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Archive for June, 2008

Oneanother

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Last week, I talked about the importance of community, and I characterized community as a group of people who are “one anothering” as commanded in the New Testament. I thought this post from the Willow Creek guys was really powerful.
Oneanother

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Pray without ceasing. (1 Thess. 5:17, NASB)
As we enter the “One Prayer” series as a church, I thought it might be useful to share a great idea for prayer that we discussed in our Spiritual Experiments small group this past week. We talked about how we can be in prayer every day, all day, in [...]

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Weekend Summary: June 7-8, 2008

Monday, June 9th, 2008

WORSHIP
(Ballston location)
O Praise Him
Mighty to Save
Center
History Maker
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Discipleship Atlas - The Summer 2008 Discipleship Atlas has arrived! Pick up your copy at the connection center and join us for a summer of small group fun and fellowship. Check online for a listing of all of the summer groups. For more information, please [...]

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It’s the launch of a new semester of small groups at NCC and that means the start of a brand new leadership lesson series! If you are new to NCC leadership or to the zonegathering, Thursday Leadership Lesson is a weekly article selected or written by a member of our team that we hope will [...]

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Bible Drill Wednesday: Love One Another

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

After a bit of a sabbatical, Bible Drill Wednesday is back this week. And after hearing Heather’s sermon this week (”Community: The Final Apologetic”), I began thinking about all of the “one another” commands in Scripture.
Heather talked about Jesus’ final thoughts/prayers as He prepared to go to the cross, and left us with this prayer: [...]

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Weekend Summary: May 31/June 1, 2008

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Discipleship Atlas - The Summer 2008 Discipleship Atlas has arrived! Pick up your copy at the connection center and join us for a summer of small group fun and fellowship. Check online for a listing of all of the summer groups. For more information, please contact Heather.
Summer Service Schedule - Our summer [...]

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Promoting Ministries in Small Group

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

At NCC, we encourage everyone to be plugged into both a small group and a ministry. As you kick off your small group this weekend, I would urge you to encourage everyone in your group to sign up for a ministry at the NCC campus they attend.
Ephesians 4:11-13 states, “And He Himself gave some [...]

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