MARCH 2023

Note from Mark
Thank you to everyone who participated in so much good over the last month. The month began with the Soul Care Conference and finished with Global Encounters. The stories of transformation and the connections made with Tony Roos were great. God is on the move at Neighborhood Church and as we look forward to Easter and the Farmers Market, there is much to invest in and celebrate.

MINISTRIES

Neighborhood Kids
Leader: Karin Sauder, [email protected]
A safe place for children to meet Jesus, know Jesus & learn to share Jesus.
As the weather gets warmer Neighborhood Kids start getting geared up for our Spring activities! Starting it off this month we had our Global Encounters Weekend, where the kids participated in our Feast of Nations International Potluck, followed by our Kids Mission Program led by Miss Bonnie! Then on Sunday we had an International Parade complete with International outfits, and flags from different countries. It was a wonderful celebration of what God is doing around the world! The theme we studied this month was Forgiveness, and treating others the way you want to be treated yourself. Our memory verse was Colossians 3:13. Welcome to all the new Neighborhood Kids who joined us this month!

​Neighborhood Youth
Leader: Tim Allen, [email protected]
A place for teens to meet Jesus, know Jesus & be encouraged to share Jesus.
For the month of March, Neighborhood Youth finished out their series titled, “Questions”, where students wrote down questions they had about their faith, God, the Bible and many more.  This was a great series that produced some pretty excellent questions from our students.  We then started our series on the Characteristics of God looking through the passage from Exodus 34:6.  In this series we are taking a look at 5 different characteristics of God and seeing how God has created us with these same characteristics.  Thank you for all of your continued prayer as God is at work in the lives of our students!

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, Tim Allen, Adaora, and
Joseph Villacis led worship along with our dedicated team of instrumentalists and vocalists. On
Thursday evenings the team engaged with devotionals reinforcing our series on The Great
Community. These times were led by Eric Peacock, Holly Mullen & Mel. We shared praises
and prayer requests, praying for each other and over Neighborhood Church. We also had fun
stuffing eggs for the Spring Carnival. A shout out to Tim Allen for leading the morning worship
sessions at the Soul Care Conference, March 2nd to 4th and to Donna and Richard Brown who
led the regathering song with Mel after the lunch breaks.
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. 
At the end of March our Neighborhood Groups finished for the semester. We heard stories of friendships growing, people taking steps forward with Jesus, care being provided and so much more. We are now processing what we have learned and looking forward to groups restarting in September. While you wait, we will have events designed for the whole church to be a part of to continue to create community.  Make sure you are signed up for the newsletter. 

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 was a great weekend as we welcomed Tony Roos from Envision France. There were multiple opportunities to connected with Tony and hear what God is doing around the world. 
The 6th year of the Derwood Farmers Market Begins Saturday April 15th 9-1pm at Neighborhood Church. Come on out and if you would like to invest your time in sharing and showing Jesus to our community, signing up here. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d45abac23a1f5c52-2023#/
On Sunday May 7 we will welcome another person we support to share about their work with persecuted Christians. Please continue to pray, give, go and send. How we support our missionaries financially  is through designated giving to the  Neighborhood Church Mission Fund.  you can find more information and give here https://www.neighborhoodc.org/give.html 

Welcome Team
Leader:  Contact Rose Ojwiga, [email protected]
We want to extend our gratitude to all church members for being committed to God's Kingdom, continuing to bless all of our visitors to Neighborhood Church. Especially considering how we were blessed with many new members. We thank you all!

LEADERSHIP

Staff
Mark Trinkl, Tim Allen, Linnea Allen, Melanie Neely, Karin Sauder,  Susan Scott, & Dana Zetterberg
Leader: Mark Trinkl, [email protected]
The staff manages Neighborhood Church ministry teams.
The staff continues to meet on a regular basis for planning prayer and pursuing God's mission of seeing people transformed by Jesus empowered by the Holy Spirit and launched on mission  Please continue to pray for all of us  

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.
The elders continue to meet on a monthly basis for prayer and spiritual care of people within the congregation.If there is anything you ever need prayer for, please let us know. We are here to support you.  
 
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

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