MESSENGER The news of Calvary, Southminster & St. James
MESSENGER The news of Calvary, Southminster & St. James
MESSENGER The news of Calvary, Southminster & St. James
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<strong>The</strong> �ew Visions Community Messenger, Cont’d<br />
Supervisors Appointed for our Cell Groups<br />
Gail Bachinski and Alice Mildenberger have been appointed<br />
as Cell Group Facilitator Supervisors. <strong>The</strong>y are<br />
responsible for mentoring 3-5 Facilitators and assisting<br />
them to mentor their Facilitator Interns. <strong>The</strong>y were recognized<br />
during worship at <strong>Calvary</strong> on March 6. Our<br />
great thanks to both Gail and Alice for stepping into<br />
this very important next step for the growth <strong>of</strong> our discipleship<br />
process.<br />
Food�et Coordinator �eeded<br />
Food Net serves 100-120 families every week. This<br />
amounts to about 350 persons. Over 30 persons from<br />
all three <strong>of</strong> our congregations work together to gather<br />
food from grocery stores and restaurants. Aldine Jackson<br />
from our <strong>Calvary</strong> congregation has coordinated this<br />
work for over four years and is stepping down into a<br />
supportive role in June. We need someone to step into<br />
this important supervisory responsibility. You will<br />
know that you are making a significant difference in<br />
the lives <strong>of</strong> several hundred people every week. Please<br />
call Pastor Bill (402) 476-7353 for more information or<br />
visit directly with Aldine (402) 423-0172.<br />
�atural Church Development Survey Results<br />
In the Natural Church Development process there are 8<br />
characteristics <strong>of</strong> quality congregations. Last month we<br />
surveyed 30 persons from our 3 congregations about<br />
their impressions on how we are doing with these 8<br />
characteristics. <strong>The</strong> results are in. <strong>The</strong> process now is<br />
to use our strengths to build up those characteristics<br />
that are weaker.<br />
Our strengths are Empowering Leadership,<br />
Loving Relationships, Gift-based Ministry, Effective<br />
<strong>St</strong>ructures and Holistic Small Groups. We will use these<br />
strengths in a planning process to build up our<br />
Passionate Spirituality, Inspiring Worship Services and<br />
Need-oriented Evangelism.<br />
You are already providing valuable input regarding<br />
worship. And we are working on ways to deepen<br />
our relationship with Christ in our lives and to create<br />
ministries that meet the real needs <strong>of</strong> people in our<br />
neighborhoods .<br />
�ew Visions Website is Developing<br />
<strong>The</strong> website for Our New Visions Community<br />
is slowly taking shape. <strong>The</strong> most helpful tab at this<br />
time is the calendar. Clicking on the Calendar Tab will<br />
bring up an interactive calendar that lists everything<br />
going on in all three <strong>of</strong> our buildings. (continued in<br />
next column)<br />
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�ew Visions Website Is Developing<br />
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When you click on an individual item in the calendar<br />
a small window will open giving you detailed<br />
information about that event or activity. This includes<br />
a map which will show you exactly where<br />
that event is happening.<br />
Susan Ledder, in the <strong>Calvary</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice, is<br />
keeping it continually up to date. So going to our<br />
website is the best way to keep up on what is happening.<br />
When you have ideas to make the website<br />
more useful for you, please, pass that information<br />
on to Pastor Bill. And our thanks go to Richard<br />
Mildenberger who is the guy behind the scene<br />
bringing it about.<br />
Ways to Deepen Your Spiritual Life<br />
We <strong>of</strong>fer many ways for you to deepen your relationship<br />
with Christ. Pastor Judy is coordinating an<br />
on-line daily Lenten reflection (email her at: judithanndye@yahoo.com).<br />
Our Cell Groups are<br />
wonderful ways to assist you in discerning the next<br />
step in your life journey. You will know that you<br />
have people praying for you and your family every<br />
day. <strong>The</strong> groups are always confidential.<br />
A simple way to deepen your spiritual life is<br />
through the Upper Room Daily Devotional. You<br />
can pick up a copy at the back <strong>of</strong> the sanctuary at<br />
<strong>Calvary</strong> and <strong>Southminster</strong>. <strong>The</strong>y are in the upstairs<br />
Fellowship Hall at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>James</strong>. Or you can read it online.<br />
(<strong>The</strong>re is a link on the New Visions Website:<br />
newvisionsumc.org; click on the tab: “Daily Devotional”.<br />
You will find there also a link for a devotional<br />
based on the “Imagine No Malaria” <strong>The</strong>me. )<br />
Church S<strong>of</strong>tball League Forming<br />
City Parks & Recreation is again <strong>of</strong>fering a Church<br />
S<strong>of</strong>tball League. <strong>The</strong>re will be both a Youth Division<br />
and an Adult Division. <strong>The</strong> adult league will<br />
have a Spring/Summer League starting April 18.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will also be a Fall League <strong>of</strong>fered. <strong>The</strong><br />
Youth Division may include youth (boys and girls)<br />
who will complete the 6th—12th grade this school<br />
year. <strong>The</strong> youth season will run from June 2<br />
through July 21. If you are interested, visit with<br />
Pastor Bill who has all <strong>of</strong> the pertinent information.