Today, February 10
- Today’s Message – Imagine Heaven, Part 1 – by James Brummett
- Starting Point – Groups 3, during 9:15am service
- NEXT beginning at 12:20pm
- Transit (middle school) 2:30pm check-in, 4pm pick-up
- Inside Out (high school) 4:00pm check-in, 6pm pick-up
- Young Adults (20-somethings, or ages 18-30ish) – To get connected to what we have planned for Young Adults going forward, text YAJOURNEY to 41411
Upcoming later this month…
- February 12 – Imagine Heaven short-term group for church-wide study, register online
Upcoming next month and future core events…
- March 9 – Grief Care Group (11am-1pm) and Caregiver Support Group (2pm-4pm)
- March 3-17 – FEED23112 Food Drive
- March 10 – April 1 – Group Formation Season
- March 10 – NEXT event, 12:20pm
- March 17 – Mass Baptism event (wrapping up the Imagine Heaven series)
- March 31 – No Student Ministry
- March 31 – Connections and Coffee Team Lunch Meeting, 12:20pm
Descriptions:
Starting Point – an 8-week conversational environment for people seeking to explore God, Jesus, and the Bible, for people just starting their relationship with Jesus Christ, or for those returning to church after being away for a period of time. Everything has a starting point, even faith.
Grief Care Group – Chapter 4 is a conversational group meeting together to discover hope and healing after the loss of a loved one. This is an open group for adults. 2nd Saturdays 11am-1pm
Caregiver Support Group – Free Time for Me is a caregiver support group with the emphasis on “ME”, the caregiver. This is an open group (for adults) helping caregivers find hope in what sometimes feels like a hopeless situation. 2nd Saturdays 2pm-4pm
Mission of NEXT: To lead our guests to engagement opportunities so that they can take steps towards a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
Vision of NEXT: To promote and encourage continuous movement in the engagement funnel. Our goal is to help people know the opportunities to engage and why engagement is important in their growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
Upcoming Series Description: Imagine Heaven
All of us long to know what life after death will be like. One out of 25 Americans has had a near-death experience (NDE) and claim to have seen what’s on the other side. But how closely does what they have seen match up with what the Bible says about Heaven? You might be surprised.
Based on 35 years of research by pastor and New York Times bestselling author John Burke, we will compare these gripping stories of near-death experiences to what Scripture says about our biggest questions of Heaven: Will I be myself? Will I see friends and loved ones? What will Heaven look like? What is God like? What will we do forever? What about children and pets?
While not every detail of individual NDEs correlate with Scripture, we will consider how the common experiences shared by thousands of survivors — including doctors, college professors, bank presidents, people of all ages and cultures, and even blind people — point to the exhilarating picture of Heaven promised in the Bible.
This thrilling journey into the afterlife will make you feel like you’ve been there. It will forever change the way you view the life to come and the way you live your life today. You’ll discover Heaven is even more amazing than you’ve ever imagined.