GET CONNECTED!!

If you are looking for some ways to get plugged in with people at Northpark here is a list of our small groups, so GET CONNECTED!!

Conversations: ages 18-30
Ryan Townsend-265 2459, rebekahjtownsend@gmail.com
Sunday 1025am
Northpark Room 202/206

The 8 Young ladies Bible Study
Rebekah Townsend 265 2459 or
Penny Murray- 349 1974
Monday 8pm
Northpark room 202/206

The Way at Fresno State
Raul Hernandez 284 7656
Wednesday, noon
CSU Fresno Campus University Student Union room 311

The Group (Glorious Recognition Of Ugly People) ages high school grad-25
Landon Hollman 349 8300, hollman123@csufresno.edu
Thursdays 7pm
Northpark room 202/206

Small Group Bible Study (all ages)
Eric and Lindsay Murakoshi 970 0441, eric_murakoshi@yahoo.com
Thursdays 7pm
The Murakoshi’s Home
294 Filbert, Clovis 93611

Small Group Bible Study (all ages)
Landon and Danielle Hollman 349 8300, hollan123@csufresno.edu
Wednesdays 630pm
Landon and Danielle’s Home
2050 E. Minarets, Fresno 93720

Small Group Bible Study (young adult couples)
Charlie Brewer 433 5840
Thursdays 630pm
The Brewer’s Home and The Burns’s Home

Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort

As you all know, Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries, was hit by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake this week, killing and injuring tens of thousands of people.

There are many organizations participating in the relief effort including our church fellowship, the Assemblies of God and Convoy of Hope. Along with our missionaries in Haiti, all of whom are safe, we have people in Haiti to do an assessment and assist in the relief effort. Emergency reserve funds have already been disbursed to meet immediate needs. More funds are needed to purchase supplies for the center the Convoy of Hope is setting up to distribute food, water and other relief supplies.

If you are interested in helping the relief effort financially, we are confident of the work the Assemblies of God and Convoy of Hope do and you can be sure monies donated through Northpark will go directly to this need.

We will be announcing in Sunday services the opportunity to give toward Haiti relief. You can give in your communication envelope simply designating for Haiti. You may also give through our website using the “Give Online” link located on the right side of the homepage. If you cannot give right now, the need in Haiti will be ongoing for a long time.
Regardless of whether you give or not, be in prayer for:

* Those injured or missing
* Those who have lost loved ones;
* The medical and humanitarian needs of all who are in Haiti right now;
* The missionaries, their protection, encouragement, wisdom;
* The hundreds of thousands of displaced people’
* The churches, pastors, and our brothers and sisters in Christ living in Haiti;

Thanks for listening to God about how you might help.

It’s coming Dec.20th!

We treat the coming of Christ with complete reverence and an attitude of worship but we also believe that being a Christians should living lives full of Joy! With that in mind, we encourage you to come to the FIVE in your best holiday sweater, ready to worship God and celebrate with fellow believers. Invite your friends and we’ll see you there!

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmas is here. It is now an acceptable time to listen to Christmas music and watch White Christmas. We have a couple things coming up at Northpark for young adults. At The Five pm gathering on December 20th we will be having an Ugly Sweater Party. We are inviting everyone to come wearing an ugly holiday sweater (think Bill Cosby) and enjoy Egg Nog and gingerbread man cookies. We are also having a holiday party for our midweek Bible study The Group. Next Thursday the 17th we are taking a break from Crazy Love by Francis Chan to eat cookies and simply have fun. We will also be exchanging White Elephant gifts (which i just learned is a lot of fun having only been involved in an exchange for the first time this year). I want to encourage you all to have the best Christmas possible and remember the real reason for the season, God sending his son Jesus into the world.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Danielle Minassian

Thanksgiving at The Way

We had a great time celebrating our blessings together at The Way this past Wednesday. Miles bought a whole bunch of chicken nuggets from Chick Fil A and we had mashed potatoes and gravy and macaroni salad to go with it. Also, I heard a rumor that there were cookies there but I didn’t eat any because I have to slim down for optimal snowboarding shape and to fit into my brother’s pants for my Colorado trip.

This coming week we are off for Thanksgiving week but then we meet up the next week. Also we will have another celebration-type meal the final meeting of the semester so be thinking of who you can invite to join us. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and remember to share the love.

Make a Difference in The World, Lead Now

hey everyone, last year we had the privilege to host a fantastic leadership event at Northpark called Lead Now. We hosted our first ever young adults conference completely on our own and many of us were blessed and encouraged, a group even came from as far away as Bakersfield.

This year however, we are going far beyond last year’s humble beginnings…partnering with three other churches, we are hosting this year’s event at The Bridge EV Free church.

I hope you will all consider attending, this is a one day conference that will help equip you with skills and strategies to reach and transform youth and culture today. But even more importantly, this day is an opportunity to allow God to transform your heart.

Sign up in the courtyard during the next two weeks, tickets are only $10 and that includes lunch. if you’d like to volunteer, the event is free. Talk to Raul or Dani this coming Sunday for more information.

Stand Up!

A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR BOB

PRAY – CARE – SHARE

We recently finished a series entitled, “Doing What Jesus Said To Do”. It was based on Matthew 22:34-40 (NLT):

34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again.
35 One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:
36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

I challenged each one of us to begin to pray for, care for and share with our neighbors [our "near-ones"]. Well over 200 of us said “yes” to that challenge! And we are not alone! Churches and Christians throughout our community are beginning to embrace the exact same challenge that you did.

It is crucial that we now…

Begin to do what Jesus told us to do and what many of us have already committed to do:
PRAY for your neighbors; beginning with those living under the same roof, those living on your street, your co-workers and classmates,
Show them you CARE by taking the time to stop and talk with them, and when you become aware of any needs do what you can to help,
As God’s intervention is activated thru prayer and His love is made evident thru our caring, we will eventually be given the opportunity to SHARE our faith – that’s exactly what our neighbors need to hear; DO IT!

Check out the map in the lobby. Every dot represents a Northparker who has promised to do what Jesus told us to do by praying, caring and sharing on their street. If you have not already committed to doing so you can join us.

Take one of the brochures, entitled “Loving Our Neighbors” and a commitment form from the lobby, fill out the commitment card, drop it in the communication envelope box, and start doing it.

Also if you have a testimony regarding the opportunities God has given you, please email me at bob@northparkchurch.org and let me know about it. We are already beginning to hear some pretty remarkable stories! Stay tuned, I’ll be sharing them with you soon.

Bob Willis

Weekly Update Oct. 4th, The Five, The Way

Hey everyone, we have had a great month of September launching several new groups and seeing more people than ever attending our on campus ministry The Way.

Tonight at The Five, we will unveil a new look with our backdrops and stage set up, in addition to kicking off Missions Emphasis Month with our special guest Scott Wester from YUGO in Ensenada. Also I want to remind everyone that LEAD NOW on Nov. 7th is just around the corner!

Here are some videos  Owen Chappell has shot and edited for us from The Five. Owen has been so kind as to use his skills to help us in creating video content for the web and also has shot and edited a video for next week’s talk!

The Way, Psych 106

Hey everyone, today we meet for the first time in Psych 106 on campus at Fresno State. Hopefully we’ll see you there at 12:00 pm. Also I wanted to share this brilliant song that I will be playing for the group of students as we seek to answer the question, “Is Jesus The Only Way to Heaven?”