Hi Newport Church Family,
We hope you are all doing well and in good health and spirit as we navigate our new normal.
With "stay-at-home" protocols in place, schools starting distance learning this week and all the other daily adjustments we are needing to make, this is new territory for all of us!
However, in the midst of all of this change and social distancing, we have the opportunity to stay connected as we continue to draw closer as a churchcommunity through our various online and social media platforms.
Sunday "Church at Home" Service
We hope that you enjoyed and were blessed by our “Newport Church at Home” online service last Sunday. We had so many great responses, not only from our church family but also those who we reached out to and invited to join us online.
This Sunday I will be speaking on how we can be a voice of hope and faith in these uncertain times, and our Worship Pastors Pablo and Becky Motta will be leading us in a time of worship.
In this unprecedented season, when people are looking for new hope, let’s do everything we can to invite people in our world to join us for this online service.
The best place to engage with our church family is on the online churchplatform, where you can access our "Church at Home" service found at the link below. Our goal is to make the service as accessible as possible to anyone who wants to watch it.
Our technical team have suggested that you watch on YouTube, if you are viewing on your TV, while engaging in the online conversation on your smartphones on the Online Church platform. Just download the YouTube App on your smart TV and search "Newport Church", the service will come up as one of the first results.
Midweek Online Groups
Our midweek small groups are continuing to meet online and you can find a list of them on our website. Please email us at more@newportchurch.com if you would like to join a group and we will connect you to a group where you can be encouraged and grow in your faith.
Prayer
Our weekly prayer meeting is being hosted from 6am to 7am every Tuesday by Rino Chantana on a zoom call and you can join us by texting Rino on 310 463 5042 for further information.
We are also joining a rapidly growing number of churches in over 100 countries for UNITE714. UNITE14 is a call for the church worldwide to take time to pray every morning and evening at 7.14, based on God’s call to the nation of Israel to pray in 2 Chronicles 7:14:
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land”
As New Testament believers, our sins are forgiven through the finished work of Christ, but the principle of seeking God in prayer and asking God to heal our land is even more powerful today.
Let’s take a moment at 7.14 every morning and evening to lift our prayer to God, asking Him to turn back the tide of this virus, and to bring healing and spiritual awakening to our world.
You can check out the daily prayer on unite714.com
We are continuing to pray for you, your family and friends. Please let us know if you have specific prayer requests by emailing us at more@newportchurch.com
Don’t forget to invite everyone you can to join us online by sending them the link to our Sunday service: newportchurch.online.church
Looking forward to seeing you online this Sunday at 10am!
We love and appreciate you all greatly,
Jonathan & Dianne Wilson
Senior Pastors
