NewChurch Live

There is a lot of joy in the Christmas story. When we are able to have joy as the anchor in our lives, we are more ourselves, and fundamentally more alive. Welcome to good tidings of great joy.

12/18/22

Hope + Trust = Peace
In this second week of advent, we look at how the hope that Mary had, and the trust that Joseph had, created a perfect balance of peace during the Christmas story. It is through their love, faith, and commitment that they are able to overcome the obstacles to fulfill the promises of God.

12/11/22

It is through the original blessing found in the story of Mary that we are able discover the gift of hope in the Christmas story. In this first week of advent, we discover how hope in our lives allows us to move through fear and doubt to see hope into the future.

12/4/22

Spiritual connection through prayer is how we build, maintain, and enrich our relationship with God. Prayer is not asking for something, but acknowledging the presence of God with us, in any and every situation. It is the means by which we learn to lean into the truth, rather than our own understanding and conclusions.

11/27/22

When we say a prayer for gratitude, thankfulness can become the greatest happiness. Think back and remember the last time you truly wanted to say “thank you” to someone - not because you felt like it was the polite thing to do, but because your heart was really moved by gratitude for the thing they had done. Now imagine what it would be like to feel the same way about life itself. 
with Curtis Childs

11/20/22

The Christmas season is filled with holiday cheer and festivities. NewChurch Live seeks to offer support, care and connection to others in all things we do. This Christmas we will be supporting children once again through Gemma services and their holiday wish list program. In this episode Pastor Chuck interviews Amanda Bryant, senior development officer at Gemma services, or as the children call her, head “elf” in Santa’s workshop.

EPISODE WEBSITE

SIGN UP TO HELP

We rarely talk about aging with positive messaging. How then do we work towards finding gratitude as we age? It comes over time by shifting our thoughts from complaint to gratitude. Life and our circumstances may not "get better", but we simply learn to get better at accepting life.

11/13/22

We all reach a point in our journeys where it feels like we are failing. Let’s discuss the possibility of doing our best to stay in gratitude for the moment, whatever it may contain. Let us remember that God is still with us in these times, so that we are always growing, learning, and moving forward.

11/6/22

As a church we are committed to learning about issues that impact both individual members of our church and our community as a whole. With that in mind, recognize October as Domestic Violence Awareness month. To honor this Pastor Chuck interviewed Betty Lindberg.

Betty is a Domestic Violence survivor who endured 4 years of abuse and suffered traumatic injuries in her early 20’s.  Today, she is a Domestic Violence Advocate that has spent the last 14 years providing first response crisis support to others in a similar situation.  By sharing her story and using her experiences, knowledge and training, she hopes to encourage others to seek help, end the silence, and raise awareness to Stop Domestic Violence.

In this interview we explore the topics of domestic violence, healthy vs. unhealthy relationships and the ways in which people may find themselves in one of those situations.

EPISODE WEBSITE

Finding gratitude in our lives is something we can cultivate, a practice so to speak. When we create a daily gratitude practice we are able to uncover the gifts within it all. It is through practicing gratitude we are able to trust that even in hard times God is there too.

10/30/22