Jr. High Group, Rock Solid, will be meeting Tuesdays, at 7pm.  

High School Group, The Bridge, will meet Thursday nights.  Don’t miss the fun and learn how cool Jesus really is!!   

Mexico Chili Feed Silent Auction Fundraiser!!
Coming up soon (March 2nd), will be the annual Mexico Chili Feed and Silent Auction Fundraiser, and we need your help! This event will provide the needed funds for our Mexico Outreach group to go to Mexico to be the hands and feet of Jesus. If you would like to be a part of this fantastic fundraiser event, please sign up for food items, auction items or services at the missions table and/or call Erika Fowler (658-4026) to find out how you can help!

RCP Men’s Retreat
The weekend of March 9-11 is set to gather the guys, to come away to be refreshed. The weekend is always a huge success for the guys who attend. Pick up a brochure with all the info and prices. There is also assistance available for those whom the price is prohibitive. Sign up at the missions table today!!

Ladies Bible Study (Circle of Faith)
The Ladies’ Bible study will continue to meet once a month. The first meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 22 @ 10:30am at Sheryl Arnold’s, 8410 Fruitland Ave, Winton. We will be using Ray Vander Laan’s Life and Ministry of the Messiah. Each session begins with a 15 minute video. Ladies are encouraged to bring their Bible. There is no book to purchase since we will use printed handouts. The study is open to all women.

Alpha Pregnancy Center Baby Bottles Fundraiser
Pick a bottle up at the missions table and begin to fill with your spare change (or paper money and/or check) to support Alpha Pregnancy Center. Bottle collection will be Feb. 25 and 26, next weekend!

Corned Beef Dinner
Atwater Baptist Church is having their annual Corned Beef Dinner, Saturday, March 3rd from 5-7:30 (eat in or take out). Tickets are $10 each and must be purchased in advance. Please contact Katie Luxon @ 495-2648 for tickets.

Marriage 101 Coming Again!
In the fall, the Marriage 101 class was a huge success! So this Spring we are prayerfully hoping to launch another 8 week course on marriages that could use a tune up. We are looking for the right group leader and time to make it work best, stay tuned for more information.

If you have questions.
Ongoing Missions
How important is a monetary gift designated for missions? It may be the difference between keeping a committed missionary in their field of service or require that they return home. Currently we at New Life support monthly three foreign missionaries; Eileen Gasaway (Papua New Guinea), Steve and Carol Johnson (India), and Angel and Malia Hernandez (Paraguay). We also support a number of local ministries on a monthly basis including Love INC, Younglife, KAMB radio and lifeline ministries. Some others we support occasionally as we are able. All appreciate our partnership, and through them, we are making a difference in the world around us. Part of our 2012 budget includes such support for missions, but honestly, the general budget along cannot support all that we could hope to be able to do. This month our challenge is to consider the faith promise giving or simply deciding to set apart some money for the cause of reaching the world. If you do, simply designate the gift for “missions”, and let God do the rest.

Vision Team
As we open the new year, the board is looking for interested members who’d like to be a part of prayerfully planning the next steps for NLCC. The new “vision team” will be charged with helping set the course with a new 5 year plan for the church. Where is God taking us? How will we respond. Consider being a part of discerning his direction. The team will start to assemble in the next few months, so keep your ears open.

What is a Faith Promise?
Faith promise missions giving is based on two main beliefs: One, that God desires to reach the world with His love; and two, that He will provide the resources needed to do the job. Our part is to prayerfully discern what God would want to provide through us, to prayerfully wait on God’s provision until it comes and then we present it to the church for missions. It is a promise you make in faith, not based on any funds you now have or expect, but on God’s additional provision.

2012 Women’s Retreat
Redwood Christian Park
“Come What May”
Women, are you ready for a couple of days away from the cooking, cleaning, kids, and/or husbands that seem to fill your days? How about a weekend away with time to think, relax, and be nourished by God’s word? The 2012 Women’s Retreat at Redwood Christian Park may be just the answer. The dates this year are April 27-29 at a cost of $150 per person. Scholarships are available, so don’t let the cost be a problem.
Sign up and pick up a brochure at the table in the back. We’ll carpool to the retreat grounds. Oh, and fellowship time with other Christian women is included and awesome!
Call Mary Herbert (358-4643)

Saturday Night Fellowship Refreshments
Thank you, New Lifers, for blessing us with refreshments during fellowship! They have been so appreciated!!! We have a new sign up sheet for months of December and January. Please stop by the missions table and pick a Saturday to serve!