We had our annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday November 24th. This is a great annual tradition of fellowship at New Life where everyone brings their favorite traditional dish to share. 

Operation Christmas Child 2013

A note from Samaritan's Purse: 
Thank you for all your partnership with Operation Christmas Child last year. We are very grateful for the opportunity to join with you to spread the love of Christ through the power of simple shoebox gifts.

Your service was critical in the collection of more than 7.5 million gift-filled shoeboxes in the United States that will create avenues for local churches to share the Gospel and begin Operation Christmas Child’s discipleship program called The Greatest Journey with millions of children. Together, we are seeing God work to impact the lives of children and families all over the world. We could not have done it without faithful partners like you!

Autumn upon us

October was filled with church bonfires, hosting the annual Summit Baptist Association meeting at New Life, preparing for Operation Christmas Child, and the My Hope with Billy Graham broadcast. We distributed invitations to people in out neighborhood on Halloween night for a viewing party of the My Hope broadcast on November 8th. This was when the program aired on ABC in the Cleveland market. It was a very powerful message that I wish more people could see. We have also been partnering with Love, Inc to help stock and serve at a local Personal Care Item Pantry with several other local churches. We have been collecting and distributing items that cannot be bought with food stamps/EBT. Last month we helped to serve nearly 100 families in our local area through this outreach.

We have been growing on Sunday mornings, so we have added more chairs to the sanctuary to provide more seating capacity. When we first came to Medina we had about 60 seats out. We expanded early on to make room for 100 seats. Now we can seat just about 140. The Lord continues to bless us and provide for us. Please pray that we would serve Christ well and represent Him well to the community and world around us.

Kingdom Kids Starts Tuesday October 8

We are starting a new weekly program for elementary school kids. We now have a weekly opportunity for learning and fun starting Tuesday October 8 from 6:30-8pm. The evening will include fun activities, Biblical teaching, scripture memorization, Bible drills, and more. This is a new ministry led by Jeff Smith. For more information go to http://newlifemedina.org/kingdom-kids/

Summer, Summer, Summer!

Hilton Head

We're Starting a New Soccer Club

Ohio Fusion is a new soccer club in northeast Ohio starting in the Fall of 2013. It is a competitive and affordable alternative, developmental club team for anyone born between August 1, 2003 and July 31, 2006 (U8, U9, U10). For more information, go to ohiofusionsoccer.com

Getting Ready For VBS

Roller Coasters & Jesus = Colossal Coaster World
July 22-26 6:30-8:30pm at New Life in Medina, Ohio
Register Here