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Calendar 4
Children’s Choir 7
Concerns 2
Famous Last Words 3
Summer Camps 7
Homeless Alliance 5
Daylight Savings 2
Men’s Retreat 6
Stewardship Thought 2
Sunday Servants 3
Women’s News 6
Inside this issue:
New Hope News
February 27, 2013
As most of you know New Hope
Christian Church has experienced
numerous shed break-ins in the last
4 years resulting in the theft of thou-
sands of dollars worth of equipment.
The New Hope Board has decided
that it is time to build a new, more
secure storage facility on the north
side of the parking lot under the se-
curity light.
This new shed would be a 12 Ft.
wide 20 Ft. long building with a 12 x
12 Ft. room for all of our landscaping
equipment, and an 8 x 12 Ft. room
that can be used for additional stor-
age. It will include an expanded
metal within the frame to keep eve-
rything safe, and will have the same
type of façade as the church to make
As New Hope we are Disciples of Christ striving to bring Heaven to earth
through nurturing, serving and connecting
There are many opportunities for worship and
study during the Lenten season at NHCC.
Josh is preaching a very special sermon Series
called Famous Last Words, based on Jesus words
spoken as he hung on the cross.
On Wednesdays, through March 20th Josh will
lead a Bible Study about the nature of sin. There
will be sessions at 10:30a.m. and 6:00p.m. (Please
note that there will not be a morning session on
March 13th only).
On Palm Sunday, March 24th the choir will pre-
sent the Easter Cantata.
March 28th is Maundy Thursday and NHCC will
observe the occasion with a Seder Meal at
6:00p.m.
Friday, March 29th, we will observe Good Friday
with a Silent Service.
And on Easter, March 31st, we will celebrate the
Resurrection of our Lord. Josh’s sermon title for
Easter: The Final Word
Lenten Activities
it attractive.
To pay for the shed we will use the
available memorial funds of
$3,904.94 which will cover a little
over half of the cost. To pay for the
rest we will need your help! The
estimated cost of building this stor-
age building is about $6,500, which
is very inexpensive because some of
our members have agreed to donate
all of their labor; but, we will still
need your generous gifts to help us
finish this very important project!
Will you please consider giving a
onetime gift to help pay for this
much needed storage facility, so we
can continue to improve the facili-
ties of New Hope Christian Church!
New Storage Building
In Our Prayers
Page 2 New Hope News
SPECIAL PRAYERS
Lavelle Dinwiddie, Rusty Shaf-
fer, Nan Hartman’s sister Lo-
raine, Ron Skaley (Patricia
Johnson’s Brother), Georgette
Reed’s mother, Betty (friend of
the Reames), Mandy & Jason
Musshafen, Debbie Todd’s Sis-
ter-in-law, The Regional
Church.
CONTINUED PRAYERS
Nan Hartman, Kim Ritchie,
Beulah Ames, Don Mann, Eve-
lyn Wilcoxen, Virginia Ballard
(Cathy Hempel’s mother), Patsy
Webb’s great nephew Jack, Ste-
ve Collier, Marcelle Lemons
(Ashley’s Grandma), Lloyd Dod-
son, Mandy and Kaylin
Musshafen, Marie Shipman and
Dyann Schull (relatives of Bet-
tie Davis), Ian Carter (friend of
Brad Davidson), Patsy Webb’s
nephew, Zack, our country’s
leaders and all personnel serv-
ing in the Military and their
families.
Stewardship Thought Daylight Savings Time Begins Sunday, March 10th
Set your clock forward when you go to bed Saturday night, March 9th. You wouldn’t want
to be late for Church! (Would you?)
Giving
Our giving is a spiritual matter that involves
the heart, our spiritual knowledge of scrip-
tures, and our spiritual capacity for faith in
God and his invisible powers. Giving reflects
our value system, our life priorities, and our
life disciplines. Seeing God work in our materi-
al world of things will enlarge our faith for the
invisible world of the kingdom of God.
“And God is able to make all grace abound to-
ward you, that you, always having all sufficien-
cy in all things, may have an abundance of eve-
ry good work 2 Corinthians 9:8
CENTRAL AREA CHURCHES
PRAYING FOR CHURCHES
March 3rd:
Iglesia Cristiana Re de Gloria
Pastors, Pedro Castaneda &
Alejandro Castaneda
March 10th:
Iglesia Cristiana Discipulos
de Cristo
Page 3
Worship Leader Richard Reames
Elders Don Mann & Priscilla Mann
Greeters Patsy Webb & Carolyn Little
Deacons: Barbara Christoffels, Patsy Webb
Sidney Hartman, Kendall Hartman
Christy Qualls, Jeff Hempel
Nursery Jan Comeaux
Candle Lighters Youth
Communion Preparation Helen Turner
(If you are scheduled to serve but unable to do
so on any given date, Deacons, please call Richard
Reames, Elders, please call Penny Hampton.)
Sunday Servants for March
February 27, 2013
In this sermon series we are are confronted
once again with the “Famous Last Words”
that Jesus speaks to us as a condemned
man suffering on the cross. Words that if
comprehended will change everything
about who you are as a follower of Christ.
So please plan to Join us for this important
Lenten series!
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With the help of friends like you, in Fiscal Year 2012:
* The equivalent of 211 million meals were provided.
* 90,000 different people received food each week from more than 1,000
partner agencies and schools across Oklahoma.
* 19,800 chronically hungry children were served through our Food For Kids
Programs.
* 8.5 million pounds of fresh produce were distributed to Oklahomans
in need.
As you can see, your partnership has helped fill empty shelves, tables and
stomachs throughout central and western Oklahoma!
Please join your NHCC friends on the Second Saturday of each month from
9:00a.m. to Noon working at the Regional Food Bank.
You can help make a difference!
Famous
Last
Words
Page 4 New Hope News
What’s Happening at New Hope
March 2013
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
3
Food Cabinet Sunday Sermon Series:
Famous Last Words
1:30pm Staff meeting 1:30-6:30 Adult Inter-
faith Tour
4
6:30pm CWF Evening
Group
5 10:00am CWF Morning
Group
6 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 10:30am & 6:00p.m.
Lenten Study 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir
7
8
9 ODW/CWF Harbinger of
Spring Meeting
at Church of
the Covenant
in Enid 9am-12Noon Regional
Food Bank
10
Sermon Series:
Famous Last Words
11
12
13 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 6:00p;.m. Lenten
Study 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir
NEWSLETTER
14
15 Disciples
Men Retreat
thru Sat. @
Central
Camp in
Guthrie thru
Saturday
16
8am-4pm Coast Guard
Aux Boating Safety
Class
17 9:30am Children’s
Choir Sermon Series:
Famous Last Words Meetings: 1:30 Board 2:30 Worship, Property Stewardship 3:30 Missions Education
18 19
20 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 10:30am & 6:00pm
Lenten Study 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir
21
6:00pm
40 Plus
22 23
24
Palm Sunday Easter Cantata
Easter Special Of-
fering
25 26
27 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir NEWSLETTER
28
6:00p.m.
Seder Meal
Maundy
Thurs-
day
29
6:00p.m.
Good Friday
Silent Ser-
vice
Good
Friday
30
31
Easter
“The Final Word”
Easter Special
Offering
February 27, 2013 Page 5
Six months ago – back in August – a
small group from Oklahoma City
learned about the national 100,000
Homes Campaign and said, “Wouldn’t it
be cool if we could do that here?” Now
on Valentine’s Day, 2013, we proved
we actually could use the Housing First
model to begin getting our most medi-
cally vulnerable, chronically homeless,
unsheltered people into housing and sur-
round them with the services and case
management they will need in order to
sustain that housing.
Our goal was to create a “by name and
face registry” of as many of our chroni-
cally homeless, unsheltered Oklahoma
Cityans as we possibly could. Thanks to
the efforts of more than 100 volunteers,
The Homeless Alliance is rallying our
community to end homelessness
that goal was realized the week of
January 20.
After Registry Week, staff from
more than 20 governments, faith-
based and nonprofit agencies went
to work prioritizing the 150 most
medically vulnerable unsheltered
individuals and families we regis-
tered. Prioritizing included not only
determining who were the most
medically vulnerable, but also iden-
tifying what wraparound services
each individual or family would
need to sustain housing, what agen-
cies would be providing those ser-
vices, and identifying the most ap-
propriate housing options for each
of our first 14.
Our “stretch” goal was to house
14 of our most vulnerable citi-
zens by the 14th of February
(one day LESS than three
weeks after Registry week!!!)
and I am proud to report that
the final tally for today is 17
housed – a breathtaking col-
laborative effort that a mere six
months ago was a pipedream.
Oklahoma City is on its way to
ENDING chronic homeless-
ness, not just managing it. If
Registry Week was the end of
the beginning, today marked
the beginning of the end. We
still have a long hard road
ahead, but if the last three
Here’s what that process looked like, with each client having a poster.
Check with Sean Shenold to see what you can
do to assist in this life-changing project!!
Page 6 New Hope News
CWF Evening Group
The CWF Evening Group will
meet on Monday, March 4th
at 6:30p.m. at the Church.
Janette Whittern will be our
hostess and lead the meeting.
CWF Day Group
The CWF Day Group will meet
on Tuesday, March 5th at
10:00a.m. at the Church. This
will be a General Fellow-
ship/Business meeting and
luncheon.
Thank You Dear New Hope
A big thank you for the love-ly “goodie Bag Basket!” Eve-rything was great—New Hope Christian Church and children are the best!! God bless you.
Love you,
Henrietta Shrier
Maxine Coburn called to say
“Thank You” for her wonderful
Valentine Basket. She really ap-
preciated the thoughtfulness
Women’s News
All the women of NHCC are invited to attend either the Day
Group or the Evening Group—-or both if you like.
And, not to let the guys get ahead of them, the ladies of NHCC
are now meeting for breakfast at Pioneer Pies on the Third
Tuesday of each month. Gathering time is 9:00a.m.(give or
take a minute or two). There were about a dozen present for
the first breakfast meeting in February! Next breakfast will
be on Tuesday, March 19th. Please join the ladies for food,
fun and fellowship.
Being a
Disciple Man Fellowship * Spirituality * Worship
Oklahoma Disciples Men’s Retreat
March 15-16, 2013
Central Christian Camp & Conference Center
Guthrie, Oklahoma
You can register on line at okdisciples.org or pick up a registration form
From the table in the NHCC narthex
Page 7
Children’s Choir
Sunday, March 17th
9:30a.m.
Come Join the Fun!!
We will practice and have a lesson at 9:30 and then sing
February 27, 2013
Please Note! Your contribution state-
ments are on the table at
the back of the Sanctuary
for you to pick up. Please
note that some of you have
more than more than one!
12323 S. Pennsylvania Oklahoma City, OK 73170
Ministers: All Members
Senior Minister: Rev. Joshua Leu
Adm. Assistant: Sandy Moyers
Youth and Children’s Minister: Josh Fearing
Music Minister: Marietta Combs
Pianist: Brad Davidson
Media Tech: David Rock
Custodian: Sean Shenold
Phone: 405-691-5366 Fax: 405-691-5394
E-mail: [email protected]
February 27, 2013
We’re on the Web
nhccokc.com
Just be yourself!
Everybody else is taken.
Who We Are Nurturing
We are a diverse gathering of Jesus followers
devoted to creating a safe space and direction for
the younger generations. Serving
We are a church family whose house has no walls.
Our community and our world are family members
to whom we are connected through our Heavenly
Father. Our family includes all.
Connecting
We are a congregation that believes each person
has a unique place within the family of New
Hope…New Hope means new hope for anyone,
anywhere…in all situations.
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Bringing Heaven to Earth