NSD Update 1.19.12

Good Morning NorthStar Dallas!  Hope your week is going well!  There are a few things I need to fill you in on:

JANUARY BIG GIVE THIS SUNDAY!

Souperbowl of Caring - Bring Soup and Crackers (to be donated to Helping Hands of Paulding County)

MEMBERSHIP CLASS THIS SUNDAY! 11-11:50am

Want to take the next step and make it official?  Stay for a few minutes following our service on Sunday.  We'll even watch your kids!

Let us know you're coming: www.northstarchurch.org/firststeps

HAVEN'T JOINED A GROUP YET?

Now's the time - no better way to get connected to NorthStar...

www.northstarchurch.org/groups

NORTHSTAR'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY SERVICE ON JAN 29th - NO MORNING WORSHIP THAT DAY.

All of NorthStar will meet together at 6:00 PM at West Ridge Church at 3522 Hiram Acworth Highway, Dallas, GA 30157. 

You can get all of the details about the service at www.northstarchurch.org/15.  There will be childcare for birth through PreK. 

Hope to see you there!

Brad Parkhurst

Campus Pastor - NorthStar Church Dallas

MEETING AT ABNEY ELEMENTARY, SUNDAYS AT 10:00 am

www.northstarchurch.org/dallas

@BradParkhurst, @NSCDallas

NorthStar Dallas 2011 Report

2011 was obviously a big year for NSD and NorthStar Church in general.

Here are some things God accomplished through NSD this year:

We successfully launched, moved, and re-launched!  We set up and tore down each more than 40 times!

Our family ministries (preschool, children, and youth) accomplished their purposes of giving our kids a safe, fun place to grow in Christ, and gave our people a chance to serve Christ! 

We made connections with these schools:

Abney Elementary (served at Christmas store and fall festival, donated a ton of toys at Christmas, cooked for their teachers, painted all their teacher bathrooms)

Shelton Elementary (served at Christmas Extravaganza)

North Paulding High School (worked with Men's basketball team, led a coaches Bible Study, ran concessions for football and basketball, assisted a needy teacher at Christmas)

We did a lot of work with community organizations as well: Helping Hands of Paulding County, Habitat for Humanity, Shepherd's Rest (domestic violence shelter), Paulding Christmas, and MUST ministries, to name a few.

We bought down gas for our neighbors, and served them hot chocolate and donuts!  We delivered cookies and invite cards to our neighbors as well.

In the fall, our giving grew to average a little more than $3000 a week - getting us close to "paying for ourselves" (which is about $4,000/wk)

We baptized about 15 people!

These are great highlights, but they are just the beginning!  God has BIG plans for NSD this year, impacting YOUR community!

May we all be challenged this year to "step it up" in every area: your personal journey, serving, giving, etc...)  

If you were not at church on Jan 1st, I shared a challenge for this year.  It's called "Stand Alone" and you can listen to it here: http://www.northstarchurch.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=59188

Hope to see you on Sunday at 10:00am!  Invite someone to come with you!

Brad Parkhurst

Campus Pastor, NorthStar Church Dallas