NLC Connect November 29 2023

November 29th, 2023
by Mark Isaac

connect with God's Word
New verse for December!

connect your Calendar

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
6:30-8:30 p.m. - "FLANNEL & FRIENDS" Women's Ministries event - NLC Community Room
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113
6:30 p.m. - Worship Team Rehearsal - Gym

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30
5:30 p.m. - Celebrate Recovery - TESTIMONY: Tim - Small Groups - Cafe

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2
8:00-10:30 a.m. - Breakfast with the Grinch (Dinuba Chamber of Commerce Toy Drive in partnership with NLC and others) - NLC Dining Room - Get tickets at the Chamber or at the door
5:30-7:30 p.m. - Dinuba's Electric Light Christmas Parade - Downtown Dinuba

There's still time to bring unwrapped gifts to church this week.
Drop them by the office or bring them Saturday.
Thank you!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3
8:30 a.m. - GROWTH CLASSES

Salt & Light Class: The Book of Judges, Rooms 114-115
WOMEN: Life's Healing Choices, Room 111

9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT (Dining Room)
9:45 a.m. - NLC CREW - NLC KIDS

CHRISTMAS TREE JUBILEE! A fun and activity-packed adventure exploring Jesus' family tree.

10:00 a.m. - WORSHIP - NURSERY

Our final Sunday of LIFE ON MISSION featuring NLC Multiply Missionaries CECIL & TRACY RAMOS and their sons. The Ramos' are from Bakersfield and serve in Thailand.
Ken Sawatzky has travelled to Thailand with Cecil and will be leading Communion.

Tracy & Cecil Ramos with sons Solas and Judah

Families - Please arrive early to check in your kids for Christmas Tree Jubilee!

Next Week

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team Rehearsal - Gym

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5
6:00 a.m. - Men's Bible Study on Advent - Dining Room
6:30 p.m. - Healing Rooms of Dinuba - West porch of Worship Center building
6:30 p.m. - Griefshare - NLC Community Room

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6
6:30 p.m. - Worship Team Rehearsal - Gym
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7
5:30 p.m. - Celebrate Recovery - Lesson - Small Groups - Cafe

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9
9:00 a.m. - Noon - DSUD Toy Emporium - Gym (For DUSD selected families only)
Please contact the church office if you are available to volunteer at this toy giveaway.

connect with Christmas celebrations!

NLC Kids Advent Activity & Devotional Bags
are available at NLC Kids

Sunday Advent/Christmas Sermons
December 10, 17, 24

missions and giving report

Received NOVEMBER 19:.........…..$17,215
Received this year to date: ……….....$81,322
Budget to Date: ……………….............. $92,386
Budget Goal: ………........……...…......$400,342
Needed Weekly: …………...........…….…$7,976

Received NOVEMBER 26: …........$21,292
Received this year to date:..........$102,614
Budget to Date: ………………...........$100,086
Budget Goal: ………......……....….....$400,342
Needed Weekly: …………..........…….…$7,699

Mission Month Offering Goal = $20,000
TOTAL MISSION OFFERINGS for NOVEMBER = $32,879
Praise the Lord for such generosity! In addition to the mission giving,
a total of $19,914 has been given in November toward other budgeted ministries.

connect with God in Prayer

Danny Jones, a regular attender at NLC and longtime friend of Rosie Moreno, passed away over the Thanksgiving holidays after a sudden hospitalization. Services are upcoming.
Manuel Madrid's mother Mary's funeral is Dec. 1st, 9:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 2441 Dockery, Selma, with burial afterward and reception at Selma Portuguese Hall, 1245 Nebraska Ave.
Pray for others who have lost loved ones recently: Janet, Nora, and Lyubov and families.
Jessica Aquino's surgery was successful. Pray as she recovers at home.
Continue to pray for Mary Salazar, who is having serious kidney issues.
Ron Brown's sister Bonnie's cancer has returned. Pray as she tries new pill treatments.
Continue praying for those who are fighting cancer, awaiting diagnosis or treatment, or resting in remission: Mike Naylor, Kristel Salazar, Eugene Enns, Carolina Coralles, Glen Zimmerman, Pastor Bill Nicolay, Bea De La Cerda, Lanisha Washington, Nori Naylor's aunt Kathy on hospice, and Alyza Dover's grandma, Lori, who is regularly in church. Pray also for Kristel Salazar's coworker, Ricardo, who has cancer.
Remember Cynthia Avendano. No updates lately on her health, but let's keep praying.
Farewell to regular-attender, Mitzy. She is no longer on conservatorship and has moved to a new residence in Fresno. Pray she can connect with a good church.
Pray for an end to violence in Israel and Gaza and the region, as well as in Ukraine.
Praise the Lord for such generous giving during November's Mission Month!
Pray for Cecil & Tracy Ramos as they share on Sunday, and for Johnny & Denise Esposito who are leaving again for SE Asia. Pray his back pain is relieved for travel and ministry.
Good News Clubs have restarted this week and will run up to the Christmas holiday.