New Life News
COVID Update – June 30, 2021
Dear New Life Family and Friends,
We are grateful for the recent lifting of restrictions, particularly on churches. We will be transitioning this summer to phase 3. Here is what Phase 3 means for New Life Church ministries as of July 1, 2021:
- There are no restrictions on gathering capacity,
- Wearing a mask is still recommended, but no longer mandated,
- Social distancing is recommended, but no longer mandated,
- Hand sanitizing is recommended but no longer mandated.
- You are still required to assess your own health and the health of your children before attending, with the recommendation to stay home if you are unwell.
- Monitoring for proof of vaccinations will not be required, nor is it allowed.
In short, we are no longer in a public health emergency, and for that we are extremely grateful. It does mean, however, that people may still choose to exercise public health practices as they so desire. Please be generous and gracious with others as people navigate through this time of recovery.
Starting Sunday, July 4, registration to attend worship services will no longer be required. You will be able to sit anywhere in the auditorium, but please respect the space that others may require for safety and comfort. We will resume the following activities in worship services:
- Fellowship and congregating, but again, please respect the wishes and comfort of those around you.
- Singing! Again, please be aware of the wishes and comfort of those around you.
- Offering time in the worship service, collection boxes will be at the front of church and you will be able place your offerings there.
- Nursery (birth to 3 years) will be available beginning July 4. Depending on the availability of volunteers, Sprouts (ages 4-5) will also be available this summer. KidsChurch will begin in the fall.
Worship Services will now be held once on Sundays at 10:00 am. Our worship service will have live worship and preaching. The service will be live streamed to our new online campus beginning on July 4. It can be found at newlifecrc.online.church. We invite you to join together in worship either in person or online. We understand that some may feel wary to return to a worship service and we understand. Please proceed as you are comfortable. Join us online if that is what you prefer.
We continue to pray for the church to fully gather and worship our Lord and Savior all together.
Pastor Nathan and Pastor Mike
July Serve Focus: Missionaries & Mission Partners
JULY SERVE MONTH In conjunction with the It’s Personal series of messages, the SERVE 2021 focus for July will be serving our New Life Missionaries. Throughout the month of July you are asked to offer a note of greeting or encouragement (even just signing your name) to an electronic card that will be sent to missionaries and mission partners who are supported by New Life Church. Below is a list of the names of people to whom we are sending a card. Click on the names of the missionaries whose card you wish to sign. Sign all the cards, or as many as you would like.
Fred in the Middle East
https://www.groupgreeting.com/sign/823bae01c304b85
Eve Pohl and Abbotsford Staff
https://www.groupgreeting.com/sign/11f9afb74d3a0c1
Hope for Korah Staff in Ethiopia
https://www.groupgreeting.com/sign/034b22b274eb579
Jonathan and Janice Barnhoorn in Nigeria
https://www.groupgreeting.com/sign/841cd4cbfe7c052
Fernando Trevino in Colombia
https://www.groupgreeting.com/sign/1ccbb8857160dbe
Rich and Ang Korkowski Directors of Joshua House
https://www.groupgreeting.com/sign/13ce91c31d9cdab
Esperanza Staff
https://www.groupgreeting.com/sign/34e395b79ce69df
New Life Church in Honduras
https://www.groupgreeting.com/sign/034a28361a0f45e
Cooling Centre June 28-30
Need AC? Come Visit.
Don’t Need AC? We still need your help!
We are open today (June 28), Tuesday from 12pm-9pm & Wednesday from 12pm-6pm. If you can’t beat the heat come by for as long or as little as you need. We also need volunteers to help out managing our guests. Please email Sam Visser if you are available for any amount of time on any of these days to help out. We also are planning on showing family friendly movies. Today movies will be shown at 1pm & 3pm. For more regular updates check on Facebook & Instagram @newlifeabby.
If you can’t help us out and don’t need AC please share this information with anyone and everyone!
New Life Online Campus Starting July 4
We are adding an online campus to New Life ministries! Since adapting to the restrictions within a pandemic, we realize there are people who still will be unable to return to in-person gatherings for health or geographic reasons. We are now prepared to offer worship services and fellowship online. We will continue to present our Sunday worship services virtually but on a more interactive and ministry focused platform. The worship service live-stream will be available every Sunday at 11am. This way you will be able to interact with one of our pastors & other members live, pray with them, make comments during the service, as well as give and connect with ministry opportunities during the service. You will be able to access the online campus through our website, the same way you accessed our videos previously, these changes will be made on Sunday, July 4.