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|From New Song Fellowship UMC |

| |February 24, 2015 |

|Welcome to the New Song Fellowship News. This e-newsletter is brought to you by New Song Fellowship UMC. To skip ahead to a section, hold the CTRL button and click|

|on its label in the contents section. |

|Contents |

|Devotion……………………………….………………………………………………………………………… |

|Easter Week…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. |

|Youth………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. |

|Thank You!……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. |

|In Our Prayers………………..………….…………...............................................................................… |

|Ongoing at New Song……………………………………………………………………………………….….. |

|Volunteer Central………………………………………………………………..………………………………. |

|devotion |

|The Destitution of Service |

|…though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved. —2 Corinthians 12:15 |

|Natural human love expects something in return. But Paul is saying, “It doesn’t really matter to me whether you love me or not. I am willing to be completely |

|destitute anyway; willing to be poverty-stricken, not just for your sakes, but also that I may be able to get you to God.” “For you know the grace of our Lord |

|Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor…” (2 Corinthians 8:9). And Paul’s idea of service was the same as our Lord’s. He did not |

|care how high the cost was to himself— he would gladly pay it. It was a joyful thing to Paul. |

|The institutional church’s idea of a servant of God is not at all like Jesus Christ’s idea. His idea is that we serve Him by being the servants of others. Jesus |

|Christ actually “out-socialized” the socialists. He said that in His kingdom the greatest one would be the servant of all (see Matthew 23:11). The real test of a |

|saint is not one’s willingness to preach the gospel, but one’s willingness to do something like washing the disciples’ feet— that is, being willing to do those |

|things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God. It was Paul’s delight to spend his life for God’s interests in other people, and |

|he did not care what it cost. But before we will serve, we stop to ponder our personal and financial concerns— “What if God wants me to go over there? And what |

|about my salary? What is the climate like there? Who will take care of me? A person must consider all these things.” All that is an indication that we have |

|reservations about serving God. But the apostle Paul had no conditions or reservations. Paul focused his life on Jesus Christ’s idea of a New Testament saint; that|

|is, not one who merely proclaims the gospel, but one who becomes broken bread and poured-out wine in the hands of Jesus Christ for the sake of others. |

|EASTER WEEK SERVICES |

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|We invite you and your family and friends to join us Friday April 3rd at 6:30 pm for our Good Friday service and Sunday April 5th at 10am for our Easter |

|Celebration. |

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|Youth Group |

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|All youth in grades 6-12 are invited to meet with us every Sunday after church for another hour of fun! |

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|Thank You! |

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|We would like to thank Nick Schwerd of the Bargain Barn in Valpo for donating some dolls and toys to our New Song nursery! You’ll find a unique gold-mine of brand|

|new furniture, clothing, Melissa and Doug toys, hunting and fishing gear, military tactical gear, work boots, motorcycle accessories, disc golf discs, skateboards,|

|seasonal and home decor and much much more …all at amazing prices at the Bargain Barn located at 815 Calumet Ave., Valparaiso. |

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|prayers… |

|Please continue to pray for: |

|Katelyn Holub as she takes the law Bar exam this week |

|Sandy (a friend of Shirley Redelman) is in the ICU at Porter Hospital |

|Chloe Webber as she starts an internship at Disney World in Florida |

|Patti Nemeth |

|Dr. John Wolf |

|Wilma Smith |

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|On Going at New song |

|Please remember the following ongoing activities happening at New Song. If you haven’t attended before, please join us |

|Men’s Bible Study-Thursday evenings at 6:00pm (upstairs in youth room) |

|Women’s Bible Study- Wednesday’s at 7:00pm at New Song. |

|Middle School/ High School Youth group - Sunday’s following 10 am worship service |

|Communion Sunday—First Sunday of every month |

|Food Pantry Item for February: Shampoo and Deodorant |

|volunteer Central |

|If you currently volunteer to help with various ministries at New Song, or if you’d like to volunteer, check out this section of The New Song News. |

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|Soundboard |

|Media |

|Greeters |

|Hospitality/Coffee |

|KidsJAM |

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|3/1 |

|Wade Breitzke |

|Nathan Nichols |

|The Attinger’s |

|Daniel Cirullo |

|Ann Bowman |

|The Helmbrecht’s |

|Melissa Ofman & Carol Goss |

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|3/8 |

|Carolynne K |

|Bill K |

|Daniel Cirullo |

|Sue Meiss |

|Shaun S & Taryn |

|The Harsh’s |

|Amy & Molly Monroe |

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|Help wanted: Greeters, Hospitality, Meal Ministry, Media and Soundboard. Please contact the office to find out more. |

|If you have any questions about New Song or the articles contained in this newsletter, please contact Wendy Smith (office manager) or Kurt at 219-707-5369 or |

|office@. Our office hours are: Monday (by appointment), Tuesday-Thursday 9-2. Visit our website at |

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