November 24, 2021
WHAT TO EXPECT THIS SUNDAY
Advent is a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth on Christmas. Our season of advent will begin this Sunday, November 28th and we will open the scriptures to find the songs that will lead us through advent. Pastor Jeff will kick off the series in Luke 1:46-56 and delve into Mary's song. We've also shared some additional resources to prepare your hearts for this season at northwestbible.com/christmas. As always, if you are not able to join us in person, then we welcome you at 10:30am via our live stream at northwestbible.com/live. Thank you to each of you who do join us this way and have been connecting in the chat!
CHRISTMAS EVE AT NORTHWEST BIBLE
On Friday, December 24th we will celebrate Christmas Eve with two candlelight services, one at 4 and 5:30pm on our campus. We will offer children's ministry for our babies through five year olds and ask that you let us know how many children will be attending here. This count will allow us to prepare our volunteers well. As you are making your Christmas Eve plans, please consider that our 4pm service will cater best to families with young children and if you are able to attend at 5:30pm that would serve those families well.
WORSHIP SERVICES FOR DECEMBER 26TH
On the Sunday after Christmas Day, we will be hosting one worship service at 9am. We will also live stream this service, so you can continue to join us if you are not able to be with us in person.
IN THE NARTHEX - A PODCAST OF NORTHWEST BIBLE
Episode #4 is ready and available today! Pastor Jeff, Pastor Lucas and Worship Leader Alyssa Ghubril talk through a theology of advent. You can listen by clicking right here or via Apple Podcasts or Spotify and the easiest way to get started is to go to northwestbible.com. To share your thoughts and feedback, email us at podcast@northwestbible.com.
STUDENT MINISTRIES
--ALL-NIGHTER AT DEFY
Our Student Ministries will be kicking off winter break at the trampoline park, Defy, on Friday, December 17th from 11:15pm - 7:00am. It's a great time to jump around with friends and get winter break off to a great start. Register your students at northwestbible.com/students.
--WINTER CAMP
Student ministries will be traveling to Tonto Rim Christian Camp in Payson, AZ on January 7-9th for winter camp. This is a great opportunity for our students to connect with one another and be drawn closer to the good news of Jesus. To reserve your student's place, please register and make your deposit by Sunday, December 5th at northwestbible.com/students. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Pastor Joel.
WOMEN'S MINISTRIES
--CHRISTMAS GET-TOGETHER
Women of Northwest, we are looking forward to seeing you on Friday, December 3rd! We have a beautiful evening of food and encouragement planned for you during this Christmas season. We will meet in the sanctuary from 6-8pm with drinks and dessert provided. You may bring along an appetizer or finger food to share. Let us know that you'll be able to come by making your reservation at northwestbible.com/women.
GIVING TUESDAY
Check out this video to hear how your resources are making a kingdom impact around the world! On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, we will have an opportunity to come together and pour out blessings on three specific communities: our local schools across the street, our college campuses, and our partners across the globe at Global Training Network. Giving Tuesday is on Tuesday, November 30th and you may make your donations online here or bring them to a Sunday service with you by December 5th. To learn more about our schools, college campuses and global pastors, visit northwestbible.com/contribute.
DAY OF SERVICE
It's exciting that we are able to bring our Day of Service back this year! We will have the opportunity to bless those outside our community with our hands and skills. Projects are coming together and you can register here to lend a hand and kick-off your advent season with a day of service. We will gather on Saturday, December 4th from 8-12pm.
MISSIONS UPDATE:
--Andrew & Shannon Core | Athletes in Action, a ministry of CRU
The Ultimate Training Camp is a high intensity sports camp, designed by Athletes in Action for college and professional athletes. We tackle the issues of how to blend faith and sport together in every aspect. We cover topics like motivation, attitude, focus, leadership, persevering through tough times, and winning & losing.
We are prayerfully reopening our large in-person camps in 2022 after two years of smaller scale and virtual camps. We are planning on two locations next year (Colorado and Minnesota), and working toward relaunching the other two (Ohio and California) that we had before the pandemic.
Pray especially that we will have a good class of interns – we recruit from the students that attended the previous year, so we have to reach back three years to find them this time! As most college athletes graduate in 4 or 5, it’s been challenging. We are hoping for 30-35 interns at each location.
If you'd like to learn more about our family and ministry, please click here.