Hey everyone – this one will be a tad lengthy, but please peruse to the end. There is a lot of important info.

THIS SUNDAY
Our first-ever membership class! The class is coming up this Sunday, May 15, 2011 from 9:30 am - 10:45 am in Room 112, NHEC. We want to be able to share with you what we believe and the direction that we are heading. It is our basic introductory class that covers the following areas: Our Salvation, Our Statements, Our Strategy and Our Structure. It gives us the opportunity to explain what we believe, how we operate, and the history of NorthStar Church. We will not put any pressure on you to become a member of the NorthStar family, but if you would like to join, we will give you the opportunity to do so at this class. If you have children, they will be fine to stay in their classes during all of the Membership Class as our workers are aware there is a class and are prepared for them to stay on thru the 11:00 service if needed.
To Register: www.northstarchurch.org/firststeps
Sunday afternoon – we’re going to a Rome Braves baseball game! We will be leaving from the school parking lot at 1:00 in order to caravan out and make a 2:00 game. So, stick around after the service to help us tear down, then load the fam up and join us for a fun afternoon at a family-friendly ballpark! Tickets will be $6 at the gate. Wear your “I Heart” shirts!

SUMMER SCHEDULE
Beginning Sunday, May 29th, we will go to ONE SERVICE at 10:00AM for the summer! This will give us an opportunity to all worship together, as we continue working toward our move and re-launch at Abney Elementary on August 7th!
Would you consider serving in one of preschool/children/youth or hospitality ministries 2 weeks this summer? Even if you’re not involved year-round, we’d love some extra hands in those areas!
For more info:
Preschool: Rachel.Adair@northstarchurch.org
Elementary: Jason.Thompson@northstarchurch.org
MS and HS Students: Clay.Davis@northstarchurch.org
Setup and Teardown: Brad.Parkhurst@northstarchurch.org
Hospitality and Parking: Reggie.Abercrombie@tiptoppoultry.com

ANOTHER NSD BABY!
Congrats to Teri and Kayla Durden, who welcomed baby Kalliann on May 5! Congrats also to big sis Ashlynn and grandparents Scott and Leah Durden!

COMMUNITY MINISTRY:
WOW!!! You did it again! We collected around 100 packs of underwear, socks, and shirts for Shepherds Rest during our Undie Sunday Big Give!!!! That is going to go a long way to help the families who are staying at the safe house, many of who showed up with nothing except the clothes on their back and their children’s back! So THANK YOU for making Undie Sunday such a huge success!

June 4th-Habitat for Humanity
NorthStar Dallas is helping to sponsor the Paulding County Habitat for Humanity House this year. Our day to work on the house will be June 4th. This is going to be an awesome day of service to work side by side other NSD members, others in our community and get to meet the family we are building the house for! We do have to let them know how many volunteers we will have that day so please let us know ASAP if this is something you and your family (teens and older) would be interested in helping with.

BIG GIVE for May, June, July
We are partnering with MUST Ministries to help them with the first Paulding County Summer Lunch Program. This wonderful program takes lunches to children in less fortunate areas every week day from the day school is out until the day it starts back in the fall. So many children rely on school lunches as their only meal of the day so during school vacations many children go with little or nothing to eat. MUST has had this program in other counties for many years but this is the first year they have extended it out to Paulding County and I am honored to say that they have asked NorthStar Dallas to work with them to help them start this program in Paulding.
NorthStar’s day is going to be on Monday so every Sunday From May 29th-July 31st we are going to be putting together 200 lunches and we really need your help to get it all done! Here is where the Big Give comes in. Starting this Sunday we will be collecting items each week to make the lunches (list below) and starting May 29th we are also going to need volunteers to help each Sunday during teardown (at 11:00) to put the lunches together. This is a great opportunity to meet other people from the church and make new friends. If you are interested in participating whether its every Sunday or a couple of Sundays during the summer please let us know. NSDCommunity@northstarchurch.org.
MUST has a set menu every week so that the kids get a different lunch and sandwich each day. Our menu will always be:
-pretzels (individual size or separated in snack baggies)
-juice box or Capri sun (unrefrigerated)
-Brownies with no nuts due to allergies (may bake your own and bring in wrapped individually)
-Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (do not need until May 29th) These need to be made by mixing the peanut butter and jelly together to keep the jelly from making the bread soggy. Also the easiest thing to do after making the sandwiches is to put them in a sandwich bag and then fill the bread sleeve bag up with the bagged sandwiches. This would be a great project to do Saturday evening as a family J
We are also going to need paper lunch bags each week to put the lunches in. Feel free to decorate them or have your kids decorate them or add a little note to make them a little more fun for the kids receiving them.
As always, contact Crystal at NSDCommunity@northstarchurch.org for more info.

See you Sunday!
Brad Parkhurst
Campus Pastor
NorthStar Church, Dallas, GA
www.northstarchurch.org
Twitter: @BradParkhurst, @NSCDallas
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