Happy New Year! As 2014 begins, it is almost certain that people will feel a sense of restarting or a doing over for some areas in their lives. At the start of each new year, we come up with resolutions or goals for the year. We move forward with good intentions, but then we run out of steam and totally … Read More
My Favorite Christmas Gift – Vince Conroy
Can you remember some of the Christmas gifts you got growing up? One that particularly sticks with me was that Man From Uncle secret agent set I got when I was about eight or nine years old. (OK, for those of you under 50 or so, The Man from Uncle was the coolest, trendiest thing on TV in the mid-1960s … Read More
#GoodNewsDecember – John Bidaurreta
Many of us heard about, or participated in, the November Thankful Challenge. This was where people posted something to they were thankful for on their social media accounts each and every day of November. I was so personally blessed by all the thankfulness that was trending in November. Well, my challenge for us this month is what I call #GoodNewsDecember. … Read More
Lesson From a Lost Crab Trap – Caleb Klinge
When something is lost, your value for that thing determines the urgency of the search. If you lose something that you don’t really care about, it’s an easy come, easy go type situation, so might not look very hard. Earlier this month I lost a crab trap on the opening weekend of the Dungeness Crab season. Normally I set crab … Read More
Picture This Part 6 – Parable of the Talents
This week’s podcast features Sunday’s Service with worship led by Pastor Caleb Klinge & the talk given by Pastor Rachel Klinge. Watch live streaming video from newlifechristiancenternovato at livestream.com
3 Keys to Serving People with Excellence – Milt Hodges
3 Keys to Serving People with Excellence – Milt Hodges Scriptural Context: Acts 6: 1-6 Have you ever been asked to serve in any capacity? Were you happy, sad, pumped up, or did serving put you in a bad mood? The early church had a challenge in Acts 6 that created an opportunity for others to serve others with excellence. … Read More
A Pertinent Modern Parable – Charlotte Trebe
I recently read a modern parable about carrots, eggs and coffee that got me to thinking about how I respond to adversity in my life. Maybe it will change the way you react to your life’s problems and tragedies. A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. … Read More
Trying To Look Spiritual – John Bidaurreta
I heard a story from a famous Christian author and speaker who was cleaning up his house before some Christian recording artists were stopping by for a visit. As he made his way to different areas in his house, he came to the room that he called “The Prayer Closet” and decided to change his strategy. The room that he … Read More
Rivers in the Desert – Isaac Munene
The northern part of Kenya is characterized by arid conditions that make it very difficult to find water. The inhabitants of this area have for centuries lived a nomadic lifestyle, moving from one place to another, with their cattle, in search of water and pasture. For decades they have sung rain songs that were prayers for rain passed from one … Read More
27 Baptized in Water Last Weekend
Congratulations to everyone in our church family that was baptized in water on Labor Day weekend! Romans 6:4 says “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” That was our theme for this … Read More