NLC Connect - September 18, 2024
connect with God's Word
We had such a full weekend of ministry this weekend! We started off with our youth group participating in "Living Your Life on Mission" at Butler Church in Fresno. Dulce Gonzalez and Tristan Ringhofer challenged youth to use their gifts for the Kingdom. Joshua Aquino had the opportunity to lead team building games with the youth.
Salt and Light Class began on Sunday, September 15th. They had several members missing but they still have plenty of room for others to join as well! Come and check out the Salt and Light class on Sunday mornings at 8:30 am.
Our 5th and 6th graders had the opportunity to pack 100 MCC school kits on Sunday morning with Judy Brown. Our kids worked hard during VBS to raise money so kids around the world could go to school! Thank you, Judy, for keeping this important missions project in front of us.
Salt and Light Class began on Sunday, September 15th. They had several members missing but they still have plenty of room for others to join as well! Come and check out the Salt and Light class on Sunday mornings at 8:30 am.
Our 5th and 6th graders had the opportunity to pack 100 MCC school kits on Sunday morning with Judy Brown. Our kids worked hard during VBS to raise money so kids around the world could go to school! Thank you, Judy, for keeping this important missions project in front of us.
connect your calendar
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19
5:30 p.m. - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups
SATURDAY, SEPT. 21
8:00 a.m. - Community Meeting with Dr. Joe Hernandez (regarding high school and bond issue) - Dining Room
6:00 p.m. - Immanuel Schools' 16th Annual Auction - Immanuel Sports Complex in Reedley
SUNDAY, SEPT. 22
8:30 a.m. - "Salt & Light" Growth Class hosts Jon Wiebe, speaking about finances - Room 114/115
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
5:00 p.m. - NLC CREW (youth group) - Room 207
MONDAY, SEPT. 23
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team - Gym
TUESDAY, SEPT. 24
No Men's Bible Study this week
9:00 a.m. - LIFT Women's Bible Study - Room 114/115
No Healing Room Ministry this week
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113
THURSDAY, SEPT. 26
8:00 a.m. - DUSD Meeting - Dining Room
5:30 p.m. - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 27-28
NLC will have an informational booth at Raisin Day! Contact Bruce Smith to see which time slots are still available for volunteers.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29
8:30 a.m. - "Salt & Light" Growth Class - Room 114/115
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
5:00 p.m. - NLC CREW (youth group) - Room 207
MONDAY, SEPT. 30
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team - Gym
TUESDAY, OCT. 1
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, SEPT. 19
5:30 p.m. - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups
SATURDAY, SEPT. 21
8:00 a.m. - Community Meeting with Dr. Joe Hernandez (regarding high school and bond issue) - Dining Room
6:00 p.m. - Immanuel Schools' 16th Annual Auction - Immanuel Sports Complex in Reedley
- Click on link for ticket information
- Hors d'oeuvres stations and desserts
- Simultaneous silent and live auctions--move between them as desired
SUNDAY, SEPT. 22
8:30 a.m. - "Salt & Light" Growth Class hosts Jon Wiebe, speaking about finances - Room 114/115
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
- Come meet and encourage others over coffee and snacks - Dining Room
- Jon Wiebe of MB Foundation is the guest speaker
5:00 p.m. - NLC CREW (youth group) - Room 207
MONDAY, SEPT. 23
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team - Gym
TUESDAY, SEPT. 24
No Men's Bible Study this week
9:00 a.m. - LIFT Women's Bible Study - Room 114/115
No Healing Room Ministry this week
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Gathering - Room 113
THURSDAY, SEPT. 26
8:00 a.m. - DUSD Meeting - Dining Room
5:30 p.m. - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, worship, groups
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 27-28
NLC will have an informational booth at Raisin Day! Contact Bruce Smith to see which time slots are still available for volunteers.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29
8:30 a.m. - "Salt & Light" Growth Class - Room 114/115
9:30 a.m. - CONNECTING POINT
- Come meet and encourage others over coffee and snacks - Dining Room
- Jordan Ringhofer is the guest speaker
5:00 p.m. - NLC CREW (youth group) - Room 207
MONDAY, SEPT. 30
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team - Gym
TUESDAY, OCT. 1
6:00 a.m. - Men's Bible Study - Dining Room
6:00 p.m. - Healing Rooms of Dinuba - Library
connect through giving
Received Last Week (9/15):…........…. $1,964
Received this month to date:..........$12,904
Received this month to date:..........$12,904
connect to God through prayer
- Pray for health and strength for Bob Martin, George Sawatzky (recovering from surgery), Emma (Karen Madrid's mother), Carolina Coralles, Steve Bryan's sister Brenda Walters (recovering from bones broken in a fall) and Glen Zimmerman.
- Pray for Richard Clemmer, recovering from surgery.
- Pray for Miguel-Angel (Hezekiah) Parker who will be having surgery on October 20th.
- Pray for Abe & Holly Isaak's 6-year-old granddaughter Tessa Fiscus, who has started treatment for cancer, but is doing well at home.
- Pray for Sophia Salazar (Al and Kristel's daughter) recovering from surgery.
- 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.
- Continue to pray for those who have lost loved ones.
- Pray for safety and peace of mind for the schools in our surrounding communities. There have been an increase in violent threats the past couple of weeks.
- Keep the SEARCH TEAM in your prayers as they work through 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 healing through sisterhood
Refreshed, Powerful, Emotional, Healing, Bonding, Sisterhood, Inspirational, Amazing, Hope--these were some of the words that I was given when I asked the ladies what the weekend meant to them in one word.
Twelve ladies from NLC attended the Hartland Women’s Retreat this past weekend. The theme was “Turning Ashes Into Beauty” It was an amazing weekend filled with laughter, fun activities, deep spiritual worship and teaching and late night conversations. Our speaker was Sheryl Turner, she brought us four talks on how the deep hardships in life we go through due to our own choices or just because we live in a broken world. God can use to refine us and make us more into his image. She used several analogies to emphasize this point throughout the weekend. In one she showed a picture of the Yellowstone wildfires that destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres; it devastated the land. Then she showed pictures of what it looks like today. The fires, cleaned out all the underbrush, broke open pinecones, the sun was allowed to shine on the forest ashes and out of the ashes grew new seedlings of oaks. Today the forest floor is covered with new trees.
She gave us many scriptural tools to handle the times we are in the refiner's fire and tools to combat the evil one as we remember the past ashes our life has created. Then she showed us a beautiful mosaic glass stained window and showed us scripturally how when we give our broken pieces of our life to God, He takes EACH BROKEN piece and creates a beautiful, colorful masterpiece to be displayed for His glory.
Here are some comments from the women from NLC and what they took away from the weekend.
“I felt blessed, delivered, set free. The speaker spoke life into me.”
“I received healing.”
“We received insight and clarity to forgive.”
“I was able to let go of negative labels given to me by my family and exchange them for what God says about me.”
“I was seeing God work in our lives drawing us closer together through forgiveness and compassion.”
“Hearing the stories of the ladies in our small group gave me more freedom to be comfortable with the ladies I came with.”
“This was my first experience in the mountains, I saw butterflies, squirrels, beauty, it was wonderful. I felt accepted and comfortable.”
“The amount of love, compassion and grace I received this weekend helped me forgive past burdens that I was holding onto and allowed me to let go and receive new friendships in their place.”
“Seeing how God turns our ashes into beauty and bringing us closer together.”
We all want to return next year and hope many of you women will join us!
--Marjorie Ekk
Twelve ladies from NLC attended the Hartland Women’s Retreat this past weekend. The theme was “Turning Ashes Into Beauty” It was an amazing weekend filled with laughter, fun activities, deep spiritual worship and teaching and late night conversations. Our speaker was Sheryl Turner, she brought us four talks on how the deep hardships in life we go through due to our own choices or just because we live in a broken world. God can use to refine us and make us more into his image. She used several analogies to emphasize this point throughout the weekend. In one she showed a picture of the Yellowstone wildfires that destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres; it devastated the land. Then she showed pictures of what it looks like today. The fires, cleaned out all the underbrush, broke open pinecones, the sun was allowed to shine on the forest ashes and out of the ashes grew new seedlings of oaks. Today the forest floor is covered with new trees.
She gave us many scriptural tools to handle the times we are in the refiner's fire and tools to combat the evil one as we remember the past ashes our life has created. Then she showed us a beautiful mosaic glass stained window and showed us scripturally how when we give our broken pieces of our life to God, He takes EACH BROKEN piece and creates a beautiful, colorful masterpiece to be displayed for His glory.
Here are some comments from the women from NLC and what they took away from the weekend.
“I felt blessed, delivered, set free. The speaker spoke life into me.”
“I received healing.”
“We received insight and clarity to forgive.”
“I was able to let go of negative labels given to me by my family and exchange them for what God says about me.”
“I was seeing God work in our lives drawing us closer together through forgiveness and compassion.”
“Hearing the stories of the ladies in our small group gave me more freedom to be comfortable with the ladies I came with.”
“This was my first experience in the mountains, I saw butterflies, squirrels, beauty, it was wonderful. I felt accepted and comfortable.”
“The amount of love, compassion and grace I received this weekend helped me forgive past burdens that I was holding onto and allowed me to let go and receive new friendships in their place.”
“Seeing how God turns our ashes into beauty and bringing us closer together.”
We all want to return next year and hope many of you women will join us!
--Marjorie Ekk
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