New Life Church Weekly Update

April 26, 2024

Please Note: Our 8am service will be held in the sanctuary this Sunday!

This Sunday: April 28, 2024

8:00 am Praise Service, Sanctuary

9:15 am Traditional Worship, Sanctuary

10:45 am Contemporary Worship, Life Center

Message: "Chasing Jesus"

Scripture: John 21:15-22

Pastor Mike Loomis

Our Youth Yard Sale opens TONIGHT in the Life Center at 6 pm, and will be open tomorrow 9am - 2pm!! Come on out to find some treasures and support the Youth Group!

New This Week

National Day of Prayer, May 2
Holocaust Memorial Service, May 5
Navigating Your Senior Years Seminar, April 29

Cancer Support Group, May 1

Our Cancer Support Group will be holding our regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 1st at 6:30 pm in Lenox Hall. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Ivor Percent from the Florida Cancer Specialists in Port Charlotte. Dr. Percent will be discussing clinical trials as well as answering questions. The Cancer Support Group is open to all patients, survivors, and caregivers. We are open to the community. If you have friends on a Cancer Journey, please invite them to come. Our goal is to bring “Hope for Your Journey: Coping with Cancer Through Faith.”

Please join us to pray for our community and nation at one or both of these community prayer events:

Punta Gorda City Hall Annex, Noon

A National Day of Prayer Service will be held on Thursday, May 2nd at Noon in front of the Punta Gorda City Hall Annex on Harvey Street. Some chairs will be set up for your comfort. Special music will be provided by Briyin Butgereit!

If you have any questions, please feel free to call Pastor Bob Carlson at 941-585-9576.

New Day Christian Church, 6:30 pm

Please join us for an area-wide worship and prayer event at New Day Christian Church on Peachland Blvd in Port Charlotte this Thursday, May 2 The service will start at 6:30 pm, and will include congregational singing, small group prayers, and corporate prayers for our nation. The event should last around 60-75 minutes.

New Day Christian Church: 20212 Peachland Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL 33954

Holocaust Memorial Service

All are invited Sunday, May 5 at 3 pm at Temple Shalom in Port Charlotte.

23190 Utica Avenue

Port Charlotte, Florida 33949

Salvation Army Food Drive

Our "Mother's Prayer of Hope" food drive for the Salvation Army will run until Mother's Day. They are desperate for donations, as they have virtually EMPTY SHELVES! Please consider bringing one or more canned items and dry goods (pasta, etc) each Sunday until Mother's Day. Donations can be delivered to the collection table in Lenox Hall.

Children's Ministry Events:

Mother's Day Tea Party

May 11

for Moms and Children,

ages 12 & under!

Pre-Registration Required

Please email: becca@newlifeforall.church

Daddy/Daughter Dance

June 14

Tickets are available on Sundays from our Children's Ministry!

Questions, please email: becca@newlifeforall.church.

REGISTRATION FORM

Revelation Class, August

Due to the large interest in the Revelation study and the first class is now full, a second class will be offered which will be on Wednesday morning at 10 in Myrt Creigh’s home beginning August 14, 2024. This class is also limited in number.

To sign up for this class, email: fumcpgmc@gmail.com before May 1st. You will need the following book for the class: END TIMES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER by Ron Rhodes. It can be found at Amazon, Christian Book Stores, and Thrift Books all online. If you have any questions, just contact Myrt at the email above.

Cuba Progress

Our sister church in Taguasco has opened four new missions this year in addition to the three already worshiping and teaching. The picture shows the attendance at the newest mission. Note the large number of children. This church has found that the best way to bring adults to know Jesus is through their children. We are working on a way for these missions to come to Taguasco occasionally to attend a regular service.

A Word from Worship

Greetings New Life Church family and friends,

I am happy to be writing to you this week! As happens often in most of our lives, it's been a week of challenges. This past Friday I became aware of what I described as a little scratchy feeling in my throat. As the day wore on, I had the awful suspicion that I might have a "cold". I was concerned because of my many health issues and I know from past experiences that these things can spiral out of control in a hurry. I didn't feel terrible, which was a blessing, so out came the dreaded masks which allowed me to coordinate the memorial service we had here at church last Saturday. By the time that was done, I had to admit that I was sick. Ugh! On top of that, Don was beginning to cough! Our weekend was really going downhill! We stayed home on Sunday, eating lots of chicken soup and going through lots of tissues and resting. As you may have heard, on Monday morning, early, Don tried to get up, but had super weak legs and seemed confused. The nurse in me immediately suspected that he was dehydrated and tried to keep him safe in bed, but his disorientated caused him to keep trying to get up. Since I unfortunately couldn't pick him up off the floor I called our grandson to come over to help me. I ended up calling an ambulance and after a brief visit to the Emergency Room, a diagnosis of influenza and three prescriptions he was back home. I'm happy to report that he began to recover quickly. While I usually wouldn't share about these personal experiences, it is a beautiful example of God's love in our lives. I wasn't sure I'd even be able to write anything this week, but I casually opened one of my books and an article titled Courage to Keep Standing; an article about God's healing power. When I think about having the flu, it doesn't seem like there's anything to feel hopeful about it. But here's how God shows Himself in my life. I've heard from several of you with offers of help and prayers. Our family has been here for us including beautiful, loving messages from our granddaughters including those who don't go to church. Imagine how my heart swelled to hear their words "Grandma I'm praying for you and Grandpa!" This is such a gift of hope from our Lord. He always gives me the courage to keep standing in spite of what struggles I'm going through. He has taught me that no matter what I'm going through I can lean into Him. No matter how many times I've prayed for something, I pray again. We must keep fighting. Whether our miracle comes through a divine touch of healing or a promise of prayer from beautiful, loving

young women, the safest place to find hope is in prayer to our Lord and Savior.

Thank you for your prayers!

I'm praying for you!

Rosie Young

Worship Coordinator

rosie@newlifeforall.church

Greetings from the Music Ministry

Hello New Life Church!

Years ago I read a great book that I keep going back to and highly recommend. The title is NOT A FAN, by Kyle Idleman. The question that he posed is, are you a Fan of Jesus or a Follower? It really stretches the reader to diagnose where they find themselves and to define their relationship with Jesus. Are we like most fans, enthusiastic admirers, that are good at cheering but don’t really live as if anything is required of us? Are we fans of Jesus when life is good, but when things are really difficult and painful our passion wanes? Do we know all the verses and have all the t-shirts and bumper stickers, but not really sacrifice anything? Are we taking up our crosses daily to walk with Him or just riding a denominational or cultural heritage with which we like to associate? Have we made a decision about Jesus but not a commitment to Him? Do we have knowledge of Him but not intimacy with Him? Do we strive to follow Jesus or just follow rules? Are we living in a self-empowered manner, or are we Spirit-filled? Being an “enthusiastic admirer” is not an option. Following Jesus is a TOTAL surrendering of your life to Him. It is an open-invitation to everyone. Let’s all spend time examining our relationship with Jesus this week and asking Him to show us how to be true Followers of Christ.

Matthew 16:24 - Then Jesus said to His disciples, “if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.”

Matthew 7:21-22 - “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will say to them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from Me, you evildoers.”

Our Anthem this week, “Follow Me to Jordan,” is in the style of a spiritual and was written by Jay Althouse. It has simple words that remind us to Follow Jesus!! It reminds us that if we follow Him it will lead us to our promised land - eternal life with Him.

Anthem Words for this week

Follow me to Jordan, follow me on home

Follow me to Jordan, follow me all the way home

I will follow King Jesus, I’ll wait for His command

Everyday He will show me the way

Until I reach the promised land . . . . He said

Follow me to Jordan, follow me on home

Follow me to Jordan, follow me all the way home

I will follow King Jesus, for now and evermore

Everyday He will show me the way

Until we reach that heavenly shore . . . . He said

Follow me to Jordan, follow me on home

Follow me to Jordan, follow me all the way home

I’m going home, I’m going home

If you love to sing, please consider joining the Chancel Choir. We meet on Thursday evenings from 7-9 PM. We sing most Sunday mornings during the 9:15 service and are very flexible with travel plans. We have a wide variety of musicians with various backgrounds and there is a place for you! Please consider coming to a rehearsal to see if you would like to join us in this very fulfilling ministry.

At New Life Church, everyone in the music ministry is a worship leader. Our aim is to...

Magnify the Greatness of God in Jesus name,

Through the Power of the Holy Spirit.

Skillfully combining God’s Word with music,

Thereby motivating NEW LIFE church to...

Proclaim the Gospel

Cherish God’s presence and

Live for God’s Glory

Our hymns this Sunday will be,

# 73 - He Leadeth Me, O Blessed Thought

# 596 - O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee

# 603 - I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

Can’t wait to see you Sunday!

Joyfully,

MaryBeth Khamis

Interim Director of Music

marybeth@newlifeforall.church

Learn more about Lee Ann Mancini HERE!

Dates to Remember - Mark your Calendars!

Cancer Support Group, May 1

National Day of Prayer, May 2

Mother's Day Wonderland Tea Party, May 11

Today Matters, May 18

Vacation Bible School, June 3-7

"Under the Sea" Daddy/Daughter Dance, June 14

New Life 2nd Anniversary Picnic, June 30

Nursery Job Opening

We have a part-time position available in our nursery. The complete job description is available HERE.

Hospital Visitation, Prayer Available

We want to know when you are having surgery or are in the hospital! We are available to pray with you before surgery and visit you in the hospital, rehab, etc.

Contact us through email: prayerteam@newlifeforall.church or call/text Pastor Bob, Minister of Pastoral Care (941) 585-9576.

Church Name Tags

When you come to the church campus, please wear your New Life Church name tag. If you do not have a church name tag, you can order one HERE.

Update your Contact Information

The church office strives to maintain the most up-to-date and accurate contact information for all of our members and regular attendees. Thank you in advance for taking a few minutes to fill out our 2024 Contact Update form for each member of your household by clicking the link HERE.