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January 20, 2010 |
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January Events
January 22nd 7:30 p.m.
Create Night
Located at NCCA. Please bring
art and writing supplies.
Please see article below for more info.
January 30th 10:00 a.m.
Labor of
Love Opportunity
This is a special opportunity for our
Church to minister to a family who needs our help.
This "Labor of Love" includes the need for a
plumber, handyman, cleaners, organizers, and yard workers.
For more information contact: DeaconLeah@NewCovenantAtlanta.com.
Visit the Events page on our website
for more info.
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Create!
Create is a worship ministry with a
primary focus of hands-on artistic expression. Even when we think
we are not artistic or talented in this way, we learn from the
Word that “in the beginning, God created…”. If the very first
thing we learn about God is that He created, and we know from
Scripture that we ourselves were created in His image, then we, in
turn, must be creative! God made each of us to create new things
in His name, and one area we can put this into action is in the
area of the arts.
Artistic expression is a great way
to worship the One who created us! Just like we can sing our
praises, dance and wave banners in worship, we can also create
artistic renditions, prophetic in nature, to represent what the
Lord is speaking to us, and our response to Him.
So
come out to a Create event, pick up a paintbrush or a pencil and
watch what God does through you…you just might surprise yourself.
Our next Create event is 01/22, 7:30PM at Church.
Janackeh
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Membership Class Schedule
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Date |
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Class |
Location |
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1-17 |
9:30 a.m. |
Class 1 "The Tenets of
NCCA" |
Children's Church |
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1-24 |
after church |
Class 2 "Reconciling
Homosexuality and Christianity" |
Sanctuary |
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2-7 |
after church |
Class 3 "The Importance of
Spiritual Covering" |
Sanctuary |
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2-21 |
TBD |
Class 1 "The Tenets of
NCCA" |
TBD |
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2-28 |
TBD |
Class 3 "The Importance of
Spiritual Covering" |
TBD |
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3-7 |
after church |
Class 2 "Reconciling
Homosexuality and Christianity" |
TBD |
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This Sunday at NCCA
Love Offering for Haiti
Come Ready to sow
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Refiner's
Fire
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Throughout 2009 and today, God
has allowed our Church Family to go through a Refiner’s Fire. We
have encountered trials and tests of many kinds (James 1:2-4)
which has changed our hearts. God is allowing this so we can
have the opportunity to release the things of the Old to embrace
the New. This is all for the purpose of becoming a more
beautiful Bride for Jesus.
Refine means “to become pure, to
become more fine, elegant, or polished.”
Source-dictionary.com
It’s not easy to go through a
refining process. Wikipedia.org says “The term is usually used
of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, but which
is more useful in its pure form.” – This stands out to me and I
hear it say this… I am “almost in a usable form” but once I go
through the Refiner’s (God’s) Fire (process), I will become more
useful in a pure form. Every Believer I know wants to be used by
God. But how many of us want to allow God to take us through the
Refiner’s Fire, going through trials and tests to purify our
hearts, to become more elegant and polished?
In this new year, allow God to
refine you so that you can be more useful to Him and His plan
for your life. Less of me, more of You,
Father.
“In this you greatly rejoice,
though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief
in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of
greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by
fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and
honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen
him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you
believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious
joy.” 1 Peter
1:6-8 NIV |
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Will you take the
challenge? We want to issue a challenge to everyone at NCCA and
abroad. Let's read through the New Testament together in 2010.
The Daily Devotionals have a New
Testament, Old Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs reading on each
day; I would like us to study the New Testament this year to
really FOCUS on New Covenant themes, on SEEING Jesus as He really
is, and by "seeing" Him through the readings, be transformed from
Glory to Glory (Col. 1:15, 2 Cor. 3:18, 2 Tim 3:16).
If you have extra time, and want
to commit to the entire readings of OT, NT, Psalms and Proverbs,
we encourage you to do so; however, let's take the challenge and
focus on studying the New Covenant (Testament).
If you'd like to get a print out,
bookmark reading schedule, please contact Pastor Randy; otherwise,
I encourage you to utilize the daily devotional and simply read
the New Testament schedule.
On-line discussion forum for
study, coming soon... |
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2010 has been declared as the
“Moving Forward” Year. Several passages of Scripture come to
mind almost immediately as we reflect on the prophetic
implications of “Moving Forward.”
We see Lot’s
Wife, who was called to move forward, and when she didn’t she
forever froze in one spot.
We see the Children of Israel,
when they were called out of Egypt, they were called to move
forward with a pillar of fire by day and cloud by night leading
them through to a new and better home free from slavery and the
tyranny of the enemy.
We see the church moving forward
throughout the entire book of Acts – ever gaining ground,
overcoming obstacles, defeating the enemy, declaring the authority
of the Kingdom of God and the power of the Name of Jesus – not
going backward but ever moving forward.
In 2010, as we
are in the new year, we will discover that now is the
time for us to take hold of the promises of God.
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If you have sin in your life, repent, and MOVE FORWARD
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If you have broken relationships, do what you can to bring
restoration, and MOVE
FORWARD
· If
you desire to move into the calling of God on your life, get in
church and MOVE
FORWARD
· If
you want to see God use you more and more, MOVE
FORWARD
This is the year of moving forward,
now is the time.
In Love and
Service,
Pastor Randy Morgan
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First Day Photography and Video
Ministry is looking back on 2009 while moving forward into 2010
with an end of the year video.
Featuring original music by members of
the fabulous and talented worship team (Lisa Stephens and Leslie
Reece), as well as a piano instrumental (Jerime Harris).
DVD's of this video are
available for purchase for $5.00 with each additional video
purchased for $3.00.
Proceeds go to First Day's fund
raising endeavor to purchase new photography and video
equipment.
These DVD's are available from
First Day:
- Pride 2009
- Family Fun Day 2009
- End of Year 2009
$5 for one, $8 for two or $11
for all three
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Transgender Ministry
Meetings
Held every second Thursday of
the month at NCCA.
For more info,
please email Deacon Shelly at transformed.NCCA@gmail.com
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Intercessory Prayer by Dutch
Sheets
Please remember to pick up your copy
today or download it from iTunes.
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or simply email -
pastor@newcovenantatlanta.com
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