May 2018 Newsletter

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M ay 2018

Shar ing OURFait h New Hope's M onthly Newsletter

Coming at t r act ions Rev. St eve Nor den , Sen i or Past or nor den@NewHopeWor ship.com - 614.766.5445x15 - NewHopeWor ship.com/Pa stor Steve

NEWHOPECHURCH A M inistry of the Reformed Church in America

Rev. St eph en M . Nor den , Sen i or Past or Rev. Sar ah E. Pal sm a, Associ at e Past or

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SUNDAYWORSHIPSCHEDULE 9:00AM Contem por ar y Wor ship Sunday School for ages 3 thr ough 5th Gr ade

10:15AM Sunday School for Adults and Youth Pr aise School for ages 3 thr ough 5th Gr ade

11:15AM Tr aditional Wor ship School House Sunday School for Kids

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......................... New Hope's Mission To Reach people for Chr ist, Root people in Chr ist, and Rel ease people to ser ve Chr ist.

I attend far less m ovies than I used to. I don?t know if it?s that I?m sim ply getting older or if things have changed significantly but I?m over w helm ed by the num ber of pr eview s of com ing attr actions that ar e show n befor e the featur e film . Ther e ar e som e tim es w hen it seem s to m e that the pr eview s ar e longer than the featur e itself. W ith that cur m udgeonly intr oduction, I do w ant to give you a pr eview of w hat w ill be happening this sum m er since w e?ll be m oving to a quar ter ly new sletter. · Our sum m er w or ship schedule w ill begin Sunday, M ay 20, w ith one w or ship ser vice only at 10 AM . This w ill be Confir m ation Sunday, a tr ue highlight, w ith 28 youth being confir m ed. · Sunday, June 3 w ill be Celebr ation Sunday and Gr aduation Sunday as Bibles w ill be pr esented to childr en enter ing cer tain gr ades and w e r ecognize our high school and college gr aduates. Follow ing w or ship ther e w ill be food tr ucks in our par king lot fr om w hich you m ay pur chase item s as w e pr epar e to ?kick off ? our Spor ts Cam p, a gr eat outr each oppor tunity. M ake sur e your childr en ar e r egister ed for Spor ts Cam p soon! · Sunday, June 10 w e w ill celebr ate the Sacr am ent of Holy Com m union. As w e have done the past sever al year s, our June celebr ation of the Sacr am ent w ill be by intinction as w e do or dinar ily at our 9 AM w or ship dur ing the pr ogr am year. · Our High School M ission tr ip to Noxen, PA w ill be June 17-23. M any of our youth have attested over the year s to w hat a life changing exper ience a m ission tr ip can be and w e anticipate that this year ?s w ill be no differ ent. · Sunday, July 1 w ill be a special m or ning of w or ship. We hope to have a Wor ship Choir num ber ing far m or e than usual as w e w or ship w ith som e patr iotic hym ns and chor al anthem s. We w ill also be or daining and installing our new ly elected Elder s and Deacons that m or ning in w or ship. · Our facility w ill be teem ing w ith childr en at the end of July w hen Vacation Bible School is in session fr om July 23-27. This is alw ays a fun w eek w ith the oppor tunity to m ake a significant spir itual im pact in the lives of childr en her e at New Hope and in our com m unity. In or der for us to offer the Vacation Bible School w e desir e, w e need an abundance of volunteer s. Please consider giving us your tim e and ener gy one or m or e days dur ing VBS. · We w ill celebr ate Holy Com m union again on August 5, using the full Com m union Litur gy and passing the elem ents in the r ow s as w e or dinar ily do at our 11:15 AM w or ship. If you have not had the exper ience of Com m union w ith the full Litur gy, I?m confident that you?ll discover how m eaningful this is. (continued on page 2)


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