NLC Connect February 7 2024

February 7th, 2024
by Mark Isaac

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Open Gate Soup Luncheon - Palm United Methodist Church, Dinuba
3:00 p.m. - Memorial Service for Lori Moreno - Gym/Dining Room
6:30 p.m. - Worship Team Rehearsal - Gym
6:30 p.m. -Prayer Gathering meets - Room 113

Please join in praying for our pastoral transition process

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8
5:30 p.m. - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, TESTIMONY, small groups, Solid Rock Cafe

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11
8:30 a.m. - Growth Classes

Foundations in Finance - Room 111
Salt & Light: 2 Timothy - Rooms 114-115

9:30 a.m. - Connecting Point
10:00 a.m. - WORSHIP - NLC KIDS - NURSERY

Pastor Mark will be starting a new 3-week series on Vision for Relationships called "Time Out for Prayer", from Luke 5:12-16
Communion
"Souperbowl" offering for Open Gate Ministries
NLC Kids - Super Cereal Bowl Sunday - See poster below
5:00 p.m. - NLC CREW (youth group) - Room 207

THE COMING WEEK:

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12
6:00 p.m. - CR Worship Team rehearsal - Gym

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13
6:00 a.m. - Men's Bible Study - Foundations in Faith series featuring David Platt - Dining Room
2:35 p.m. - Good News Club at Jefferson Elementary
6:30 p.m. - Healing Rooms of Dinuba - west porch of Worship Center

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY14 - VALENTINE'S DAY
6:30 p.m. - Worship Team Rehearsal - Gym
6:30 p.m. -Prayer Gathering meets - Room 113

Please join in praying for our pastoral transition process

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15
5:30 p.m. - CELEBRATE RECOVERY meal, LESSON, small groups, Solid Rock Cafe

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - CELEBRATE RECOVERY Leadership Training - Rooms 114/115

NEXT SUNDAY: FEBRUARY 18

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18
8:30 a.m. - Growth Classes

Foundations in Finance - Room 111
Salt & Light: 2 Timothy - Rooms 114-115

9:30 a.m. - Connecting Point
10:00 a.m. - WORSHIP - NLC KIDS - NURSERY

Pastor Mark preaching the 2nd in the Vision for Relationships series: Speaking Forgiveness, from Luke 5:17-26

11:15 a.m. - SOUP'PORT Women going to Hartland Women's Retreat - After church

Pick up a pint of soup for lunch or later! - $5.00/pint

5:00 p.m. - NLC CREW (youth group) MOVIE NIGHT! - Room 207

SAVE THE DATE!

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Received Last Week (2/04):...........$ 7,294
Received this year to date:....……..$169,256
Budget to Date: …….........................$177,074
Budget Goal: …………...…...…...........$400,342
Needed Weekly: ……………..…….......…$7,968

connect with God in prayer

Ron Brown's sister, Bonnie, passed away peacefully this week, full of faith in Jesus.
Remember others who have lost loved ones recently: Justin Griggs & Amanda Dover (his mother, Lori, and her grandfather, Verl) and Manuel & Karen Madrid.
Pray for health and peace for: Paulie Romero, Ron Froese (back/leg), Michelle Perez, Brian Willems, Al Suderman, and Mary Salazar.
Bruce Smith has a broken rib. Pray that he heals and avoids a lung infection like pneumonia, which often accompany such injuries.
Praise the Lord that Kristel Salazar's coworker, Ricardo, has been declared cancer-free!
Ron Froese's sister-in-law, Garinel, has bone cancer. She lives in Missouri.
Remember others fighting cancer or awaiting diagnosis or treatment: Kristel Salazar, Eugene Enns, Carolina Coralles, Glen Zimmerman, Lanisha Washington.
Pray for our CELEBRATE RECOVERY team - Ministry Leader Brian Willems, Nacho & Dalia Garcia, Veronica Stalis, Marcia Sawatkzy, and Mari Vitelli. They are finishing 2 years of service this June and are in the process of training up new leaders to carry the ministry forward. Praise God for the CR kitchen team (Bruce & Laurel Smith and volunteers) and the CR worship team (Christine Willems, Misty Hernandez, Janice Hoy, Brenda Clemmer, and Zach Clemmer on keys). Especially pray for a new team of leaders to offer Celebrate Recovery to children (Celebration Station) and teens (The Landing).
Pray for our pastoral transition. The Elders are forming a search committee with Ken Sawatzky from the Trustees.
Pray for District Minister Jordan Ringhofer and family, as well as 20 of our sister churches in Northern California, Oregon, Utah, and Washington (including Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, Ethiopian, and English language churches, and 5 church plants)!
Continue praying for an end to violence in Israel and Gaza, as well as in Russia and Ukraine, Yemen and the wider conflict in the Gulf States and the Middle East.
Thank the Lord for the rain and snow in our valley and mountains, and pray for safety for many in our state who have been affected by flooding, mudslides, and power outages.