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New Hope Adventist Church. Fulton, Md.
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January 11, 2014
@newhopefulton
Praise and Worship Isabelle Garma !Message
What are you doing with it? Hope: Part I Pastor Mike Speegle !
Community Life Debra Gantman (First Service)
Pastor Ann Roda (Second Service)
!Closing Thought
Pastor Mike Speegle
Worship at New Hope Community at Worship 10:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. | Kingdom Kids Worship (Rm. 121)-10:30 a.m | Middle School Worship (Rm. 206) 10:30 a.m.
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!Questions About God? 3 !Family Tools 4
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Welcome to New Hope!Everyone has a past; the question is, is yours still impacting your present? This week, we’ll look at the life of Joseph and discover the choice we’re all faced with when it comes to our pasts. Use the sermon notes inside to follow along! !!
community life !Welcome to New Hope! We're here to help you grow in your spiritual journey. This page highlights some exciting ways for you and your family to make meaningful connections and grow your relationship with God. !If there is anything we can do to support you on your journey, let us know. !!Church Office Hours Mon-Thu 9a-5p, Fri 10a-2p !Phone/Text Message 410-541-6394 !Email [email protected]
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11 The Bloodmobile will be on campus TODAY, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Consider making a lifesaving donation!
15 Ignite your prayer life and deepen your relationship with God, 7:30-8:30 p.m., in the multipurpose room. Theme: Jesus is the center of it all.
18 Connect with your community and serve a meal to homeless men, women and children at Grassroots, a walk-in crisis shelter here in Columbia, Md., 4-6 p.m. All are welcome! For more info, contact Nathan Taylor at 478-737-4224.
14 Pray with people from all over the world! New Hope is partnering with the Let’s Pray TV program to pray with individuals who call the prayer line. 7:30-9 p.m., at the Hope Channel (at Adventist Church World Headquarters, Silver Spring, Md.). To get involved, text HOPE to 410-541-6394 or email [email protected].
18 Join the New Hope Church community! Come to the Entrance to New Hope class, 1:30 p.m. Lunch and child care provided. Register at lookingforachurch.org, text “membership” and your email address to 410-541-6394, or call Lynne at 301-854-1866.
28 The spring session of Rebuilding, a powerful small group to help people rebuild their lives after a relationship ends, starts. The weekly meetings will run through May 6, 7-8:45 p.m., and take place at Layhill Community Church in Silver Spring, Md. For more info and to register, visit lookingforachurch.org/rebuild
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Professionals, amateurs and beginners ages 16 and older are encouraged to join the New Hope Photography team. Your photos will appear in bulletins, outreach materials, websites and media productions. For more info, email [email protected].
Want to show off your photography skills or learn
how to take better pictures?
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CHURCH LIFE Welcome, guests! We’re glad to have you here today. You can find out more about New Hope in Seven Minutes or Less, a brief information session after today’s worship service by coming to the first two rows in the front left of the worship center!
New Hope Treasury is going green! This year, you will receive your tithe and offering receipts via email. Text RECEIPT with your full name and email address to 410-541-6394, or email [email protected] to request your receipt.!
Interested in being part of a women's group? Join one today for the winter session. Get more information about groups at the Ask-Me Desk.!
Interested in serving in a ministry at New Hope? Text ‘SERVE’ to 410-541-6394 for more information.!
FAMILY MINISTRIES www.newhopelovesfamilies.com!
New Hope for Parents, a new ministry to support parents, launches this month. Learn more at the Ask-Me Desk.
Today, Kingdom Kids will learn Jesus is God's son. The Bible story is found in Matthew 3:13-17, "Jesus is Baptized." The Bible verse for the month is Luke 2:52: "Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people."
YOUNG ADULTS www.youngadultsconnect.com !
Connect, a Bible study group just for young adults, meets Sabbaths from 11 a.m. to noon in the trailer. Let’s explore the life-changing teachings of God’s Word.
Save the date! The next New Hope Young Adults potluck is Jan. 25 after second service. Bring your favorite dish to share! Details: [email protected].
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Questions About God? a starting point for answers
Why do bad things happen to good people? What exactly is
baptism all about? What does it
mean to have a personal relationship with Jesus?
Explore these questions and more in Starting Point, a 10-week small group class that begins its spring session next month. The class serves to answer questions like these, and any others that participants have, during weekly classes that cover subjects from creation through eternity. The group is driven by conversation — not lectures or sermons — and aims to offer a place for anyone with questions about God, Jesus, the Bible or Christianity to seek answers.
The weekly meetings, which will take place Sabbaths at 10:30 a.m., are meant to give people “a safe place to ask questions and to not have the answer to everything — to learn more
about this Jesus guy,” said Season Cromwell, New Hope’s evangelism director, who leads the small group.
The class is geared toward people who are simply curious about God, starting a new relationship with Jesus or just getting back into church. New Hope offers it regularly in the fall and spring.
Registration for the spring session of Starting Point, which begins Feb. 15, is now open. For details, visit www.lookingforachurch.org/startingpoint. Space is limited, so tell your friends — or sign yourself up — today!
Not yet a New Hope member? Entrance to New Hope is the launching pad to your New Hope Adventure! The Jan.18 class, which starts at 1:30 p.m., explains our purpose, values and history and provides you with the opportunity to join New Hope Church as well as explore ways to get involved in ministry. This class is a prerequisite for membership. !To register, text MEMBERSHIP and your name and email address to 410-541-6394 or send an email to [email protected].
The DetailsWhat: Starting PointWhen: Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.,
starting Feb. 15 (10 weeks)Where: New Hope Adventist Church
(12350 Hall Shop Road; Fulton, MD 20759)
Who: Anyone with questions about God or
Christianity — whether simply seeking answers,
new to the faith or just returning to churchWhy: To get answers!
Register today at lookingforachurch.org/
startingpoint.
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!The Back Page follows the Bible lessons that children and youth are studying and serves to help kids and adults continue the spiritual discussion at home and establish patterns of a devotional life.
I am part of a very large and close family. We have lots of family traditions, which we hold very dear. One such tradition is to have family worship together, singing hymn after hymn. We marvel at how our parents can sing dozens of hymns, all the verses, all by memory. Another tradition is to hear the family stories. This is done at every family gathering. No matter how many times we have heard them repeated, they are told again and again.
We have the “elders” all sit together, and the younger generations sit in front of them. Then with video cameras rolling, someone asks, “Tell us how the family survived the war,” and immediately, the stories begin to flow. These are stories of how our great-grandparents met; how our grandparents survived World War II; how our fathers climbed coconut trees and made fishing rods out of bamboo; how our mothers learned to be responsible at a young age; and how God was the central part of our family. As the stories are told, we sketch out the family tree, drawing out all the branches so the younger generations will know who is who, and who they are in relation to those in the stories.
This storytelling tradition is so important for us because we know that if the stories are not told, they will be forgotten. And when they are forgotten, a part of our family is lost — a part of our identity vanishes. So,
with great effort and care, we record the stories and make sure they are told, over and over again.
This is why Jesus came into the world. To tell us about God; to show us God’s unconditional and everlasting love; to help us understand, see, feel and experience God in personal and meaningful ways. When we read and hear the story of Jesus over and over again, we will see and know God more and more. But when the stories are not read or heard, it will be easy to forget the “family history.” For the coming generations, part of their roots and their identity will be lost. They will not know their Father.
“Before anything else existed, there was Christ, with God. He has always been alive and is himself God….And Christ became a human being and lived here on earth among us and was full of loving forgiveness and truth. And some of us have seen his glory — the glory of the only Son of the heavenly Father! John pointed him out to the people, telling the crowds, “This is the one I was talking about….” (John 1:1, 14-15, The Living Bible).
What story are you telling?
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Thought for the Week !God’s Daily Word Use these texts to understand who Jesus is and the importance of His coming into the world.
SUNDAY Jeremiah 1:5
MONDAY Ephesians 1:17
TUESDAY Matthew 28:20
WEDNESDAY Galatians 3:26-27
THURSDAY 1 John 5:10-12
FRIDAY Hebrews 4:14-15
Ann Roda
Pastor for Families
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Monthly Goal
Received in Nov.
Received to Date
Goal to Date
Tithe 121,577.01 930,979.62 !Church Budget ($41,855.41)
92,916.02 506,842.39 502,264.92
Mortgage ($13,623)
42,821.50 120,521.57 163,476.00
DECEMBER GIVING REPORT ($)
MYNEWHOPECHURCH.COM/GIVE
Weekly Challenge Make a point of carving out dedicated time for praying each day this week. Take note of how it affects your spiritual growth. !
For the Family As a family, think of one person (or family) who does not know the wonderful reality of who Jesus is and of His love. Pray specifically for this individual or family. Think of something you can do, as a family, to share God’s love with this person.!
Find us: 12350 Hall Shop Road, Fulton, MD 20759 !Call us/ send a text message: 410-541-NEWH (6394) !
Email us: [email protected] !Visit us online: www.lookingforachurch.org
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