New Life News
The Journey – Feb 16
The February workshop in The Journey series is scheduled for Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 6:30pm – 8:30pm. Pastor Nathan will give an overview of the Heidelberg Catechism. A catechism serves as a summary of Christian teaching and can help to bring clarity to what we believe as Christians. If you ever wonder what you actually believe, this workshop can give you some framework around which you can organize your thoughts about the Christian faith. These Journey workshops are held once a month on Sunday evenings to equip Men and Women of all ages for the journey of faith. This specific session will be on Sunday, February 16 at 6:30pm in Room 303.
Upcoming Journey Sessions:
- March 16: TBD
- April 13: Lent
- May: Mercy & Justice
Switchlife Prayer Night – January 30
Prayer is important and praying corporately is one simple way that we can grow as a church and as individuals. Group prayer is outside of many of our comfort zones, but that doesn’t mean that this isn’t for everyone. Whether you pray silently or pray out loud, the annual Switchlife Prayer Night is an important tradition and opportunity. We will break into different small groups and each group will be led in prayer by 3 or 4 youth. We will be praying for topics chosen by those students.
This is a unique opportunity to learn the minds and hearts of our young ones as we seek God together. If you’re a grandparent, an uncle or an aunt, a parent, or simply someone who wants to pray with the next generation of leaders, this prayer night invitation is for all. We hope to see you on Thursday, January 30 at 7:30pm.
let’s do lunch sunday – Feb 9
Sign ups have closed for this event. Thank you to everyone who is participating. Emails with your potlucks specifics will be emailed out this week! (Feb 4-7)
We continue to seek to be a hospitable community that puts love into action! On Sunday, Feb 9, at 12:30pm we want you to be a HOST or a GUEST at a potluck. The goal is to have 10, 20, or even 30 potlucks happening at the same time all over Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, etc. Everyone will be responsible to contribute to the meal whether you are the host or guest. We will begin on January 3 by finding as many HOSTS as we can. Once that is settled everyone will be invited to sign up to attend as a GUEST. Signs up will be available below.
Host Sign Ups: Closed
Whether your house can host 4 people or 20, you could be a host! If you would be willing to open up your home on February 9 for a potluck, please use the button below to let us know. On the form you will give us all the important details like where you live and how many you can host. Host sign ups closed on Wednesday, January 22. Thank you to everyone who signed up to host! We have 19 Hosts and 178 seats for guests.
Guest Sign Ups: Closed
We now have all the Host Homes we need. This means Guest Signs are open! Guest sign ups will take place on Sunday mornings with physical paper copies as well as online. If you choose to sign up online (using the button below), you will be placed at a home based off the information given. If you sign up after service on Sunday, January 26 or February 2, you will be able to choose which house you’d like to attend. Guest sign ups will be open now until February 2.
Last year New Life was in a sermon series called “At The Table”. This series focused on hospitality and being an open community. The New Life congregation participated in this event and it was an astounding success. Many people were encouraged and blessed by the potlucks they attended. We ALWAYS want to be a hospitable and welcoming community and that’s why we are excited to do this again! We hope and pray that you will consider participating in this years “Let’s do Lunch Sunday”.
If you have any questions about being a host or guest, please contact the church office.
The Journey – Jan 19
Using Walter Bruggemann’s book, Sabbath as Resistance, January’s “The Journey” workshop will look at how keeping Sabbath is less about keeping rules but more about breaking the restless cycle of consumption, performance and possessions. We will look at how Sabbath keeping is an alternative way for followers of Jesus to live a more fulfilling and simple life in a world of wanting more, getting more, owning more, using more, and eating more. If you are weary from the “contemporary rat race of anxiety” (as Bruggemann would say), then come to the workshop to get a glimpse into how keeping Sabbath could help you become whole persons and break free from that cycle. These Journey workshops are held once a month on Sunday evenings to equip Men and Women of all ages for the journey of faith. This specific session will be on Sunday, January 19 at 6:30pm in Room 303.
Upcoming Journey Sessions:
- February 16: Heidelberg Confessions
- March 16: TBD
- April 13: Lent