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NOTE FROM MARK Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 It only feels like a short time ago that I was writing an introduction to 2024 and now we are already approaching the end of the year. If your life is anything like mine, there have been joys and sorrows, victories and defeats, health and sickness, growing relationships and ones becoming more distant. Life moves so quickly and if we are not careful, we can become distracted from how God is wanting to work in and through us. Each day is a gift from God and each day we have a decision to make: whether we draw closer to God or drift away. My hope is as we approach the end of one year and look to embrace a new year that God would be a central part of who we are and how we live, both individually and collectively. UPCOMING DATES December 24: Christmas Eve Gathering December 29: Together Sunday January 19: Neighborhood Groups Begin January 26: Annual Meeting MINISTRIES NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS Leader: Karin Sauder, [email protected] A safe place for children to meet Jesus, know Jesus & learn to share Jesus. OCTOBER: We had a busy month at Neighborhood Kids! We started off with learning about Thailand at Feast of Nations during our Global Encounters weekend, and having our International Parade on Sunday. Then we had a gorgeous fall day for our Community Fall festival, with a trunk or treat, petting zoo, and a fun fall craft! We ended the month with Tiwa Oyebo lighting her lightbox to celebrate her first Yes to Jesus! Our Little Kids began a unit on The Armor of God, and our Big Kids continued with What’s in the Bible, learning about Paul’s Letters. We are looking forward to all the fun things planned for the holidays! NOVEMBER: The Holidays are on! We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you are keeping warm! In November, Neighborhood Kids sponsored a first aid/CPR class in order to make sure our volunteers have the skills to keep our kids safe and healthy. We also finished up our regular units and we are about to start our month- long Christmas curriculum. We have had lots of new families come and join us this month, and we hope they come back. We are looking forward to some fun activities for Christmas! NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH Leader: Tim Allen, [email protected] A place for teens to meet Jesus, know Jesus & be encouraged to share Jesus. OCTOBER: This month, Neighborhood Youth continued through our series alongside the Sunday morning messages of, “Practicing the Way.” This series has been both challenging and prompted great discussion amongst the youth. We also enjoyed a fun game night this month. NOVEMBER: This past month, Neighborhood Youth finished up the series on, “Practicing the Way,” by John Mark Comer. This series produced excellent & thought-provoking conversations amongst the students. The group also enjoyed a fun game night. 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. OCTOBER: 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 and Adaora led worship during our Sunday services along with our dedicated team of instrumentalists and vocalists. Amanda Patton stepped out to sing and praise Him on the bass this month! We continued to proclaim our theme song for our Follow & Formed sermon series called, “The Jesus Way”. https://youtu.be/ARSGgC9iQb0?si=3K_blmKabmQIDp7Y On Thursday evenings the team engaged with devotionals encouraging each other to look full on the wonderful face of Jesus by incorporating the Follow & Formed Neighborhood Groups material. We shared praises and prayer requests, praying for each other and over Neighborhood Church. On Tuesday, October 1st Mel and Keith Luse led an Evening of Worship & Prayer based on Romans 12. Stay tuned for upcoming Evening of Worship & Prayer gatherings. 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. We are excited about the addition of new team members! Natalie is up and running with presentation. Devin and Natalie continue to come out to practices and are in the process of learning the sound board with Bryan. Jeff had onboarded Jonathan Homan who will serve solo on Presentation for the next several months. Solomon is in the process of training two new members, Theo and Brad for the Live Stream Team as well. God is bringing workers to serve Him and we continue to pray for more! NOVEMBER: On Thursday evenings the team engaged with devotionals encouraging each other to look full on the wonderful face of Jesus by incorporating the Follow & Formed Neighborhood Groups material and the book Prayer Refresh led by Mel. Eric Peacock shared a devotional on worship and even wrote a poem for the team and Neighborhood Church! We shared praises and prayer requests, praying for each other and over Neighborhood Church. As we move into the Advent worship Him with this new Christmas song we will use to declare His worth this Advent season…https://youtu.be/fqEitrRE6D4?si=P1UR-Mm5lGGyEVfd 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 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. We are excited about the addition of new team members! Natalie is up and running with presentation. Devin and Natalie continue to come out to practices and are in the process of learning the sound board with Bryan. Natalie will run sound solo for the first time on December 8th! Jeff had onboarded Jonathan Homan who will serve solo on Presentation for the next several months. Solomon is in the process of training two new members for the Live Stream Team as well. God is bringing workers to serve Him and we continue to pray for more! BECAUSE of God’s faithfulness, our Worship & Production 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: Pam Homan, Matt Sale & Mark Trinkl, [email protected] A place for making friends, inviting God's transformation through Scripture and prayer, and being launched on mission together. OCTOBER: In the month of October, we continued the Neighborhood Group series based on the book "Practicing the Way," by John Mark Comer. Neighborhood Groups studied this material in parallel with the Sunday morning messages. As reported last month, we have over 80 adults participating in seven different Neighborhood groups this semester. Neighborhood groups are the primary way that we support and pray for one another. Praise God we have so many adults participating in this vital ministry. Look for announcements in the coming weeks about the next semester of Neighborhood Groups that will start in January 2025. NOVEMBER: In the month of November, Neighborhood Groups ended the fall series which was in parallel with the Sunday morning messages based on the book "Practicing the Way," by John Mark Comer. We are actively planning for next semester of Neighborhood Groups. Look for an announcement in December about the next semester of Neighborhood Groups that will start in January 2025. Neighborhood groups are the primary way that we support and pray for one another so we encourage you to plans to join a group and make friends and grow in community with others. GREEN HOUSE CHURCH PLANT Devin Calhoun, [email protected] Neighborhood Church Vision: Launch Multiple Gatherings in Multiple Locations (Acts 2:42-47) OCTOBER: This past October has been an extremely busy and great time here for me at Neighborhood Church. I continued meeting with the C&MA Mid-Atlantic District Church Planting Director for mentorship and training. Some of us had the pleasure of spending time with different denominational leaders at the National Association of Evangelicals Prayer Gathering. Where we gathered and prayed with multiple people including John Stumbo, the President of the C&MA. This month all official Alliance Workers in our district gathered for our district conference where we voted and talked about this upcoming year’s business. At the conference, I was given the opportunity to speak and give my testimony to my fellow workers. On October 5th we had our last Derwood Farmer’s Market for this past season and looking back I cannot believe that it is already over. The farmer’s market was a huge success as every week we welcomed hundreds of people onto our property connecting with our local community. This was such a successful year because of all the hard work you did volunteering and the open hearts you all had to give. Thank you once again for all your work and talent this year. I cannot wait until next season! Finally, one of the best parts of October was being launched on mission to Thailand this year. It was my first time being on a missions trip and my first time out of the country. Thank you so much for all your help during this journey. It was one of the most transformative experiences of my life. NOVEMBER: This past November, we had our Church Planting Informational Session where Pastor Mark, Rev. Mark Brumley and I all spoke about the vision and future of church planting here at Neighborhood Church. It was a great time of vision casting and collaboration. If you missed it, there is a recording of it online. https://www.neighborhoodc.org/church-planting.html I continued meeting with the C&MA Mid-Atlantic District Church Planting Director for mentorship and training. We are continuing to pray for what the Lord has in store for us in church planting here at Neighborhood Church. You can be a part of that by becoming a prayer partner by signing up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXfnVR-u1i2MjNQxRbznSZkUmGZjegAEAkar0wdjGTgxS53Q/viewform MISSIONS TEAM Leader: Natalie, [email protected] To see the people of Neighborhood Church launched on mission to share and show Jesus from our neighbors to the nations. (Acts 1:8) OCTOBER:
NOVEMBER: Early November the team that went to Thailand returned and what an amazing time of seeing the Lord work globally! We also continued to connect with MCCH and Shady Grove Pregnancy Center through some fundraising galas to be intentional with our local partnerships. The Lord is moving and working in our neighborhoods and the nations, so continue to pray for more workers to be sent! 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) As a welcome team, we are very happy to receive visitors and see a good turn up of attendees. We are also looking for more people to join the team. Please be praying as people come that they are welcomed and that the team continues to grow. LEADERSHIP STAFF
Mark Trinkl, Tim Allen, Linnea Allen, Melanie Neely, Karin Sauder, Devin Calhoun, Natalie & Dana Zetterberg Leader: Mark Trinkl, [email protected] The staff manages Neighborhood Church’s ministry teams. The staff continues to meet on a regular basis. There have been lots of people the staff and leaders invested in through all the ministries. Our prayer is to see more people say yes to Jesus and grow in their relationship with him. ELDERS Mark Trinkl, Steve Beardsley, Mark Neely, Solomon Jack, Eric Peacock, Jeff Geraci, Tedd Mueller, Eric Zetterberg 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. We are so grateful to be able to shepherd this 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),Steve Beardsley (Vice Chair), Matt Sale (Treasurer), Sarah Luse (Secretary), Angela Drumm, Eric Peacock, and Ted Mueller. The Board of Governance (BOG) sets boundaries for the Pastor. The Board met on December 9th to talk through the pastoral review, accountability, finances, church planting plan, and more. There is a sense of excitement in how God is working through Neighborhood Church and all the signs of life in many different areas. Please continue to pray for this group of leaders as we discern God’s direction for the church. Comments are closed.
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