May 2023
1st Thursday Connect
Our next monthly women’s gathering, 1st Thursday Connect, is May 4, and it would be wonderful to spend that evening with you! Invite a friend and bring them along, too.
It is Teacher Appreciation week, and we will be adopting a local school and encouraging their staff. We will be collecting gift cards at 1st Thursday Connect to bless the teachers. It is completely optional, but if you would like to contribute, there are three ways to do so.
Bring an unused gift card that you already own.
Purchase a gift card. $5-$10 amounts are preferred. Coffee, Amazon, Target, Crumbl, Chick-fil-a, Barnes & Noble are suggested options.
Bring cash or contribute through a cash app at 1st Thursday, and gift cards will be purchased with all donations.
Dinner will be a fun “school lunch” plus a make-your-own kid-friendly dessert. After dinner, we will spend time in God’s Word and finish our study of 1 & 2 Thessalonians. Teacher appreciation activities will follow.
May 4, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
New Life Church West Linn, downstairs
Livestream available at 6:40 p.m.
RSVP for May’s 1st Thursday Connect on the church website
We have been reading 1 & 2 Thessalonians this month and will finish our 2022-2023 season with 1 & 2 Timothy in the month of May. Pick up materials at 1st Thursday Connect, in the church foyer, or print them from the church website. Invite someone to join you in Side by Side Bible Reading for the month of May. It is a double blessing to spend time with friends and benefit from God’s Word together!
Opportunities
Are you interested or do you have questions about serving on the Women’s Ministry leadership team? We are forming the team for June 2023-June 2024 and would love to talk with you about your involvement.
Do you have feedback from this year that would help us plan for the future? We would love to hear from you!
Email Marcia at wlwomen@newlifenw.com.
Links
Below are links to articles, books, podcasts, and music that might be of interest or help on various topics. Resources are curated but may not always reflect the views of New Life Church. Enjoy!
Two Fools on the Road to Emmaus & How to See Christ in the Old Testament—by Cara Ray.
You Can Understand the Bible—@ Desiring God.
The World is Still Spinning—by Kristin @ The Palest Ink. “So I have taken to practicing the discipline of restructuring my thoughts, which sounds fancy but simply means I am training myself to set my mind on things above (Colossians 3:2) since my natural, crippled inclination is to ponder worldly catastrophes and distractions.”
1 & 2 Timothy for You: Protect the Gospel, Pass on the Gospel—a devotional commentary by Phillip D. Jensen.
Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus—a Spotify playlist.
What does it mean that women will be “saved” through child-bearing (1 Timothy 2:15)?—@ Got Questions.
Do women have to remain silent in church?—@ Got Questions on another topic that comes up in 1 Timothy.