Good Morning, New Life.

We're just hours past the conclusion of the 2022 Fall Retreat and we feel grateful for the work we saw God do. If you took the time out of your schedule to go, my prayer is that God will continue to show you the fruit of that investment for years to come. For those of you who donated your time or your finances to help make the retreat possible - thank you! At our staff team gathering last week, we spent some time talking about our own personal stories with past New Life retreats. It was encouraging to my soul to hear some powerful stories that I know are a mere drop in the bucket of all that God's done through this one event over the years. What stories could you tell?

Now that the Fall Retreat is behind us, you might be wondering what's next. If your guess was "better financial communication", you nailed it! You've probably heard us share about tithes and offerings from stage, but starting this week we are adding a new Finance section to the bottom of this weekly bulletin. We'll use this space to keep you informed on our top-level finance info including incoming donation data and fund balances for things we're asking about from stage. We'll also include an easy to find online giving link for your convenience.

When I attended church as a kid, I used to love the finance data our church would publish in the bulletin every week. Sometimes I would even bring my calculator and save previous bulletins so I could compare trends. I suspect only a few of you will relate on that level, but for all the rest of you, we want to make sure this information is available to you.

Financial integrity and stewardship are important components to a healthy church and I'm excited that we are taking this step to provide nearly "real-time" data for you. If you've got financial questions for us, or perhaps finance data you'd like to see, please don't hesitate to reach out to our team at finance@newlifea2.org.

If New Life is your church home, but you haven't yet engaged at the level of financial giving, I'd encourage you to take that next step.

http://newlifea2.org/give

Have a terrific week,

Joel VanderSchel

Pastor & Treasurer - New Life Church