Calendar 9

Children’s 3

Children’s Choir 4

Leadership Training 6

Prayer Concerns 2

Congratulations Tara! 6

Christmas Offering 3

Refuge Fellowship News 6

Serving in December 2

Stewardship Moment 3

Talent Show 4

Inside this issue:

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

through nurturing, serving, and connecting! December 18, 2013

End of Year

Contributions

The end of 2013 is just around the corner. Is

your church “2013 pledge” up to date? If you

aren’t sure, call or email the church office and

we will check it for you. All contributions to NHCC must be in the

office by December 31st to be counted for the 2013 tax year. This

will allow us to get your annual giving statements to you in Janu-

ary (and keep NHCC honest with the IRS).

Perhaps you have received an end-of-the-year “windfall”. Why not

give some of it to the church instead of to the tax man?

Dear New Hope,

It is with great appreciation and a bit of sadness that I write this letter. I am so grateful to each and every one of you for your support, grace, and love throughout these last 5 ½ years. You have picked me up when I was down, you have inspired me by your incredible service, and most importantly you have taught me what it means to be a good minister in service to Christ in this world. The truth is I would not be the leader, preacher, or pastor that I am today without all of you. It is because of you, I now have an incredible opportunity to serve another congregation.

Please know I love all of you and will miss you more than you will ever know. Even though I will be serving another congregation, you will always be in my thoughts and prayers; and I can’t wait to here about all of the incredible things that God will continue to do through New Hope Christian Church.

Love,

Josh Rev. Joshua Leu

In Our Prayers

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SPECIAL PRAYERS Wilma Cox, Lavelle Dinwiddie, Patsy Webb, Rusty Shaffer, Pat-sy Webb, Robert Hamilton (Dorothy Whaley’s son-in-law), Tawanna Romine, Michael Whit-tern, Ian Carter (friend of Brad Davidson), NHCC Search Com-mittee, The Regional Church.

CONTINUED PRAYERS

Michael Cain, Ann Henry, Georgette Reed’s husband, Da-vid Lee (Mollie Coker’s brother), Debbie Shepherd (friend of Brad Davidson), Yolonda Colli-er, Eddie Edwards (Barbara Christoffels son), Nan Hartman, Steve and Sue Wilson, Jasmine Moore (The Norton’s Grand-

daughter), Georgette Reed’s mother, Patsy Webb’s great nephew Jack, Wayne Trim (friend of Georgette Reed), Gwen Peoples (friend of Pa-tricia Johnson)Marie Shipman and Dyann Schull (relatives of Bettie Davis), Ivan Elieff (friend of Ron McKinney), James Cameron (friend of Vic-ki Eaton) everyone affected by the tornados, our coun-try’s leaders and all personnel serving in the Military and their families.

CENTRAL AREA CHURCHES PRAYING FOR CHURCHES December 22nd: First Christian Church-Newkirk Pastors: Robert Ferris Kathleen Ferris December 29th: Peckham Christian-Newkirk Pastor: Lee Mefford

Sunday Servants for December

Worship Leader Eugene Earsom Elders Eugene Earsom & Bill Comeaux Greeters Roxanne Walker & Ann Stanford Deacons Sidney Hartman, Kendall Hartman Sandy Kraft, Steve Kidwell William White, Anthony Henderson Nursery Jan Comeaux Communion Preparation Helen Turner Candle Lighters Youth (If you are scheduled to serve but unable to do so on any given date, Deacons, please call Rich-ard Reames, Elders, please call Diana Anderson)

Stewardship Thought

As we give in this week’s offering, we

stand on God’s promises that the Lord

will cause His blessings to come upon

us as the windows of Heaven are open.

Open over our lives today all the win-

dows of blessings and super-natural re-

sources. Let it be more than we can

handle.

“The Lord will command the blessing

on you in your storehouses and in all to

which you set your hand, and He will

bless you in the land which the Lord

your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 28:8

New Hope News Page 3 New Hope Serves

Christmas Special

Offering On Sunday, December 22nd, NHCC will

again receive contributions to the annual

Christmas Special Offering. All of the

Christmas Offering monies stay in the

Oklahoma Region. And are used to sup-

port our summer camps for youth and

children, the Regional Staff, the Commis-

sion on Clergy, the Search and Call Pro-

cess (which will help NHCC in seeking a

new pastor), Annual Leadership Training

School and many other ministries of the

Oklahoma Region.

Please be as generous as you are able to

be in your Christmas offering, realizing

this is “over and above” giving to NHCC.

What Gifts Shall We Bring?

Thank You!

The children of New

Hope thank you so much

for your help with their

Christmas Service Pro-

ject. A total of 111

Christmas cards were

collected and sent off to the State Capitol to

be delivered to the recovering Soldiers at

Reynolds Army Hospital at Fort Sill and we

could not have done it without your help.

Again, thank you!

Save Your Box Tops Remember, to save the Box Tops for Edu-

cation that are on many grocery items.

Place them in the box in the Narthex and

our Morning CWF Ladies will see that

they are delivered to a local school. Each

Box Top for Education provides 10 cents

to the school. Every little bit helps.

And Your Cancelled

Postage Stamps The ladies also collect used postage

stamps. These provide money for mis-

sions. Leave a 1/4” border around the

stamp when you cut it off the envelope

and place it in the box in the narthex.

Food Pantry

Sundays The first Sunday of each

month is Food Pantry Sun-

day at NHCC. Bring non-perishable food

items—or a few dollars for the special offering

that is taken. These are then passed along to

a local food pantry to help folks who are at risk

of going hungry.

Why not pick up an extra item or two when

you are buying your own groceries—or skip

one soda a day and give that money. It’s a

small way to “pay it forward” in response to all

of God’s many blessings.

New Hope Nurtures

Next Children’s

Choir

Sunday, January 19th

9:30a.m.

We’ll Sing in Worship!!

New Hope Connects

New Hope Talent Show

On January 26th, at 6:00p.m., the Evangelism

Committee will sponsor a talent show at New

Hope.

So get out your dancing shoes, or dust off that

piece of music, or maybe you need to brush up

on your Shakespearian Soliloquy. What ever

your special talent, prepare to share it with

your New Hope Family….and be a part of this

special evening.

Special Note:

If you plan to enter the talent show and would

like Brad to accompany you, he will be available

at the church on Sunday January 19th from

2:30-3:30pm and Saturday January 25th from

2:00-3:00pm. No need to make an appointment,

just show up on one of those days/times if you

need Brad to play for you so you can practice.

Also, please don't forget to bring your music

with you to your rehearsal. If you do not have

the music, you might check out the following

website (or a similar one) where you can pur-

chase and download the music:

www.sheetmusicdirect.com."

Save the Date As soon as you get your new calendar

for 2014, be sure to circle Saturday, Feb-

ruary 1st.

That is the date of the Annual Leader-

ship Training School presented by the

Christian Church in Oklahoma at First

Christian Church in Oklahoma City.

This is an opportunity to learn new

things or be reminded of things you

knew but had forgotten in church organ-

ization and leadership and spiritual

growth.

A list of available classes and teachers

will be printed here as soon as it be-

comes available, in the meantime, be

sure to Save the Date!

Christmas Greetings New Hope has received lovely Christmas

Cards from Virginia Gage, Jo Hart and Wes

and Marilyn Collier. They are posted on the

bulletin board in Fellowship Hall.

New Hope News Page 7 December 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thurs-day

Friday Saturday

22 Christmas Sunday

Christmas Special

Offering

Called Board Meeting

Right after Worship 1pm St. Andrew’s will

use the Baptistery

23

24

Sandy Out

4pm Rehearsal

for Christmas

Eve Service 6pm Christmas Eve

Service

“Emmanuel”

25 Church

Office

Closed for

Holiday

26

27 28

January 2014

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thurs-day

Friday Saturday

29 30 31

News-

letter

1 Church Office

Closed

2 3 4

5

Food Cabinet

Sunday

1:30pm Staff Meeting

6

6pm CWF Evening

Group

7 10am CWF Day Group

8 9am Men’s Bkfst 1pm Over 40 7pm Choir

9 10 11

9am Coast

Guard Aux.

12

12n Fellowship & Rec meeting

13 14

15

Newsletter 9am Men’s Bkfst 1pm Over 40 7pm Choir

16 40+

17 18

19

9:30 Children’s Choir 12n Missions Meeting 1:30pm Board Meeting 2:30p.m Property and Worship Meetings 3:30p.m Education

2:30-3:30 Brad will prac-

tice with Talent show

participants

20 21

9:00 Ladies

Breakfast

22 9am Men’s Bkfst 1pm Over 40 7pm Choir

23 24 25

2:00-3:00

Brad will

practice w/

talent show

participants

26 12n Refuge Planning??? 6pm Talent Show Sponsored by Evang. Comm.

27 28 9:30am Cen-

tral Area

CWF @ El

Reno

29

Newsletter

9am Men’s Bkfst 1pm Over 40 7pm Choir

30 31 Feb. 1

Leader-

ship

School at

FCC in

OKC

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

December 18, 2013

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nhccokc.com

Who We Are As New Hope we are Disciples of Christ

striving to bring Heaven to earth by

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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Stamp

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Bringing Heaven to Earth