Happy Mothers Day to all of our moms! We love you, and we are thankful for you. We hope that this Sunday is a special celebration of who you are and all you do.

Check out this weeks announcements and sign up for the church newsletter so we can get more information to you as well. God Bless you all in this week and we pray that God would bless you, keep you, make his face to shine upon you and give you peace!

JOY CAMP ANNOUNCEMENT

It is with heavy hearts that the English leadership and the Joycamp directors, Danielle Mendoza and Julian De La Rosa, need to announce the cancellation of Joycamp for this summer.  We were hoping that the threat of the pandemic would ease enough by late spring to still have Joycamp in some form, but the current threat level remains high and having large gatherings seems unlikely into the summer.   We mourn as you do the loss of this beloved program in the community this year but we trust that this is the wisest decision that we can make at this time.  Please continue for the joy camp leaders and directors and all the leaders and volunteers that were planning on being involved. Also, pray for the students of Elmhurst. We are looking forward to Joycamp coming back in 2021!

CHAT MODERATORS AND SCRIPTURE READERS FOR REMOTE WORSHIP.

As we continue worshipping remotely we would appreciate more volunteer scripture readers and Youtube chat moderators. The positions are very well defined and easy to learn, yet important for worship to go smoothly. All we need is you! If you are interested please email Beverly Chang, worship deacon here.

MIDWEEK PRAYER MEETING:

Every Wednesday at 8:30pm gather for prayer and worship on Zoom. All are welcome to pray for each other, the church, and the world. Check for the link on the churches Facebook page.

WORSHIP THIS WEEK

As always,  join us for worship at 12:10p on Sunday on our YouTube channel.

Also, after church we will be having fellowship time in in ‘the lobby’ (a zoom chat room) so please come after the service and say hello.  Find the Zoom link on the live chat on youtube and our Facebook page.

Online tithing:

Please consider tithing online while we are not meeting in person:  ihttps://www.rcnewtown.org/donat

 DO YOU NEED HELP?  CAN YOU HELP?

AIf you or your family are in financial or other need during this time the church may be able to help. You can fill out your need on this form or privately message Pastor Chris here.   And if you can help look on the sheet to see if there are open needs.  Thanks to Gene Fang for organizing this! 

Also, if you have friends or family at NYU hospital, a member of the church who is a nurse there, Patrick Chu, would be happy to visit. If need contact Pastor Chris and he will get you connected.

 RESOURCES FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.   The Calvin Institute of Worship has great prayers, devotional, and worship ideas for families and everyone.  Check out their page here. 

Cardiaphonia is a site run by a collective of musicians and worship leaders and have great music recommendations on music, family resources, prayers, and devotionals for the whole family. Check out their page here.

Also, rightnowmedia.org is available, with thousands of video resources. To get an invitation email by emailing Pastor Chris.  

Lastly, check out Storymakers NYC, they are a new children’s curriculum that has some great weekly activities and lessons for you to use: https://www.storymakersnyc.com.