Discipleship

Feed My Starving Children

Did you know that over 16,000 children die each day from starvation?   Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is committed to feeding God's starving children hungry in body and spirit. Their approach is simple: Volunteers pack nutritious meals made up of rice, soy, vitamins and dehydrated vegetables, and FMSC partners with Christian relief organizations worldwide to distribute these meals to starving children.

FMSC is a Christian organization with a vision to reduce the number of starving children throughout the world by helping to instill compassion in a generation that hears and responds to the cries of those in need.

Naperville Presbyterian Church is pleased to partner with Feed My Starving Children by inviting you to pack with us at the FMSC packing center near the Fox Valley Mall where you can help assemble and pack meals for starving children. We need volunteers who are 3rd grade and above to pack food.  This is a great family event.  Signup yourself and family below.

http://www.npchurch.org/forms/fmsc.html

NPC Community Picnic

Join us this Sunday, July 11 after the 10:15 service (about 11:30 am) at the church, for a time together with others. Everyone is invited. Bring a friend. Rain or Shine. 

We will provide the burgers, hotdogs and drinks. Bring your own snacks, slides and games for your family. Also bring a chair or blanket to sit on.

Click here for mroe information

Leadership Breakfast, May 30

Hey everyone,

I wanted to remind you of the leadership breakfast we are hosting for you and for other leaders in the church on Sunday, May 30 in the LL Rooms 040/042 at 10:00 am. We will not be meeting for education classes that morning, but want all small group leaders, adult education teachers, welcome team members and hospitality team leaders to join us for time of food, fellowship, time in prayer and sharing what God has done this year.

Please take a moment to email Nate with your RSVP, yes or no, to the event. We want to use our resources wisely and plan accordingly for the event (food, staff, etc.).

Please call the office 630-961-0579 with any childcare needs.  Click here for more details on the event.

HSM Talent Show and Spaghetti Dinner

Spaghetti Dinner and Talent Show
April 11, Dinner 5-6:30 pm | Talent 7:00 pm

Come join the High School Ministry as we serve up a  meal and showcase the gifts God has blessed us with in a Dr. Seuss themed Talent Show. This is our annual fundraiser for the HSM summer mission trips.

All money donated goes to offset the cost of the trips for the students. This year we are going to the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington State, and to the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky.  Please come out and support our trips and enjoy a great evening of food and fun.

Dinner is free, donations greatly appreciated. 

Seeds Worship Live Event

We're nearing the end of our Seeds Scripture memory and we plan to celebrate together:

Seeds Worship Live Event
Sunday, April 18 at 4:00 pm

We're bringing in the Seeds Songwriter to work with NPC musicians to lead us in a collection of songs from all of the Seeds CDs. It will be a fun time of singing, dancing and praising God together. This is for everyone of ALL ages, whether you've memorized any verses or not.

After the worship time we'll have a community pizza party. There will be a small charge for dinner ($5/person, or $15 max/family) and we need to know how much pizza to order. So if you think your coming to the dinner, please reply to this email with the number of attendees!

Check out the flier in the bulletin, or online for more details.

Thank You, Leaders!

This Sunday, January 4, from 10:00 - 10:40 am in Room 042 (middle room below the Worship Center) we are hosting a gathering for Adult Education teachers and Small Group leaders. We will have catered food, encouraging words, resources and ideas.

We are very thankful for our leaders at NPC and want to take some time to acknowledge your care and ministry to others in the church as a teacher or small group leader. To share our gratitude, we are hosting a gathering for fellowship, food, and encouragement; we hope that you will attend!

Childcare will be offered by reservation from 10:00 - 10:40 am in the following rooms, please call the church office to reserve a spot for your child:

• K through 3rd grade (High School Room, 032)
• 2’s through Pre-K (Room 161)
• Infants through Skippers (Room 170)
• Older children may attend with their parent(s)

Please click here for a printable version of the invitation as a reminder. We are excited about this time to be together and encourage one another in ministry.

Lunch with the Knaaks

Visit with the Knaaks on Sunday, November 2, 12:30 pm in the Adult Education classrooms.

Patric and Jennifer Knaak will be here at NPC this weekend for a lunch hosted by the World Outreach Team. All are welcome to attend and hear what one of our former pastors has been up to at World Harvest Mission as the Gospel Resource Network Director. We are excited to be able to support the Knaaks in their ministry at WHM and look forward to being with them this weekend.

Visit the Knaaks' blog.

Welcoming New People

Leaders often ask how they can get new people into their group, how they can help our church's mission to extent God's glory into our community: our workplaces, neighborhoods and community centers. Many leaders feel that the group is just too large, or too Christianese for men and women who may not know anything about the gospel.

Remember the same gospel proclaimed for salvation is the same gospel preached for life in Christ . Recall that Paul, writing to the churches in Galatia, reminded them:

Galatians 3:1-5 (NIV)
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? Have you suffered so much for nothing--if it really was for nothing? Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?

So, remember that even people that are not part of our church, or who may not know Christ at all, can still very much benefit from our regular weekly Bible study groups. We don't have to offer something different!

However, one idea that I have been sharing with a few small group leaders is a way we all can connect our neighbors with the gospel. Everyone has to eat, right? Challenge your group members to consider a neighbor, or two or three neighbors, they can invite over for a couple of meals this summer. Encourage your members to open their homes to share a meal with the family across the street, just to get to know each other a little more by asking questions, sharing stories, and doing activities together. This can be an easy way to get to know others and possibly a way to invite them into the small group that is already established.