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NewsSpecial activitiesChurch Planting Conference with the Stockholm2020 Network will be held from 30 April-1 May. Mark your calendars now! We will get back to you with more information. Staff newsFrom 1 January 2010, Jae Sung Kim is employed by New Life Church on a 50% basis as staff responsible for the organization and administration in the church. In our last church business meeting, we shared that the board and elders proposed Jae Sung to fill this position. After a few months of prayer and consideration, he has accepted! During 2010, he will also have a 20% job with the Stockholm2020 Network, the new initiative to plant 50 new churches by the year 2020. New Life Introduction CourseWe are offering a new Introduction Course for you who are interested in New Life Church. If you want to know more, are just curious, or want to become a member, please sign up by sending us an email. The course is divided in parts 1 & 2, which are mandatory before becoming a member. Part 1 (9,16, & 23 February) deals with the foundation, history, vision, and theology of the church. Meeting times: 18.45-21.00 each week. Part 2 (9, 16, 23, & 30 March) is called “Where do I fit in?” and helps you discover your spiritual gifts, passion, personality, and area(s) of ministry. If you are already a member and want to participate in Part 2, you are welcome. Meeting times: 18.45-21.00 each week. Sign up by emailing john@newlife.nu RE:ACT—A new initiative to support our social ministryWe have started an association in New Life to support people with specific material needs. We want to start a distribution network that helps bring together basic resources, in the form of goods and finances, in order to meet some of these needs. Our desire is to build up a network of sponsors: businesses, companies, shop owners, and individuals who want to gather and to distribute these resources. We are in the process of gathering resources and individuals who want to be part of this initiative. We are in contact with people who have great needs and therefore want to appeal to our contacts to help us build a resource bank. You can take part by sending us your financial support by plusgiro 537106-7 or bankgiro 469-4053 Teams to Gothenburg to support New Life GöteborgEvery other weekend we will travel with one car to Gothenburg to support the ministry there. Many of our church members have been there to help plant the church by serving in practical ways, praying, evangelizing, or just being there to encourage the small growing fellowship. The church has approximately 20 members, and two people were baptized just a few weeks ago! A few people have also accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Interested in joining this coming year? Please sign up sending an email to john@newlife.nu. Children’s ministry“Lördagskul” (“Saturday Fun”), the outreach ministry to children in Tensta, will start-up again on Saturday, 16 January. Interested in helping out? Email caroline@newlife.nu. “Kids Life”, our children’s ministry that takes place during worship services, is now on break for the Christmas season but will start again on Sunday, 17 January. Please note that there will be a “Kids Life” leadership meeting at 12.15 in the youth room after the first service. Youth ministry
Did you know that: There will be a youth ski camp during week 9, 28 Feb- 5 March. Our youth will travel to Sälen together with Söderhöjdkyrkan. Cost for the trip is 1700 kr. plus ski pass. For more information, contact jenny@newlife.nu. If finances are a problem, some financial support is available. Bring Back the A-Team!No, we don't mean the TV series, but we are looking for people who will join a permanent Alpha Course Team. Our vision is to offer this exciting opportunity to discover the basics of the Christian faith on a regular basis in New Life. We need help with publicity, keeping in contact with guests, preparing meals, guiding discussion groups, praying for the course members, and presenting talks on the course topics. Interested? Questions? Contact Stewart Webster at stewart@newlife.nu The Marriage Course from Alpha International starting 5 February
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Dates: 5, 12, 19, and 26 February, 12, 19, and 26 March, 16 April Interested? Sign up at alpha@newlife.nu. We are also looking for people to help facilitate the course. We need volunteers to be sound technicians, cooks, people to set-up and clean-up, and support couples (married for at least 7 years) to assist in discussions. If you can help, email Stewart and Beth Webster at the alpha address given above. “God, help!” The best prayer for a new season and new initiatives!The continual growth of the church during the past few years has led to inevitable multiplication where we who are used to meeting as one congregation will now meet in two different groups, thus building another congregation within the New Life Group. We are blessed as a church as we see the fulfillment and fruit of so many prayers prayed and seeds sown in the city and the lives of people these last 16 years. Every week, we serve approximately 600-700 people through our worship services. This year, we have already had the privilege of baptizing close to 30 people from many different backgrounds (mostly Swedish-born). Did you know, however, about the other different worship services and focus and language groups in New Life? The aforementioned New Life Group is already three different congregations: our congregation here; Tomaskyrkan (TK), a Swedish-speaking congregation that meets at Bergsgatan 59 every Sunday at 15.00; and VEM (Vision Evangelique Mondial), a French and Swedish-speaking congregation that now meets at 15.30 in NL. As a church, we work closely with Kungsholms Baptist (KB) that is just a five-minute walk from NL. They have invited us to use their building for ministry opportunities, which is why Tomaskyrkan meets there. Additionally, New Life and Tomaskyrkan have joined together to launch an open pre-school at KB. A cell group, a prayer room, and our weekly Bible study evening called “Footprints” are all also facilitated there. There are also several different language groups within NL that meet regularly. Our social ministry, “Stället,” continues to provide an open, low-threshold meeting for people on the fringes of society every Wednesday at 19.00. An Amarinja (Ethiopian) group meets weekly, and Mongolian and Romani-speaking groups also enrich our fellowship. The latest initiative among us is the start-up of a Russian/Swedish-speaking ministry under the leadership of Alexander Markov, who is now part of our staff. All of these groups have been formed in order to reach new un-churched and non-Christians through their own cultures and languages. Describing the other different ongoing ministries within and outside the church would take too much space here, but we do want you to get a feel of the development of the ministry God is doing through the lives, testimonies, and ministries of so many different people within the New Life Group. God, help! We are thankful to God for everything that He is doing. At the same time, we know that we are totally dependent on Him. Please stand with us in prayer and through involvement during this important phase in the church. With these developments in progress, there are dozens of ministry opportunities available for you who are looking for ways to get involved and to serve the Lord.
For New Life, One Another: relationship trainingGod created us for relationship, first with himself, and then with one another. Jesus said that the greatest commandment of all is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and the second is to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. He also told his disciples that it was through their love for one another the world would know that they are his followers. Yet we often find this quite difficult to do. How can we love God so completely? Are we whole enough in ourselves to really love our neighbour? Can the world see that we follow Jesus because of how we love each other in our fellowship? The learning/training opportunities presented in One Another are designed to give us the insight and the tools we need to have healthy relationships. The workshops and events are interactive with ample time for discussion and application of the principles taught. Each year these training opportunities will be offered at New Life:
Saturday, October 3, 2009
1. Workshop for individual reflection: Sign up at 2B1information@gmail.com by September 28 - write your name, e-mail address and phone number
Saturday, October 17, 2009
2. Event for intercultural couples
Saturday, November 14, 2009
3. Workshop for general relationships:
Saturday, February 13, 2010
5. 2B1 Workshop/retreat for engaged couples
6. 2B1 The Marriage Course (Nicky & Sila Lee)
7. 2B1 Marriage mentoring and coaching Prize to New Life for work against racism"Four winners - Farsor och morsor på stan, Helén Jaktlund, Jonas Morin and New Life Church - share Stockholms läns landsting's annual award for work against segregation and racism. The price totals 100 000 SEK and the four winneres receive 25 000 each." Learn more at Stockholms Läns Landstings web site Press coverage in Världen Idag.
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