North Street Update

Gathering to Worship on Sunday
This coming Sunday, October 28 is the twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost. Jeremy and Meghan will be out of town for the weekend at the New England District Pastors & Spouses Renewal. North Street will be blessed by hearing from the Word through the preaching of Dr. Russ Metcalfe. The readings are:
Old Testament: Joel 2:23-32
Psalm: Psalm 65
Gospel: Luke 18:9-14
Epistle: II Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
Click here to read them.

Faith Promise
We've shattered our goal of $5,000 in the wake of our second annual Faith Promise Weekend, with faith promises of $5,810 for the next year. Thank you, North Street Community, for your faith and faithfulness! Anyone who is still praying about the opportunity is welcome to respond in the next couple of weeks.

Men's Breakfast
This coming Saturday, October 27, any and all men are invited to fellowship together for breakfast. We gather in the Newell Gathering Room at 8:00 AM.

Aware in Prayer
Would you all keep Neal Estey in prayer today and this week as he receives the next round of chemotherapy? They tell us that Thursday is the real tough day, being right after three days of chemo.

We meant to mention it yesterday, because it's exciting news, but we also wanted to let you know that Eastern Nazarene College has selected a new chaplain! We've been praying these several past months, and Corey MacPherson, an ENC alum and pastor in Metro New York for the last seven years, will join the ENC community in January. Pray for everyone during this transition (including Ardie Eyring, who's been holding down the fort for the Office of Spiritual Development these past several months!).

Continue to pray with Bobby Colletti and Deb Runion as they continue to recover and gain strength after hospital stays.

Praise God with us as we celebrate with Dana & Elise Parker the anticipation of a baby. Let's pray with them as they pray for health and transition in this wonderful time of life.

...on the calendar
As always, you can keep up-to-date with NSCC happenings by using our on-line calendar (click here).

North Street Update

Gathering to Worship on Sunday
This coming Sunday, October 21 is the twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost. We'll be reflecting on how God listens to the faith and faithfulness of his people. The readings are:
Old Testament: Jeremiah 31:27-34
Psalm: Psalm 121
Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
Epistle: II Timothy 3:14 - 4:5
Click here to read them.

Ladies Night
A note from Heidi Parker:
Well, it's that week of the month. This week we're also having pot luck at the church. A lot of you have expressed interest in getting together to make tasty apple treats for pot luck. So, the plan for this Saturday's Ladies Night is sharing all of our apple baking tricks with each other. I'll bring lots of apples and the basic ingredients (i.e. sugar, flour, cinnamon, milk, eggs, salt, Crisco). If you have a special apple treat that you make, bring that recipe along. Also, bring any ingredients that are exclusive to your treat. I'm going to bring my Swedish apple pie recipe along. If you don't know anything about baking, this is also a perfect time to learn! Hope to see you on Saturday at 6:30! And please send it along to anyone that I'm missing!

Gathering to Fellowship (AKA "potluck")
As mentioned by Heidi above, this is indeed the third Sunday of the month, and everyone is invited to stay after our worship gathering for food and conversation. There will be plenty of fall apple-themed delights thanks to our ladies night on Saturday.

Faith Promise
We had a great second annual Faith Promise Weekend this past weekend! Beth & David Restrick spoke to us about their life experiences in Mozambique and how the Church of the Nazarene is at work there. Did you miss it? Click here to read more about what Faith Promise is. For all of us, let's continue in prayer these next couple of days as we seek God's leading in responding to our call to support world-wide missions.

As you pray...
Here are some ways we can be praying for our community:

- Charlie DiSante's uncle passed away on Tuesday. Pray for her and her family as she has traveled to Pittsburgh to be with family.
- Continue to pray for Neal Estey in these days as he regains strength in between chemo treatments.
- Bobbi Colletti continues to recover in Pembroke with her son. Pray for her to regain strength so she can rejoin us in Hingham!
- Please pray for the Kern family (Meghan Scott's sister, Erin, brother-in-law, Kevin, and six children) as they work through some difficult times in these days.

...on the calendar
As always, you can keep up-to-date with NSCC happenings by using our on-line calendar (click here).

Faith Promise Weekend 2007

This weekend will bring us our second annual Faith Promise Weekend! On Saturday evening, we'll get together in the Newell Gathering Room for dinner and to hear from Beth & David Restrick. Then on Sunday morning, we'll listen and watch again as Beth shares with us her experience serving God and the Church in Africa.

Why are we doing this?

Even with all of the wonderful technology, instant communication, and vast array of information sources available to us today, we followers of Christ still seem to have a difficult time being aware of our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the world. One aspect of the Faith Promise initiative is to hear more about what is happening through the Church of the Nazarene outside of our local context.

Another aspect draws from this "knowing" of what's going on. With awareness comes a desire to be a part of something. Faith Promise helps us support the World Evangelism Fund. The WEF of the Church of the Nazarene is the main financial structure through which the evangelistic work of the denomination is accomplished throughout the world (click here for more on the WEF), and all Faith Promise funds that come in through North Street Community Chapel go directly to the World Evangelism Fund.

Yeah, but why Faith Promise? Faith Promise is a way that individuals and local churches can participate regularly in supporting the World Evangelism Fund. (Click here for more on Faith Promise and how it works.)

Regardless, everyone is invited to dinner this Saturday evening. We'll have soups and salad available, so everyone can just bring their favorite dessert. See you Saturday evening!