Sunday Bulletin

December 3, 2022

Announcements

LINK TREE – We know it’s hard to keep track of all the links to the various things happening at NMPC. For your convenience, we have created linktr.ee to house all of our important links. Be sure to visit linktr.ee/nmpc to check them out!

NMPC Presents: A Christmas Sing-along (12/18) – This holiday season, we are getting into the Christmas spirit with a festive sing-along. Invite your friends and neighbors as NMPC Music leads us in a number of Christmas favorites. With special guest musicians Ilmar Gavilan (Grammy Award Winner, founder of the Harlem Quartet, and professor at the Manhattan School of Music) and his family. Visit nmpc.link/sing-along for more information.

Membership Class (Today!) – Membership class will be held today after service. If you have not registered but would still like to attend, please see Pastor Kee right after service.

WEDNESDAY WELL – Join us for our weekly midweek prayer meeting this Wednesday night, in-person, at 111 Charlotte Pl #201b, Englewood Cliffs, NJ at 8pm.

SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER – If early mornings are more your thing, join us each Saturday at 6am for our Saturday Morning Prayer meeting at 111 Charlotte Pl #201b, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Open Gym is Back! – The school has finished their renovations in the gym with brand new hardwood flooring. Join us in the gym after service and fellowship for some light and friendly pick up basketball games! Everyone of all skill levels are welcome, whether you are Bergen County's Lebron James, or Stanley from the Office, we invite you all to come out and show us your moves.

Volunteers Urgently Needed – Our Hospitality and Connections teams are urgently seeking more volunteers. Please reach out to any of the pastors or let us know at info@nmp.church if you'd like more information on how you can help.

NEEDS OF THE CHURCH – The Apostle Paul teaches that brothers and sisters of the church should serve one another so that the body of Christ would flourish to the glory of God. The only way to accomplish God’s vision is to do it together! If you would like to serve in 2022, here are a list of different ways you can get involved. Please indicate any you are interested in.

MERCY KIDS VOLUNTEERS – Mercy Kids (our children’s ministry) is looking for volunteers! As we prepare to come back for in person worship, Mercy Kids is looking for volunteer teachers to share the love of Jesus to the next generation. If you are looking for a place to serve and you love kids, this is the ministry for you! Please reach out to Pastor Bobae for more information (bobae@nmp.church). **Training will be provided.

Sermon

A Vision of Peace

Speaker

Bobae Lee

Scripture

Isaiah 35:1-10

35 The desert and the parched land will be glad;
          the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
      Like the crocus, ² it will burst into bloom;
          it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
      The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
          the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
      they will see the glory of the Lord,
          the splendor of our God.

³    Strengthen the feeble hands,
          steady the knees that give way;
⁴    say to those with fearful hearts,
          “Be strong, do not fear;
      your God will come,
          he will come with vengeance;
      with divine retribution
          he will come to save you.”

⁵    Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
          and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
⁶    Then will the lame leap like a deer,
          and the mute tongue shout for joy.
      Water will gush forth in the wilderness
          and streams in the desert.
⁷    The burning sand will become a pool,
          the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
      In the haunts where jackals once lay,
          grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

⁸    And a highway will be there;
          it will be called the Way of Holiness;
          it will be for those who walk on that Way.
      The unclean will not journey on it;
          wicked fools will not go about on it.
⁹    No lion will be there,
          nor any ravenous beast;
          they will not be found there.
      But only the redeemed will walk there,
¹⁰      and those the Lord has rescued will return.
      They will enter Zion with singing;
          everlasting joy will crown their heads.
      Gladness and joy will overtake them,
          and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Have Children?

Take advantage of our Nursery and Mercy Kids programs! For more information please contact Pastor Bobae at bobae@nmp.church.

Need Counseling?

NMPC is a member of the Lighthouse Counseling Network. All official members of NMPC are eligible to receive professional counseling from licensed counselors through this network at a discounted rate. Please visit nmp.church/counseling to request counseling.

Need Prayer?

If you have any prayer needs, please contact the Prayer Ministry at prayer@nmp.church.

Open Gym

Financial Snapshot

Offering (11/27): $15,335.17
2022 Weekly Average: $7,944.25
2022 Weekly Goal: $10,214.19

2022 Offering Total: $381,323.79
2022 Budget: $531,138.00