On Mission: Africa to the North Shore

One of the greatest challenges Christians have is to give the Bible’s answers to the questions people are asking, in language they can understand, with arguments they can feel the weight of (Tim Keller, Center Church, 89). In order to faithfully answer the questions our friends and loved ones are asking, we must learn about…

Hurricane Relief in Haiti

In early October, Hurricane Matthew blew through the Caribbean, leaving devastation in Haiti and major damage in Cuba. The event was called the “largest humanitarian event” in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. (Learn more) NSCBC member and elder Mark Fitzgerald is responding with his foundation, Project Espwa. Since founding Project Espwa in 2010, Mark continues…

Ministering to Women in Prison

Three days a week, every week, inmates at the “Women in Transition” (WIT) minimum-security prison in Salisbury have the opportunity to hear the gospel and learn about God’s love, plan and way for them. Ladies arrive at WIT after having served most of their time at MCI-Framingham, Massachusetts’s primary women’s prison. Ninety-five percent of them…

Seeing and Serving

Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and…

Our Struggle to Talk Outside Our Tribe

A recent Barna study suggests that among evangelicals, atheists, the LGBT community, Muslims, and Mormons, evangelicals are the most uncomfortable talking to these other groups. Read the findings here. This paragraph from the article captures the challenge: “Evangelicals seem to have a particularly difficult time talking to those outside their group. They report higher tensions than…

Night to Shine Video

We had a wonderful night on February 12 celebrating God’s love at Night to Shine, the prom night for people with special needs. Check out this short video overview of the event, created by Daniel Tuck. You can also see more images from the event here.

Night to Shine: A Mom/Volunteer Perspective

Jeneil Russell is a mother of a child with special needs. Jeneil was also a volunteer at the recent event we hosted at our church, Night to Shine, a prom night for people with special needs, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. Read Jeneil’s touching experience here on her blog, Rhema’s Hope.

Serving the Image of God

Our church hosted a temporary shelter program for families experiencing homelessness a couple weeks ago. We shared simple moments with the families: waiting for dinner to arrive, cleaning up the kitchen, coloring with the children. These are the mundane moments of day-to-day life . . . and yet our families have been through a lot…

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