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New Releases from Kathi Macias
It’s wonderful to have an accomplished author who is part of our church family. Kathi has certainly been busy lately! She released a new book in February and two more are due out in April. A book signing party is scheduled for April 17 at Nuevo Community Church. Check out Kathi’s latest writing. To purchase her works, visit:
New series to be released in April
Book 1 of the,series: No Greater Love
Orphaned four years e arlier when their p arents were m u rdered, 16-year-old Chioma now lives and works o n an Afrikaner family’s farm. When Chio ma and Andrew,the farm owner’s son, find themselves attracted to one another, tragedy revisits their lives. Chioma escapes to join an ANC rebel band in her effort to survive and gain revenge. When cultures clash in life-or-death struggles, Chioma must choose between violence and revenge or forgiveness and selfless love. Loosely based on historical events and set near Pretoria, South Africa, in the violent upheaval prior to Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990, this story of forbidden romance produces an unlikely martyr who is replaced by one even more unlikely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOx8FRSEheA (video trailer for No Greater Love)
Book 2 of the series: More than Conquerors
With violent crime on the rise and the political climate changing throughout Mexico, the opportunity for open<> Christian witness, particularly in some areas of Chiapas State, is rapidly decreasing. Hector Rodriguez pastors a small church in the tourist-popular border town of Tijuana. He also routinely carries Bibles deeper into the hostile areas of Mexico, despite increasing difficulty and persecution. Hector’s mother accompanied him on one of those trips and felt God called her to stay in the predominantly Mayan village of San Juan Chamula, where she uses the Scriptures to teach reading to the families who are open to it. Soon after, Hector’s mother disappears, and Hector must decide if he will continue his work despite his worries about protecting his wife and children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em2dX2XDKjA (video trailer for More than Conquerors)
The perfect woman—excellent wife, cherished mother, impeccable housekeeper, thriving entrepreneur—all rolled into one. The Proverbs 31 woman looms large for Christian women today. Getting it all together. Keeping everything under control. Running a tight ship. In “How Can I Run a Tight Ship When I’m Surrounded by Loose Cannons?” Kathi shares her journey and struggle with Proverbs 31, ultimately discovered that there is natural progression of growing in grace.
In Mothers of the Bible Speak to Mothers of Today, readers meet ordinary women of their day who, by God’s incomparable grace, were used for extraordinary purposes. Readers will journey through the lives of such mothers—like Eve, Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Salome, Mary, and others. Each chapter ends with personal application and prayer. Beautifully designed, this book makes the perfect gift for a mother on any occasion. Now available in a Spanish edition (Madres de la Biblia Hablan a las Madres do Hoy).
My Son, John
When Liz Peterson’s elderly mother is found viciously beaten to death in her home, Liz and her husband, Charles, along with their grown son, John, and teenage daughter Sarah, struggle to make sense of a senseless act…the Peterson’s longstanding Christian faith is put to the test in a way they could never have imagined. Can God’s grace reach even to the deepest agony of the soul?
Cell Phones for Soldiers
Donate your old cell phone. It is simple and FREE! We are collecting old cell phones to help raise money to purchase calling cards that will be sent to troops so they can call home. We will have a box set up in the foyer of the church to collect the phones or you can go to this site for more information and to print shipping labels. http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com
Wednesday Night Warriors
Wednesdays 7-8 PM
This is our mid—week program for children kindergarten -5th grade. This is a fun faith building program for your children to get involved in.
They meet for worship together then break up in different age groups for game time, story time and crafts. Each week they receive a paper going over the lesson they learned that night with a memory verse. If they bring their paper back the following week signed by their parent, they receive “Warrior dollars” to spend in the store.
If your children haven’t been coming, they are missing out. Why not bring them this Wednesday!
Family Sundays
From the Leaders of The Life Youth Group
It’s 9:30 on Sunday morning. A freshman student enters the annex ready for church. All the regular elements are present: a worship leader, teacher, and good friends. Though seemingly a perfect situation, the student does not realize some things are missing: Mom and Dad.
Church is an activity for the whole family on Sunday. Since there is something for all ages available at the church, the challenge is to not loose family connectivity. To promote ‘’family,’ starting in February and repeating every subsequent month, our junior high and high school students will be joining the rest of the church for the 9:30 service. That’s right, the entire service. This will only be on communion Sundays, the first Sunday of each month. They will meet in the annex for the remainder of the month as usual.
