New Philadelphia News The Connections Ministry committee is excited to announce the selection of a new logo for New Philadelphia. The congregation has selected the logo pictured here and we appreciate the input from many members. This logo will be used on brochures, signs, flyers and web media to help identify NPMC information and make it easily recognizable to visitors and guests.
You may have noticed a new addition in the church vestibule. Many thanks to Jerry Bumgardner who built our new visitor information kiosk. This kiosk on wheels will be used on Sunday mornings in the vestibule to help aid our visitors with the many offerings at NPMC. Additionally, we will be able to wheel the kiosk to the lobby of the Fellowship Hall and other places around the church for special events. Our committee is working on creating and updating additional brochures about the various outreaches and
After many
years of service Donna Cartner is ringing down the curtain as our handbell director. A search committee has been formed to seek a new leader. The search will include the normal sources but if you know of someone who might be interested in the position please contact Steve Gray. More information can be found on our website: www. newphilly.org/seeking-handbell-director
Recognizing our Graduates We will honor our graduates on May 22. If there is a graduate, high school, college or graduate school, please be sure to share this information with the Church Office. You
groups at our church. If you would like one developed for your group or committee, please let us know! Planning to bring a neighbor or friend to church with you on Sunday? Please invite them to join us for our Hospitality Coffee in the church parlor after 1st service. If you notice a guest on your pew, we’d love for you to introduce yourself and invite them to the coffee as well. Clyde Manning, our Connections Ministry Coordinator, hosts this coffee each Sunday and we usually have several other members present to greet guests.
Our committee’s other big project is working on improving the directional signage in our church parking lots and campus building signage. We feel that improvements in this area will greatly aid our visitors and guests in getting around our church campus. The Connections Ministry Committee meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the church conference room. We’d love to have you join us! If you have any suggestions or ideas, you can either talk with Clyde Manning or email Tara Pitts, committee chair, at tara@sassafraspaper.com can email Rachel (rachel@newphilly.org), complete an online form www.newphilly.org/graduates-recognition or call the church office by the May 18 deadline.
A tAste of god’s love In Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise (Abingdon Press), John Killinger describes a mother’s love — and how it offers a tiny foretaste of God’s love: “It is stronger than steel, softer than down and more resilient than a green sapling on the hillside. It closes wounds, melts disappointments and enables the weakest child to stand tall and straight in the fields of adversity. I believe that this love, even at its best, is only a shadow of the love of God, a dark reflection of all that we can expect of him, both in this life and the next.”