NLC Connect - August 21, 2024
connect with God's Word
Some of our young people had a great time connecting with folks at Palm Village on Saturday. They worshipped together and enjoyed a painting activity. Thank you to Dulce Gonzalez for coordinating this activity!
connect your calendar
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
5:30 pm - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 23-25
Hartland Fall Festival--come for the day on Saturday, or stay the whole weekend! Click here for details
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
5:00 p.m. - NLC CREW (youth group) - Room 207
MONDAY, AUGUST 26
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team - Gym
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27
6:00 a.m. - Men's Bible Study - Dining Room
(No Healing Room this week)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28
8:30 a.m. - DUSD Meeting--Dining Room
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29
5:30 pm - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Labor Day holiday--office closed
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team - Gym
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
6:00 a.m. - Men's Bible Study - Dining Room
6:00 p.m. - Healing Rooms of Dinuba - Library
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
5:30 pm - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 23-25
Hartland Fall Festival--come for the day on Saturday, or stay the whole weekend! Click here for details
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
- Come meet and encourage others over coffee and snacks - Dining Room
- Ken Sawatzky is the guest speaker
5:00 p.m. - NLC CREW (youth group) - Room 207
MONDAY, AUGUST 26
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team - Gym
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27
6:00 a.m. - Men's Bible Study - Dining Room
(No Healing Room this week)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28
8:30 a.m. - DUSD Meeting--Dining Room
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29
5:30 pm - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
- Come meet and encourage others over coffee and snacks - Dining Room
- Otto Ekk is the guest speaker
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Labor Day holiday--office closed
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team - Gym
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
6:00 a.m. - Men's Bible Study - Dining Room
6:00 p.m. - Healing Rooms of Dinuba - Library
connect through giving
Offerings Received last week (8/18): ..............$6,097
Offerings Received this year to date:........$320,566
Additional Income received (Ministries, Facility
Rental & Interest) this year to date:…..... $28,248
Total Income this year to date: …….…..…… $348,814
Estimated Expenses to Fiscal Year End
(Aug. 31):……………...………...............………. $367,000
Needed to meet expenses (estimate): ……..$18,200
Offerings Received this year to date:........$320,566
Additional Income received (Ministries, Facility
Rental & Interest) this year to date:…..... $28,248
Total Income this year to date: …….…..…… $348,814
Estimated Expenses to Fiscal Year End
(Aug. 31):……………...………...............………. $367,000
Needed to meet expenses (estimate): ……..$18,200
connect to God through prayer
- Continue to pray for those who have lost loved ones, including those who participated in the GriefShare support group.
- Pray for health and strength for George Sawatzky (recovering from surgery), Emma (Karen Madrid's mother), Carolina Coralles, Steve Bryan's sister Brenda Walters (recovering from a fall) and Glen Zimmerman.
- Pray for Richard Clemmer, recovering from surgery.
- Pray for Abe & Holly Isaak's 6-year-old granddaughter Tessa Fiscus, who has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing testing.
- Also remember: Doris Siebert, Marilyn Chappell and other residents in Palm Village Healthcare, Harold Kruger and others in Sierra View, Louie and Michelle Perez, Mary Salazar, and Zach Clemmer.
- Keep the SEARCH TEAM in your prayers as they work through congregational survey responses and other assignments.
- 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, who are home before returning to 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 God through Faithfulness
Hebrew 10:25 (NLT) And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
Our monthly memory verse exhorts us to be faithful to the gathering of church. We, as God's church, are so precious to the Lord and Christ has proven his love for us as His church bride by dying on the cross and purchasing us with His precious blood. It is so important for us to be faithful to church; not only because it's a command from New Testament Scripture, but also because this is a time when we all can experience God's presence together, encounter the moving of the Holy Spirit with each other, and participate in worshipping Christ as a church family. I am so grateful for all the wonderful ministries that take place during church gatherings, whether it is the adults studying the Bible during Sunday school classes or in the worship service in the family center, or youth and children being taught the Word of God in the children's wing and youth classrooms; and yes, even the little toddlers and infants being lovingly cared for in the nursery. All these ministries are equally important because each individual in attendance is an eternal soul that our Savior loves so dearly. In response to Jesus' faithful love to us (1 John 4:19), let us stay committed and faithful to Him and express our love and gratitude by following His compassionate command of meeting together as a church family (John 14:15).
--Joshua "Chinoh" Aquino
Our monthly memory verse exhorts us to be faithful to the gathering of church. We, as God's church, are so precious to the Lord and Christ has proven his love for us as His church bride by dying on the cross and purchasing us with His precious blood. It is so important for us to be faithful to church; not only because it's a command from New Testament Scripture, but also because this is a time when we all can experience God's presence together, encounter the moving of the Holy Spirit with each other, and participate in worshipping Christ as a church family. I am so grateful for all the wonderful ministries that take place during church gatherings, whether it is the adults studying the Bible during Sunday school classes or in the worship service in the family center, or youth and children being taught the Word of God in the children's wing and youth classrooms; and yes, even the little toddlers and infants being lovingly cared for in the nursery. All these ministries are equally important because each individual in attendance is an eternal soul that our Savior loves so dearly. In response to Jesus' faithful love to us (1 John 4:19), let us stay committed and faithful to Him and express our love and gratitude by following His compassionate command of meeting together as a church family (John 14:15).
--Joshua "Chinoh" Aquino
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