New Life Church has a prayer focus each week. Our prayer focus is broken down into three categories of ministry: 1. We pray for another local church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. We pray for a Global Outreach Partner who is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. 3. We pray for a ministry of New Life Church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ locally.
Area Church: First Baptist Church – Estacada, OR, Pastor Brent Dodrill
Global Partner: Michele and Anna Gandolfo – Italian Ministries, USA
NLC Ministry: Celebrate Recovery
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Prayer Focus for the week of April 15th
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Monday, April 09, 2012
Rejoice!
I didn't talk a lot about it yesterday during our Easter service, but over the last several hours these words have been running through my mind, "The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord."
It was Easter Sunday night. The disciples had heard that Jesus was alive (from Mary Magdelene), but they hadn't seen Him for themselves. The resurrection of Jesus hadn't taken any affect on them yet. They were huddled in fear behind a locked door. Jesus appeared, gave them a greeting of peace, and then showed them His hands and side. It was seeing the resurrected Jesus with His nail pierced hands and and His spear pierced side that caused the disciples to rejoice.
How about you? Has the resurrection of Jesus had any affect on you yet? Does your feeling of joy center more on having a sunny weekend than on the truth that Jesus, the Son of God, was crucified for your sins and has risen from the grave, conquering sin and death. Maybe you just haven't seen Him for yourself yet, or lately. Maybe you have only heard of other people's experience of the resurrected Christ. Would you take time this week to read through the book of John again so that you might see Jesus for yourself and rejoice?
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Middle School Auction Update
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Everything!
Last night I got to attend Re: Generation, the young adult ministry at New Life Church, with a young adult friend of mine. It was encouraging for me to get to worship with so many young adults who are so passionate about Jesus. It was a great experience for my friend who is looking for a community of Christian young adults to plug into.
Beyond that, it was good night of worship for me. We looked at the scriptures in James 4:11-17. Pastor Scott gave us a great reminder of our need to realize that life is short, and thus all of life ought to be about God and His will, not our own.
We sang one song that was particularly inspirational to me, and I thought I would share it with you today. It reminds me of one of my favorite verses in the Bible Acts 17:28: "For in Him we live and move and have our being." The song also mentions Colossians 1:27: "God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
May Jesus be your everything today!
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Prayer focus for the week of March 25th
New Life Church has a prayer focus each week. Our prayer focus is broken down into three categories of ministry: 1. We pray for another local church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. We pray for a Global Outreach Partner who is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. 3. We pray for a ministry of New Life Church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ locally.
Area Church: First Baptist Church – Canby, OR, Pastor Lee Wiegand
Global Parner: Rich and Cheri Strahm – Equippers Network International
- Pray for the success of the Womens’ Leadership Conference Cheri and her team will lead on April 11-15 in Armenia.
- Pray for Rich as he teaches (for the first time) at the seminary in Armenia (also April 11-15).
- Pray for the translation and production of a missions how-to text in Russian.
- Praise God that re:Generation just celebrated 2 years on March 4th.
- Praise God that lives are being transformed by the good news of Jesus and the love of people.
- Pray for more laborers for the harvest.
- Pray for more leaders (teachers, musicians).
- Pray that the Life Groups would grow in richness and number.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Women's Bible Study Cancelled on March 22nd
Following our snow policy, since the West Linn-Wilsonville School District will open two hours late due to weather, Women's Bible Study has been cancelled. Bible study will resume after Spring Break, on April 5th.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Join us on Easter Sunday!
This year New Life Church will be celebrating Easter at all three locations:
Riverfalls Gatherings - 9:00 a.m./10:15 a.m./11:30 a.m.
1984 McKillican StreetWest Linn, Oregon
A light brunch will be served after the 9:00 and 10:15 services. Sunday school classes are available during the 10:15 service for children fifth grade and younger. Nursery provided for all services.
Robinwood Gathering - 10:00 a.m.
19915 Old River DriveWest Linn, Oregon
A light brunch will be served at 9:00 followed by a Resurrection Egg Hunt for the kids at 9:30. Nursery provided during the service.
Wilsonville Gathering - 10:00 a.m.
27960 SW Canyon Creek RoadWilsonville, Oregon
A light brunch will be served after the service. Sunday school classes are available for children fifth grade and younger. Nursery provided during the service.
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Coffee Cart Breaking Records
March 8th was not an ordinary Thursday for our Coffee Cart volunteers Shirlene Littrell, Andie Haugen and Darlene Laski. It was a record breaking day with 139 students and staff members stopping by for food, beverages, and conversation.
And, today was another record breaking day for Coffee Cart. They passed last year's record attendance of 10,034 and have served to date 10,094 with nearly 60 days remaining in the school year. Thank you Coffee Cart volunteers!
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Thank you from Pastor Bill
Jeannette and I deeply appreciated our retirement celebration.
We appreciate the encouragement. It has been a joy to serve you.Pastor Bill Kramer
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A Plan for Prayer
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (Col 4:2 NIV)
The call of God on the life of a believer is clear. We all know that we should pray. We all know that we need to pray more. We all really want to be people who are devoted to prayer. But even knowing those things we often struggle to find time or to make time to actually pray. It seems to me that if any significant change is ever going to happen in our devotion to prayer we need a plan. More than likely you are not just going to wake up tomorrow morning, roll out of bed, and set the world on fire by the transformation of your prayer life if you have no plan. The truth is, if we don't make a plan, we will do things exactly the same as we did them yesterday and the day before and the day before that.
I thought I would encourage you today by sharing my plan with you. Plans don't have to be sophisticated. In fact, the simpler the better. My current plan has three parts:
1. Praying with the other pastors every Tuesday afternoon- When you share requests on your keeping in touch cards, those really do get prayed for every week by our pastors and elders. We also pray for each other and for other things concerning the church. This scheduled prayer time is an important part of my plan. Let me encourage you to find a couple of other people that you can schedule time to pray with on a regular basis.
2. Praying with folks from the Robinwood Congregation every 2nd and 4th Monday- We are convinced that God wants us to draw near to Him and ask for things like a child asks for things from his father. The scripture says, "you have not because you ask not". We are committed to drawing near to our Father and asking Him to move in powerful ways in our congregation. Would you be willing to carve out a few hours a month to pray with someone for the ministry context where God has place you?
3. Personal and Family Prayer- We try to spend time as a family talking to God each evening after some time in the scriptures. But when we are tired, it sure is good to have a plan for what we are going to talk about. Recently I have chosen a specific focus for personal and family prayers each day. It's not that we can't pray about other things that day, it just really helps me to have a plan. I'll list my categories for each day below. Maybe you'd like to chose different categories for your personal and family prayer time. Whatever you do, make a plan to pray!
Monday- Men. Praying for specific men in our church community to grow in Christ and develop into Godly leaders in their homes and in Christ's church.
Tuesday- Seizing the Time. Praying about things that God is doing in my world, through our church, in our community. Asking God what He is up to, asking Him to help us seize the time, to make the most of every opportunity, to do far beyond all we can ask or imagine in and through me, my family, and our church family.
Wednesday- World Missions. Praying for the missionaries that our family and our church family supports. Praying for unreached people groups and countries. Pray for opportunities for our church and for my family to be involved in bringing the gospel to the nations.
Thursday- Thankfulness. You might try having fun seeing how many things you can thank God for on Thankful Thursday!
Friday- Family. Praying mostly for immediate family, but also extended family.
Saturday- Salvations. Praying for people on our lives that don't yet know Jesus to come to know Him.
Sunday- Sermon. Obviously I am pretty motivated to pray on Sunday mornings. But Sunday mornings before church are a great time to pray for your church family and for how God might use you to build up the body of Christ at church that day.
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Prayer Focus for the week of March 18th
New Life Church has a prayer focus each week. Our prayer focus is broken down into three categories of ministry: 1. We pray for another local church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. We pray for a Global Outreach Partner who is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. 3. We pray for a ministry of New Life Church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ locally.
Area Church: Sandy Baptist Church - Sandy, OR, Pastor Fred Vogel
NLC Ministry: Ignite
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Grace Based Parenting
Sara and I are always looking for resources to help us in raising our kids in a way that pleases God, helps them to follow Jesus, and keeps us from going crazy! Children are a blessing from the Lord, but there is a heavy responsibility and a lot of hard work involved.
So what role does our faith in Christ play in parenting? It means everything! Not only is our most important role to guide our kids to know and love Jesus, but there is no way we can do the work of parenting without God's supernatural intervention. In a word, we need grace.
Grace is something that God gives to us that we don't deserve. In the gospel, God poured out His amazing grace on us by sending His Son, Jesus, to live a perfect life and then give His life as a sacrifice for our sins. He rose from the dead. And then, amazingly, God reached out to us (sinful people) and drew us to faith in Christ! Our salvation comes to us not because of anything we have done, but because of what Christ has done for us. Amazing grace.
The concept of the book "Grace Based Parenting" is for us to parent our children in the same way God the Father parents us. God knows we are sinful people, and yet He still reached out to us and loved us in the gospel. In the same way, we know that our children are sinful people. After all, they are the products of sinful parents. Our role is to continue to reach out to our kids and love them even when they fail, which we know they will. We point them toward the amazing grace of God toward them in Christ. We forgive them and then guide them to walk in the truth.
Some people misunderstand grace. They see it as a license to live any way they want to because God will always forgive them. We call that abusing the grace of God. Not good. If we teach our kids that they can live any way they want to, we do them an eternal disservice.
However, others receive the grace of God and think that now they have to remain in God's good graces by never doing anything wrong. They set up a law for themselves (and their children) so that they will never step out of bounds. Obviously there are things we should and shouldn't do. But the law of love laid out for us in the gospel is one in which we are compelled to love God and love our neighbors because of what Christ has done for us. When we fail to follow that law of love, we have sinned. We are called to confess our sin to God, but we are never outside of His grace. Each day, each hour, each minute is chance to renew our relationship with God.
O may God help us to continue walking in His grace each day, and be parents who show that grace to our kids. Check out Tim Kimmel's book "Grace Based Parenting". I see it as a bit of a primer for helping us parents to live out the grace of God as we raise our kids.
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
All-Church Service March 11
Tomorrow, March 11, 10:00am PDT, all three congregations of New Life Church will gather together at the West Linn High School Auditorium for a combined worship service. It promises to be a great morning. Worship leaders from each congregation will make up the band. We'll have a special presentation. Annual Reports will be distributed after the service. We'll have some goodies and a time of fellowship across the street at the Riverfalls building. Hope to see you there!
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Spring Ahead
Don't forget to set your clock ahead tonight! Daylight Savings Time embarrasses someone every year who forgets to adjust their clock and walks into church an hour late...You don't want to be that person! See you tomorrow!
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Sunday, March 04, 2012
Prayer Focus for the week of March 4th
New Life Church has a prayer focus each week. Our prayer focus is broken down into three categories of ministry: 1. We pray for another local church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. We pray for a Global Outreach Partner who is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. 3. We pray for a ministry of New Life Church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ locally.
Area Church: Barton Community Baptist Church – Boring, OR, Pastor Thom Turner
Global Partner: Rick and Mary Beth Holladay – The Art Factory, Deutschland
NLC Ministry: Middle School
- Pray for the focus of the Middle School students, that they will think of investing eternally through their giving: that they see the impact of laying up treasures in heaven rather than on earth
- Pray that there will be ample donations and attendance for the auction on Mar 21 as funds are raised for students in India.
- Pray for several students who have recently shared with their unsaved friends at school about Christ. Pray that they would continue to be bold despite ridicule.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Nate Hanson on Mission to San Francisco
Nate Hanson is leaving this Friday to begin mission work with San Francisco City Impact. This organization is seeking to meet physical needs and share the good news of Jesus Christ in the Tenderloin District, one of the roughest neighborhoods of San Francisco.
Nate and the others on the team are tasked with going door to door in the many low income apartment buildings of the Tenderloin, asking for prayer requests and hoping to share the gospel. The eventual goal is to plant churches in each of the 586 apartment buildings in the Tenderloin.
So why would a young man from the suburbs want to give his life away doing mission work in such a hard place? You can read Nate's reasons for going and get on the email list for prayer updates by going to NateHanson.org/sf.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The ladies of New Life Church are invited to a baby shower for Elizabeth Wenzel on Tuesday, February 28th at 7:00 p.m. at New Life Riverfalls. To help ensure baby Wenzel is well supplied for every occasion, we are having a Time-of-Day shower. Contact Anna Calson to reserve a time-of-day and for more information.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
New Life Church has a prayer focus each week. Our prayer focus is broken down into three categories of ministry: 1. We pray for another local church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. We pray for a Global Outreach Partner who is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. 3. We pray for a ministry of New Life Church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ locally.
Area Church: Athey Creek Christian Fellowship – Wilsonville, OR. Pastor Brett Meador
Global Partner: Skip and Ruth Sorensen – World Venture, Kabale, Uganda
NLC Ministry: GriefShare
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Hot Rod Church!
Today I thought I would introduce you to Richy and Nicole Lagrange and the ministry they came to Portland to start... Hot Rod Church. Yep, you read that right. A little over a year ago the Lagrange family moved to Portland from Northern California to start a ministry that reaches out to families connected to the Hot Rod Community. Here is how Richy describes Hot Rod Church:
We are a group of Christian men and women with a passion for God, Family and classic cars. Our drive is to utilize the blessings and gifts bestowed upon us by God to spread the TRUTH, LOVE his people, and make DISCIPLES of all nations.
And here is the Mission: Hot Rod Church for Sinners is a place where sinners come in and get transformed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are given the owner’s manual for life (The Bible) to equip them to be ambassadors of our Savior Jesus Christ.
So far, Nicole and Richy have promoted this ministry through setting up a booth at a car show, hosting a couple of meet and greets, and a facebook fan page. They hope to have Sunday worship services up and going in the near future. In the mean time the Lagranges have gotten involved at New Life Church by serving at Awana and on the worship team. If you'd like to find out how to get involved in Hot Rod Church, or just pray for the Lagrange family in this adventure, click on the link to their facebook page above.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Prayer Focus for the week of Feb. 12th
New Life Church has a prayer focus each week. Our prayer focus is broken down into three categories of ministry: 1. We pray for another local church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. We pray for a Global Outreach Partner who is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. 3. We pray for a ministry of New Life Church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ locally.
Area Church: Grace Chapel – Wilsonville, OR. Pastor Mike Tatlock
- Please pray that they will find a space to expand their youth facility They are having a difficult time locating space.
- Pray for the teams that they are sending to Nicaragua and Rwanda
- Pray for overall stamina and fuel as they are in one of their busiest seasons.
- Pray for someone who is able and available to serve CMS as an administrator. (Upon registration CMS now has more administrative responsibilities and a gifted person is needed to serve the Lord in this role.)
- Please pray for sufficient funds to support a CMS administrator.
- Please be praying that God will supply all of their needs in 2012 as He expands this ministry.
- Praise God that He continues to bring new clubbers. Along with them, He keeps providing more leaders!!!
- Praise God for faithful and capable teachers. They are great!
- Please pray for the magician coming feb 15th. Parents are invited, and we're hoping many will hear and respond positively to the gospel!
- Pray for perseverance for leaders and joy in the journey of leading kiddos to Jesus!
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Monday, February 06, 2012
Stephanie Rogers On Mission
Stephanie Rogers, daughter of Wes and Shelly Rogers, was recently a part of a feature article in Multnomah Magazine called "The Great Youth Reformation, How Multnomah Grads Helped Spark an Evangelical Wildfire in Eastern Europe". You can read it by clicking here. Stephanie works with teenagers in Slovenia with her mission Josiah Venture.
Stephanie's work with teenagers is making a big difference for the kingdom of God. Not only does she meet regularly with girls she is discipling, but she has recently joined a church planting team that is starting a new church in her home town of Radovljica.
It is exciting to see young adults with a passion for Jesus and a commitment to spread the gospel among the nations. If you are interested in being equipped to serve God among the nations, the Global Outreach Committee would love to talk to you. Leave a comment here, or email npylate@newlifenw.com.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
His Mercies are New Every... Monday?
Yep. That's a phrase we use in our family when we think about getting a new start on Monday. It could be a new start to eating right after a weekend filled with junk food, a new start to exercising after a lazy weekend, a new start to family devotions after a busy weekend where they were inconsistent, etc. Just the like the New Year provides us an opportunity to make resolutions, the new week provides us an opportunity to start over.
Obviously there is nothing special about Monday. Our phrase is an embellishment of two verses in the book of Lamentations. In the midst of great affliction the prophet calls these words to mind and has hope:
Whatever you are going through today, remember that God's great love and mercy never cease. He loves you today. Each morning is a chance to remember that He is merciful. He has withheld His wrath and instead poured out amazing grace through the work of Christ in the gospel. What a faithful God!
It is with these "mercies" clearly in view that we offer all of ourselves to God in service and worship (Romans 12:1). So how about it, will you get a fresh start in walking with God today? It is after all... Monday!
Join Pastor Nathan here each Monday morning for word of encouragement.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
The Emperor's New Clothes
Last week I rediscovered this satirical children's fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson. " The Emperor's New Clothes" is about a king who has an unhealthy fascination with new clothes, so much so that he has a different change of clothes for every hour of the day. One day a couple of charlatan weavers appear before the emperor claiming that they are able to manufacture clothes of exquisite beauty and uncommon character. These clothes that they create have a special quality that makes the clothes invisible to anyone who is either corrupt in his character or unfit for his office. The emperor commissions these men to make him a set of these clothes at once, paying them large sums of money to do the work.
As the clothes are being created several servants are sent to check on the clothes to see how the progress is coming. Though none of the officials could see anything on the loom, they feigned as if the clothes were very beautiful and told the king so. Finally the day comes for the emperor to try on his new clothes that are to be worn in a big procession around his capital city. Though the king sees nothing, he is quite embarrassed to think that he may be corrupt in character or unworthy of his office. Thus, he too claims that the clothes are simply marvelous, and all of his attendants agree. The king sets off on his procession around the city with much fanfare to display his new clothes to the citizens of his kingdom. No one can see the clothes, of course, but everyone is too scared to admit the fact.
Finally a small boy in the crowd cries out, "Why the King has nothing on!" And the boy's father said simply, "The voice of innocence has spoken." The emperor, knowing what the boy said was true, decided to continue on with the procession. It was too late to turn back now!
This simple fairy tale teaches us an important lesson about fear and pride. In our own Christian lives we are often blind to our own shortcomings. And... our so called "friends" are often afraid to point them out to us. Even if we do get a hint that not all is well in our lives, our pride often keeps us from taking action to change.
As many of us talked about on Sunday at New Life Church, the call of the gospel is to "put to death whatever belongs to our earthly nature" and to "cloth ourselves" with the character of Christ (Colossians 3:5&12). Would you be willing to look at yourself with soberness (Romans 12:3) confess your sin to God (1 John 1:8-9) and put on some new clothes (Colossians 3:12)? Would you be willing to help a friend do the same (Proverbs 27:6)?
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Monday, January 16, 2012
What Jesus Demands from the World
"What does God really want from me?" That is the question that born-again believers ask after they have trusted in Jesus. "What am I supposed to do with my life now?" Jesus doesn't leave that a mystery. In fact, Jesus is very clear about He expects from the whole world.
In the Great Commission Jesus said, "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." A disciple of Jesus is someone who is seeking to obey everything that Jesus has commanded us.
Today I want to commend to you John Piper's book, What Jesus Demands from the World*. In the book, Piper takes 50 commands of Jesus and talks about what it looks like to obey those commands. The chapters are very short (usually 3-5 pages). In 5-10 minutes you can really think deeply about the words of Jesus and find answers to that question, "What does Jesus want from me now?"
Several of the Men at New Life Robinwood are meeting together in pairs to discuss and pray about what they are reading in this book. The women's Thursday Morning Bible Study has worked through this book and really enjoyed it. How about you? Would you be willing to meet with one other person or a small group to read through this book, discuss, and grow as a disciple of Jesus?
*I have several copies of this book in my office that can be purchased from the church for $10. Reply to this post or call the church office if you would like a copy.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Prayer Focus for the Week of Jan. 15, 2012
New Life Church has a prayer focus each week. Our prayer focus is broken down into three categories of ministry: 1. We pray for another local church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. We pray for a Global Outreach Partner who is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. 3. We pray for a ministry of New Life Church that is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ locally.
Area Church: Logan Community Church – Oregon City, OR
Global Partner: Calvin & Ruth Kim – World Venture, Beirut, Lebanon
- Pray for the Kim family's health during the winter.
- Pray for their personal study, lectures, and Islam forum.
- Pray for peace in Lebanon and Syria.
- Pray for more financial supporters to partner with them this year.
- Pray for the continuation and deepening of the relationships which are being built.
- Pray that opportunities would arise to talk more about Jesus!
- Praise God that things are going so well. There is a group of "regulars" that come and stay all morning until school starts!
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Worship Services Cancelled 1/15/2012
We are cancelling worship services today, January 15, 2012, at all locations of New Life Church. Please be safe. Enjoy the slower day. And, treasure God today!
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
New Life Church Wilsonville Grand Opening
New Life Church Wilsonville held their grand opening last Sunday, January 8, 2012. It was a great morning. One member wrote, "Sunday was an exciting day! It seemed like a long time coming, but God had His hand in every step of our preparations leading up to the grand opening."
We celebrated the new life that Jesus gives and the importance of remaining connected to him. Any new start, for a church or for a person comes from our connection to Jesus.Afterwards we celebrated with a meal from Buster's BBQ. Everyone enjoyed it and ReGeneration got a little extra that evening, too.
We will be meeting there every Sunday at 10:00am. Please continue to pray for us.
Anyone is welcome. Please bring or send your friends!Nine different churches contacted me and told me they were praying for us. Thank you all!
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Senior's Bible Study
"Pastor Scott. You need to come. The Bible Study downstairs is full to over-flowing. They're rehearsing a song. And, they want to be on the blog!"
Of course, the last phrase got to me. I rushed downstairs and snapped this picture. To my everlasting enjoyment they were singing "Jesus Loves Me" to perform at the next SAM Luncheon. As I was taking the picture I felt like a proud dad at a school program!
Regularly over twenty seniors gather every Tuesday morning at 10:30 for Bible Study in the "map room" at the Riverfalls Campus. There are people there from all three campuses. They have the best time as George Nelson leads them to study God's word. Hardly a week goes by when someone doesn't tell me what a good job George is doing.
Some of you may just want to admit your age and come to the next potluck to hear the special music...I'll be there!
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Monday, January 09, 2012
Mission Connexion 2012
On Friday and Saturday January 20-21 you have an opportunity to attend a conference that will inspire you and equip you to be involved in fulfilling God's call on your life to take the good news about Jesus Christ to the nations.
Mission ConneXion Northwest 2012 will be held right here in the Portland area at Crossroads Community Church in Vancouver. There will be powerful times of worship, compelling speakers, and lots of informative breakout workshops to equip you for your role in God's Great Commission.
The conference schedule and other conference details are available at missionconnexion.com. If you would like to carpool to the event on Friday night or Saturday evening, please contact the church office at 503-656-8600.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
New Life Church Wilsonville is in the News!
New Life Church Wilsonville will celebrate their Grand Opening on Sunday, January 8, 2012. Check out this brief article in the Oregonian:
http://www.oregonlive.com/west-linn/index.ssf/2011/12/west_linn_church_adds_wilsonvi.html
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