What’s inside?

p. 1 – message from Pastor Ron

p. 2 – Messages for children and youth from Kristie Cocking, children’s minister, and Reggie Camarse, youth minister.

p.3 – Activities calendar for the month of November.  Remember to vote on Nov. 4!

p.4 – Bible readings for the month of November, a summary of the New Orleans mission trip, and announcements of children’s, youth, and women’s mission programs.

p.5 – Birthdays and Anniversaries for November, and the Operation Christmas Child mission project.

p.6 – November Church servers calendar

p.7 – Student ministry page especially for youth and young adults – Reggie Camarse – youth minister

p.8 – First announcement of the 2008 Christmas Drive Thru. Volunteers needed for many things.

Click on the link below to access the full newsletter.

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In the month of October we recognize a tradition that has been popular since we understood that sugar was sweet.  It’s funny to think that even the youngest of children can grasp the possibilities of free candy.  Traveling from house to house, gathering as much candy in the quickest manner possible.  With age, kids can even begin to decipher where the “good” houses or blocks are.  However, it may be a little bit more difficult for children to understand that this candy is essentially from strangers and that taking candy from them opposes one of the fundamental rules we teach the young… “Don’t take candy from strangers”.

In our Wednesday Night Program we have been teaching our students about the need for Truth in our post-modern world, where truth is considered relative; where truth for one person isn’t necessarily truth for another.  We have been teaching our students that the Bible transcends these false pretenses and that the Bible offers the only real Truth.  The reason that we are going through these lessons is because of different “truths” that our teens are exposed to.  They receive “truth” ranging from little tidbits to full lessons from various teachers, friends, friend’s parents, neighbors, television, books, anything and everywhere.

Much like the candy that our neighbors pass out and our children quickly grab and stuff into their orange plastic pumpkin heads (which certainly do not hold enough), different, unfiltered truths are being put into their actual heads and minds.  When our kids get home from a night of trick-or-treating, we hopefully take the time to go through their candy, and make sure that they do not have anything that looks suspicious or questionable, or maybe even dangerous.   We try to filter out the bad stuff so that they can enjoy the good stuff.  This is the goal of our Wednesday Night Program, to help our students filter out the “bad” stuff, the various false “truths” that our students are exposed to, and help them to enjoy the good stuff, the absolute truth of the Bible.

In Romans 12:2 it says, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  Then you will to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing, and perfect will.” Out of this passage, we can see that we shouldn’t just accept the various “truths” that are handed out to us by strangers.  We shouldn’t take their candy.  So why, without careful biblical consideration, should we take their words?

With the launch of the recent New Brighton Christian Church web site there are 5 new ways of receiving and sharing the messages, news, and events of the church. Many folks may not be familiar with these new methods yet but they are rapidly becoming popular and even mainstream in today’s online world and well worth the effort for spreading love and faith.   

• Email Updates: This is an easy one to start with. If you have an email address you can have every article that is posted on nbcc.cc delivered to your email address. Simply click on the email updates icon at the bottom of the nbcc home page and submit your email address. Be sure to confirm your subscription by clicking a link in a confirmation email that the subscription service will send you. Once you do this, each day that nbcc.cc has an item posted to it you will receive an email of that day’s posts. You can cancel your subscription any time and your email is kept private.
• RSS Feed: RSS readers are a great way to receive and read news and information from all sorts of sources in a fast, easy and orderly way. If you are unfamiliar with RSS feeds you will find a great summary at this Feeds 101 help page. The new nbcc.cc web site publishes a feed of all its content. All you need to do is click the RSS Feed icon at the bottom of the nbcc home page and subscribe to the feed using your choice of feed readers. Most browsers have some sort of feed reader capabilities but you will find that Google Reader or Bloglines are easier applications to use. Give it a shot, you will be glad you did!
• Calendar: The NBCC calendar is power by Google Calendar and is shared to the public which allows you to add the whole calendar or individual events to your own Google calendar and also your Outlook calendar, your iphone, or other calendars. Click the Google calendar button at the bottom right of the calendar and get signed up today or take a look at the Google Calendar tour for more information.
• ShareThis: At the bottom of every post written at nbcc.cc you will see a ShareThis icon. Clicking this button will open a panel of options for you to share the post you are viewing with the world. I counted ShareThis as only “one” in my list of 5 new ways to Connect with NBCC but in fact within it, it contains almost 50 ways to share. There are 3 tabs to the share panel; Social Web, Post, and Send Email. The Social Web option contains popular social sites such as Facebook, MySpace, StumbleUpon, Google Bookmarks, Technorati and many more and prepopulate fields with the current NBCC post’s url making it easy to share and comment on. The Post tab creates an easy way to start a post to your own blog or even micro-blog such as Twitter. The Send Email tab gives you an easy way to send a quick email that contains a link to the NBCC post and a short note to your friends and family.
• Google Map: The New Brighton Christian Church map page contains a google map showing folks where the church is. Google maps has a feature where people can post reviews of places that are on the map. This means you can post your review on Google and share the good news of NBCC and how you appreciate your church! This kind of word of mouth communications can help NBCC grow. To post your review: Click on the ‘A’ pin marker in the church map locating NBCC to center the word cloud. Click the New Brighton Christian Church title in the word cloud which will take you to the Google Maps page for NBCC. Towards the top of the Google map page for NBCC just under the New Brighton Christian Church text you will see a link saying “Write A Review“. Click on that link, log into or create a Google account and write your review. Let’s spread the word on Google about NBCC!!!

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In B.O.L.D. Kids, we’ve been going through a series of lessons entitled “Flipt.”
Being “flipt” means that when we meet Jesus and understand what He teaches, we change (or flip) the way we think and behave. Each week, there has been a Flipt Family Challenge – a way to continue the learning & the flip at home.

October 22
The Flip:
Flip What’s First
Bible Verse:
But put God’s Kingdom first. Do what He wants you to do. Then all of those things will also be given to you. (Matthew 6:33)

Flipt Family Challenge
Discuss what things are most important for each family member. Look at your schedule together as a family and see if your time is spent doing the things that are most important. If not, choose one or two ways you can make more time in your schedule for the things you want to be priorities.

Rehearsals for the Children’s Christmas Program will begin in mid-November. We will practice on Wednesday nights. Please contact Kristie if you’d like to participate.

Welcome to New Brighton Christian Church! We’re not hard to find, but you have to be looking for us. We’re tucked away in a residential area, next to Hidden Oaks Park.

Come on in! If you’re visiting we invite you to park up close.

To the left as you walk in you’ll find visitor information. To the right is the entrance to the fellowship hall. The blue carpet leads to the stairs, which takes you to the sanctuary, children’s education, and the nursery.

If instead of following the blue carpet you turn to the left, you’ll see the adult education wing.

If you turn to the right at the top of the stairs you’ll come to the sanctuary. In addition to the stairs, you can come up to worship in the elevator, or there’s a drive behind the church that leads directly into the building.

If you turn to the left at the top of the stairs you’ll find the children’s education wing, including the…

…Nursery! You’ll sign your kids in and out. Our goal is to provide an environment where all of our members, from the youngest to the oldest, are free to worship God in safety and security.

Now that you’ve had a virtual tour of New Brighton Christian Church, we’d like to invite you to come in and see the most important part of our church – the people!

NBCC will be oozing with fun on October 29th for the Slime Time Fall Fest! Join us for gobs of games, tons of treats, and a life-changing message that’ll last long after all that candy is gone!

The whole family is invited to this fun event. Wear your costumes (no scary ones, please!), have supper, play games, & hear about Jesus’ love! Slime Time is the place where family, faith, & fun meet!