Calendar 9

Fall Festival 6

Children’s Choir 4

CWF News 6

Prayer Concerns 2

Refuge Fellowship 5

Food Pantry Sunday 5

Fellowship Hall Renovation 8

Serving in November 2

Stewardship Letter 3

Important Notice 4

Inside this issue:

New Hope News

As New Hope we are Disciples of Christ striving to bring Heaven to

earth through nurturing, serving and connecting October 23, 2013

New Sermon Series Starting this Sunday we are beginning a new

sermon series called "Living Together". In this

sermon series we will be using wisdom given to

us in the 4th chapter of Ephesians (where Paul

is dealing with a fairly unruly church) to learn

and to be reminded of some of the practical

things we all must do to live together. The goal

for this sermon series to help us all come to

terms with the realities of being a part of a

community and most importantly what we can

accomplish if we learn to work together.

It’s almost Halloween which

means it’s time to get ready for

our annual Trunk or Treat at

NHCC.

The Evangelism Committee

will need a lot of help to make

this evening the special event it

has been in the past.

Fist we need trunks—the more

the better! Just bring your car

and park it so you can hand out

treats from the back. Costumes

are optional—but they are a lot

of fun!

Next we need volunteers to at-

tend all the different stations

that it will take to cover every-

thing—traffic control, balloon

ride waivers, etc.

And of course, most im-

portant of all, we will need

treats-lots and lots of Treats.

(otherwise we have to call the

event Trunks and nobody

will show up for trunks!)

We need individually

wrapped candy, gum, and

other treats. Just pick up a

bag or two when you’re at the

grocery store or Wal-Mart ,

bring it to the church before

October 31st and leave it in

the container provided.

In Our Prayers

Page 2 New Hope News

SPECIAL PRAYERS Wilma Cox, Lavelle Dinwiddie, Rusty Shaffer, Michael Cain, Mi-chael Whittern, Jana Findlay’s family, Georgette Reed’s hus-band and her Aunt Junie, David Lee (Mollie Coker’s broth-er),Debbie Shepherd (friend of Brad Davidson), Gwen Peoples (friend of Patricia Johnson), the Regional Church

CONTINUED PRAYERS

Virginia Gage, , Kim Ritchie, , Evelyn Wilcoxson, Georgette Reed, Yolonda Collier, Eddie Ed-wards (Barbara Christoffels son), William White, Nan Hartman, Steve and Sue Wilson, Jasmine Moore (The Norton’s Grand-

daughter), Marcelle Lemons (Ashley’s Grandma), Georgette Reed’s mother, Patsy Webb’s great nephew Jack, Wayne Trim (friend of Georgette Reed), Ma-rie Shipman and Dyann Schull (relatives of Bettie Davis), Ivan Elieff (friend of Ron McKinney), James Cameron (friend of Vicki Eaton), Ian Carter (friend of Brad Davidson), everyone affected by the tornados, our country’s lead-ers and all personnel serving in the Military and their families.

CENTRAL AREA CHURCHES

PRAYING FOR CHURCHES

October 27th:

1st Christian, Guthrie

Pastors: Dennis Clark,

Karen Allen

November 3rd:

1st Christian, Kaw City

Sunday Servants for

November

Worship Leader Charlie Norton

Elders Charlie Norton & Patricia Johnson

Greeters Janette Whittern & Bill Comeaux

Deacons: Jean Bittinger, Roxanne Walker

Ann Stanford, Gilbert Briones

Nursery Eloisa Briones

Candle Lighters Youth

Communion Preparation Helen Turner

(If you are scheduled to serve but unable to do so

on any given date, Deacons, please call Richard

Reames, Elders, please call Diana Anderson)

Stewardship Thought As we give in today's offering, we re-

joice as we bring to the Lord the

firstfruits of our income. We worship

the Lord with a grateful heart, for He

has provided faithfully for us and our

house. We give willingly and cheerfully.

“Now may He who supplies seed to the

sower, and bread for food, supply and

multiply the seed you have sown and

increase the fruits of your righteous-

ness.”

2 Corinthians 9:10

“Now Lord what am I

waiting for – my hope is in

you”

Psalm 39:7

A Future with Hope…….What’s next!

I intend as a servant of the Lord to give to my church in the coming

year.

$_______________

I understand that this pledge can be raised or lowered at any time by

notifying the financial secretary of the church.

Date _____________________ 20 ______

Name ________________________

(Please Circle One)

Weekly

Monthly

Annually

Dear NHCC Members,

Believe it or not 2014 is just around the corner and the Stewardship Committee

needs your help as members of the NHCC Congregation. It is that time of year that the Stewardship committee will be preparing the 2014 budget and your

pledges help NHCC to meet its basic needs. Our giving provides a regular, pre-

dictable source of funding so the church can meet its practical responsibilities. Every church has fixed monthly expenses: building maintenance, utilities, sala-

ries, etc. Please take time to complete and remit the pledge card you have re-ceived by placing in the offering plate on Sunday. Should you need a pledge card

just ask and "you shall receive".

We are Disciples of Christ striving to bring Heaven to Earth by Nurturing Serving and Connecting.

Thanks for your prayers and commitment to New Hope Christian Church.

2014 Stewardship Committee

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New Hope Nurtures

On Saturday, October 19, New Hope held

its first Fall Festival for youth and chil-

dren. We had in attendance approxi-

mately 30 people (children and adults).

Due to an abrupt change in the weather,

the festival was changed from outside to

inside the fellowship hall. "As a kick-off

the Fall Fest activities, the children re-

leased helium balloons and we watched

them float fast away until they were out

of sight."

Hay bales were brought in to set the sce-

ne as well as scarecrows and pumpkins.

God gave to us a beautiful fall day Satur-

day afternoon so we were able to hold

some events outside anyway. There was

lots to do. There was corn shucking, bob-

bing for apples, pumpkin painting and

pumpkin carving, pie eating contest, sack

races and wheel barrow races. And a pie

in the face contest which was won by Bill

Shenold. All the children got to smash

mini cream pies in Bill's face. Thank you

Bill, for being such a good sport. We had

hot dogs, macaroni and cheese and fresh

corn on the cob to eat. For dessert we had

homemade s'mores, with a choice of gooey

or extra gooey marshmallow. Yum! Thank

you to everyone who attended the festival.

Special thank you to all who helped get

the festival ready and conduct events as

well as clean up afterwards. Don and

George, thank you very much for getting

the hay for us. God Bless!

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!

This Sunday, October

27, all children are

asked to wear their Hal-

loween costumes to

church for a special

Children's Moment.

Children’s

Choir

Sunday, November 17

9:30a.m.

We’ll Sing in Worship!!

October 23, 2013

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New Hope Serves

NHCC at

Refuge Fellowship Once again New Hope took a turn serving the

homeless of downtown Oklahoma City on Mon-

day the 21st, at Refuge Fellowship Church, 520

W. Main St. Not only did we serve a meal, we

also brought all the items donated through a

winter clothing and diaper drive we had been

holding for the past 2 to 3 weeks.

Refuge is really growing! They're averaging be-

tween 70 and 85 people in attendance at each

Monday night service, and the 21st was no ex-

ception, with 73 on hand despite the weather,

with the overnight low forecasted for 48.

We brought over 125 servings of chicken ala

king, served over rice, with a dinner salad with

croutons and a choice of dressings, along with

dinner rolls and peach and cherry cobbler for

desert; we also brought some marinated chicken

breasts in case we had someone with a food al-

lergy, or simply didn't like mushrooms. We gave

out every single bit of what we brought

(including 9 pots of coffer), and made sure no

one went away hungry.

Typically, at homeless shelters people get a sin-

gle pass through the line to get their food; the

food is rationed pretty tightly, naturally, due to

the demand. However, when we serve at Refuge,

we make sure we have plenty, and even have

enough to allow people to take a little extra with

them to wherever they're going.

On the winter clothing and baby diaper drive,

we had nearly an entire full-sized pickup full of

boxes of clothing and shoes. These too, went

very quickly; Refuge has a partner that assists

with such things, and he keeps track of any left-

overs and brings them back from week to week.

But I'd estimate that around 90% of the items

we brought found new homes.

The ministry at Refuge Fellowship is growing

by leaps and bounds. Rev. Noel Gray, pastor

at Refuge Fellowship, has partnered with the

Homeless Alliance here in OKC, to help expe-

dite the process of getting the homeless off

the streets, and it's really beginning to help,

to change the lives of those less fortunate.

She's also working on some means of assist-

ing Refuge members in finding transportation

to and from jobs. Refuge is truly beginning to

bring hope to those who for so long have been

without hope, and it's a wonderful feeling to

be involved with such a ministry.

New Hope's next opportunity to serve at Ref-

uge Fellowship will be on Dec. 2nd. Stay

tuned for more news and how you can become

involved in this truly life-changing ministry

Don’t forget Food Cabinet Sunday! On No-

vember 3rd NHCC will again be collecting

non-perishable food items and money to

help feed the less fortunate in our commu-

nity. Just pick up an extra can of tuna or

jar of peanut butter when you are buying

your groceries. You probably won’t even

notice the difference, but for some family it

could mean the difference in putting their

kids to bed hungry or well-fed.

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New Hope Connects NHCC Connections

October 23, 2013

CWF News Some of our New Hope CWF ladies went

to the Central Area Quarterly Meeting

at New Covenant Christian Church last

Tuesday. The speaker (Dan Straughan,

Executive Director of the Homeless Alli-

ance. He shared with the group all that

is being done in Oklahoma City to assist

our homeless population.

The Evening group will meet on Mon-

day, November 4th at 6:30. Hostess will

be Traci Wood.

The Day Group will meet for business,

study and fellowship on Tuesday, No-

vember 5th. Study leader will be Doro-

thy Whaley

Be sure and mark your calendar for the

Ladies Monthly Breakfast which will be

on Tuesday, November 19th at 9:00a.m.

at Pioneer Pies. All ladies of NHCC are

welcome.

Men’s Breakfast The men of New Hope meet for break-

fast at 9:00am on Tuesday mornings at

Pioneer Pies.

Pardon the Mess! Work has begun on the Fellowship Hall Renova-

tion. The “popcorn” has been scraped off the ceil-

ing and the ceiling and walls are being painted a

beautiful color.

The old dirty carpet has been removed to pre-

pared for new carpet tiles.

Not just a renovation, but a transformation is

taking place. Can’t wait to see it finished!

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What’s Happening at New Hope

October 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

27

Meetings:

12 Noon Nominating

Committee 1:30 Cabinet 2:30 Elders, Deacons

3:30 Fellowship & Rec

Evangelism

28 29

7:00p.m.

Young Adult

Study Group

“Questions??

30 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 1:00pm Over 40

7pm Choir

31

Trunk or

Treat

Nov 1 2

November 2013

3 Food Cabinet Sunday 1:30pm Staff meeting

4

6:30p.m. CWF

NIGHT Group

Hostess:

Traci Wood

5

10:a.m.CWF

DAY Group

7pm

Young Adult

Group Study

“Questions?”

6 9-10am Men’s Breakfast

10:30 Bible Study 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir NEWSLETTER

7 8

9

1-8pm

Beckett

Wedding

10

11

12

13 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 10:30 Bible Study 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir

14 15 16

17

9:30am Children’s Choir Meetings: Missions 1:30 Board 2:30 Worship, Property Stewardship 3:30 Education Thanksgiving Special

Offering

18

19

9am Ladies

Breakfast

20 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 10:30 Bible Study 1pm Over 40 7pm Choir NEWSLETTER

21

6:00pm

40 Plus

22 23

24

Refuge Planning Thanksgiving Special

Offering Thanksgiving Lunch-

eon 3:30pm Choir will

sing Christmas Can-

tata @ Bradford Vil-

lage Hanging of the

Greens

25

4:30pm FCC

Edmond

26

27 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 1:00pm Over 40 7pm Choir

28

Thanks-

giving

Church

Offices

Closed

29 30

9am-Noon

Church

Cleaning

Day

12323 S. Pennsylvania Oklahoma City, OK 73170

Ministers: All Members

Senior Minister: Rev. Joshua Leu

Minister of Administration: Sandy Moyers

Youth Minister: Katy Hirsch

Children’s Minister: Anthony Henderson

Music Minister: Marietta Combs

Pianist: Brad Davidson

Media Tech: David Rock

Custodian: Sean Shenold

Phone: 405-691-5366 Fax: 405-691-5394

E-mail: newhopeccokc@sbcglobal.net

October 23, 2013

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Who We Are Nurturing

We are a diverse gathering of Jesus followers

devoted to creating a safe space and direction for

the younger generations. Serving

We are a church family whose house has no walls.

Our community and our world are family members

to whom we are connected through our Heavenly

Father. Our family includes all.

Connecting

We are a congregation that believes each person

has a unique place within the family of New

Hope…New Hope means new hope for anyone,

anywhere…in all situations.

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