Tuesday, July 17, 2012

A Letter to New Life Community Church

What’s up New Life? Here are five things I want to share with you…

#1—God is willing and God is able! Loved listening to our children hear a message, a lesson on TRUSTING God. I want our children, our kids, our students, our younger generation to receive the HOPE that I so desperately needed, but didn’t even know was available to me! There’s something about a child’s eyes lighting up with hope and amazement that fills me with joy. And this past weekend, learning about Jesus’ miracle when he fed the five thousand, my kids found hope in a God who can do GREAT and MIGHTY things! I want my kids to know a God who makes the impossible possible. BIG thanks to our LifeKids team for their time, their effort, and their passion for our kids!

#2—Are you READY? This was the question echoed throughout Friday night’s Celebrate Recovery. Are you READY? Am I READY? Life is full of ups and downs, highs and lows. We stumble, we fall, we get back up and try again. It’s rough. It’s difficult. It’s worth it. Are you READY? In Principle 5 we make the decision to VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO EVERY CHANGE GOD WANTS TO MAKE IN OUR LIVES. That’s intense! That’s crazy! That’s what sets us free. Are you willing to take it to the next level? Are you willing to go beyond simply showing up? You say you WANT to be better, but are you willing to DO THE WORK? I’m believing God for a miracle, not just within our CR family, but this entire community! People are hurting everywhere, people feeling stuck, trapped…I’m praying for God to invade our communities and set his people free!

#3—With the launch of a new, bigger, better children’s ministry, LOTS of opportunities have surfaced to help, to lead, to serve! I want to see us become a church who loves the lost and encourages the kids! I want to see us become a church that is less focused on what we can GET from Sunday morning and more on what we can GIVE! Our church is full of men and women who passionately chase after Jesus and I just think it would be AWESOME if these same men and women were mentoring, apprenticing, and discipling our children! Is that you? Do you have what it takes? Are you willing to be goofy? Do you know how to have fun? I want to encourage you to sign up today and start serving this week! You can make a difference. I’m anticipating children’s ministry where our kids are dragging parents to church because it’s so stinkin’ AWESOME!

#4—Don’t forget! This Friday, at 7p, our Play Group will be gathering at Regal Cinemas to watch the movie Ice Age Continental Drift. This is an easy way to check out New Life, meet new people, and just have FUN! Let’s take over the theater!

If you have any questions about Life Groups, please visit our website and check out what groups are currently available.

#5—Remember, you might be going through the most difficult time in your life EVER, but you serve a sovereign God who is GREATER than your circumstance and he is ABLE to bring you through it! Our God will come through ALWAYS! I love you New Life!

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