Downtown Dinner 2023
We are looking forward to another year of serving our local community of people in need by providing a once a month meal on the 4th Wednesday evening and serving it at the Living Faith UMC in downtown Beverly. We are looking for additional people to prepare a basic main dish or side dish for one of our monthly dates. Dessert, set up, serving, and cleanup, is provided by our current faithful volunteers. Contact Nanette or Jim Maden at Nanjimal@aol.com.
Sunday Evening Services
The Evening Service is an accessible worship service held on the first and third Sunday of each month either in-person or on Zoom. We seek to bring together people of all physical, cognitive, social and economic abilities to love God and love each other. When we meet in-person, the evening begins with a meal. At both in-person and Zoom services we play games, sing, pray and hear a message from God’s Word. We enjoy learning through hands-on activities, videos, pictures and discussion.
Prayer
- World focus:
We pray for our global workers serving in South Asia. Pray that as many of these workers both train pastors and churches, and do the essential work of Bible translation, that they would be gifted and emboldened by the power of God in them. We pray that they would be encouraged and spurred on as they work to see Gospel Movements in their region.
- Community focus:
We praise God for the weekly Alpha meetings in a nearby women’s prison. We pray that seeds planted this weekend at the Alpha women’s weekend would bring healing and restoration in the lives of these women.
- Congregation:
We pray for the Wallace family as Richard faces ongoing health concerns. We pray for the Olmsteds in this time of transition. We pray for Pat Cameron as she struggles with a pulmonary disease. We pray for Bruce Sperr as he recovers from a blood clot. We pray for our world partners M & S, serving in Western Asia, as S is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. We pray for Rita Kearney as she mourns the passing of her mother.
- Do you have prayer concerns? Email prayer@nscbc.org, submit at nscbc.org/live, or call the church office.
Tech and Worship Teams
Email
worship@nscbc.org for more info on how you can serve as a part of the tech and worship teams!
Gospel Formation Courses
Join us the next 2 weeks during the 11 am service, for Gospel Formation workshops on prayer. Come June 4th for a workshop on Praying in Beggar language, and June 11th for a workshop on prayer as a listening practice.
Register to Volunteer @ VBS
July 10-14 | Register or sign up to serve at nscbc.org/vbs | laura@nscbc.org
VBS is coming soon, and registrations are live on our website! In this year’s theme, ‘Twists and Turns’, kids will play their way through VBS while learning that Jesus guides them through all of the twists and turns in their lives, and even when they mess up, it’s never ‘game over’.
Blessingdales: Now Open!
All visitors are welcome to shop and donate at Blessingdales. We accept donations of mens, women's, and children's clothing as well as toys and household items.
Our hours are as follows:
Mon-Fri: 9am-4:30pm Sun: after service.
Children's Ministries
1st Service (9:15 AM): Nursery (birth-2.5 yrs)
drop before service in Room 208
Toddler Church (2.5-4.5 yrs) drop before service in Room 205
Children's Worship (4.5 yrs-2nd grade)
UPDATE: children will begin the service with their families and then dismissed part way through the service to the Sanctuary foyer where they will be led downstairs to Friendship Hall.
2nd Service (11 AM):Nursery (birth-2.5 yrs)
drop before service in Room 208
Sunday School (Toddler-5th Grade) children toddler (age 2.5 by Sept 1) through 5th grade should arrive before service to their respective classrooms:
Toddler Room 205
PreK/K Room 210
Grades 1-2 Room 306 (upstairs)
Grades 3-5 Room 307 (upstairs)
*Please plan to pick up your children at their respective rooms following the conclusion of the 1st and 2nd worship services.
*Please respectively follow our age guidelines for each of these CM programs. We appreciate your partnership as we work together in discipling your children safely and effectively.
We have our CM Table in the Sanctuary foyer that offers shared resources (activities/bulletins/books/Bibles) available for children during the service.
For more information email
laura@nscbc.org.
Youth Ministry
We are finishing up our series, “Experiencing Life: Christian Practices for Today”. Email youth@nscbc.org to learn more about upcoming Youth Group events and middle school and high school small groups.
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