A couple things...

Hello saints.  I trust you are enjoying our winter wonderland!  What's so amazing is that people pay to go on vacation where we live (assuming you are one of the ones who live in Northport), and we get to live here and enjoy the beauty of God's perfect creation everyday.  How totally blessed we are!

I don't know about you guys, but this time of the year can be so busy!  It's not always a bad thing so long as we keep everything in perspective.  However, I don't think we need to add one more thing to the mix, so we have decided to CANCEL potluck this next week.  Take the time to to spend with your family or take someone out to lunch and get to know them better one on one.

One of the great things that will be going on in this month of December is our 2nd Annual Christmas Extravaganza on the 18th.  This will be a great time of singing, laughing and reflecting on the One who brought Peace on Earth!  I hope you can join us this day.

Take advantage of this Christmas season and introduce a friend to Jesus...the reason we even have Christmas!

Changes for the better

Communication, in many different forms, is so important to keep a group of people connected and healthy.  Within the body of Christ it is no different.

Over the last few years New Hope has had a website that was useful, to an extent, in regards to communication, information and updates.  Since the website was a bit difficult to stay up-to-date with as well as the cost each year, we have decided to go to change to this format.

There are some great benefits to this forum.

One, there is no cost!  The website didn't cost much, but in this economy every penny counts.

Second, this blog is much easier to update and stay up-to-date with.  We need to have the ability to have things posted in a more permanent manner than what just email can do.  The website took quite a bit of time to format and update on a consistent basis, but this blog will be much easier.  You will be able to scroll back through and see past posts.  You will be able to comment on each post as well.  The ease of having the calendar is still available in this format.  Just look to the left of this post and you will see where it says calendar.  Click there!

Third, you can be notified when this blog is updated.  With the website you would need to check back on a regular basis to see what had been updated.  And hopefully you still didn't miss anything.  With this blog, you can subscribe to it (through RSS or email updates) and be notified when new blogs are posted.  To follow this blog, and be updated by email, click the Follow tab on the left.  To subscribe via RSS, click the link at the bottom of this page.  As stated before, you will also be able to scroll through any of the previous postings.

I will let you know about new features as they are added.  If there are certain things you would like to see on this blog (links to blogs that you follow or write, links to your business,  prayer request center, etc) please let me know.

New Hope's email had been through our website, but that will no longer be the case.  Effective immediately the email for New Hope is northportnewhope@gmail.com.  Please update your email address books.

I look forward to hearing from you about your thoughts and ideas.

Bearing His torch,
Pastor Eldon