Sunday, February 27, 2022
Sunday Worship Services at 9:00am & 11:00am
Nursery care for children 0-2 is available all morning. Children’s Church is offered during the 11:00 service for kids age 3-5.
We will have baptisms at our 11:00 service this week!
Child Dedication
We will have a time of Child Dedication during our Worship Services on Sunday, March 6. If your family would like to be involved, or if you have questions about child dedication, contact Lezlie (886-1977 or lezliee@newlifeefree.org)
Sunday School Classes for All Ages!
We have classes for everyone age 3 - adult and nursery care for infants and toddlers. Classes will be held between the two worship services: 10:15-11:00am. Please plan to stick around if you attend the first service or come early if you attend the second service!
Gentle and Lowly (adult class) will be meeting in the Fellowship Hall. We’ll watch some video teaching and have discussion around tables. The teaching will be relevant whether or not you’ve read the book. Please join us!
We encourage you to fill out the online Friendship Register when you worship with us online or in person. You can share prayer requests, ask questions about our ministries, or just let us know that you’d like someone to contact you.
Deeper in Relationships
From June 2021 to August 2022 we will go deeper in relationships with people outside and inside the church body to intentionally share the grace and love of Jesus Christ with them and to grow together as his disciples.
The Gospels are full of stories of Jesus intentionally engaging those inside and outside the family of God. We want to know and obey the words of Jesus and we also want to emulate his lifestyle. We will be a people who are willing to get out of our comfort zone and make building relationships a higher priority in our everyday lives. We know that in our post-Christian culture it is a poor strategy to sit back and wait for people to attend our worship services. We challenge every person at New Life to meet, talk to, get to know, and go deeper with at least 1 person within our church family and 1 person outside our church family each month!
In the coming months you can anticipate sermons about reaching out to others with the love of Christ, evangelism training taking place in Life Groups, continued times of prayer, and an overall focus on building relationships with people in the six counties all around us.
Are you interested in leading a D-Group?
Pastor Glenn is holding a training session on Monday, March 7, 6-8pm. Please contact Lezlie if you would like to come or if you have any questions (lezliee@newlifeefree.org -or- 886-1977).
Lent is the 40 days (not including Sundays) from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday before Easter. Lent is an opportunity to go deeper with God. It is also a time of personal reflection and prayer that prepares our hearts for Good Friday and Easter. Lent this year is March 2-April 14.
We are encouraging individuals and families to read “From The Grave” each day during the Lenten season. There are copies available in the foyer at New Life.
Gently and Lowly Class will not meet on Sunday, March 13.
2022 Women’s Retreat
March 25-26
Plan to join the ladies of New Life for worship, learning, and growing together. Our guest speaker, Heather Carr, will be speaking on The Gospel in Relationships. Friday evening we’ll have a dessert bar (you can sign up to bring a dessert when you register if you’d like). Saturday we’ll have breakfast and coffee together before our first session and lunch together to wrap up the retreat.
Mark your calendars…
Men’s Retreat | Friday & Saturday, April 29-30
Missions Prayer Focus
Steve and Kathy Austvold - EFCA Missions Mobilizer
Praises:
We were able to travel for Steve’s sabbatical in November and the celebration of our 20th anniversary!
Special times with family and friends over the Christmas season, both in MN and PA.
Good health and good opportunities for church visits.
Good phone calls to pastors to listen to them and to pray for them.
Pray for:
Upcoming church visits and planning these next months for district and youth conferences.
Wisdom regarding travel to Asia in the next couple of months.
Kathy’s ongoing virtual communication with GlobalFingerprints colleagues in the US and Asia.
Steve’s Crisis Response Team Trip to Lake Charles, LA the week of March 13.
If you would like to go along on the Israel Trip, please sign up by April 1.
Next fall, a group of Watertown area pastors will be leading a trip to Israel and you can go along!
We have brochures with more information at the Info Center in the foyer or you can use the button below to look at a digital version.
Kids & Youth are welcome to join us Wednesday evenings!!!
Learn more and register on our website…
Discipleship Pathway
Are you ready to take the next step? Find out more about how to get involved in a Life Group or a D-Group.
