December 14 - 20, 2017 @ THE LINK A long-lasting Christmas gift MEGAN DeLONG, ERIC HAYS, & SARAH FUTO Joy To The World - Hillsong Worship WELCOME KIDS SINGING O Come Let Us Adore Him - Hillsong Worship Seasons - Hillsong Worship MESSAGE OFFERING We Have A Savior - Hillsong Worship CLOSE WORSHIP Week of November 30 An extension of the Pastoral Care Ministry, the Deacons On-Call Team is available to you for any ministry or prayer need that you might have during the week. The following team is on call this week: MaMhew Michael - (478) 957-5877 Robbie Edwards - (478) 951-3540 Jim Graves - (478) 477-2765 Rolando Dixon - (478) 447-9466 DEACONS ON CALL December 10th Total on Campus: 901 Offering: $45,510 YTD Offering: $819,965 YTD Required Offering: $885,970 *Fiscal year begins August 1. Faith For The Future: $4,119 Current Balance: $310,722 Caring Solutions: $12,191 Lottie Moon: $1,625 FACTS & FIGURES “I’m not happy.” Those were NOT the words I wanted to hear from my wife of only a few months. We were living in a small house we rented in CharloMe, North Carolina — the city where we met, dated, and married. We both had good jobs, a great social network, and what I thought was a wonderful marriage. Evidently, I was missing something. “So, what have I done wrong?” I asked. She looked at me with her head Vlted to one side and a confused expression on her face. “What do you mean…oh, no, I don’t mean I’m not happy with you. It’s not you. I’m just unseMled. Something’s not right. I think God is calling us to something that is different from what we are doing now.” That conversaVon was the first of many about discerning God’s will for our future together. A\er looking at a number of opVons, we eventually believed God was leading us to leave our jobs and the comforts of what was so familiar to go overseas. We interviewed with an organizaVon called “The InternaVonal Mission Board” and eventually accepted an offer to work with college students in Rome, Italy. For the next year, we taught conversaVonal English and helped establish a ministry in the city that conVnues today. In preparing to leave the United States and move to Italy, there were a number of tasks we had to complete. Selling our cars, ge_ng visas, storing furniture, and se_ng up new bank accounts just to name a few. One of the things we did not have to do was to raise support. The same quesVon was posed to us by several friends: Can we help you guys out financially? We would answer: “Thank you, but we are not required to raise support. When you give to our church, a porVon of those funds are forwarded to the InternaVonal Mission Board to support us and the roughly 5,000 other missionary employees serving around the world.” To put this in perspecVve, the IMB is not only the largest missionary organizaVon in the world, they are one of the few (perhaps only) that do not require their missionary employees to raise most or all of their financial support. We personally get requests from and have given to missionaries from a number of other organizaVons so that they could conVnue to live and work in the naVons to which they were called. We’ve never received such a leMer from an IMB missionary. Because of this freedom from having to raise their own support, they are not required to spend a large porVon of their Vme networking and contacVng potenVal donors. They do not have to spend money on plane Vckets to come home and host donor events. They are able to fully focus on the mission work God has called them to do. Every Vme you give to Northway Church, a porVon of your gi\ is forwarded on to this organizaVon. Through your giving, you are helping to support a single girl living in North Africa. I get her prayer leMer every month, and she has to write everything in code because she is in country dominated by Muslims. Yet, she has had the opportunity to see many Muslim women read porVons of the New Testament and share the gospel message with these individuals.
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December 14 - 20, 2017@THE LINK
A long-lasting Christmas giftMEGAN DeLONG, ERIC HAYS, &
SARAH FUTO
Joy To The World - Hillsong Worship WELCOME
KIDS SINGING O Come Let Us Adore Him - Hillsong Worship
Seasons - Hillsong Worship MESSAGE OFFERING
We Have A Savior - Hillsong Worship CLOSE
WORSHIP
Week of November 30 An extension of the Pastoral Care
Ministry, the Deacons On-Call Team is available to you for any ministry or
prayer need that you might have during the week. The following team is on call
this week:
MaMhew Michael - (478) 957-5877 Robbie Edwards - (478) 951-3540
Jim Graves - (478) 477-2765 Rolando Dixon - (478) 447-9466
DEACONSON CALL
December 10th
Total on Campus: 901
Offering: $45,510
YTD Offering: $819,965
YTD Required Offering: $885,970
*Fiscal year begins August 1.
Faith For The Future: $4,119 Current Balance: $310,722 Caring Solutions: $12,191
Lottie Moon: $1,625
FACTS &FIGURES
“I’m not happy.” Those were NOT the words I wanted to hear from my wife of only a few months. We were living in a small house we rented in CharloMe, North Carolina — the city where we met, dated, and married. We both had good jobs, a great social network, and what I thought was a wonderful marriage. Evidently, I was missing something. “So, what have I done wrong?” I asked.
She looked at me with her head Vlted to one side and a confused expression on her face. “What do you mean…oh, no, I don’t mean I’m not happy with you. It’s not you. I’m just unseMled. Something’s not right. I think God is calling us to something that is different from what we are doing now.”
That conversaVon was the first of many about discerning God’s will for our future together. A\er looking at a number of opVons, we eventually believed God was leading us to leave our jobs and the comforts of what was so familiar to go overseas. We interviewed with an organizaVon called “The InternaVonal Mission Board” and eventually accepted an offer to work with college students in Rome, Italy. For the next year, we taught conversaVonal English and helped establish a ministry in the city that conVnues today.
In preparing to leave the United States and move to Italy, there were a number of tasks we had to complete. Selling our cars, ge_ng visas, storing furniture, and se_ng up new bank accounts just to name a few. One of the things we did not have to do was to raise support. The same quesVon was posed to us by several friends: Can we help you guys out financially? We would answer: “Thank you, but we are not required to raise support. When you give to our church, a porVon of those funds are forwarded to the InternaVonal Mission Board to support us and the roughly 5,000 other missionary employees serving around the world.”
To put this in perspecVve, the IMB is not only the largest missionary organizaVon in the world, they are one of the few (perhaps only) that do not require their missionary employees to raise most or all of their financial support. We personally get requests from and have given to missionaries from a number of other organizaVons so that they could conVnue to live and work in the naVons to which they were called. We’ve never received such a leMer from an IMB missionary.
Because of this freedom from having to raise their own support, they are not required to spend a large porVon of their Vme networking and contacVng potenVal donors. They do not have to spend money on plane Vckets to come home and host donor events. They are able to fully focus on the mission work God has called them to do.
Every Vme you give to Northway Church, a porVon of your gi\ is forwarded on to this organizaVon. Through your giving, you are helping to support a single girl living in North Africa. I get her prayer leMer every month, and she has to write everything in code because she is in country dominated by Muslims. Yet, she has had the opportunity to see many Muslim women read porVons of the New Testament and share the gospel message with these individuals.
ADULTS & CHURCH-WIDE
Through your giving, you are helping to support a missionary family living in Iran. This family knows they could be arrested for even owning a Bible, but in very subtle ways they are looking for open doors to share the gospel with their neighbors. Your giving supports a family in China (KaVe and I went through training with this couple). The husband’s “plarorm” job is assisVng Americans looking to travel to China. Through this job, he is building relaVonships with local individuals and sharing the gospel o\en.
There are 4,997 other individuals and families serving all around the world, sharing the message of Christ wherever they are. Through your giving, you are making their ministry possible.
Every year at ChristmasVme, we have another opportunity to support this organizaVon through giving to the Lo_e Moon Christmas Offering. This offering is named a\er a girl who was raised in a wealthy Virginian family, became a Christ-follower in college, then dedicated the rest of her life to serving as a missionary in China. 100% of what you give to this offering goes directly to the InternaVonal Mission Board.
I hope that you and your family will consider supporVng the Lo_e Moon Christmas Offering or one of the many other offerings we are supporVng as a church. These are gi\s that will make an eternal impact.
Your Pastor,
Kevin
Year-end givingThank you so much for your generous giving in 2017! As we approach December 31, we hope you’ll keep Northway Church in mind for your end-of-year giving! In order for giQs to be counted toward your 2017 contribuRons, please remember the following:
1 - This Sunday (December 17) is the last Sunday to give if you are heading out of town for Christmas and New Years. 2 - The last day to postmark a check this year is Saturday, December 30 (instead of December 31, since it falls on a Sunday). 3 - You can give online or through text up unRl midnight on December 31. 4 - You may bring a giQ to the church office anyRme before December 29 at noon.
Thank you again for your support of our ministries!
Your Pastor, Kevin
It's time, everyone: Cathedral Coffee will be opening in Spring 2018 and we are looking for a coffee-loving,
hardworking manager with a positive, Christ-like attitude!
The manager must understand the vision of Northway Church and be passionate about leading employees in the
same direction; after all, we aren't just serving coffee, we're serving the community by sharing the Gospel!
Know someone who would be interested in joining our team? Click on the button below for a full job description.
Interested in learning more about Northway Church? Then Next@Northway is for you! MeeVng on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am in room M-2, Next@Northway is a casual and conversaVonal environment in which you’ll hear about the different ministries and opportuniVes available through the church. No need to register, come any week and just drop in!
The class will resume Sunday, December 17 and conVnue through January with two weeks off for the holidays. No registraVon is needed and aMendance each week is not required. Come when you can! If you have children, programming is offered for all ages the enVre morning, so your children will be well cared for.
If you have any quesVons or would like more informaVon, please contact Phil Anderson: [email protected].
Since December 24 is on a Sunday, the church is planning to do something different for our morning worship. A family worship service will be held at 10:30 am which will last about 30 minutes. Following the service, we will send our congregaVon out into the community to bless Macon by “being Christmas” to the people around us.
Space for many of our projects has filled up so two new ministries were added this week:
• Serve breakfast to the homeless and needy Help prepare and serve breakfast to those in need at Heritage @ Houston Methodist Church on 4116 Houston Ave. Note that this will take place from 7:00 – 9:00 am rather than a\er church like all of the other efforts.
• Serve lunch to the homeless Assist in serving lunch to those in need at Christ Church on 582 Walnut St. Plan to stay unVl 1:30 pm.
Most of the opportuniVes will be family friendly so that children can parVcipate with their parents. It would also be a great project for a Home Team or connecVon class to do together!
You can read over the list and sign up by clicking on the link below. As the date approaches, the leader of your selecVon will contact you with more specific details. Thank you for helping us “bless the community” this Christmas!
While Northway supports a local ministry each year during December, we also annually provide financial support for the Lo_e Moon Christmas Offering.
StarVng in 1888, the Lo_e Moon Christmas Offering® was established to empower the internaVonal missions efforts for Southern BapVsts. A\er more than a century, the annual offering conVnues its steady growth. The NaVonal Goal this year is $160 Million. Your giving enables missionaries to be sent to make disciples and mulVply churches among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God.
You can be assured that 100% of your gi\s are disbursed through the InternaVonal Mission Board directly to the mission field to fund special projects and needs of our internaVonal missionaries. You can give through the special Lo_e Moon offering envelopes available around the church or by designaVng a porVon of your gi\ to the church.
For more informaVon about the LMCO, go to: hMps://www.imb.org/lo_e-moon-christmas-offering
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Ministry focus for December:
One of the ministry partners of Northway Church is a wonderful local organizaVon called Caring SoluVons which provides services in both Macon and Warner-Robins. Their purpose is to offer hope and honor life in the midst of unplanned pregnancy.
The free and confidenVal services of pregnancy tesVng, limited ultrasound, nurse consultaVons, and pregnancy support, offer those who are experiencing an unintended pregnancy the help they need. Clients are provided with informaVon that o\en provides the answers they are looking for. Caring SoluVons aims to create a refuge for them and pray that they feel loved and valued knowing that they are not alone during the pregnancy. Through their support, clients are able to make an informed decision and are connected with the resources that they need if they decide to parent or place for adopVon. Clients are treated with the utmost respect as Caring SoluVons strives to offer HOPE through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
During the month of December, we are asking for you to consider making a donaVon to this ministry through the church. Our bold goal is $30,000 which will go directly to their daily operaVons. Over Vme, they’ve seen that for every $1000 to their budget, a life is saved! Join us in saving lives this year. When you give your offering, simply designate a porVon by lisVng Caring SoluVons as the recipient. For more informaVon on Caring SoluVons, visit: friendsofcaringsoluVons.com
If you are looking for a beauVful manner in which to exercise your compassions during the holidays, the Family Christmas AdopVon Project is a marvelous way to demonstrate the Spirit of Christmas with those who are truly in need. Many families appreciate the opportunity to be part of Project Giving's Family Christmas AdopVon Project in order for their personal children to witness the true meaning of Christmas... loving, serving, and blessing others.
Project Giving uVlizes our educaVonal system via teachers, counselors, and principals to determine the families within their schools who are most in need. What makes this branch of our Project Giving OrganizaVon so unique is that, "WE FIND OUR FAMILIES IN NEED!" A\er selecVng families whose needs are genuine, we partner them with businesses, organizaVons, church affiliaVons, families, and individuals who "adopt" them for Christmas.
If you would like to adopt a family, go to their website www.projectgiving.net to register.
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