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exciting outreach. God has a heart for the nations and we must also. For some, that may mean going on a mission trip to Romania or Rus-sia. For some it may mean getting involved in local missions locally. This summer you will hear about a lot of ways to do missions globally and locally, because there are a lot of exciting things happening right here in our hometown, too! Make sure you check it all out in this edition of LIFELINE. Let’s work together to take Jesus to the streets and to the world! Blessings, Pastor Tom
Welcome to the summer edition of LIFELINE, our church newsletter. We have such an exciting summer planned and there is a lot of infor-mation in this newsletter to help you identify what activities and ministries you would like to get involved in. We will be celebrating what God is doing all around the world during the summer months in a wide variety of ways! In June and July, we will have the opportunity to host three of our mis-sionaries. Pastor Paul Laursen will be here the first weekend of June and will be leading our Men’s Advance. The Popet’s from Romania will be staying in our missionary house for five weeks this summer and will be sharing all about
what God is doing in Romania in June, also. We are blessed to have Mark Papierski and his family visiting us in July to update us on what is going on in Russian Min-istries! Our Vacation Bible School has an interna-tional flavor to it, as well. In one week at VBS, the children will travel to Ireland, Ugan-da, India, Brazil, and the USA to learn about what God is doing in these nations! It is going to be a blast! Finally, we will be organ-izing a team to minister in St. Louis for a one day outreach in July with our friends and partners in ministry, Oasis Interna-tional. More infor-mation is available in this newsletter for this
An International Summer Inside this issue:
An International Sum- 1
The Webb Site 2
Boredom Breakers 2
OASIS International 3
YAM 3
Prayer Furnace 3
Vacation Bible School 4
HNI Conference 4
Life Church Arenzville 4
Fascinate Youth Conf. 5
Community Parties 5
Miracle Healing Service 5
Birthdays 6
Anniversaries 6
On-Line Giving 6
Kids’ Korner 7
VBS Reap 8
Lifeline Newsletter
Special points of
interest:
Vacation Bible School—
June 17-21
Fascinate Youth Confer-
ence—July 25-27
Prayer Furnace—Every
Wednesday 4:30-8:30
On-Line Giving!
CHURCH OF THE NEW COVENANT VOLUME 11, JUNE 2013
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We’ll gather together to help
with VBS set-up, service
projects, fun and games, and
swimming parties. If you
can, stay for the day and
join our worship/prayer sets
in the prayer furnace from
4:30-8:30 p.m. Pack dinner
and make a day of it.
Schools out! Youth Group
is over. What are the youth
going to do with their sum-
mer? Boredom is setting in.
Let’s break the boredom
every Wednesday from 1-4
p.m. beginning June 5 for
those going into 6th - 12th
grade.
Boredom Breakers
What was the best piece of advice you ever re-ceived? “Don’t put your tongue on a flagpole in January?” “Don’t spit in the wind?” “Girls (or boys) will give you coot-ies?” Well, it’s gradua-tion season and that means just one thing; advice will be dispensed from countless speakers to even more countless graduates at world rec-ord pace! Some of it might even make sense, if you heed it. Advice is like an armpit: everyone has one and sometimes it stinks. Even Jesus was asked for
advice. Somebody asked
him what the greatest
commandment was.
Now think about this for
a minute; the greatest
commandment in the
entire Old Testament.
Hmm. What was the
greatest commandment
found in the Pentateuch
(first 5 books of the Old
Testament), the books of
history (Judges, the
Kings, etc.), the books of
wisdom (Psalms, Prov-
erbs), the Prophets (both
major and minor) and all
the other books that
make up the Law or the
Old Testament?
In effect, how do you
condense the entire Old
Testament to one thing,
the main thing, the point
that God was trying to
get the nation of Israel to
see? Jesus didn’t hesi-
tate with his answer,
“Love God with every-
thing you have and eve-
rything you are.” Then
he added, “And then
demonstrate this love by
loving people the way I
love them.” How simple
and yet, how profound.
Please understand that
this transcends simplicity
and profundity; it is earth
-shattering and world-
changing. “Love God
and love people.” Can it
get any better than that?
I don’t think so.
Maranatha,
Pastor Rich
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“Love God with
everything you have
and everything you
are.”
“and then
demonstrate this
love by loving
people the way I
love them.”
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Last summer a team of
youth and adults went to St.
Louis for a week long mis-
sion trip and helped in a
wide variety of ways with
Oasis International. In the
summer months Oasis
sponsors Saturday BBQ’s
once a month in the plaza
across the street from their
missions base in the inner
city. These events have be-
come an exciting part of the
ministry of Oasis to the ref-
ugee population surround-
ing them. This summer we
are not organizing a week
long effort but rather a one
day event on Saturday, July
13th. Would you consider
joining us for this one day
event? We need individuals
who will help cook and
serve the food and beverag-
es, help facilitate the games
and/or activities, and just be
available to help with the
outreach. For more infor-
mation about Oasis Interna-
tional please visit their web-
site: www.oasisinternational
.info. Watch the weekly
bulletin for more infor-
mation about this exciting
missional opportunity.
phere of worship and prayer.
We also provide regular semi-
nars and small groups to
equip you to have a praying
life-style. Our prayer board is
always available to post pray-
er requests. Finally, we also
have a prayer chain via text
messaging that can distribute
Prayer is at the center of eve-
rything we do corporately.
Our desire is to provide you
with resources to make this a
reality in your personal life,
also. The Prayer Furnace is
open from 4:30-8:30 p.m.
every Wednesday and is a
place for you to come and sit
before the Lord in an atmos-
immediate prayer concerns to
a wide audience for concen-
trated prayer efforts.
Isaiah 56:7 ~ “Even those I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples."
OASIS International - One Day Missions Trip
Prayer Furnace
meets every other Sunday night
(2nd and 4th Sundays) from 6-
9 p.m. at Jay and Jenny Diers’
home. It’s a great time to con-
nect with others through fel-
lowship, cook-outs, fun and
games, swimming, along with
prayer and Bible studies which
will enhance your spiritual
growth. For further spiritual
training, a group of young
adults travel to St. Louis every
other Tuesday to Destiny
Church for a one-day intern-
ship of training in the prayer
room, learning to prepare a
teaching, and learning how to
study the Bible. For further
spiritual growth, you may re-
quest a mentor who will spend
one-on-one time with a pur-
pose of discipleship, spiritual
formation, and accountability.
Plan now to get involved in
this ground breaking new min-
istry in our area!
YAM ~ Young Adult Ministries
Young Adult Ministries (YAM)
is a small group for seniors in
high school or 17 years old
through 20 somethings. This
ministry is designed to fit the
wide variety of needs for this
generation. A small group
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“It’s a great time to
connect with
others through
fellowship, cook-
outs, fun and games,
swimming, along
with prayer and
Bible studies which
will enhance your
spiritual growth.”
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tension of our church into the
small towns and villages sur-
rounding Jacksonville.
Life Church will be meeting
every Sunday morning from 9
Life Church Arenzville is a
brand new church that has
been planted by Church of the
New Covenant. Part of our
unfolding vision is to plant
new churches that are an ex-
-10 a.m. at The Side Door
Youth Center. Everyone is
welcome to get involved in
this exciting missional out-
reach.
Vacation Bible School— “Let’s Go On A World Tour”
speaker. He was the editor of Charisma Magazine for 11 years and continues writing articles for the magazine, along with writing books. He will bring spiritual insight and revelation at the conference. We are affiliated with Harvest Network International, an association of churches and ministries dedicated to help-ing one another fulfill the Great Commission. Through this ministry, we have asked
two men to serve as an Out-side Advisory Team. Pastor Jim Anderson from Hastings, Minnesota and Pastor Paul Laursen from Cleveland, Ohio are valuable members of our leadership team.
Harvest Network 2013 Annual Assembly Harvest Network Internation-al will be assembling together for their annual conference on June 24-26 in Hastings, MN. Our Senior Leadership Team will be attending this event to network with others, enhance spiritual growth, and to impart greater vision for our local church. The main speaker at this con-ference is Lee Grady who is an author, journalist, ordained minister, and conference
Vacation Bible School is
coming to the Church of
the New Covenant on
June 17-21, 2013 from 6-
8 pm. Get your suitcase
packed, because we are
going on a world tour.
As we travel from Ire-
land, Uganda, India, Bra-
zil, and back to America,
we will discover how
much God loves us wher-
ever we are and that there
is nothing we can do to
make God stop loving us.
On the tour, we will learn
about each country and
discover a new biblical
truth about God’s love
through worship, recrea-
tion, crafts and fellowship
groups. To join the tour
contact the office at the
Church of the New Cove-
nant to register your
child. Hope to see you
there!
~ Linnay Costello
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“Open my eyes,
that I may behold
Wonderful
things from
Your law.”
~ Psalm 119:18
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July 25–27, 2013
The call is going out to teenagers
in this nation to consecrate their
hearts in radical pursuit of Jesus.
At a time in history when the
eyes of this generation are being
captured by the emptiness of the
world, God is raising up a com-
pany of young people with a
vision for one thing.
Fascinate, a conference geared
for high school students, con-
nects teenagers to the prayer
movement. It is based on Philip-
pians 3:8, the call to be fascinat-
ed with Jesus: “I also count all
things loss for the excellence of
the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord.” Only Jesus—His
person, His presence, and His
power—can satisfy the longings
of a generation for love, pleas-
ure, and impact.
We are making plans now to
take our Jr. and Sr. High youth
to the Fascinate Conference.
The cost per student will be
between $200-$250. More de-
tails will be available soon, but
mark your calendars now.
in their ministry. They
have been conducting
healing and miracle ser-
vices in the St. Louis area
God is a miracle working
God! On Sunday, June 9,
we will be having Miracle
Healing Sunday with spe-
cial guests Pastor Ben and
Laura Ratchford.
Ben and Laura have re-
cently stepped down from
being staff pastors at Des-
tiny Church in St. Louis
to follow God’s direction
and seeing God move in
supernatural ways.
Ben and Laura will join us
for both the 9 and 10:30
a.m. services, and also for
a special 6 p.m. service.
Please mark your calen-
dars for this exciting Sun-
day!
Fascinate Youth Conference
Miracle Healing Sunday
the host family. Please pray
for these outreaches to be
an effective tool to share the
Good News of Jesus.
Watch the bulletin for dates,
locations, and how you can
get involved.
Community Parties Summer time is party time!
We will have three commu-
nity parties this summer that
will be located in neighbor-
hoods in Jacksonville and
South Jacksonville. At these
parties we will have free
food, activities, and games
for neighbors and friends of
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"Greater love
has no one than
this, that one lay
down his life for
his friends.”
~ John 15:13
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up a schedule of recurring contri-butions. You will be able to access the new on-line service through our website www.ncjax.org. The availability date and further in-structions will be in an upcoming bulletin.
New Covenant is pleased to an-nounce a convenient new way to make your regular offerings which will be available in a few weeks. With our new electronic giving program, you can easily set up a recurring giving sched-ule or make one-time contribu-tions. We encourage you to set
On-Line Giving
June 2 Doreen Stampf 3 Joshua Stampf 6 Dean Allen 6 David Rain 7 Serendity Hankins 7 Rebecca Henderson 8 Breanna Frick 8 Mike Kline 11 Sharon Ward 16 Aaron Wade 17 Carolyn Colton 18 Myah Mefford 21 Marta Popet 22 Gaela Foliaki 29 Jemeica Kennedy
July 1 Raymond Credit 1 Mike Wyatt 3 Eli Holloway 3 Jennifer Lawsom 3 Mary Murgatroyd 9 Penny Credit 11 Ron Colton 16 Christian Credit 16 Peggy Wisdom 18 Jenny Diers 19 Hanna Heck 26 Tom Herbert 27 Linda McAdams 27 Keisha morris 30 Mary Cannon 30 Linnay Costello
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August 1 Dorothy Zimmer 6 Brandon Pilarte 7 George Caufield 7 Joel Westerfield 8 Brett Burchard 11 Ed Ward 12 Faith Herbert 12 Tammy Rain 13 Martha Morris 13 Nancy Shive 15 Cary Coker 17 Debra Brown 17 Kathleen Hendricks 20 Duane Pfeiffer 20 Jody Rees 28 Donald Fairchild 29 Rhoda Walker
June 5 Ron & Carol Busen 6 Jeff & Anne McDaniel 21 Ed & Barb Wainscott 22 Ed & Kathy Owen 26 Steve & Nancy Shive
July 8 Rich & Janet Webb 10 Jay & Jenny Diers 22 Wes & Jennifer Lawson
August 7 Joel & Sheri Westerfield 14 Ron & Carolyn Colton 14 Oske & Rebecca Pilarte 23 Don & Connie Piper
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Kids’ Korner
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL “Let’s Go On A World Tour”
June 17-21, 2013 6-8 p.m.
We are traveling around the world this year for Vacation Bible School! Registration forms are available at the church for children ages 5 through 5th grade. We also are in need of volunteers to help make this a great week of ministry. Please call the church or see Linnay Costello to see how you can help.
Phone: 217-243-5096 E-mail: [email protected]
Church of the New Covenant
“A House of Prayer
and a Bridge to the
Community”
We’re on the web!
www.ncjax.org
520 Nazarene Road Jacksonville, IL 62695