Calendar 4

Children’s Choir 7

Concerns 2

Famous Last Words 3

Summer Camps 7

Homeless Alliance 5

Daylight Savings 2

Men’s Retreat 6

Stewardship Thought 2

Sunday Servants 3

Women’s News 6

Inside this issue:

New Hope News

February 27, 2013

As most of you know New Hope

Christian Church has experienced

numerous shed break-ins in the last

4 years resulting in the theft of thou-

sands of dollars worth of equipment.

The New Hope Board has decided

that it is time to build a new, more

secure storage facility on the north

side of the parking lot under the se-

curity light.

This new shed would be a 12 Ft.

wide 20 Ft. long building with a 12 x

12 Ft. room for all of our landscaping

equipment, and an 8 x 12 Ft. room

that can be used for additional stor-

age. It will include an expanded

metal within the frame to keep eve-

rything safe, and will have the same

type of façade as the church to make

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

through nurturing, serving and connecting

There are many opportunities for worship and

study during the Lenten season at NHCC.

Josh is preaching a very special sermon Series

called Famous Last Words, based on Jesus words

spoken as he hung on the cross.

On Wednesdays, through March 20th Josh will

lead a Bible Study about the nature of sin. There

will be sessions at 10:30a.m. and 6:00p.m. (Please

note that there will not be a morning session on

March 13th only).

On Palm Sunday, March 24th the choir will pre-

sent the Easter Cantata.

March 28th is Maundy Thursday and NHCC will

observe the occasion with a Seder Meal at

6:00p.m.

Friday, March 29th, we will observe Good Friday

with a Silent Service.

And on Easter, March 31st, we will celebrate the

Resurrection of our Lord. Josh’s sermon title for

Easter: The Final Word

Lenten Activities

it attractive.

To pay for the shed we will use the

available memorial funds of

$3,904.94 which will cover a little

over half of the cost. To pay for the

rest we will need your help! The

estimated cost of building this stor-

age building is about $6,500, which

is very inexpensive because some of

our members have agreed to donate

all of their labor; but, we will still

need your generous gifts to help us

finish this very important project!

Will you please consider giving a

onetime gift to help pay for this

much needed storage facility, so we

can continue to improve the facili-

ties of New Hope Christian Church!

New Storage Building

In Our Prayers

Page 2 New Hope News

SPECIAL PRAYERS

Lavelle Dinwiddie, Rusty Shaf-

fer, Nan Hartman’s sister Lo-

raine, Ron Skaley (Patricia

Johnson’s Brother), Georgette

Reed’s mother, Betty (friend of

the Reames), Mandy & Jason

Musshafen, Debbie Todd’s Sis-

ter-in-law, The Regional

Church.

CONTINUED PRAYERS

Nan Hartman, Kim Ritchie,

Beulah Ames, Don Mann, Eve-

lyn Wilcoxen, Virginia Ballard

(Cathy Hempel’s mother), Patsy

Webb’s great nephew Jack, Ste-

ve Collier, Marcelle Lemons

(Ashley’s Grandma), Lloyd Dod-

son, Mandy and Kaylin

Musshafen, Marie Shipman and

Dyann Schull (relatives of Bet-

tie Davis), Ian Carter (friend of

Brad Davidson), Patsy Webb’s

nephew, Zack, our country’s

leaders and all personnel serv-

ing in the Military and their

families.

Stewardship Thought Daylight Savings Time Begins Sunday, March 10th

Set your clock forward when you go to bed Saturday night, March 9th. You wouldn’t want

to be late for Church! (Would you?)

Giving

Our giving is a spiritual matter that involves

the heart, our spiritual knowledge of scrip-

tures, and our spiritual capacity for faith in

God and his invisible powers. Giving reflects

our value system, our life priorities, and our

life disciplines. Seeing God work in our materi-

al world of things will enlarge our faith for the

invisible world of the kingdom of God.

“And God is able to make all grace abound to-

ward you, that you, always having all sufficien-

cy in all things, may have an abundance of eve-

ry good work 2 Corinthians 9:8

CENTRAL AREA CHURCHES

PRAYING FOR CHURCHES

March 3rd:

Iglesia Cristiana Re de Gloria

Pastors, Pedro Castaneda &

Alejandro Castaneda

March 10th:

Iglesia Cristiana Discipulos

de Cristo

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Worship Leader Richard Reames

Elders Don Mann & Priscilla Mann

Greeters Patsy Webb & Carolyn Little

Deacons: Barbara Christoffels, Patsy Webb

Sidney Hartman, Kendall Hartman

Christy Qualls, Jeff Hempel

Nursery Jan Comeaux

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 Penny Hampton.)

Sunday Servants for March

February 27, 2013

In this sermon series we are are confronted

once again with the “Famous Last Words”

that Jesus speaks to us as a condemned

man suffering on the cross. Words that if

comprehended will change everything

about who you are as a follower of Christ.

So please plan to Join us for this important

Lenten series!

.

With the help of friends like you, in Fiscal Year 2012:

* The equivalent of 211 million meals were provided.

* 90,000 different people received food each week from more than 1,000

partner agencies and schools across Oklahoma.

* 19,800 chronically hungry children were served through our Food For Kids

Programs.

* 8.5 million pounds of fresh produce were distributed to Oklahomans

in need.

As you can see, your partnership has helped fill empty shelves, tables and

stomachs throughout central and western Oklahoma!

Please join your NHCC friends on the Second Saturday of each month from

9:00a.m. to Noon working at the Regional Food Bank.

You can help make a difference!

Famous

Last

Words

Page 4 New Hope News

What’s Happening at New Hope

March 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

3

Food Cabinet Sunday Sermon Series:

Famous Last Words

1:30pm Staff meeting 1:30-6:30 Adult Inter-

faith Tour

4

6:30pm CWF Evening

Group

5 10:00am CWF Morning

Group

6 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 10:30am & 6:00p.m.

Lenten Study 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir

7

8

9 ODW/CWF Harbinger of

Spring Meeting

at Church of

the Covenant

in Enid 9am-12Noon Regional

Food Bank

10

Sermon Series:

Famous Last Words

11

12

13 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 6:00p;.m. Lenten

Study 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir

NEWSLETTER

14

15 Disciples

Men Retreat

thru Sat. @

Central

Camp in

Guthrie thru

Saturday

16

8am-4pm Coast Guard

Aux Boating Safety

Class

17 9:30am Children’s

Choir Sermon Series:

Famous Last Words Meetings: 1:30 Board 2:30 Worship, Property Stewardship 3:30 Missions Education

18 19

20 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 10:30am & 6:00pm

Lenten Study 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir

21

6:00pm

40 Plus

22 23

24

Palm Sunday Easter Cantata

Easter Special Of-

fering

25 26

27 9-10am Men’s Breakfast 1-2pm Over 40 7pm Choir NEWSLETTER

28

6:00p.m.

Seder Meal

Maundy

Thurs-

day

29

6:00p.m.

Good Friday

Silent Ser-

vice

Good

Friday

30

31

Easter

“The Final Word”

Easter Special

Offering

February 27, 2013 Page 5

Six months ago – back in August – a

small group from Oklahoma City

learned about the national 100,000

Homes Campaign and said, “Wouldn’t it

be cool if we could do that here?” Now

on Valentine’s Day, 2013, we proved

we actually could use the Housing First

model to begin getting our most medi-

cally vulnerable, chronically homeless,

unsheltered people into housing and sur-

round them with the services and case

management they will need in order to

sustain that housing.

Our goal was to create a “by name and

face registry” of as many of our chroni-

cally homeless, unsheltered Oklahoma

Cityans as we possibly could. Thanks to

the efforts of more than 100 volunteers,

The Homeless Alliance is rallying our

community to end homelessness

that goal was realized the week of

January 20.

After Registry Week, staff from

more than 20 governments, faith-

based and nonprofit agencies went

to work prioritizing the 150 most

medically vulnerable unsheltered

individuals and families we regis-

tered. Prioritizing included not only

determining who were the most

medically vulnerable, but also iden-

tifying what wraparound services

each individual or family would

need to sustain housing, what agen-

cies would be providing those ser-

vices, and identifying the most ap-

propriate housing options for each

of our first 14.

Our “stretch” goal was to house

14 of our most vulnerable citi-

zens by the 14th of February

(one day LESS than three

weeks after Registry week!!!)

and I am proud to report that

the final tally for today is 17

housed – a breathtaking col-

laborative effort that a mere six

months ago was a pipedream.

Oklahoma City is on its way to

ENDING chronic homeless-

ness, not just managing it. If

Registry Week was the end of

the beginning, today marked

the beginning of the end. We

still have a long hard road

ahead, but if the last three

Here’s what that process looked like, with each client having a poster.

Check with Sean Shenold to see what you can

do to assist in this life-changing project!!

Page 6 New Hope News

CWF Evening Group

The CWF Evening Group will

meet on Monday, March 4th

at 6:30p.m. at the Church.

Janette Whittern will be our

hostess and lead the meeting.

CWF Day Group

The CWF Day Group will meet

on Tuesday, March 5th at

10:00a.m. at the Church. This

will be a General Fellow-

ship/Business meeting and

luncheon.

Thank You Dear New Hope

A big thank you for the love-ly “goodie Bag Basket!” Eve-rything was great—New Hope Christian Church and children are the best!! God bless you.

Love you,

Henrietta Shrier

Maxine Coburn called to say

“Thank You” for her wonderful

Valentine Basket. She really ap-

preciated the thoughtfulness

Women’s News

All the women of NHCC are invited to attend either the Day

Group or the Evening Group—-or both if you like.

And, not to let the guys get ahead of them, the ladies of NHCC

are now meeting for breakfast at Pioneer Pies on the Third

Tuesday of each month. Gathering time is 9:00a.m.(give or

take a minute or two). There were about a dozen present for

the first breakfast meeting in February! Next breakfast will

be on Tuesday, March 19th. Please join the ladies for food,

fun and fellowship.

Being a

Disciple Man Fellowship * Spirituality * Worship

Oklahoma Disciples Men’s Retreat

March 15-16, 2013

Central Christian Camp & Conference Center

Guthrie, Oklahoma

You can register on line at okdisciples.org or pick up a registration form

From the table in the NHCC narthex

Page 7

Children’s Choir

Sunday, March 17th

9:30a.m.

Come Join the Fun!!

We will practice and have a lesson at 9:30 and then sing

February 27, 2013

Please Note! Your contribution state-

ments are on the table at

the back of the Sanctuary

for you to pick up. Please

note that some of you have

more than more than one!

12323 S. Pennsylvania Oklahoma City, OK 73170

Ministers: All Members

Senior Minister: Rev. Joshua Leu

Adm. Assistant: Sandy Moyers

Youth and Children’s Minister: Josh Fearing

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

February 27, 2013

We’re on the Web

nhccokc.com

Just be yourself!

Everybody else is taken.

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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