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
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