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MINISTER ARTICLES I UPCOMING EVENTS I CALENDAR I DEVOTIONS
BROADCASTER WINTER 2014/15
CHRISTMAS STORY”
KEEPING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT by Kristie Cocking
“THE
NOTES ON MARRIAGE from Ron Hanson
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MISSION HIGHLIGHT Operation Christmas Child
New Brighton Christian Church...
strives to be a healthy, growing church that has a great passion to live the Great Commandment and the Great Commission by loving God, loving people, and sharing the Good News.
As a congregation…
we will focus on raising Christ-centered followers in Christ-centered homes.
Services
9am: Sunday School
10am: Worship Service
7pm: Wednesday Night Bible Study
TABLE OF CONTENTS Winter 2015 | New Brighton Christian Church | Volume 1:1
A Different Look
You may notice that there are a few changes to NBCC’s publication: The Broadcaster. Most notable of these changes is the transition into a quarterly edition. Our goal is to produce a 3-month seasonal calendar. By doing so we hope to provide an opportunity to look a little further ahead to what’s happening within the various ministries at the church. We’d like you to be able to plan even further ahead and to not be surprised by events that you didn’t know were coming up.
You may also notice another difference. The Broadcaster looks different. We felt that we had an opportunity, with the change of growing the Broadcaster, to give it a facelift. The Broadcaster serves us in many ways. One of those ways is the an impression it makes on anyone who reads it. We want our readers to know that we are dedicated to finding any way to improve. That improvement doesn’t stop at the Broadcaster but also on the more important fronts of worship and discipleship. The changes to our Broadcaster serve as a sign of our ever-forward movement towards betterment, growth, and refinement.
Hopefully its not just on paper…
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Notes on Marriage from Ron Hanson
Youth Events
Children’s Ministry
Quarterly Calendar
“Keeping the Christmas Spirit” by Kristie Cocking
Missions Highlight
“A Breakfast For MEN” by Reggie Camarse
”The Christmas Story…A Drive Thru Event”
Birthdays and Anniversaries
WHAT DO HUSBANDS AND WIVES WANT MOST IN MARRIAGE?
Notes from our Senior Minister | Ron Hanson
What do husbands and wives want most in marriage? It’s probably not what you think.
Because marriage was instituted by God, what God has to say about marriage is going to sound very different from what you’re going to hear from Oprah or Dr. Phil or just about anyone else you’re going to hear on TV. That’s because marriage isn’t simply a commitment, it isn’t simply a piece of paper, it isn’t simply a ceremony performed by a minister or a justice of the peace; marriage is the spiritual union between a man and a woman in which God supernaturally causes the two to become one.
Back in 1999, Syracuse University interviewed a large number of married couples and asked: What is it you want the most from your spouse in your marriage?
Can you guess what the number one response was among the women? The number one thing wives want from their husbands in marriage is affection. They want to feel loved by their husbands. So guys, if you’re smart, you’re thinking if your wife fell in love with you while you were dating, why not do some of the things you did while you were dating? Like take her out on a date every now and then. Bring
her flowers for no reason. Call her on your way home from work and say, “Honey, how about once you’re done shoveling the driveway we go get a big bag of White Castles?” Guys, your wife wants to know, beyond a shadow
of a doubt, with your words as well as your actions, that you love her.
Now in that same survey from Syracuse University, what do you think was the number one response from men when they were asked
what they wanted most from their spouse in marriage?
It wasn’t affection. It wasn’t sex. The number one thing husbands want from their wives in marriage is respect. Men are fulfilled in marriage when their wives make them feel important, and capable, and respected. So ladies, if you’re smart, you’re going to praise your husband for his accomplishments at work. People at work are praising him; how much more should you? Let h im know you appreciate even the little things he does around the house. After 29 years of marriage Judy knows that I’m no handyman, but when I do something even as simple as keeping the toilet from running, she tells me I’ve done a good job. Ladies, your husband wants to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you respect him.
Now why do you think the responses of the wives and husbands would be so different? It’s because that’s the way God made us. Did you know that? In Ephesians 5:25 the apostle Paul writes: Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. And then he continues in verse 33: However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must…do what? Respect her husband.
While we all want to be loved and respected, for the most part, for most couples, husbands kind of assume their wives love them. What they need is for their wives to respect them, and to show that respect in demonstrable ways. And for most couples, wives kind of assume their husbands respect them. What they need is for their husbands to love them, and to show that love in demonstrable ways.
What do husbands and wives want most in marriage? The needs God built into them when he made the two one.
“Marriage is the spiritual union
between a man and a woman”
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Upcoming Schedule
• 12/5: Teen Night
• 12/13: Christmas Drive Thru
• 12/20: Cookie Day
• 1/9: Teen Night
• 1/24: Snow Tubing
• 2/6-2/7: Dare to Share
• 2/27: Teen Night
• 3/13: Teen Night
• 3/28: Feed My Starving Children
• 4/9: Teen Night
• 4/24-4/25: 30 Hour Famine
• 5/8: Teen Night
• 5/23: Vertical Endeavors
This 2-day event is centered around equipping YOUTH with a boldness that says, “I will share the GOSPEL!”
Includes: skits, training, outreach opportunities, worship and more
dare2share.org/fearless
Dates: 2/6 - 2/7 Cost: $65 Grades: 6th - 12th Location: Grace Church in Eden Prairie (with over n ight at Va l ley Christian)
Teen Nights Join us for food and fun during our monthly teen nights. These events are for grades 6th-12th and are FREE! Each night will be from 7p-10p at the church. We hope to see you there. Don’t forget to bring your friends!
• December 5, 2014 • January 9, 2015 • February 27, 2015
Youth Cookie Day We will be baking cookies from 9a-12p on Saturday, Dec 20th at the church. RSVP which ingredient you can br ing and yummy cook ie rec ipes are encouraged!
Alyssa Lane 651.335.3993
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Sunday School We offer Sunday School classes for all ages! Even our youngest attenders have a class! Join us on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am.
Family Snow-Tubing Day Bundle up and hit the slopes for a family day of fun! On January 24 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, bring your family to Three Rivers Park in Maple Grove for some snow-tubing! (See page 8 for more info.) Contact Kristie if you plan to attend ([email protected]).
A Night Like No Other Our children’s Christmas program is Sunday, December 21st at 9:00 AM. Our children will take on the roles of shepherd, angels, sheep and magi, in order to share the message of Christmas in story and song.
If your child is 3 years through 5th grade & would like to participate, please contact Kristie ([email protected]). Rehearsal will take place during our Wednesday night activities.
Wednesday Night Update
DECEMBER: We will be exploring a series of lessons entitled “Truth in the Tinsel.” We’ll dive into the real reason for all the celebration.
JANUARY: We will resume our “We Choose Virtues” unit, as we strive to develop Godly character qualities.
FEBRUARY: MSgt Renning will visit our class again, as we make Valentines to send to airmen deployed overseas.
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Women’s Bible Study Join us every Thursday morning at 10am at the church to enjoy a time of study and fellowship.
Small Groups We have multiple small groups that meet throughout the area and on various schedules. Check out the small group information table for more
Wednesday Night Activities We have c lasses for a l l ages beginning at 7p from infant to adult. **(We will not meet on 12/24 or 12/31)
During the month of December, it’s easy to get caught up in the Christmas spirit. Decorations line the streets, displays fill the stores, carols ring, and lights twinkle. In December, Christmas spirit is abundant. But what happens in January, as it’s time to put away the tree, or as the cold weather stretches into March? As summer approaches, where will our Christmas spirit be then? In a famous line from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge says, “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” Is it possible? Can we keep Christmas in our hearts all year long? Blogger Rachel Reeves wrote that keeping Christmas in your heart is “about the overwhelming joy that Christmas can bring . . . should you choose to let it.”
Overwhelming joy is found when you realize that your entire salvation and purpose on this earth can be inextricably knit to a small child, lying in a manger, the one called Jesus “because he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)
Overwhelming joy is found when you realize that this whole world isn’t about you or the presents under the tree, but that “it is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35)
Overwhelming joy is found when you realize that you are blessed beyond belief and so your job now is to go out and be a blessing and to “love one another, for love comes from God.” (1 John 4:7)
That is the Christmas I hold in my heart. That is the overwhelming joy and kindness I want to feel each and every day, even in the middle of July.
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KEEPING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Notes from our Children’s Minister | Kristie Cocking
Snow Tubing for the Whole Family!!
Date: Saturday January 24, 2015
Time: 10am to 1pm
Cost: $12 per person *Free for NBCC youth K-12 *May need money for lunch
Location: Elm Creek Park Reserve 12400 James Deane Parkway Maple Grove, MN 55369
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Mission Highlight
Operation Christmas Child
Thank-you to everyone who participated in donating shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. NBCC donated a total of 219 boxes in 2013 and we are hoping for a new record this year. These boxes are such a great opportunity to spread the joy of Christmas and share the love of Jesus Christ with so many children around the world.
If you would like to sign up for volunteer positions at the distribution center, NBCC has slots open on
• Tuesday 12/2 from 10a-4p • Monday 12/8 from 6p-10p
Although we may soon be done with p a c k i n g t h e shoeboxes, please continue to keep the c h i l d r e n i n y o u r p r a y e r s a s t h e y receive these gifts and hear about the love of Christ.
“What goes into an Operation Christmas Child shoebox is fun. What comes out
can change lives forever.”
A Breakfast for MEN
by Reggie Camarse
S t a r t i n g n e x t y e a r, o u r leadership intends to re-visit the layout of our Men’s Breakfast. This time has been i d e n t i f i e d a s i d e a l f o r i n c r e a s i n g d i s c i p l e s h i p moments and strengthening the fellowship of men at NBCC. Men have always played an important role in the ministry of the church. We serve as leaders, servants, t e a c h e r s a n d h u m b l e followers. Our example of the “Christian man” is evident to many, and to re-visit the way we approach this, together, is on the horizon.
2015 Men’s Breakfast starts on Saturday, January 3rd at 8am. If you are ready to dedicate yourself to some personal growth in faith and t o s t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e brotherhood at NBCC, please allow yourself to make this a priority.
• January 3rd at 8am • February 7th at 8am
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THE CHRISTMAS STORY… A DRIVE THRU EVENT
December 13th and 14th | 6:30pm to 8:30pm | Miriam Ward
This year NBCC will again present our outdoor “live” version of The Christmas Story. Hundreds of visitors are expected again as we present the story of Jesus’ birth. For 32 years our church has shared the message of “Good News” to the community in this manner. For two evenings each December the church frontage is transformed with scenery, music, people in costumes, and live animals to tell the story of the first Christmas. Visitors remain in their cars as they drive past the many scenes, read scripture posted on signs, and listen to music while experiencing The Christmas Story. We pray people in each car are blessed, whether this is their first visit or if their family makes this an annual tradition. Many thousands have been blessed by this event in the past three decades.
On Saturday morning, December 13th volunteers are invited for breakfast at 8:00am before beginning to set up scenery, lights and signs or helping to arrange things inside. Nearly 150 volunteers are needed
during the Drive Thru performances to wear costumes or handle other jobs, both inside and outdoors. Youth have a special opportunity to be part of the Drive Thru as we invite them, their families, and friends to volunteer especially on Saturday evening. First they will enjoy being outdoors in The Christmas Story together and then warm up inside during the same break times. Some special activities and fun times together are being planned for youth during the break periods.
There are many opportunities to be involved and help. Please pray about this important outreach and sign up to be part of the event on December 13th and 14th.
Thank you in advance to everyone who will help in making the 2014 Drive Thru a wonderful time of community outreach and church fellowship.
Questions or comments may be directed t o M i r i a m Wa r d ( 6 5 1 / 2 6 9 - 0 3 9 3 o r [email protected]).
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Birthdays
DECEMBER 12/3 Connie Kylander 12/6 Kim Plochocki 12/9 Nicole Weikert 12/11 Leah Watkins 12/12 Mary Tolle 12/14 Alex Simons 12/14 Carl Hamlow 12/15 Dodie Weikert 12/15 Rod Haggard 12/16 Phillip Kylander 12/16 Warren Reber 12/19 Judy Kotaska 12/23 Ron Hanson 12/29 Betty Rolland
JANUARY 1/2 Rebekah Merrill 1/4 Dale Stevens 1/7 Brian Sladek 1/7 Lisa Domeyer 1/7 Barbara Sroka 1/17 Marion Hardy 1/19 Megan Domeyer 1/23 Cindy Winter 1/26 Bobbi Craig 1/26 Eunice Barber 1/26 Shirley Mens 1/28 Mary Jo Czaplewski 1/31 Rick Lundgren
FEBRUARY 2/8 Kathy McNaul 2/9 Ann Dewing 2/12 Lee Trasamar 2/14 Betty Zacharias 2/14 Joyce Brewer 2/15 Linda Philippy 2/15 Barb Banta 2/15 Patti Reber 2/16 Donna Fuller 2/17 Ed Jonak 2/20 Luke McDaniel 2/21 Norval Tolle 2/26 Jon Norlin
Anniversaries
12/15 Birger & Connie Kylander 12/16 Dave & Nancy Reber 1/20 Gregg & Lori Hansen 2/10 Mike & Gloria Rosenstiel 2/14 Bill & Eunice Barber 2/15 Keith & Linda Henry-Hanson 2/16 Bob & Shirley Noeker 2/23 Eugene & JoAnne Kurkowski 2/27 Frank & Dodie Weikert 2/28 Don & Barb Sroka
Sole Hope Missions Project
On Saturday, Feb 21st from 9a-1p join us at the church for a “shoe cutting party” through Sole Hope. (For all ages)
They’re putting choruses in hymnbooks and projecting hymns onto the screen. It’s getting so I can’t remember what I’m not supposed to like!
Feed My Starving Children
Join us on Friday, Jan 16th from 8p-9:30p to serve at FMSC - Coon Rapids location. See sign-up for more details.
Deacon of the Month
December: Les Clapp January: Les Clapp February: Matt Buffington
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New Brighton Christian Church 1500 29th Ave NW New Brighton, MN 55112
Phone: 651-633-7152 | Email: [email protected]| Website: www.nbcc.cc
