NEW HOPE NEWS. A Letter from the Pastor. Birthdays. Anniversaries. \ Greetings NHCC Family, God is still doing great things!

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1 A P u b l i c a t i o n O f N e w H o p e C o m m u n i t y NEW HOPE NEWS A Letter from the Pastor \ Greetings NHCC Family, The holiday season has come and gone, swiftly carrying us into another new year. The year 2013 was filled with some disappointments, but overall it was a year of exciting advancements for The Kingdom. We have seen the hand of God breaking, molding, and remolding us into a church that enables him to bless the saints and bring new hope to the downtrodden and destitute in our community. I trust that you find your relationship with God closer and deeper now than at the beginning of last year. We are now entering into a new phase as we look into The motto for the New Year is My Best will be SEEN in I would like to see each one of you individually and this church collectively experience the greatness of God over this next year. For this to happen we must decide to do our best. Let us join together in believing and proclaiming the great things that God has in store for each of us. An over all view of 2013 shows many improvements. With the water problems in the Junior Church area we were forced to make some major repairs. I see this as God saying, Quit talking and get working. What do I mean by that statement, you may ask? Well, if the floor had not needed repairing we probably would still not have the fellowship area we now are enjoying. But because of the needed repairs it motivated us into taking down walls, ripping up old carpet and making a clean attractive place to have dinners and fellowships. In April of 2013 I felt overwhelmed by the enormity of the task and expense we were facing. Looking back I thank God for allowing this to happen and getting us motivated. The New Fellowship Area has already proven itself to be a blessing for our church. The teens and children now have a clean cheerful place for their class and we have been able to have several dinners and God is still doing great things! activities all together in one room. In the next couple of months we will be installing a new furnace and a/c unit in the Fellowship Room. I want to thank all who have been working and donating to this project. We are near completion. God always knows what He is doing. Our part is to not quit midstream but just keep trusting Him. As the song says God is still doing great Things. His power has never changed It has been exciting to see visitors almost every week as well as to see the new converts and regular attendees service after service. We are growing and New Membership class is scheduled for January. Make sure you sign-up in the foyer. I want to thank everyone for his or her support over the past year. Together we saw just a glimpse of what God wants to do. It takes teamwork, everyone harnessing up and pulling together, to move forward. God s work deserves our best. We owe it to God to give our best and do our best for Him. Be on time, Be faithful, Be consistent, Be dependable, Be courteous, and Be helpful. Together we can make a difference in this community. I invite you to lock arms and unite our hearts in 2014 for the building and up lifting of His Kingdom. Birthdays Brian Cox 1/5 Pauline Gilbert 1/6 Lisa Kirby 1/14 Will Taylor 1/14 Makayla Webster 1/20 Amanda Webster 1/29 Ella Cox 1/31 Brittni Berkebile 2/2 Tristan Murray 2/2 Rick Polster 2/2 Andrew Smith 2/11 Charlotte Smith 2/14 Sierra Rollins 2/25 Anniversaries Will & Dorothy Dunn 1/1 Gleg & Nadine Seagel 1/3 Jeff & Carol Pelfrey 1/16 John & Barbara Hook 1/31 Dave & Stephanie Bedwell 2/4 Ken & Rhonda Cox 2/9 Ron & Pat Martin 2/20 In Christ Service, Pastor Ken

2 Interview with Daren Berkebile New Hope Community Church s amazing drum player! V.W. How old were you when you first started playing the drums? D.B. 13 years old V.W. What is your favorite song? D>B. - Not sure, I have about 2000 songs. Choosing is too hard. V.W. How would you describe yourself in 3 words? D.B. Introvert, lazy, crazy V.W. What would I find in your fridge right now? D.B. Nothing! Gotta go shopping tomorrow. V.W. Where would you go if you had a time machine? D.B. The year 2026 V.W. Why? D.B. There is a guy on the internet who has been predicting what technology we will have and has been accurate so far. He claims that by the year 2026 the world will be like the movie Surrogate. V.W. If you are hosting a dinner party and must invite 3 famous people. Who would you choose and why? D.B. Mike Portnoy, a great drummer. Joey Jordinson cause he is my second favorite drummer. Nikola Tesla cause I would like to ask him some questions. V.W. Using a scale of 1 to 10 rate yourself on how weird you are? D. B. 11..Ha. Ha.

3 V.W. What is the best advice anyone ever gave you? D.B. Happy wife. Happy Life. V.W. What was the last book you read? D.B. Well Eragon is the last book I ve read completely through and the last book I ve read in general. So Eragon. V.W. (looking disappointed) - GEEZ! Doesn t anyone read poetry anymore? LOL V.W. On a scale of 1 to 10 how happy are you? Why? D.B. 10 I have a good life. This concludes my interview with the amazing drummer Daren Berkebile! Thank you Daren for the wonderful drum playing at NHCC and for keeping us dancing! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Membership Class, January 14, 6:30pm Sign Up in Foyer Men s Breakfast January 11, 9:00am In the Activity Room Furnace pledges need to be made before February 1st. Congratulations! Vicki Watkins invites you to attend her very first book Everything Bagel Saturday, Jan. 18, am to 1pm Please come so it looks like someone besides Vicki likes poetry! 10% of all sales goes to NHCC furnace fund.

4 Angel Tree Thank you for giving to the needy this year for Christmas. Portion Pac in Mason, Ohio once again teamed up with New Hope Church and provided presents and treat bags for needy kids. Thanks to your giving we were able to help 30 children have a better Christmas. Each child was given at least 2 gifts. Homeless Outreach We had nearly 40 people go to help with the Homeless Outreach this year. We went to the Drop Inn Center in Cincinnati on Sunday December 15, 5:30 pm. We took coats, hats, gloves, socks, clothes, candy, and a gospel tract. We also passed out hot chocolate, cookies, and coffee. This was a great opportunity to touch the lives of the less fortunate in our area. Thank you to everyone who gave of your money and time to make this possible. Jesus said if you do it unto the least of theses you have done it unto me. Christmas Celebration Christmas Celebration Services were held December 22. We had a wonderful morning worship service to Jesus our Savior born in a manger. The first 40 people at church received a free Poinsettia. After worship we had Christmas dinner together in our New Fellowship area. It was a dinner of ham, pulled pork, cheesy potatoes, green beans, corn, rolls and much more great food besides many desserts. This dinner was a gift provided to the church from our Pastor and family. We all had a great time of fellowship as we ate dinner together. After dinner we went back into the sanctuary where we enjoyed Christmas Carols by Candlelight. Our candlelight services here at New Hope are always such a special time as we listen to our choir sing as well as sing Christmas carols together. A special thank you to our Musicians and Choir for making this service happen. We are BLESSED with great talent here at New Hope. Youth Christmas Party The Youth had a Christmas Party on December 18 and what a party they had! Chicken tenders, pizza, Subway Subs, chips, pop, cake, candy and gifts. Our youth are so blessed to have workers who take their time and money to make sure that the youth have a great time. The Church Family Thanks the Youth workers for all you do! Children's Christmas Program Our Children s Christmas program this year was held on December 8 at 10:30 am. It was called, A King is Coming to Town. This was by far one of the best children s programs New Hope has ever performed. It was a snowy day and many of the regular attendees missed but we still had 109 in attendance and they were not disappointed in what they saw. The town was expecting a king to come: first Elvis rolled on the scene with his usual entourage and flair. Then King Tut came with all his fanfare and pomp. After him King Kong came in scaring the crowd as the kids yelled, Don t be afraid! It will be OK! Then Mary and Joseph came to the little stable with the real King. The King of Kings born in a manger. It was a great program well performed and narrated through the Mayor of the town, News Cast, and various towns people. The program was full of songs performed with great enthusiasm by the children. Great program Children s Church Tacky Christmas Sweater Party What a fun evening we had on December 8. If you missed this yearly party you missed out on a chance to show off your favorite Christmas sweater. Some of the sweaters were bought at the store and some were made at home. Our youngest Contestant was Ella Cox in Her I didn t know I could not do that Santa sweater. The winner of the contest was 1 st place Tate s Uncle John. Kenny Cox was 2 nd place and Kenny Lawson was 3 rd place. Winners for ages 16 and under was 1 st place Brian Cox, 2 nd place Julie Kirby, 3 rd place Will Taylor. We had lots of appetizers and desserts to eat. We also played a couple games. Amber Ward won the Knock the bottles over with a potato game. Thanks everyone for your participation. Thank You New Hope Church for hosting clean and fun activities for our families.

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6 MT. CARMEL NEW HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH 4170 Mt. Carmel Tobasco Rd. Cincinnati, Ohio Happy New Year! There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind - C.S. Lewis New Hope Community Church Weekly Schedule SUNDAYS: Prayer for Morning Service 10:05am Junior Church...10:30am Morning Worship....10:30am Evening Worship.. 6:00pm WEDNESDAYS: Kingdom Kids.7:00pm New Hope Youth..7:00pm Adult Bible Study...7:00pm If you have a Prayer Request call the NHCC Prayer Chain: Dorothy Dunn, Prayer Ministry Leader If you would like to be on the Mt. Carmel New Hope Community Church Prayer Chain, please sign up in the church foyer.