Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Tonight we'll gather for dinner at 6:00 and to study John 13:1-20 at 7:00.

In community notes...

• Paul Goodwin's father had a heart attack on Monday and has been taken off preventative medical aids at his request. Pray for Paul and the whole Goodwin family.
• Christina Duncan's aunt, is near death as well with brain and lung cancer which has moved into her spine. Pray for Christina and her whole family, including some difficult decisions that the family will have to work through together.
• Dana & Elise Parker's wedding anniversary was yesterday (7/28), Matthew Goodwin's birthday is tomorrow (7/30), and Ryan Ardrey's birthday is Friday (7/31). Thank God for milestones!

Are you caught up in listening to the American Idols series yet? This coming Sunday we'll be looking at the idol of "Success." For all the recordings and a central source on the series, click here.

I look forward to seeing you tonight,
In Christ,
Jeremy

American Idols: The Moment & Instantaneity

What a great day our community had yesterday! We continued in our series on American Idols, with the topic of "The Moment & Instantaneity," in which we explored how living in such a fast-paced society has made it more difficult for us to follow Christ and hear God. Please listen to the podcast by clicking here.

Many of us had a wonderful time at our picnic at the Hingham Beach in the afternoon. Thanks to everyone for such a great time!

And we heard about forgiveness, letting go, and "binding & loosing" last night at The Remembrance while looking at the whole of Matthew 18. Click here to see the video again that we watched.

As we begin this week, continue to consider how you can separate yourself from the infatuation of our society with speed, and instead "be still and know" to "wait upon the Lord."

In Christ,
Jeremy

American Idols: Busyness

Just a note to you all to let you know that the recording from Sunday is up:
July 19, 2009 - American Idols: Busyness

There are also CDs available at the church building. If you weren't able to worship with us this week, give it a listen!

In Christ,
Jeremy

William Edwin Fish

As most of you already know, Dick Fish's father passed away on Thursday. Here is a wonderful obituary. Memorial services are Wednesday, July 22, with calling hours at 10:00 AM and funeral at 12:00 noon at the Manchester Church of the Nazarene, 236 Main Street, Manchester, CT.

^22232425Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ Martha said to him, ‘I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’²⁶

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

We're more than half-way through the work week! Have you had a chance to listen to the introductory message for our American Idols series yet? You can listen to the message by clicking here, subscribing to our podcast listing on iTunes, or in a reader by clicking below. I will also have copies of CDs as well.

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We'll continue in our Bible Study on the gospel of John tonight at 7:00 PM, with community dinner just before that at 6:00 PM. We'll begin chapter 12 of John tonight.

David Restrick took off this morning for London where he'll be for several days before ending up in Africa. And Ryan Ardrey is going away to visit with his grandfather in Texas early tomorrow morning. Jason & Heidi Parker are still resting in upstate New York at the Brooktondale Campground. Are you headed anywhere soon? Let me know!

Also, don't forget our softball game on Friday night.

In Christ,
Jeremy

American Idols: Introduction

Good Monday to you.

We had a full and wonderful day of worship and fellowship yesterday. In the morning, we began our series: American Idols. In that message, I encouraged and asked everyone to listen again to the sermon later each week. I will try to have the message posted by Monday evening (it's already posted today). You can listen to the message by clicking here, subscribing to our podcast listing on iTunes, or in a reader by clicking below.

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Online mediums are difficult...and I struggle with how to say this any more clearly or passionately than I can through a keyboard and a screen: but I ask that everyone who's a part of our community take the time to really interact with this series. Come to listen and participate each Sunday and then prayerfully listen throughout the week, both to the Spirit of God and again to the message.

I'm praying for us,
In Christ,
Jeremy

North Street Currents: July 10, 2009

Well I believe that everyone from our community who headed down to Orlando, FL for the Church of the Nazarene's General Assembly is back. I shared some highlights and a summary of what transpired in Orlando this past Sunday, including pictures of our own Jessica & Rebecca Vandervort participating in the Children's Choir and Bible Quizzing. If you're interested, you can see more summaries, results, etc. than you really want at an unofficial website, www.gacorlando.com. For those of you who weren't able to be in Hingham on Sunday, we concluded that General Assembly is/was great (and good things happened!), but 99% of the work of the Kingdom happens in what we do locally. With that...

I want to invite you to come worship this Sunday as we begin a new series, American Idols. This series of sermons has been percolating for a couple of years now and it is not without much prayer, thought, and advice of mentors that I preach it. No, it's not about those singers on the Fox reality television show (though we will spend a week on the idol of "celebrity"!). Rather, we will be looking each week at various things within our American society that capture our attention to the detriment of Christ and his Kingdom.

In addition, we have re-commenced our weekly Sunday evening gathering around the communion table, The Remembrance. Come at 6:00 PM to sit and prepare for worship and we begin together at 6:14.

And lastly, after The Remembrance, we'll have a get together in the Newell Gathering Room to send off Karen & Chinier Bennett and David Restrick. All three would love to continue as a part of the North Street Community (and of course, in a big way, they will!), but the Bennetts are moving with family to North Carolina and as you know, David will be serving for a while in Africa. You're encouraged to bring some kind of light snack (chips, crackers, etc.) to share during this time of "good-bye." All three of them leave town on Wednesday.

As always, use the online calendar to keep up on what's going on.

See you tomorrow!