Upcoming Events! Please Mark Your Calendars!

We have an exciting week ahead! So much going on at New Community Church. Not only do Small Groups start, but we have the Transformation Team arriving!

Thursday, July 1

The Transformation Team arrives...

Friday, July 2

-The Transformation Team will be in training at Central Lutheran from 9 am to 5 pm.

-Prayer meeting at 6-7 pm at Central Lutheran

Saturday, July 3

-Free Family Carnival at Wright Park - 10 am - 2 pm (invite all your friends!)Bouncy castle, hot dogs, games, prizes, magic, and more...

-Joint Worship Gathering with Church at Cedar Springs (click for directions) in Graham - 5:30-8:30 (We will be BBQing, there will be child care and fun for the kids, worship and preaching from Jeff Gates)

Sunday, July 4

-Freedom Fair on Ruston Way - 10am-10pm (if you'd like to watch the fireworks with people in the church meet a the NCC booth at 7:30 pm)

-No Sunday Meeting at Central Lutheran (the church has left the building!)

You are all invited to be apart of as much of this as you want. We really encourage you to come out to Graham and meet new friends, eat and worship with the Church at Cedar Springs.

Please also pray that we would see lives supernaturally changed as we engage the city with the gospel.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or if you'd like to volunteer for anything we're doing.

A Few Things...

1. There will not a be a prayer meeting this Friday night. (June 25th) A lot of people will be away at the camping trip.

2. If you haven't returned your Joining the Church response card yet please bring it on Sunday. You can just put it in the offering box.

3. If you have any questions about the Holy Spirit please feel free to email me and I will do my best to answer them on Sunday, via email, or one on one.

Thanks!

Small Group Registration

This Sunday we will be announcing our Summer Small Group Tracks! You will also have a chance to register for one. The main themes of the summer are having fun and gathering people. Each group will exist to build community through BBQ's, hikes, fun in the park, kickball, etc... And to invite friends, family and neighbors into a 'non-churchy' environment. Please come on Sunday to hear more!!!

Also, don't forget prayer on Friday night from 6 pm-7 pm. David and Clare Andrews will be with us from Brighton, England. It will be a great chance to hear from them about what God has put in their hearts and for us to pray for them. We will gather at Central Lutheran.

Wild Goose Chase

Mark Batterson writes, "Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit–An Geadh-Glas, or ‘the Wild Goose.’ The name hints at mystery." This coming Sunday, June 13th, we will embark on the chase. We will preach a series on the Holy Spirit called the Wild Goose Chase and together pursue the mystery of God's Holy Spirit indwelling in mere human beings.

The series will begin with a broad scope of God's presence with His people throughout history and what that means for us now and will end with narrowing in on the gifts that the Holy Spirit gives to believers to equip them for the mission we have been called to.

I know this series will bring up quite a few questions, hence the mystery, and I will do my best to answer them each week. I encourage you to write down your questions on your connect cards and before each sermon I will try my best to address them. (No worries, you will remain anonymous.) If I can't get to them on a Sunday, I will respond to them via email or in person. If I plan on covering that question in a sermon I will let you know which sermon it will be covered in.

Our desire at NCC is to NOT pay lip service to the Holy Spirit, but to acknowledge, pursue and delight in the person of the Holy Spirit. I want to invite you to come with open hearts as we unpack the scriptures and chase the goose!

Perhaps you have a friend that would be interested in this series. Please invite them along!

Please Read!

I wanted to follow up my Sunday message with a few thoughts on Joining the Church.

1. We are asking for all of you to come Thursday, June 3rd at 6:30 pm at Central Lutheran. We don't want to assume anything... if you were one of the original 8 adults on the church planting team or you came for the first time last week, we would like for you to be there. I know many of you have served and loved the church so well and we're not diminishing what you've done at all, we just want to take another step forward and call people to once again declare their commitment to NCC. Please RSVP to me so we can make sure we have enough food for everyone!

If you can't make it that night but want to state your intention please let me know.

2. We plan on running a Joining the Church night four times a year from here on out. We will have the booklets available for people who come and want to know more about who we are and how they can get involved.

3. By attending the night you are not necessarily stating your intentions to join NCC. The night will consist of dinner, a short time of clarification on our distinctive's as a local church, and hopefully a sufficient question and answer time. We would ask that you read the booklet before the evening and write down any questions you may have. We will then give you a chance to respond by filling out a card. We hope that your hearts are joined to what we are doing, but if not, no worries, we would love for you to continue to attend NCC gatherings or perhaps we can help you find a church that better suits you.

If you did not pick up a manual on Sunday night and would like one sooner than this coming Sunday, please email me and I will send you an electronic copy. If you didn't hear the message from Sunday you may find it helpful to listen to that as well.

Please do prayerfully consider coming along on Thursday, June 3rd at 6:30 pm (Central Lutheran)! Hope to see you all there.

On His Mission,

Bo Noonan

Pray and Eat!

Husbands, your wife going to the Women's Conference? Come and pray at 6pm at Central Lutheran. Bring the kids. We'll eat pizza after the prayer meeting!

NCC Camping Trip

The NCC Summer Camping Trip will be June 25-27 at Kopachuck State Park (in rural Gig Harbor). This year we will have a group site that is more private than previous years. Once again the cost will be very low and will prove to be a great time of hanging out and getting to know each other. More details will be released soon, but please do save the date!