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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Summer at NABC
It has been a REALLY long time since the blog has been updated and a lot
has happened in that time. Just because the blogger was slacking doesn't mean the church was, ha ha.
The summer has been a busy time for everyone so far with lots of traveling. We started off the summer season with
our annual Memorial Day church retreat at Redwood Christian Park in the Santa Cruz mountains. Our theme was "Some
Assembly Required" and we talked about assembling our community and our own personal faith in the context of relationship
with God. We try to look more and more like Christ every day as a church and as individuals and we learn how to live
together in faith.
Joy left right after that for a 2 week spiritual renewal pilgrimage in Israel.
She and about 20 other pastors from various parts of the country were able to spend two weeks visiting many historic sites
vital to our heritage as Christians as well as spending time in prayer and reflection. They stayed in Galilee and Jerusalem.
This was an incredible opportunity for our pastor and she has lots of pictures, stories and insights to share.
Not long after that, Joy, Jen, and Mary Beth traveled to Memphis, TN for the annual CBF General Assembly. The
theme this year was "Embrace the World: Building Bridges" and it was a great time of worship, teaching, and networking.
We were able to see lots of friends, former members and pastors of NABC, as well as meeting new friends and hearing about
lots of ministry opportunities that CBF is involved with. We were also able to celebrate together with several missionaries
who were commissioned. We are blessed to be a part of such an organization.
In mid-July, the youth
and several adults from our church traveled to Boston, MA for the youth to attend Passport youth camp at Gordon College.
The campus was in Wenham, MA, about 45 minutes north of Boston and the theme this summer was "Countdown", pertaining
to the Millennium Development Goals and our participation in bringing them about by being faithful and active believers in
Christ. As people of faith, it is our responsiblity to care for everyone in this world and to do our part to help bring
about peace and share God's unconditional love. It was a challenging message, but one that is attainable.
We had an incredible time and got to worship, have lots of fun, and participate in daily mission projects such as playing
with kids, painting, and cleaning up schools in the small town of Lynn. We made lots of new friends and were able to
experience God in a new and unique way. There's nothing like almost 300 teenagers worshiping with all their hearts
and being committed to changing our world.
Whew...I'm tired just going back over all that has gone on
this summer and it's not over yet. More to come in August...
*For more info about the UN Millennium Development
Goals, go to www.un.org/millenniumgoals
4:11 pm pdt
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