Hi Newport Church family,
We hope you had a blessed and faith-filled Easter!
We are so thankful for the opportunity to stay connected through our online services, zoom calls and all other forms of electronic communication in this time when we cannot gather in person.
Even though churches were unable to meet in buildings, it may well be that this year, the global church had it’s greatest ever Easter attendance through online services!
There is no doubt that what the enemy means for evil, God will always use for good! We now have an unprecedented opportunity to invite our family and friends near and far to join us for our online services.
Let’s do everything we can to make the most of this opportunity by sending them the invitation below to join us.
I am reminded in this season of the story of Isaac, who was in the promised land, when a famine came. God spoke to Him clearly and said, “Don’t go down to Egypt to look for provision, but stay in the land and I will provide for you and bless you”
Isaac believed God’s promise, sowed in the midst of the famine, and reaped a hundredfold in the same year! When Isaac’s natural reasoning would have told him to hold onto all of the seed and keep it for food, he sowed from the seed he had. And because he continued to sow, even in a time of famine, God blessed Him.
I am always encouraged by this story because it reminds me of God’s faithfulness in difficult times and the power of continuing to sow my time, my talent and treasure in every season.
God does not ask us to give what we don’t have or what we used to have, but out of what we do have. When we do, He promises to give us both bread to eat and seed to sow and to multiply that seed, so that we will have more bread to eat and more seed to sow!
We want to take this opportunity to thank you for faithfully sowing your time, talent and treasure in this difficult season. Because of you, we can continue to be a voice of hope and faith and a storehouse and resource to meet the natural and spiritual need all around us.
If you would like to contribute to our ongoing vision and mission you can do so by clicking on this link.
Also if you are in need please let us know by clicking on this link we would love to do anything we can to help you.
Let’s continue to pray that God will turn back the tide of this virus, protect us, heal those who are sick, comfort those who have lost loved ones and that we will know His provision in every way this season.
We look forward to joining together with you all online. Don’t forget to invite the people in your world to our service this weekend!
We love and appreciate you greatly,
Jonathan and Dianne Wilson
Senior Pastors