Mid-Week Connection

We believe God gave us marriage as a relationship of belonging, reflecting how God has embraced us as His own. Our goal as NCC is to not only encourage our married couples to embrace and enjoy their marriage, but to also build marriages in which we are determinedly building up our spouses.

COVID-19 has certainly forced a “new normal” upon us! From using masks to physical-distancing to limiting travel to doing church differently. Our lives today are certainly different than even six months ago.

In the same way these new patterns have had to take shape in our lives, when Christ takes the lead in our lives, we even more so are called to take on a “new normal”.

Have you ever felt like you are only hanging on by a thread? When we are pulled in seemingly every direction, when our anxiety is high, when we are barely keeping it together, what can we do?

We are so thankful for our church family and wish we could all be together for Sunday service! But, for now, it is not to be. As we approach Fall, there are two things I would like to mention connected to our services.

God has made us to live in relationship - first with Him and then with one another. He uses different metaphors to depict this for us - we live as the “body of Christ” and the “family of God”. He calls us to keep meeting together to encourage, love, and teach one another.

God has established the family to be the primary place in which we demonstrate and experience the relational love and truth of God. And, God has called us to be part of church families in which we come to know His love and truth on an even deeper level.

Have your travel and vacation plans taken a beating this year? Mine have. Covid has provided many people with time off work, but crossing borders is a problem and local parks and beaches are packed.
So we tackle our home projects, learn how to bake sourdough bread and drop off trunk-loads at the local thrift store...Now what?

This is an important story for us as it calls us to give one another the benefit of the doubt … to remain committed to each other. Jacob approached in humility, and Esau came with a forgiving spirit. They released the relational challenges of the past and moved forward connected.