Elevator / Room Move Delayed

So close!


As of yesterday the elevator inspection has been delayed because of the unavailability for some electrical relays, required in order to pass. The relays are on order, but have not yet arrived and it is not going to be possible to complete the work and have the inspector come before Sunday. As far as the completion of the elevator depends on New Life we are now shooting for Sunday, December 12th. The work doesn't sound extensive so our part should be done.

Thus the usage of the new rooms will need to delayed.

We're getting there! Thanks for your patience and understanding!

On the positive side this gives us another week to paint our rooms! The newly painted rooms look great. Kudos to John Sutton's LG, Bob Hagman's LG, and Christian Brown's LG for jumping at the opportunity already!

Winter Schedule

Dear Life Group Teachers & Coordinators,

In an effort to give you as much notice as possible we'd like to make an announcement concerning our Sunday schedule for this winter. As we all know, winters in Oregon can be all but impossible to predict and are almost always more severe at night making the early morning hours perilous for travelers.

With that in mind, we will be altering our Sunday schedule during the winter months and will re-evaluate things again in the spring. The new schedule will be as follows:

• 9am        - Life Groups
• 10am      - Fellowship
• 10:30am  - Worship

• 5pm         -  Deeper Life Service

This new schedule will begin December12th. This will allow a couple of weeks to let everyone know and get ahead of the slick roads that we are already experiencing.

Obviously, the biggest difference will be not having an early service. Conducting a worship service requires more than just arriving at starting time. For many people like the greeters, audio/visual techs, nursery workers and staff, an 8:30 service means being on the roads as early as 7am. That's even more true for anyone serving in the worship band as they have a run-through every Sunday before service. Considering the low average attendance of the early service and the fact that we have ample space for everyone to combine into one service, it just proves prudent to make the change.

This also provides opportunities for us as a church to come together and strengthen our unity. We will be able to experience more fellowship than was possible before by offering a 30 minute fellowship time between Life Groups and worship. All age groups will have opportunity to mingle and get to know one another as we share coffee and refreshments together in the fellowship hall. Another advantage to the new schedule will be a pre-noon release time providing more time in the afternoon for families.

We will also be starting a new Deeper Life Service on Sunday evenings. These discipleship focused services will provide an opportunity for people to really dive deep into God's Word in a way not possible in the morning service. It will also be an alternative for those that cannot participate in the morning service due to schedules or ministry obligations. The Deeper Life Service will mirror the Awana schedule.

All in all, we believe this will serve as a way to not only keep members of our family safer during these upcoming months, but also meet some other needs and help bring us together as one body connecting, growing and serving together.

Sincerely,
New Life Staff

Announcements for Sunday, November 20, 2010

• Women's Christmas Party - There are flyers/announcements on the bulletin boards in most rooms.  Click here for a preview of the flyer.
• Nehemiah Challenge - Help contribute to the cost of painting and putting in baseboards for your new room.  Click here to see the flyer that will be on each wall.  Also, check out the approved color palette on the wall next to Ron's classroom to get ideas for your new room!
• Thanksgiving Day Flag Football - Thanksgiving Day, 8am at 53rd Ave Community Park.  Everyone one is invited: kids, youth and adults.  Contact Torrey for more information.
• Also, Curriculum starting in December has been placed in your classroom.

Date Change for New Room Locations - November 14th

Please make note of a change in the date regarding room location.  The elevator is progressing nicely, but an additional week is needed to complete the work.

The exciting times continue with the installation of the elevator allowing us to take full advantage of the upstairs classrooms on November 14th!

Take a look at your room this week and see what improvements you would like to make.  A new coat of paint, new baseboards, a good cleaning of the carpet and wipeboard can go a long way to sprucing up the rooms and making our guests feel really welcome.

New Classroom Locations - November 7th

The exciting times continue with the installation of the elevator allowing us to take full advantage of the upstairs classrooms on November 7th!

Take a look at your room this week and see what improvements you would like to make.  A new coat of paint, new baseboards, a good cleaning of the carpet and wipeboard can go a long way to sprucing up the rooms and making our guests feel really welcome.

Class Coordinator Training

What:     Class Coordinator Training

Who:      Teachers and Class Coordinators

Where:   Northwest Baptist Convention Center, Vancouver

               Meet at Brookwood at 7am for Carpool

When:    Saturday, August 14th

Why:      To help organize our groups for care, ministry and outreach.
How:       Contact Torrey Lewis for more information!


Pastor Carter Shotwell is coming back to the Northwest to help train our Life Group Teachers and Class Coordinators.  The session will show how to develop a team approach in order to organize the group for care, ministry, and outreach. Teachers are encouraged to come and bring potential class coordinators. As a reminder, coordinators are those who oversee the fellowship, care, and ministry in a class so the teacher is not overwhelmed in trying to do it all.

July 2010 Quarterly Team Huddle

Here are the slides that we will go through at this Saturday's Quarterly Team Huddle. Do let me know of anything additional you would like to add!

See you Saturday at 4pm!

July 2010 Teacher-Coordinator Meeting