October Missions Offering to Benefit Hope ATL through Laundry Love

This month’s missions offering will be go towards the relief efforts in Atlanta, Georgia for families that have been impacted by the recent flood. We are partnering with JustOne to help start Laundry Love in that area to bring a tangible service to those in need right now. The following video was created by an organization we are working with called www.hopeATL.com.

For those who may be unfamiliar with Laundry Love, here is a video that describes Laundry Love:

Please consider participating in this month’s missions offering to help our brothers and sisters in Atlanta.

Unleashing Beauty Conference October 10th!

written by Charles Lee (www.charlestlee.com)

There are so many conferences these days! Some are quite amazing to experience while others are not that great, especially when you consider the amount of money you have to invest for participation. Given our current economic climate, more people are being intentional about which conferences to attend. I think this is a good thing.

Personally, I like conferences. Let me rephrase that… I like conferences that bring something of unique value to the table that results in collaborative and sustainable action.

One such conference is “Unleashing Beauty” on October 10th in Irvine, CA at NewSong. It is a FREE 1 Day Global Leadership Conference with actual leaders from around the world. It is a collaborative effort of both NewSong and the Mosaic Alliance. Here are 5 reasons why I think you should attend:

1. Unleashing Beauty is Diverse
   • It’s rare to find conferences that have diverse leaders from around the world. During Unleashing Beauty, leaders from countries including Thailand, England, India, Mexico, China, and Korea will be present to facilitate conversations about global care for the things that resonate close to the heart of God.
2. Unleashing Beauty is Inclusive
   • This conference is NOT just for church leaders. In fact, many of the sessions will be facilitated by people who lead businesses, organizations, and movements. The heart of this conferences seeks to integrate the entire church towards becoming God’s beautiful expressions of love to the world.
3. Unleashing Beauty is Accessible
   • This conference was designed so that everyone could come to the table. Yes, it’s absolutely FREE for YOU! Organizers are picking up the tab on the cost of putting together an event like this. Loving the generosity. Also, if you live too far away to be there in person to experience, you can join the event online at www.global.newsong.net.
4. Unleashing Beauty is Timely
   • One of the hopes of Unleashing Beauty is to inspire and provide practical tools for many, especially during these difficult times, to re-imagine and re-center who God has called them to be. There’s great anticipation about how God will use this event to refresh, renew, and inspire new directions for people seeking change.
     
5. Unleashing Beauty is Outward
   • Unleashing Beauty is designed to inspire and encourage leaders to continue to move outwardly in their faith expression through tangible generosity, compassionate justice, and city-care. There will be numerous examples of how people are practically engaging their respective cities (all around the world) with their families, churches, organizations, and businesses.

I really hope to see you there!

The following is information describing the heart and focus on the event along with other important details found at www.unleashingbeauty.net:

What is Unleashing Beauty?

“Unleashing Beauty” is a free day of training focused on justice, loving the outsider, and radical sacrifice.

Who is Unleashing Beauty for?

This event is designed for church, business, non-profit leaders to feel empowered to change their local, global, and online communities in the midst of this economic crisis.

This one-day leadership event is open to any leader in the OC/LA area and those who desire to join us online at: www.global.newsong.net (Yes, it will be streamed live!).

What are the hopes for Unleashing Beauty?

• Refresh, inspire, and connect leaders during these turbulent times.
• Create opportunities for leaders to re-invent and innovate their leadership.
• Develop compassion/justice opportunities to become tangible expressions of God’s love for the world.
• Provide opportunities for leaders that are jobless to network with each other.

Who’s coming to Unleashing Beauty?

• YOU!
• Dave Gibbons (NewSong)
• Erwin McManus (Mosaic)
• Staff of Mosaic and NewSong Alliance

Register for free here for Unleashing Beauty!

Poison Envy: An Exploration into One of Life’s Most Dangerous Itch

This past Sunday at our church (New Hope), Charles Lee shared a message entitled, “Poison Envy: An Exploration into One of Life’s Most Dangerous Itch”. As the title implies, it centered around some thoughts about envy along with biblical advice from the book of Psalms.

Envy is something that is definitely a constant struggle for most of us. We hope this message will provide a refreshing look at some of our perspectives and struggles over envy.

Click here to hear this message on the New Hope podcast (iTunes required).

You may also click here to see all of the videos used during Sunday’s message.

Worship (Six-Forty Series Part 8)

We concluded our “Six-Forty Series” at our church (New Hope) yesterday with a message entitled, “Worship”. This series centered around the various kinds of spiritual disciplines that help to nurture our relationship with God. The reason we are calling it “Six-Forty” is because of the format we are using to communicate timeless truths.

A few months ago, we came across how some Japanese architects were creatively formatting their design presentations to make them more focused, concise, and memorable. These design presentations, known as Pecha Kucha (which comes from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation), are 6 minutes 40 seconds PowerPoint presentations that contain 20 slides shown for 20 seconds each.

We thought this would be a refreshing way to communicate a Sunday message so we adapted the format to share insights into the spirituals disciplines.

This particular 6 minutes 40 seconds presentation focused on re-engaging worship and debunking some possible misconceptions.

Click here to hear this message on the New Hope podcast (iTunes required) and feel free to follow along with the embeded presentation below. You will have to time each slide at 20 seconds increments if you want the live feel.

Six Forty Series (Part 8 Worship)

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We look forward to hearing your thoughts about this podcast!

Prayer (Six-Forty Series Part 5)

Originally posted at www.charlestlee.com.

We continued our new series at our church (New Hope) today entitled, “Six-Forty Series”. It centers around the various kinds of spiritual disciplines that help to nurture our relationship with God. The reason we are calling it “Six-Forty” is because of the format we are using to communicate timeless truths.

A few months ago, we came across how some Japanese architects were creatively formatting their design presentations to make them more focused, concise, and memorable. These design presentations, known as Pecha Kucha (which comes from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation), are 6 minutes 40 seconds PowerPoint presentations that contain 20 slides shown for 20 seconds each.

We thought this would be a refreshing way to communicate a Sunday message so we adapted the format to share insights into the spirituals disciplines.

Following this particular 6 minutes 40 seconds presentation entitled “Prayer”, our community of faith entered an amazing time of prayer. As you will hear in the message, prayer has more to do with presence than format/method.

Click here to hear this message on the New Hope podcast (iTunes required) and feel free to follow along with the embeded presentation below. You will have to time each slide at 20 seconds increments if you want the live feel. 🙂

Six Forty Series (Part 5 Prayer)

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We look forward to hearing your thoughts about this podcast!

Two Film Screenings Coming to New Hope!

New Hope will be hosting two film screenings the next two weekends on our South Bay Campus (4040 Spencer Street Ste H in Torrance, CA 90503). Here’s the info:

Saturday July 25th (7:30pm ~ 9:30pm)

• You’re invited to come and join some local film-makers (including Myron Kim, Arnold Chun, and Andrew Oh) as they share some of their latest works recently shown at the Talent 1 Media Film Festival.
• Click here for a link to this event’s Facebook event page. (Please RSVP here if you’re on FB.)
• Click here to view KAC Media‘s coverage of their latest film festival.

Friday July 31st (7pm ~ 9pm)

• We are partnering with LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) to screen a powerful documentary entitled, “Seoul Train”. It’s a film documenting an underground railroad for North Korean refugees in China.
• Several representatives from LiNK will be joining us to provide practical information on what people can do to help these refugees.
• Click here for a link to this event’s Facebook event page. (Please RSVP here if you’re on FB.)
• Please take a moment to view this film’s trailer below:

Discipline (Six-Forty Series Part 3)

We continued our new series at our church (New Hope) this past Sunday entitled, “Six-Forty Series”. It centers around the various kinds of spiritual disciplines that help to nurture our relationship with God. The reason we are calling it “Six-Forty” is because of the format we are using to communicate timeless truths.

A few months ago, we came across how some Japanese architects were creatively formatting their design presentations to make them more focused, concise, and memorable. These design presentations, known as Pecha Kucha (which comes from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation), are 6 minutes 40 seconds PowerPoint presentations that contain 20 slides shown for 20 seconds each.

We thought this would be a refreshing way to communicate a Sunday message so we adapted the format to share insights into the spirituals disciplines. Following this particular 6 minutes 40 seconds presentation entitled “Discipline”, our community of faith spent some time in group activities designed to engage thought and conversation around this week’s focus.

Click here to hear this message on the New Hope podcast (iTunes required) and feel free to follow along with the embeded presentation below. You will have to time each slide at 20 seconds increments if you want the live feel. 🙂

Six Forty Series (Part 3 Discipline)

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We look forward to hearing your thoughts about this podcast!

Fasting (Part 2 of Six-Forty Series)

We continued our new series at our church (New Hope) yesterday entitled, “Six-Forty Series”. It centers around the various kinds of spiritual disciplines that help to nurture our relationship with God. The reason we are calling it “Six-Forty” is because of the format we are using to communicate timeless truths.

A few months ago, we came across how some Japanese architects were creatively formatting their design presentations to make them more focused, concise, and memorable. These design presentations, known as Pecha Kucha (which comes from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation), are 6 minutes 40 seconds PowerPoint presentations that contain 20 slides shown for 20 seconds each.

We thought this would be a refreshing way to communicate a Sunday message so we adapted the format to share insights into the spirituals disciplines. Following this particular 6 minutes 40 seconds presentation by Henry Nguyen entitled “Fasting”, our community of faith spent some time in group activities designed to engage thought and conversation around this week’s focus.

Click here to hear this message on the New Hope podcast (iTunes required) and feel free to follow along with the embeded presentation below. You will have to time each slide at 20 seconds increments if you want the live feel. 🙂

We look forward to hearing your thoughts about this podcast!

Crown Financial Ministries on Wed Nights at New Hope (7pm)

Update: The group will now begin on Wednesday, June 24th.

Starting Wed. June 24th, please join us on Wednesday evenings from 7:00–8:30pm for a 10-week small group study with Crown Financial Ministries.

CFM equips people worldwide to learn, apply, and teach God’s financial principles so they may know Christ more intimately, be free to serve Him, and help fund the Great Commission.

We will be hosting this study at our South Bay campus and partnering with other local churches.

The cost is $45 per person or couple. Please signup by calling our office at 310-371-0304 or emailing us at info@newhopesouthbay.com.

Please take a moment to watch the following introductory video for CFM:

June’s Trashcan Drive to Benefit Wilmington Middle School

We are collecting school supplies for Wilmington Middle School for this month’s Trashcan drive.

We are looking for notebooks, pens/pencils, gift cards for student prizes, etc. to give out to students. Would you remember to purchase extra school supplies the next time you go shopping? Simple generosity can make a difference.

A Trashcan Can Make a Difference is an initiative of www.just4one.org.