“God’s Work. Our Hands” Sunday is September 11, 2022. Be sure to join us for a special Northeast Valley Consortium in-worship project in support of foster kids! “God’s Work. Our Hands” Sunday is September 11, 2022. All five Northeast Valley Consortium ELCA churches are partnering to support Arizona Helping Hands’ provision of hygiene kits to foster kids this Sunday. New Journey and Living Waters will prepare children’s bags; Christ the Lord and Ascension will prepare teens/tweens kits, and New Covenant will prepare baby bags. You do not need to bring items to worship; just bring your cheerful voices and helpful hands to make a big impact in support of the 4000+ kits that Helping Hands … [Read more...]
Beginning on July 27, a line of severe storms dumped record amounts of rain on eastern Kentucky, overflowing rivers and creeks onto streets and neighborhoods. Go to ELCA.org/disaster to learn more about how you can help. Your gifts will support storm survivors. Gifts to "U.S. flooding" will be used in full (100%) to assist those affected by floods. … [Read more...]
Sunday Mornings at New Journey Lutheran Church Worship at 10:00 am –IN-PERSON AND ONLINE You are welcome to join us in-person for worship at 10:00 am or if you prefer to say home to worship you are welcome to join our live-stream worship. On Sunday morning, vibrant, relevant and grace-centered worship is offered, creating space to connect with God in community. Along with many other Christians around the world, we follow the Revised Common Lectionary, a 3-year cycle of Bible readings. Visiting New Journey Lutheran Church for the first time? Check out Pastor Beth’s welcome letter. Accessibility Our worship space is accessible by ramp for those who use wheelchairs and … [Read more...]
Thanks to the congregational council for their leadership, volunteers at New Journey Lutheran for installing and setting up, and the good people of former ELCA congregation, Celebration Lutheran in Peoria for gifting us their equipment. Live streaming our worship services will allow our community to stay connected to New Journey's worship life and open opportunities to establish new relationships. To access our live-stream worship and view our past worship services, please click here. Streaming our worship services is a wonderful adventure. Like any adventure, there will be celebrations and bumps in the road. We trust you will share feedback with Pastor Beth, Susan Brahs or any council … [Read more...]
During the season of Lent, we gather for a midweek service of Word and Prayer on Wednesdays at 5:00 pm around the theme: “Turning Towards God’s Abundance.” Each week, we will listen and reflect on a Gospel story from the Gospel of Luke that focuses on the divine attributes of faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness and love. Each service is designed to explore a different way to pray: visio divina, sung prayer, bidding prayer, prayer with movement and prayer with anointing. Through these, we experience the abundance of God’s faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness and love. All are welcome. … [Read more...]
You are invited for a six-week study created by David Lose titled: “Making Sense of the Cross” on Wednesdays at 10:00 am by Zoom. The study explores biblical witness and what Christianity’s most thoughtful and important theologians have said about the cross, comparing them with our own experiences as Christians living in the world. We explore questions like: How should we regard the cross? Is it a tragedy that we should grieve or a moment of God’s victory and redemption that we should celebrate? Is it the place where we stand in awe of God’s incomprehensible love poured out for us? Is it all of these things or something else altogether? Though it is not a requirement to attend the … [Read more...]