Hello everyone and Happy Friday!

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!

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.

PRAYER NIGHT IS BACK THIS WEEK

Please join us this Wednesday at 8:30p to pray for each other, the church, and the world.  If you have any prayer requests please send them to chris@rcnewtown.org

Simone is beginning her new position here at Newtown as Youth and College Director THIS WEEK! Please pray for Simone as she begins her work during a very challenging time to do ministry. Learn more here.

INTERESTED IN A SEMINAR ABOUT “KEEPING SANE IN AN AGE OF COVID-19?’

One definition of crazy is ‘to do the same thing over and over again and to think you will have a different result’ and I think all of us have been in those kinds of ruts in our lives, and especially you may be feeling a little crazy in this way in the midst of the new reality we are living in.   So in this seminar we would discuss new practices, grounded in scripture, that can help us become more resilient in our faith and life. I am right now assessing whether there is enough interest in this kind of seminar to offer it. If you are interested in this seminar, or another, please indicate your interest by taking a second to answer this POLL. Thanks! 

ONLINE TITHING

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

If you would like to speak with Pastor Chris for any reason, you are welcome to email anytime and set up a time to talk at chris@rcnewtown.org.  Pastor Chris will also be available to chat about anything by phone from 10-1p on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 347-683-5272

A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO  RACIALLY CHARGED VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS 

Yesterday I shared four ways that Christians can respond to recent racially charged killings, racial profiling and harassment, protests, and riots happening in many cities this week.  I encourage you to chew on this article and pray for how God may be calling you and us as a church to respond. You can find the link here.

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.