New Community Church

This Wednesday will be Family Night.  See you at 6 P.M.

This week we continue in our sermon series on prayer. This Lord’s Day we will examine what has become known as the Lord’s Prayer.  What is puzzling about this “Title” is this prayer is for his disciples – us. Tradition deemed it “The Lord’s Prayer”.  Maybe it should be entitled, “The Disciples Prayer”?

In any case, we will look at the Matt. 6:9.   Pasted below is the Disciples Prayer.  See if you can notice the importance of the personal pronouns.  What does that teach us about this prayer?  And, what does that mean for how we pray on a daily basis?

Matthew 6:9–15 (TNIV)

⁹“This, then, is how you should pray

“ ‘Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

¹⁰your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

¹¹Give us today our daily bread.

¹²And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

¹⁴For if you forgive others when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

¹⁵But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

See you Sunday!

Pastor Ben

The New Year is upon us.  We have just concluded a sermon series on James and now we begin Matt. 6:5-15 – the Lord’s Prayer.  This Wednesday at Family Night we begin the study and action to pray this year.  We begin with some supper and fellowship @ 6:00 p.m.  Then we Bible Study begins at 6:45 p.m.

NCCN 2011 Highlights

Merry Christmas from New Community Church of Newaygo!

Below are two important announcements about times and places this week at NCCN.

1. Soups-On will be held today at River Valley Church at Noon.  Thanks for making it a great Advent season.
2. Christmas worship service at New Community will be at an earlier time – 9:30 a.m on Sunday.  We hope to see you there.

The Lord’s blessings in this season of eternal significance.

“Isaiah 55:8 (TNIV) - ⁸“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” - declares the Lord.