Deliver 2011

New Life Family,

I am so very proud of all of you! Because of your generosity of Giving to fill Wal-Mart bags with household items, Going to pass them out to our neighbors, and Praying for those that you met this past Sunday during “Deliver 2011” we have stepped out into our 3 Block Radius around the church and begun to re-introduce our community to Jesus! Life change happens best out on the streets of life!

There were countless stories of encounters with people that day as we shared with one another after we had distributed the bags. If you were unable to go, just ask someone who did what took place that day! There are things that have transpired even since Sunday…

- We have had our neighbors across the street say, “thank you.”
- We have already received a thank you card from one neighbor on 10th Street who was not home at the time of our deliveries and she wanted to express her gratitude.
- We also had a young man come into the church today and we were able to meet an additional need of his and pray for his children and family!

Because of your commitment to Give, Go, and Pray we had almost 180 bags passed out to New Life’s community! Now comes the time to continue! To continue to re-introduce Jesus to our 3 block radius and our own neighbors, where ever we live!

You will hear more in the days ahead, but let me finish by preparing you for our 2012 theme, simply stated as “3 Blocks.”

2011 was themed – “Year 51” and that harvest of children and becoming the best at taking care of kids on the Westside of Marion has broken through in many ways for us at New Life.

Now by the end of 2012, our 3 Block Radius of New Life is going to be so saturated by the love of Jesus through our Giving, Going and Praying that they will have no doubt how we feel about them and they will turn to us in their needs instead of us trying to figure out what there needs are.

Why?
Because you and I will have developed such intimate, personal contact with them that there will be no way to avoid the truth that God loves them and cares about every detail of their lives!!

Are you ready?
If you want to be a part of the Creative Team for the 5th Sunday Outreaches into our 3 Block Radius let me know asap so I can schedule an upcoming time to gather with you and get the brainstorming going for our next time of going, giving and praying on January 29, 2012!

By the way, you can go to the homes of those you met and prayed for before January 29th!