FEBRUARY 2023

 Note from Mark
As winter begins to turn into spring and the days begin to warm and lengthen, I am reminded of the newness of life both in creation and in Jesus. I am so grateful that in all the brokenness in this world, Jesus holds out the promises of one day to make all things new. When you look at your own life, what are the broken spaces and places to invite Jesus in to make them new. Take a moment, invite God in, pray and trust that He will bring healing and wholeness. And as you look around at God’s beautiful creation coming to life, may it remind you of God who makes all things new.

MINISTRIES

Neighborhood Kids
Leader: Karin Sauder, [email protected]
A safe place for children to meet Jesus, know Jesus & learn to share Jesus.
Neighborhood Kids continues to welcome new and returning faces! We are especially happy to welcome our newest Neighborhood Kid, Elijah Lee Allen! Congratulations to Tim and Linnea Allen and big brother Liam on this new addition! Our theme for this month was Respect, and treating others as we would like to be treated ourselves (Luke 6:31). 
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Neighborhood Youth
Leader: Tim Allen, [email protected]
A place for teens to meet Jesus, know Jesus & be encouraged to share Jesus.
This month, Neighborhood Youth finished up a series called Questions. In this series we took a look at questions the students wanted to ask God or ask about God. It led to some excellent and deep conversations.  We are excited and ramping up for our next series on Characteristics of God and preparing for the District Youth Retreat.

Worship & Production Team
Leader: Mel Neely, [email protected]
We are a diverse community of followers of Jesus Christ, empowered by His Spirit with one heart and one mind to invite and lead in declaring His worth.
We will worship God as a way of life. (Colossians 3:17)
The Neighborhood Church Worship & Production team continues to lift high the name of Jesus through our in person and online services. This month Mel Neely, Adaora and Joseph Villacis
led worship along with our dedicated team of instrumentalists and vocalists. We also had the
opportunity to collaborate with the Grace Community Church Worship Team as we welcomed
Gladys, Daniel and Ray. On Thursday evenings the team engaged with devotionals reinforcing
our 40 Days of Prayer and Great Community series. These times were led by Eric Peacock,
Honna Trinkl and Mel. We also shared praises and prayer requests, praying for each other and
over Neighborhood Church. It was a beautiful encouragement to have Gladys and Daniel share
their Jesus Stories with us when they visit at the end of the month. A shout out and thank you
to our guest drummer, Ben Irvin, who donated Congas to Neighborhood Church this month.
Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes!
Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals.
Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD ! Praise the LORD !
Psalm 150: 4-6
Our Worship & Production team continues to thrive under the leadership of Jeff Geraci. We are
thankful to have a truly multigenerational team with middle school, high school and adult
volunteers working together to make our Sunday services in person and online possible.
BECAUSE of God’s faithfulness, our Worship Team is living on mission as a multi-ethnic,
multigenerational team being transformed by Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit and inviting
the Neighborhood Church family to be launched on mission with them!

Neighborhood Groups
Leader: Mark Trinkl, [email protected]
Our primary venue for making friends, inviting God's transformation through Scripture and prayer, and living on mission together. 
What a great semester of Neighborhood Groups. We have seen over 50 adults taking a journey together in community as they develop friendships, grow in biblical understanding and living this out. We will be finishing groups in the next few weeks, just in time for global Encounters (Our MIssion focus) The Spiring Carnival, Easter, and the Farmers Market. All these are great ways to put your learning into action.

Missions Team
Leader: Mark Trinkl, [email protected]
We are launched on mission to share and show Jesus from our neighbors to the nations. (Acts 1:8)
 GLOBAL ENCOUNTERS MARCH 25-18 Click Here to sign up for Feast of Nations. This is a great time to share a meal together and hear how God is at work around the world. We are praying for God to use you as a church to pray, give, go and send.

Welcome Team
Leader:  Contact Rose Ojwiga, [email protected]
We will be a community that is authentic, transparent & creates space for real relationships (Acts 2:42)
Neighborhood Church received more visitors and first-time guests in the month of February! There was also overall  good attendance from the congregation this month.
Thanks to God.

LEADERSHIP

Staff
Mark Trinkl, Tim Allen, Linnea Allen, Melanie Neely, Karin Sauder,  Susna Scott, & Dana Zetterberg
Leader: Mark Trinkl, [email protected]
The staff manages Neighborhood Church ministry teams.
Susan Scott was hired as Neighborhood Church's Market Manager for the 2023 Season. Please welcome Susan on board. We are excited for this opportunity to share and show Jesus to our neighbors. If you would like to volunteer, click on this link: 
 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d45abac23a1f5c52-2023#/
The rest of the staff continue to pray and work trusting we will see at least 10 people say yes to Jesus for the first time and many lives transformed. 

Elders
Mark Trinkl, Evan Homan, Steve Beardsley, Mark Neely, Solomon Jack, Eric Peacock, Jeff Geraci, & Keith Luse
Leader: Mark Trinkl, [email protected]
The Elders shepherd and give spiritual oversight to Neighborhood Church.
How exciting to have welcomed three new Elders to the team. We are praying and trusting God  to help us to shepherd Neighborhood Church well. If you ever need prayer, just let us know. 

Board of Governance
​Mark Trinkl (Chair), Evan Homan (Vice Chair), Matt Sale (Treasurer), Sarah Luse (Secretary), Angela Drumm, Steve Beardsley, and Eric Peacock
The Board of Governance (BOG) sets boundaries for the Pastor.
On March 13 was our quarterly Board Meeting. We talked about many things including our community, organizational documents, budget, and more. God is truly blessing Neighborhood Church with unity and provision. May we lean into his purposes. The next Meeting is on June 12th

UPCOMING DATES

March 25-28: Global Encounters
​March 25: Feast of Nations
April 7: Good Friday
April 8: Spring Carnival
April 9: Easter Sunday
April 15: Derwood Farmers Market Launch
April 28-30: Weekend to Remember
April 28-30: District Youth Retreat