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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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Fall Fest!
We had a great time at our annual Fall Fest on Saturday, October 10th. The social hall was full of games, kids, parents,
face-painting, and of course, food! Super Gigi, the very talented face painter, did a fabulous job of decorating faces
and arms and even the adults had to participate (yes, me too). Thanks to everyone who volunteered and made this happen,
especially Gwen and the youth. It was a really fun day and we got to see old friends and meet lots of new friends.



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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Summer at NABC
I am long overdue for a blog posting and updated pics, so here they are. The summer started off with our annual church
retreat over Memorial Day weekend at Redwood Christian Park in Boulder Creek. Our theme for this year was "Go All
Out"- in our faith, in our ministry, in our church, in our lives. Our guest speaker was Jim Dant, pastor of Highland
Hills Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia and it was a blessing to hear from him and be challenged by his words. Eric Bebber
came out from Washington D.C. to help out with the youth program and Wendy Chisholm came all the way from Temple Baptist Church
in San Francisco to lead the children's program. We're so thankful to all of our guests of coming to be with us!
It was a great weekend to be with our church family, to worship, to be challenged- away from all the stress and pressures
of regular life.


This summer was also a time of saying goodbye to a dear friend of NABC- Dr. Francis DuBose. We celebrated Dr.
DuBose's life and mourned his passing on June 27th, surrounded by his friends and family. There was a meal in honor of him
the next day at church where we could show our love and appreciation to his wife, Dorothy, and his children. His presence
will be missed, but we celebrate the incredible impact he made for the kingdom of God in his lifetime.
Everyone
has been traveling this summer, but the fall and the new school year are almost upon us, so I look forward to us all being
back together again. Stay tuned for upcoming ministry opportunities and events.
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