Special Worship Music - February 28, 2010

Rashid is a recently-arrived Congolese refugee. He is a free-case refugee who is living in the Transition House that New Life sponsors with Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County.

A week ago, Rashid first visited New Life for Sunday service and mentioned that he led worship in his church in Congo and that he'd like to play for New Life. Debbie and Mike Munns who lead the New Life Worship Team, took Rashid up on his offer and invited him to sing this week! With no rehearsal at all together, Rashid, Mike and Debbie led the congregation in a moving worship song that Rashid sang in French, much to the delight of the 9 other Congolese in the audience!

Serving the refugees of San Jose has blessed and enriched New Life Covenant Church in ways that cannot be ennumerated. This Sunday's special music was just one small way that the refugees we've met have given so much to this congregation.

In case you couldn't join us yesterday, here are some photos:

San Jose Covenant Churches Share Worship - December 27, 2009

Two days after Christmas, the four San Jose Covenant Churches; New Life Covenant Church, Alum Rock Covenant Church, Church of Philadelphia, and The Bridge Community Church, gathered together at Willow Glen Middle School to celebrate in worship and explore more deeply our partnership in the Gospel.

These four churches serve different communities and have very different histories, but together, they are unified in serving the Gospel and the community of San Jose. This is a partnership of celebration, of prayer, of connection, of encouragement, and of challenge.

The entire service was a shared experience. Each pastor prepared part of the service and the worship team was a blend from New Life and The Bridge, while our Children's ministries met together and prepared kits for the homeless of San Jose. Even our offerings partnered this Sunday as we collected food and gave a special offering for Second Harvest Food Bank.

Looking forward, each of the pastors expressed their desire to come together again, and all are looking forward to adding new church plants to San Jose in the coming year so that this partnership might continue to grow and to reach out with Christ's love for this valley.

New Life Kids Chimes Concert with Adam and Emily McGhee - December 6, 2009

December 6 was a very busy Sunday at New Life! We met Pastor James, a Burmese pastor and missionary, who kindly shared with us some of his ministry in Burma and around the world. We met Adam and Emily McGhee and later learned that they will be joining the New Life family very soon as Adam comes on staff as our new Outreach Pastor!

And the best part of the morning? The songs and concert, first with the New Life Preschoolers and then New Life Kids. All of the children did an amazing job in leading us to worship and sharing their love of God through their songs. What a blessing they are!

Many thanks to Ashley Mathai and David Wold for sharing their pictures from this special day!