Sunday, April 18, 2021
Chain Breaker | Ephesians 4:22-24
This Sunday Pastor Michael will be preaching a sermon called "Chain Breaker." The sermon will be all about how Jesus Christ gives us the power to break free from our hurts, habits and hang ups. Make no mistake about it, we all have areas in our life where we still need to experience the liberating power of Jesus Christ. We will also be talking about a new ministry that will be launched this coming fall called Celebrate Recovery. We strongly encourage you to join us this Sunday and we look forward to the mighty work that the Spirit of God will continue to do here at New Life Church.
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.
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.
Prayer Opportunities
Sunday, April 18 | The Concert of Prayer will go from 6-7 pm and we will meet in the sanctuary of the church. There will be some worship through song and a time for personal testimonies regarding the ways that God is answering our prayers. Because of the Aspire Women’s Conference (5/2), the May Concert of Prayer dates will be May 9 and 16 (regularly the 1st and 3rd Sunday night of every month).
Tuesday, April 27 | We will be hosting midweek prayer times from 12-1pm on the last Tuesday of each month. Join us on your lunch break for a quiet time of prayer in the sanctuary.
Commitment to prayer is critical if we hope to see the Holy Spirit at work in our church and the six counties all around us. We hope you will plan on joining us!
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 to read 52,000 chapters this year!
We have reading cards for April-May!
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!
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. (dana.niemann@yahoo.com) to get the Zoom invite.
New Women’s Bible Study
God of Covenant, by Jen Wilkin
Tuesday Mornings, 5:45am, Room 209
April 20 - June 22
Discover How God Orchestrates Everything for His Glory
There are no minor characters in the story of God. Beginning with Genesis 12, walk alongside the fathers of our faith—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph—to discern Jesus in the stories of His people. Over 10 sessions, discover how God orchestrates everything for His glory and the good of His people, and see how the God of creation and covenant is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
If you send an email to let us know you are planning to come, we’ll order a book for you (sherryd@newlifeefree.org). And if you don’t get the email sent… you should come anyway! We’ll try to have a few extra books on hand or we’ll order some quickly.
D-Group Class
If you are interested in either leading or participating in a discipleship group, please join us for a one-Sunday session.
Sunday, April 25 | 10-11am | Fellowship Hall
Tickets can be purchased online (click on the image above), at the Info Center in the foyer on Sunday mornings, or at the church office during the week.
We’d love to have you join us to celebrate with our graduating youth group seniors. Please RSVP by May 2 so we can plan for food!
Youth Camp
The New Life Youth will be taking a bus to Byron Bible Camp for their Teen Camp. Mark your calendars for June 7-11! You can learn more and find out how to register here.
We’ll have more summer youth events to add to your calendar soon!
