NLC News October 12 2022

October 12th, 2022
by Mark Isaac

October Memory Verse

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
11:00 a.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR EDITH THIESSEN - Gym
12:00 noon LUNCH to follow the memorial service

THIS COMING WEEK:

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16
8:30 a.m. GROWTH CLASSES

Video series on "ROMANS" in Room 111 (Join in, it's just the 2nd week!)

9:30 a.m. CONNECTING POINT (Dining Room) and Connecting Point for Kids (Rm 101)
10 a.m. WORSHIP - NLC Kids & The Crew (Jr/Sr High)

Pastor Mark preaching - You Belong Here! series on Ephesians - (Ephesians 2:11-22) - "It Takes Two to Make One"
Prayer over Pablo & Maricela Chavez and boys (leaving Nov 7th for Peru)

5:30 p.m. LIFELINE Young Adult Growth Group

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
6:00 a.m. MEN'S BIBLE STUDY - 10 Commandments - Dining Room
9:00 a.m. LIFT Women's Bible Study - "Elijah" - Rooms 114/115

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19
2:10 p.m. GOOD NEWS CLUB - Jefferson Elementary
6:00 p.m. WORSHIP REHEARSAL - Gym
6:30 p.m. PRAYER GATHERING - Room 113

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20
After school GOOD NEWS CLUB - Monson-Sultana School
5:30 p.m. CELEBRATE RECOVERY - Join us for DINNER - Dining room
6:30 p.m. CELEBRATE RECOVERY - Worship / Teaching / Small Groups
6:00 p.m. OPEN GATE 48th Anniversary Dinner - Living Word Fellowship (tickets required)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21
6:30 p.m. HUNGER FOR WORSHIP family worship night - Gym (presented by Women's Ministries Team)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
8:30 a.m. GROWTH CLASSES

Video series on "ROMANS" in Room 111

9:30 a.m. CONNECTING POINT (Dining Room) and Connecting Point for Kids (Rm 101)
10 a.m. WORSHIP - NLC Kids & The Crew (Jr/Sr High)

Pastor Mark preaching - You Belong Here! series on Ephesians - (Ephesians 3:1-)

5:30 p.m. LIFELINE Young Adult Growth Group

link to calendar

Upcoming Events

Women's LIFT Bible Study this week
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m., Room 114-115

Giving

Received Last Week (10/09)…$6,438
Benevolence Fund......................$141
Received to date ………......$49,915
Budget to Date: ………..…...$48,641
Budget Goal: ……….............$421,553
Needed Weekly: ……...…..……$8,107

Prayer

Pray for Ron Thiessen, grieving the loss of his wife, Edith. Remember Mary Fenske, as well. She lost her nephew recently.
Pray for Mike Naylor, recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. CT scan is on Monday.
JR Southard's sister, Cheryl, was hospitalized with a broken leg. They found cancer in the kidney and removed one and are now testing for bone cancer. Remember JR, too, as he has daily pain.
Pastor Mark's aunt Sharon is recovering from brain cancer surgery. His sister-in-law has finally returned to Indiana after having surgery on a broken femur while on a trip to Kansas.
Continue praying for others needing healing: Eugene Enns (facial paralysis), Marjorie Elrich, who has finally been released from skilled nursing and is home, Glen & Peggy Zimmerman, Mariilyn Chappell, Chris Holmen, and Kathy Dougherty. Cheryl Jackson, Executive Director of Open Gate Ministries, was hospitalized Monday with ongoing tests.
Thank the Lord for the Kitchen Team, led by Laurel Smith. They've been working so faithfully at Grab & Go Meals, CR dinners on Thursday evenings, and other ministry events.
Pablo & Maricela Chavez and their boys, Isaac, Joshua, and Samuel are leaving for Peru with Multiply on November 7th. We'll have another opportunity to pray over them on Oct. 16th.
John & Geri continue travelling to supporting churches as they near retirement from Multiply. Pray as they will be leaving for Germany and Turkey soon.
Remember to pray for the Good News Clubs at Jefferson Elementary on Wednesdays and the one at Monson-Sultana on Thursdays.

Candy donations are needed

Please bring bags of candy and place them in the large red barrel in the Dining Room. Thanks!

Sign up to help at Family Fun Night - Trunk or Treat

Here's some of the opportunities to get involved and serve!

Decorate your trunk and hand out candy - contact Laurie Isaac
Help children at the Kids Activity Area - contact Jessica Aquino
Make and serve free hot dogs - contact Brian Willems or Laurel Smith
Make and serve snow cones - contact Henry or Ruth Serrato
Make and serve cotton candy and popcorn - contact Karen Madrid or Nelly Lopez
Assist families at the selfie booth - contact Kim Enns
Welcome people at the welcome booth (need Spanish speakers) - contact Ron Froese
Help set up and clean up - contact Pastor Mark

In addition, the Tejano band Rio Jordan will be back from two years ago!

I'm hearing some good things about the Hunger to Worship night being planned by Women's Ministries for next Friday night, October 21st. NLC KIds ministries is working alongside our worship leaders toward an interactive experience for the whole family. I'm really looking forward to it and hope you come!

The fascinating thing about children is that they aren't locked into any one tradition or style. To them everything is new and interesting. I like to think that we will all be like that in Heaven. Jesus said that unless we become like children we can't enter Heaven. Now that I'm older I think I get what he meant. Adults who have their minds made up and preferences set wouldn't even want to enter Heaven where everything has been made new. We'd just long for the old.

So come with the heart of a child and ask God to give you a hunger to worship. The Lord will be pleased to answer that prayer and you'll be pleasantly surprised at the joy of worshiping with children. I'm grateful for those who conceived of this experience and are working to create a wonderful evening of worship. To God be the glory!