Important Information!

There is so much going on at NCC! Please make a note of the dates below!

• Sunday, May 31 - John Lanferman (leads Newfrontiers-USA) will be speaking at NCC

• Sunday, May 31 - Special Offering for Summer Outreach (Please indicate on check that its for summer outreach)

• June 2-10 - Noonan's on vacation (going east to see family!!)

• Thursday, June 18 - First Day for NCC at the Tacoma Farmer's Market

• July 17-19 - NCC Camping Trip (Belfair State Park... registration coming soon!)

• August 7-9 - Celebration Northwest (Newfrontiers churches in the NW coming together for worship and teaching @ George Fox University) Register here.

• September 4-6 - Cross-Cultural Training Conference (More info coming soon...)

Worship/Prayer/Lord's Supper

This Sunday we will be gathering at 10 am at 711 St. Helens for our monthly morning of Worship, Prayer and the Lord's Supper. Please come along as this is the heartbeat of the church!

Mother's Day!

This Sunday is Mother's Day! I hope you all get a chance to spend time as a family in the morning... eat brunch, breakfast in bed, flowers, a card, a walk, a trip to your favorite coffee shop, make a phone call to mom or grandma, etc... As the husband of a mother of two boys I am struggling to find a 'gift' that is worthy of this celebration, especially on our budget. "Thanks for putting up with crying, pooping, rowdy, back-talking, snot nosed boys.... here's a card!" What!?!?!

Here's the kicker. Mom's, despite the crying, pooping, rowdy, back-talking, snot nosed boys, love what they do. They wouldn't trade it in for anything. I'm not saying a nice card and perhaps a gift card for a massage wouldn't be well received. I'm just saying that it's hard to find an appropriate gift for the woman who went through labor and all kinds of other 'difficult' things, and is still working 168 hour weeks.

I can't help but think that this is a reflection of God's heart to us. He loves us because in his mercy he has called us out of darkness and into light making us sons and daughters. He loves us, because he loves us. He loves us because we are hidden in his perfect, unchanging Son.

In the same way that it's hard to find an appropriate gift for mom, it's often hard to know how to respond to God in light of his mercy, especially on our budget. Not only is it hard to know how to respond, but it can actually be devastating if we respond incorrectly.

One response in particular that is devastating is trying to find the 'gift' that we feel is equal to how much God has done for us. "Jesus died for me, I will repay him with my life." Not what God wants from us... as if we could actually do that. Acts 17:24-25 says, "The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. "

Let's not belittle what God has done for us by trying to repay him. The proper response is worship! Just say thank you, I mean really say thank you. That's appropriate.

So give a gift to your wife, or your mom, or your grandma, but don't forget to just say thank you, I mean really say thank you.

p.s. Please RSVP for Summit if you are attending... again Tues., May 12th, 6-7:30 pm at 711 St. Helens... dinner will be served.

NCC Summit

We are advancing as a church which means things are changing, old things need to die and new things need to come to life. In this new phase the most crucial thing is that we move forward together. As in all relationships in life, communication is the key.

To help communicate with greater clarity our vision, our values (family traits), changes that need to be made, and where we need people to step up, we are launching a new once a month event called Summit. Summit is for anyone leading, serving or would like to serve at NCC. We will have dinner together, do some training/vision casting, and build together as we move forward in seeing a church established where lives are supernaturally changed by God.

The kids room will be open for kids to watch a video or play together, but there will be no organized care. It would be great for the kids to eat together with their parents and then parents can rotate in on 20 minute intervals.

Pumped!

As many of you know, we have been looking at God's BIG Story over the last several weeks. The goal of the story telling is not only to educate on the Bible, but to also invite you to find your 'minor story' in God's 'major story'. The chronology of the Bible is: Creation - Chaos - Redemption - Re-Creation. The chronology of all our lives as Christians is the same. We truly hope and pray that you are finding your identity and purpose in 'Redemptive History'.

If you still feel like you are in the chaos stage of your story, hold on, we are coming to the Redeemer. I am so ready to talk about Jesus and how he is the fulfillment of the Law, Prophets and Psalms. He is the savior who jumps in to fulfill the covenants and to do what Israel, and we, could not do on our own. He is everything the Old Testament longed for and He is exactly what our hearts need. I just hope I don't explode from excitement before Sunday!

See you Sunday at 4 pm!

Prayer and Worship

This Sunday morning we will be gathering to worship and pray. God has given us a great vision to see lives supernaturally changed by HIM... therefore we need to ask HIM to lead us and to do what we cannot do on our own.

We will gather at 10 am at 711 St. Helens. See you all there!

Easter is Not Fair

Just over a week until Easter! This is a great opportunity to invite friends and family to church. On Easter Sunday I will be preaching on the unfairness of Easter. I often reflect on how upside down and unfair the kingdom of God is. I'm not complaining, it's just not fair. I am really looking forward to preaching this message and have been praying that God would give me lot's of people to invite to our meeting. I hope you do the same! Thanks to Waymond, we have a nice invite to hand out. There will be plenty of invites available for you to pick up on Sunday.