What a Weekend!

We had an amazing time at Celebration Northwest and Oneblaze Northwest. Amazing times of worship (well done Nick, Alexis, Alfredo, Waymond and Eli!), great teaching from Terry Virgo and John Lanferman, and fun times hanging out with friends from all over the Northwest. Not to mention the fact that NCC won the volleyball tournament!

I wanted to give a special thanks to our family at Silver Creek Fellowship who did an amazing job hosting the conference, providing an amazing family day on Saturday, and giving us a place to sleep. (Oh yeah, and some scrumptious food.)

All of the talks from Celebration NW are available for your downloading enjoyment at www.celebrationnw.silvercreekfellowship.org.

This Sunday we will have John and Linda Lanferman with us. John will be preaching on Sunday morning and helping lead the prayer time on Sunday night (5:30 pm at 711 St. Helens).

I look forward to seeing you all then!

Hold on to Your Hats

So much going on at NCC! I just wanted to give you all a heads up on some upcoming events...

• August 15-17 Celebration Northwest in Silverton, OR (Silver Creek Fellowship) We will be joining other Newfrontiers churches in the Northwest for a weekend of worship and teaching. If you are going, please note that there will be an offering taken for the greater work of Newfrontiers here in the US. Checks and cash accepted... checks should be made out to Newfrontiers USA. Please prayerfully consider what you and your family can give.
  

• Sunday, August 17 - New Community Church will not be gathering on Sunday morning due to the fact that most people will be at Celebration NW. Please pass this along to anyone you know that may need to know this!
  

• Sunday Morning (10:30 am), August 24 - John and Linda Lanferman will be with us for our Sunday meeting. John will be preaching.
  

• Sunday Evening (5:30 pm), August 24 - Our monthly night of prayer and worship. This is really the engine room of the church. Please come along as we touch heaven and shake a city.
  

I am really looking forward to these exciting times! We're moving forward together for God's glory!

Sunday Night

This Sunday night we will be gathering for our monthly night of prayer and worship. I want to encourage all of you to be there as it is the 'engine room' for our church plant.

We will start at 5:30 pm and finish about 7 pm. Childcare will be available. Parents will be asked to take a 20 minute shift in the kids room to help out.

By the way, we had another great day at the Tacoma Farmer's Market. We gave out tons of free stuff and had some great conversations. A real highlight for me has been teaming up with TacomaMama.com to provide an exciting kids zone. I can't wait to get back in the market on Thursday, August 7th.

20/20/20 Groups

I wanted to post a follow up to the message on Sunday. For those of you who weren't there I preached on being a people who 'love the Bible'. Towards the end of my message I gave you all some practical advice on how to read your Bible. Below are the resources I mentioned....

• Every Thursday at 711 St Helens the doors will be opened at 6:30 am for a 20/20/20 group. 20/20/20 is 20 minutes of Bible reading, 20 minutes of journaling, and 20 minutes of discussion. The beauty of the group is no preparation necessary. I would recommend you bring a Bible, some paper (a journal), and your day planner (to write down those nagging to-do's that keep popping in your head)..... oh, and of course some COFFEE. Swing by a drive through on your way over. I want to encourage you all to get into a 20/20/20 group.... the way you do that is ask a friend to meet with you for an hour... a coffee shop, your home, a park, the student center.... go for it!
  

• A bible reading plan. Click here to view a few different plans. These plans will help you read through the whole Bible, which will give you the whole story.
  

• A one year Bible. This Bible will get you through the whole Bible in a year and has your readings laid out day by day. You can buy one, or read it online at esv.org.
  

• Journal! If you're like me, it really helps to have a pen in hand when I read. I want to recommend the SOAP method. Click here for a sample journal using the SOAP method.
  

• Use a Study Bible. I recommend the NASB or the ESV (which will be available in October).
  

• Online Bible. Bible Gateway has the Bible in every translation and it's free.

Remember, you should never feel condemnation about your Bible reading. The Bible is there for us to find out how much God loves us, not for us to earn God's love.

It's truly amazing that we have God's words, His desires, His passions, for us and our world in a book.

Special Offering

This Sunday, June 1st, we will be taking a special offering for our summer outreaches. Why? Great question.

This summer is going to be a very exciting summer for NCC. It's an opportunity for us to be out and about blessing the people and place of Tacoma. We have a desire to do a lot and to do it well. This means we will need finances and resources.

We plan on handing out hundreds of free waters, hundreds of balloons, supplying thousands of beads and string for kids jewelry, baseball tickets, father's day gifts, and much, much more.

Please prayerfully consider how much you can give this Sunday. For those of you who give regularly we are really grateful, but now we ask that you go above and beyond your usual giving. And for those who haven't yet given, please consider giving to the mission of New Community Church.

This is a great opportunity for us all to invest in the city and in the Kingdom of God. We really believe your investment will have an eternal return.

Checks can be made out to New Community Church, please write 'summer outreach' in the memo. If you bring cash please place it in an envelope and write 'summer outreach' on the front so that we know how to allocate the funds.

Thank you so much for investing in the mission!

Let's Go!

This Sunday night we will be gathering to worship and pray. These times have been so rich and juicy! I hope you can all make it. We will also be updating you all on where we are at as a church plant and where we're going...

We'll start at 5:30 and should be done about 7 (no promises, but we'll try). Childcare will be available. Parents will be asked to sign up for a 20 minute time slot in the kid's room.

See you all there!

NCC at the Market

I am extremely excited to announce that we have been invited to participate in one of Tacoma's finest events. This summer we will be involved in four (4) days of the Tacoma Farmer's Market. The market will be hosting a new section called the Local Living Lounge which will give non-profits the opportunity to serve the market and promote what they do in the community.

We will need a lot of help pulling this off... setting up, taking down, handing out waters, helping children with crafts, and just some smiling faces. Please let me (Bo) know if you would be interested in helping out.

The dates are as follows....
June 12th - Dad's Day
June 19th - Kid's Day #1
August 7th - Kid's Day #2
September 25th - Mind, Body, Spirit Day

This is an amazing opportunity for us to serve and bless the city of Tacoma!