Thursday, August 5, 2010
Disaster Preparedness
Are you prepared for an earthquake or other disaster in the Bay Area? Yes, I know, it's a depressing thought, but
a realistic one as well. Experts strongly recommend that every household have a three day supply of food, water, and
other necessities stored in case of such an event. It is also very important to have contact information for loved ones
in case everyone is separated at the time. If you need help assembling a disaster kit, please let Kent Fong know. He
has volunteered to help our church families and individuals make sure they have what is needed to survive a crisis. Be
prepared!
Also, check out this link for more detailed info:
72hours.org
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Spring is here!
I hope you were able to join us for some or all of our Holy Week activities. We had a really nice Church of the Nations
Palm Sunday service and meal- you can't beat worshiping in lots of different languages and knowing that even though we may
be different, we share a common faith.
The Good Friday service was a meaningful time of prayer and reflection,
preparing our hearts for Jesus' resurrection on Easter Sunday. Thanks to everyone who brought food to share and joined
us in celebrating new life. Easter weekend marks one of the single most important events in church history and the reason
we gather as a church to worship God.
Stay tuned for upcoming events, the foremost of which is our annual Memorial
Day weekend church retreat! We will be traveling to Redwood Christian Park in Boulder Cree, California to spend a weekend
worshiping, learning, hanging out, and having fun. If you haven't already made plans to come, what are you waiting for?
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Faith Comes By Hearing
During the season of Lent, which is the period of time from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, our church family will be embarking
on a journey of taking 30 minutes a day to listen through the whole New Testament. A generous grant was given to Cooperative
Baptist Fellowship for the purpose of providing free MP3s of the New Testament to churches in an effort to encourage Christians
to enter into the story more deeply and meaningfully. This initiative is called You've Got The Time! and encourages
all participants to take the time every day to go on this journey together. Our church will be distributing the MP3s
with instructions in the next two weeks. Please join our church family as we listen to God's Word together...beginning
on Wednesday, February 17th!!!
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Happy New Year!!
The Advent season at NABC was a great time of worship and fellowship as we prepared our hearts together for the celebration
of Jesus' birth. One of the highlights of the year is always our Church of the Nations Christmas service and this year
was no exception. The Japanese, Cantonese, and Arabic congregations joined us in worship as well as some new guests,
a Karen church from the San Leandro area. They came with Rick and Leta Sample and it was such a joy getting to meet
them. What a blessing it is to experience worshiping God in so many different languages!
It was also wonderful
to have the youth instrumental ensemble leading us in worship, they are very talented and did a fabulous job.
Looking
forward to what God will do in this new year and we hope to see you soon!
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Advent season at NABC
The Christmas season
can be a hectic one with all the stress of shopping, Christmas parties, school holiday concerts, and let's not forget about
the added traffic. It's easy to forget what this time of year is even about- yes, we know it's about the birth of Jesus
Christ, but we don't allow ourselves to really take that in and experience it. I've posted the lyrics to this song before,
but it's worth repeating- it always helps me to open my heart and mind to the beauty of Advent:
Welcome to Our World by Chris Rice
Tears are falling, hearts
are breaking
How we need to hear from God
You've been
promised, we've been waiting
Welcome Holy Child
Welcome Holy Child
Hope
that you don't mind our manger
How I wish we would have known
But
long-awaited Holy Stranger
Make Yourself at home
Please make Yourself at home
Bring
your peace into our violence
Bid our hungry souls be filled
Word now breaking
Heaven's silence
Welcome to our world
Welcome to our world
Fragile
finger sent to heal us
Tender brow prepared for thorn
Tiny heart
whose blood will save us
Unto us is born
Unto us is born
So
wrap our injured flesh around You
Breathe our air and walk our sod
Rob
our sin and make us holy
Perfect Son of God
Perfect Son of God
Welcome
to our world
What a beautiful and precious reminder to pause and be
still, being reminded of what a precious gift God has given to us and how much God loves us.
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