Proverbs 15:22 (NLT)
Friends
On a weekly basis I receive feedback from your Connection Cards, encouraging emails, strategic snail mail, helpful hand written notes of advice, voicemail messages of wisdom, and countless personal interactions through the week. Here is a very small (yet proportional) sampling of what I have heard from many of you within the past few days.
• WOW… I have really felt the presence of God lately at New Hope.
• ENJOYING… the changes in the worship & messages.
• HEAR… some preaching on hell, prophesy & the end times.
• READY NOW… to give, serve, forgive, commit, do His will.
• OUCH… can you please turn down the volume.
• ANTICIPATING… how God will move each week within our community.
What wonderful feedback… thank you for sharing your spiritual next steps, thoughts, observations, and concerns (in love… most of the time). I would like to feedback on your feedback briefly for the remainder of this weeks iPastor.
THIS SUNDAY
This weekend will be our final ‘Family Sunday’ of the summer where children (1st-5th grade) and students (6th-12th grade) will join the 9am & 11am worship services. Pastor Ray, the weekend experience team, and I have been working hard to ensure that big and small children/students will be engaged and challenged. Make sure you come ANTICIPATING… how God will move THIS week within our community.
“OUCH… can you please turn down the volume?”
Yes, we have heard many of you recently inquire about why it seems that from week to week the volume (depending on service) seems to fluctuate. Bottom line, I am personally very sorry about any inconvenience this has caused some of you.
Some feedback from your feedback about our feedback.
It goes without saying that ‘mixing sound’ @ New Hope is an acoustic challenge. Please be assured that we are ACTIVELY looking at ALL options on how we can best turn our challenge into an opportunity for improvement. One option which we are seriously considering is moving our soundboard from the 2nd floor to the 1st floor to afford our capable technical team the best position possible to ensure a consistent quality house mix. Thank you for your feedback, and thank you for trusting that we have HEARD you.
NEXT SUNDAY
Last week’s message challenged us to redefine the Biblical ‘Breaking of Bread’ as… doing life together within community. In addition to launching Waumba Land, kicking off our new Student Community, celebrating Promotion Sunday for our children, and beginning our new fall teaching series called ‘Go Fish’, we are preparing for GROUPLINK!
First, let me share two snippets of feedback about GROUPLINK with you from last weekend’s Connection Cards.
• EASIER… for me to follow all 1,316 OT commandments than commit to a community group. I’m not saying yes …but I will prayerfully consider attending GroupLink.
• GROUPLINK… made all the difference for us as very new attendees—we connected with a fabulous and life-changing group of people. All should check it out because it’s painless & full of rewards.
Your feedback is telling me that you are being challenged by the messages, and encouraged to prayerfully consider taking a ‘next step’ toward entering into COMMUNITY with others this fall. GROUPLINK is an ideal environment created for you to safely explore the possibility of joining a small group this fall.
Finally, I want some of you to know how encouraged I am that you make such a HUGE sacrifice (physically) to attend a weekend worship service. Thank you for sustaining New Hope’s mission and vision by your consistent attendance, prayers, financial support and words of encouragement. You are noticed, loved, and needed.
DOING LIFE TOGETHER IN TWO WEEKS
Every quarter we pause as a community to reflect on where we’ve been, acknowledge where we are, and prayerfully discern the preferred future the Lord is calling our community toward. If you are a member of New Hope, or desire to become more involved this next year, please plan to participate in our next Doing Life Together which will touch on the following:
• Exciting Fall ‘08 ministry direction.
• Encouraging Community Development Project updates.
• Possible unveiling Of Our interim meeting location during construction.
• Sneak peak At fall ‘08 Sunday morning teaching calendar… including Christmas ‘08 news.
• At least 2 surprises that you will be the first to hear about.
FINAL FEEDBACKLast Saturday a LARGE number of New Hopers converged at Lent Elementary School for our final scheduled Season of Service. WOW… we really made a huge difference for not only the school, but equally as important the surrounding Lent neighborhood who witnessed the New Hope community practically serving like Jesus. Please don’t wait for New Hope to organize the next Service Project, but rather let Sandy’s following Connection Card feedback from last weekend be our corporate ‘next step’.
• God… enable me to do at least ONE THING to help someone else in need from the ABUNDANCE you have given me.
Good words Sandy… thanks for the feedback. I look forward to seeing you this Sunday.
Brent
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