebuild (physically, emotionally, spiritually) for long term impact.
Please keep Michaelle, Jomi, and the team in your prayers this week. Pray for…
Safety for their trip
That they would hear and follow God's voice as they minister
Open hearts and minds for the crisis response team as well as those they meet
Missionary of the Week | Access Ministry
Praise that the plumbing work for the kitchen remodel got done in September, so that they can start putting up sheetrock.
Pray for God's help and timing in completing the kitchen remodel and dining room expansion.
Praise that they are having a good outreach to the needy in the community.
Pray that their outreach will continue and that more people will hear the gospel.
Pray that the details will be worked out to get a new website set up for the ministry
Next fall a group of Watertown area pastors will be leading a trip to Israel and you can go along!
We have brochures with more information at the Info Center in the foyer or you can use the button below to look at a digital version.
