Midweek Update

Merry Christmas NCL family,

 

Two very important pieces of information!!!!

 

First, as many of you know, we have moved our Christmas party from Newport Coast to Watts this coming Thursday night.  The Lord opened a door for us to come alongside Hope Central in Watts to serve the community by serving a southern feast, singing Christmas carols, and handing out gifts to hundreds of children.  You will not want to miss this wonderful opportunity to serve our Lord this Christmas by serving others.

 

Here is the plan so far: We will meet at my home at 4PM to carpool to Watts to arrive at 5PM to prepare and serve dinner promptly at 6PM!  After dinner we will sing Christmas carols and handout gifts to hundreds of children.  The event will end around 7:15, and then we will  have about 45 minutes to breakdown.  We should be departing Watts at 8:00PM.

 

If you are unable to attend, please be praying.  If you want to meet us up there, we will be meeting at 1464 East 109th Street, Los Angeles, CA.  Please let me know if you would like to join us!

 

Secondly, we will not be having any church meetings until Sunday, January 1, 2012, at which time we will celebrate New Year’s Day together with a testimony, a gospel message, and a potluck.  Let’s start the New Year off with a bang and remember to bring a dish to share and a friend to share the good news that Jesus Christ has come!

 

This morning for my devotion I meditated on the song Mary sang after her visit with Elizabeth (just before John the Baptist's birth and about three months before Jesus was born).  Please take a moment and mediate on Mary’s joyful heart:

 

“My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.  For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.  For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.  And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.  He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.  He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.  He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.  He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever.”
Luke 1:46-56

 

God bless you!