Hi Newport Church Family,
We trust that your week has been filled with God’s grace and favor.
New State and County Guidelines for Churches
A few days ago Orange County moved from a purple to red tier response to COVID-19. This means that the ban on indoor meetings for churches has been lifted, however significant restrictions still remain in place, limiting attendance to 25% of the capacity of our auditorium or 100 people, whichever is less. In addition face coverings must be worn, with no singing and social distancing adhered to.
The mandated guidelines continue to prohibit us from meeting in a way that is both safe yet unencumbered by restrictions that significantly inhibit and limit our worship experience in multiple ways.
In light of this we will continue to monitor the situation closely so that we can make the best decision with both wisdom and faith as to when to resume meeting inside our building.
The good news is that we can meet outside, as we have already done on three Saturday evenings, and which we will continue to do for the coming weeks as we wait for restrictions for indoor meetings to be lifted.
Saturday Evening Outdoor Worship Nights
We are excited to be gathering for a Saturday evening Worship and Communion meeting tonight from 6pm – 7pm and then next week for a Worship evening with our team along with two special guest worship leaders!
We would love to have you join us and invite your family and friends to both of these special evenings. Let’s do all that we can to invite the people in our world. Here is a link that you can send to your family and friends with details of the evening: http://newportchurch.com/events .
Our outdoor gatherings are an important part of our strategy to transition to regular weekly indoor meetings and we greatly value your presence and participation.
These services also give us an opportunity to make adjustments to our schedules which have been so greatly affected by the lockdown over the last six months and to find new ways to serve God and the people in our community of faith in ways that we have not been able to for some time.
At the same time we will of course be continuing our regular online Church at home services every Sunday morning.
Thank you for your Generosity
Once again a big thank you for your faithful giving of donations, tithes and offerings. Even though we are not able to meet in our building, we still have rent and associated expenses to pay, and your generosity continues to be especially important in this uncertain time.
Let’s keep reminding God of His promises to open the windows of heaven and multiply the seed that we sow. God is faithful and He will honor His word as we partner with Him through our giving, so that we can see His Kingdom come and His will be done on earth as in heaven.
Praying for Healing, Spiritual Awakening and Unity
Let’s keep praying that God will give us favor individually and as a church in this season, and that He will turn back the tide of COVID-19 bringing healing, spiritual awakening and unity to our nation and world.
6am Prayer Meeting every Tuesday Morning
We would love you to join our Tuesday 6am prayer meeting led by Rino Chantana and you can do so by clicking on this link.
We also encourage you to take some time to pray at 7.14 every morning and evening, twice a day with one voice, wherever you may be. #UNITE714
We very much look forward to you joining us on Sunday at 10 am and connecting through the many zoom call opportunities we have available during the week.
Let’s continue to be a voice of hope and faith in these days!
We love and appreciate you all greatly,
Jonathan & Dianne Wilson
Senior Pastors