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|From New Song Fellowship UMC |

| |April 25, 2013 |

|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 |

|Be Ready in Season and Out of Season |

|Spend Tomorrow Evening at The Vine |

|Callout to 2013 Grads |

|Farewell for Cindy Reynolds |

|In Our Prayers |

|Ongoing at New Song |

|Volunteer Central |

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|Be ready in season and out of season |

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|Be ready in season and out of season —2 Timothy 4:2 |

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|Many of us suffer from the unbalanced tendency to “be ready” only “out of season.” The season does not refer to time; it refers to us. This verse says, “Preach |

|the Word! Be ready in season and out of season.” In other words, we should “be ready” whether we feel like it or not. If we do only what we feel inclined to do,|

|some of us would never do anything. There are some people who are totally unemployable in the spiritual realm. They are spiritually feeble and weak, and they |

|refuse to do anything unless they are supernaturally inspired. The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired|

|or not. |

|One of the worst traps a Christian worker can fall into is to become obsessed with his own exceptional moments of inspiration. When the Spirit of God gives you |

|a time of inspiration and insight, you tend to say, “Now that I’ve experienced this moment, I will always be like this for God.” No, you will not, and God will |

|make sure of that. Those times are entirely the gift of God. You cannot give them to yourself when you choose. If you say you will only be at your best for God,|

|as during those exceptional times, you actually become an intolerable burden on Him. You will never do anything unless God keeps you consciously aware of His |

|inspiration to you at all times. If you make a god out of your best moments, you will find that God will fade out of your life, never to return until you are |

|obedient in the work He has placed closest to you, and until you have learned not to be obsessed with those exceptional moments He has given you. |

|Spend tomorrow evening at the vine |

|Tomorrow (Friday, April 26) will be the last Vine of the season. We hope you can join us as we welcome adult and youth ​​praise bands and open mic acts from |

|Valparaiso First UMC, Portage First UMC, Westville UMC, Wheeler UMC, Chesterton UMC, and Porter UMC. Our own One80 will also be performing, as will some of our|

|open mic “regulars”. |

|Doors open at 6, and praise teams and open mic performers take the stage from 6:30 to 8:30. If you can, please feel free to bring a snack to share with our |

|neighboring church guests. Valpo First UMC Youth Band |

|For more information contact the office at 219-707-5369 or office@. |

|callout to 2013 grads |

|If you are graduating from high school, college or graduate school this year, and have not notified us, please call the office at 219-707-5369, or email us at |

|office@ ASAP so that we can include you in New Song’s graduation celebration during both services Sunday, May 19. |

|So far, we only have 2 confirmed graduates, and we don’t want to miss anyone. |

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|farewell for cindy reynolds |

|You are invited to attend an Open House Farewell for our current district superintendent Rev. Cindy Reynolds Sunday, May 19, 2013, from 3-5 p.m. Central Time |

|(4-6 p.m. ET) at South Bend Grace United Methodist Church, 3012 S. Twyckenham Drive. This will be our opportunity to celebrate her outstanding pastoral and |

|administrative leadership, and to thank her for her faithful service to the North District. |

|in our prayers… |

|This week offer prayers of thanksgiving for the birth of Brynn Elizabeth Seibert, daughter of Chris and Tracy Seibert, sister of Addie, and granddaughter of |

|John and Rin Seibert. Please continue to pray for David Lawson, Jim Engle, Evelyn Starkey’s brother Russ, Diane Malloy, and Hannah Fingerhut. |

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|Ongoing at New Song |

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

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|Communion Sunday—First Sunday of every month at both services |

|Wednesday Morning Men’s Bible Study—Wednesday mornings at New Song at 6:30 |

|Pizza Sunday—Last Sunday of every month following 10:30 service (this Sunday) |

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|Food Pantry item for April: paper towels & window cleaner |

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|Food Pantry item for May: juice boxes/pouches |

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|Caring Designs Needs for April: curtain rods |

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|Caring Designs Needs for May: paper towels |

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|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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|4/28 |

|Wade Breitzke |

|Nathan Nichols |

|9- The Harshes & Daniel Cirillo |

|10:30- Carol Goss & The McClains |

|9-The Ashers |

|10:30-The Helmbrechts |

|Shondra Engibous & Melissa Ofman |

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|5/5 |

|Rob Snyder |

|Donna Lind |

|9- The Sheltons & Daniel Cirillo |

|10:30- The Elkinses & Jackie Baumgartner |

|9-The Thomases |

|10:30-The DiMaios |

|Bill & Silsan Kaminski |

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|Help wanted: Media Helpers, Meal ministry. 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 Tammy Scheibel (office manager) or Kurt at 219-707-5369 or|

|office@. Our office hours are: Monday (by appointment), Tuesday-Thursday 9:30-3. Visit our website at . |

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