NLC Connect - June 19, 2024

connect with God's Word

SOAR week was phenomenal! Our young people learned how to share God's unfailing love through unique acts of service to each other and our Community. One of the highlights of the week was walking through the neighborhoods surrounding our church property and praying over the homes. Several people asked our team to pray over them. Our young people learned that God has equipped them with the right tools to live a missional life. We thank God for the lives He transformed! We look forward to seeing the fruit of all the seeds that were planted. Thank you New Life Community for supporting our young people in this endeavor. Your earthly investment is yielding eternal fruit!! As you read their testimonies here and listen to them on Sunday, I pray that we as a Church will continue to see the impact of living missionally here in Dinuba and all around the world.
Chinoh & Jessica

connect your calendar

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113

THURSDAY, JUNE 20
5:30 pm - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups

SUNDAY, JUNE 23 
8:30 a.m. ADULT GROWTH CLASS
  • Foundations in Finance - Room 111 (all are welcome!)
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
  • Come meet and encourage others over coffee and snacks - Dining Room
10:00 a.m. - WORSHIP/NLC KIDS/NURSERY
  • SOAR report & testimonies
  • Otto Ekk preaching
11:15 a.m. - NLC MEMBER MEETING
  • Stay for the brief meeting following worship - Dining Room
5:00 p.m. - NLC CREW  (youth group) - Room 207

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JUNE 24-28
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (NLC @ Templo de Oracion in Traver)
*See Jessica Aquino if you would like to help out

TUESDAY, JUNE 25
NO Men's Bible Study
6:30 p.m. - The Healing Rooms of Dinuba - West patio of Worship Center
7:00 p.m. - GriefShare - Room 114-115
NLC scholarship applications to Fresno Pacific University due

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113

THURSDAY, JUNE 27
5:30 pm - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups

SUNDAY, JUNE 30 
8:30 a.m. ADULT GROWTH CLASS
  • Foundations in Finance - Room 111 
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
  • Come meet and encourage others over coffee and snacks - Dining Room
10:00 a.m. - FAMILY WORSHIP SERVICE/NURSERY
  • Kids and youth participate in the service
11:15 a.m. - FAMILY MEAL 
  • Grilled hotdogs and ice cream (and toppings!) will be provided by the kitchen crew
  • Please bring side dishes or chips to add to the meal
5:00 p.m. - Youth Leader meeting (no CREW this week) 


connect through giving

Received Last Week (6/16):………. $2,050
Received this year to date:.......... $271,373
Budget to Date:............................. $323,353
Budget Goal: ……........…...…...….....$400,342
Needed Weekly: ……….....…............ $12,897

connect to God through prayer

PRAYER
  • Tim Heinrichs is now at home. Pray for him to have a full recovery.
  • Continue to pray for Evelyn Romero at the recent passing of her husband, Paulie.
  • Pray for health and strength for Emma (Karen Madrid's mother), Connie (Elva Cardona's sister), Carolina Coralles, Lanisha Washington, and Glen Zimmerman.  
  • Also remember: Doris Siebert and Marilyn Chappell in Palm Village Healthcare, Louie and Michelle Perez, Mary Salazar, and Zach Clemmer. 
  • Keep the SEARCH TEAM in your prayers (If you haven't already, please update your email and mobile phone with the church office to ensure you get your survey. Paper copies will be available.)
  • Pray for our missionaries: Pablo & Maricela Chavez in Peru, Cecil & Tracy Ramos in Thailand, Jonathan & Joanna Gutierrez in Portugal, Ruddy & Cristina Ancheta in San Francisco, and Johnny & Denise Esposito in SE Asia.
  • Pray for peace as violence and war affect so many families and children in Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, in the Middle East, and in parts of Africa.

connect to our youth in ministry

SOAR HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR NEXT GEN INTERNS

Isabella Celaya
My experience with SOAR will always be something I am passionate about because it brought me closer to not only God but the people around me also. SOAR brought me out of my comfort zone. It helped me get more involved and put myself out there to help others get closer to him. I believe it helped me want to get more involved in the community to help others learn about God and his love. It has improved my relationship with the people around me at church because I am now seeing God has put me in this position to show others about him and to get them to build a relationship with the Lord. It has also improved my relationships outside of church because now I am more patient with his plan for me and others in my life, I'm learning to trust in him rather than my own plan for myself.

Amelia Villareal
My experience from soar will forever impact my relationship with the Lord and with people from my community. I was able to build stronger relationships and gain more of an understanding on what it means to follow the Lord with your whole heart. Throughout Soar I felt an overwhelming amount of love from everyone. Soar has definitely helped open me eyes to view the world with a “kingdom Lens”. Now that I have experienced soar it has lead me to want to serve more in my church community especially in the children's ministry. Something from Soar that will always stick with me is that the youth and teens are not our future leaders, they are our leaders now.

Dulce Gonzalez
Some highlights of my SOAR week are interacting with people from our church and people from other churches. I loved doing outreach activities for the community but what I liked the most was going out into the community and inviting people to our church for activities that we are doing so they can bring their children. I think that my favorite highlight was when I was inviting people into our church, I came across a church and I saw cars and I walked in. I looked for someone to give the slip to and I came across this man that invited me in and made me feel welcome. When I gave him the slip he was happy to know that another church was welcoming their people to other churches for activities.

SOAR impacted my church ministry involvement because it opened my eyes to the need that people have and that there are things that we can do to help our community. Working in open gate showed me that little things truly matter and I feel like there is more that we can do for them and other people in the community. This showed me that we need to get more involved in our community and that is the goal. I plan to help the community more by making more community outreach days with the CREW and Middle school ministry class because we can all do more for people in need around our community and more.

SOAR improved my relationship with youth because I was able to learn more about them on a deeper level and we were able to make connections with them and memories that we will never forget. I feel the same way about other churches because we make memories that we will never forget and it is something that we can look back on and laugh about.  

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