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Update

• If it is your first Sunday meeting with us we would like to especially welcome you. We hope that you will enjoy meeting with God and His people this morning.

• Crèche and kids work provisions are held in the Gold Class Bar in the cinema foyer. All our workers hold CRB checks.

• Free tea and coffee is in the foyer after the meeting where we would love to get to know you more.

• The Welcome Desk is available for any information about the life of the church.

• Free parking is available in the Lowry Outlet Mall car park by getting your ticket validated at the cinema desk.

25/04/10

Welcome to New Life Church!

- Making Jesus Famous -

‘THE MAN THAT WISDOM BUILDS’

28th May Saturday morning 9.30am - 11.30am ‘By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established...A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength.’ Proverbs 24 v 3-5 Join with other men of God for breakfast and inspiration) It will be held at Daniel Cole’s home. For directions contact Daniel on 07875354551 or daniel@newlifesalford.org

VIP is a great opportunity for us as a Church to reach out to the home-less and the poor and needy in our city. If you are able to serve at the event as a counsellor, hairdresser or manicurist etc., and also if you can set up from 4pm, please give your name in at the Welcome Desk.

7th May at Buile Hill Park Hall

School of Worship Day 15th May, Living Rock Church, Leicestershire. 10-4pm £10 per person. It is for anyone who has a heart for worship, please bring your own instruments and sign up at the Welcome Desk.

Tonight! Sunday 25th April, 7.00pm

Copthorne Hotel, Salford Quays

This month we will be covering

managing yourself and your home,

with guest speakers Mark Lawrence

and Rachel Rongong.

The cost is £2.50 per evening. Please

pay in advance at the Welcome Desk.

School of Life

Stop Press! Andrew Hughes speaking at King’s House Be there on Tuesday 27th at 7.30pm for an amazing night!

This Week... Sunday 7.45-8.45am - Prayer Meeting, at Ben, Josh and Pete’s flat, Salford Quays 10.00am - Church Meeting, Screen 7, Vue Cinema, Salford Quays

Church in the Home - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday New Life Church love to meet together at every opportunity to share in the incredible life and truth of Jesus. We have five homes which are open throughout the week. We are committed to seeing us all love and look after each other and being equipped to reach out to those around us. Monday 7.00pm. Led by Judah and Rachel Cole in Swinton Monday 7.30pm. Led by Russ and Irene Bennett in in Ordsall Tuesday 7.00pm. Led by Kev and Jo Hardwidge in Swinton Tuesday 7.30pm. Led by Anthony Cupit in Salford Quays Wednesday 7.30pm. Led by David and Hannah Knight in Langworthy

Tuesday 9.30 - 11am Yummy Mummies, held at various homes in Salford

Thursday 7.30pm - Worship Group Practice, held at King’s House in Manchester

Friday 7.30pm - New Life Youth, held at Jennie Buss’ flat unless told otherwise

At our Church weekend away at Cefn Lea in Wales, we had Matthew Ling teaching us about our identity as God’s people. One of the ideas he used was one of a tapestry in the cathedral of his hometown of Coven-try. The tapestry is the biggest in the world and shows Jesus Christ en-throned in heaven. The tapestry when viewed from a distance back looks balanced and harmonious, and it is upon closer inspection that you can see millions of threads that make up the colours and forms of the big picture! The identity of God and His Kingdom is exactly like that.

All of the Bible and God’s deal-ings with the human race have one overall focus, one grand obsession; ‘to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.’ (Ephesians 1:9). Jesus and His kingdom is what the whole of his-tory and all of eternity is about, and you and I, as part of the church have the privilege of being a crucial part of God’s big picture. It is ‘Christ in you, the hope of glory.’ (Colossians 1:27), that God wants to show off to the world and to the watching heavens. Two Sundays ago we heard an

Our Identity: The Big Picture apostle to New Life Church, Richard Anniss, remind us of our vision to ‘Make Jesus Famous’. That is to be worked out in every area of life in-cluding work, study, holidays, when we meet or fellowship; in all the de-tails of our lives which make up the big picture of who we are. We aren’t trying to achieve an ideal which is out of reach; by living every day sub-mitted to the Holy Spirit we will be led as sons of God into showing Je-sus off to everyone around us. At this time in New Life Church of change and growth, we must keep hold of the big picture. We are ‘in Christ’, which is the best position that anyone can be in! We are part of a world-wide Church which is being renewed and restored by the gifts of Christ (Ephesians 4:11) and by moves of the Holy Spirit’s power. A good illustration of succeed-ing during a time of change is found in the book of 2 Kings. As Elijah passed over his anointing as the main prophet in Israel to Elisha, the only way it would work was if Elisha LOOKED UP to heaven (2 Kings 2:10). Our identity is as a heavenly people, seated with Christ in heav-enly realms, fighting spiritual battles with spiritual weapons. Our vocation and success is in loving the lost and being passionate to make God’s city the praise of the earth, making Jesus famous, right here in Salford! Jesus Christ is the big picture, so let’s all fix our eyes on Him (Hebrews 12:2). Russ Bennett