Wednesday News!
It’s Wednesday and this is newhope‘s Ryan Norman guest blogging for Pastor Benji. I hope this post finds everyone having a great week! If you’ve been following Pastor Benji’s travels with newhopers to the Holy Land over the last week here on benjikelley.com or on twitter and facebook, you’ve shared in the experience through the awesome photos Benji has posted! You may also have noticed that the group landed safely at RDU International this morning! We’re glad to have them back in the states and back for another wild weekend at newhope!
Today I have a couple of announcements to share as well as news on Pastor Benji’s book! The release is finally here and copies are en route to newhope Campuses this very moment! I want to share a review from General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church Dr. JoAnne Lyon on Preaching to Connect Truth to Life.
“More than a “How to” book, this is a WHY book! Preaching to Connect Truth to Life is a one of a kind, brief and compelling journey through church history, that speaks to the styles and impact of preaching in light of the current debate of Expositional, Topical and Narrative. Benji articulately blends them all together, adding the dimension of contexualization, with current examples of life transforming results! The prophet Amos describes our current age as, ‘Not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the Words of the Lord.’ This book offers a powerful answer to that famine!”
Wow! Defintiely worth a read for anyone with a voice in the Church or anyone desiring to share the Gospel in relevant ways! So, check out some announcements below and I hope to see you this Sunday at newhope!
YOU’RE INVITED!
This Sunday, May the 20th, at newhope‘s Central Campus at 3:30 pm, Pastor Benji will be signing copies of Preaching to Connect Truth to Life! This will be part of the Party on the Patio Baptism Celebration and Potluck Party on the Grounds. newhope will be sending the Kelley family off for their well-deserved sabbatical this summer, so be sure to get your opportunity to wish them well and get your goodbye hugs! But don’t worry, they’ll be back with us in September!
Join us for an afternoon of good food, fellowship games and best of all, believer baptisms! We kick things off at 3:30 pm with the book signing, dinner is served at 4:00 pm and registration for baptism begins at 4:45 pm! If you would like more info on getting baptized this week, email office@newhopenc.org!
GET YOUR COPY!
You can order from Wesleyan Publishing House here or stop by any newhope Campus Resource Center beginning this weekend to get your copy!
Jerusalem!
Overlooking old city & the golden dome. We are embarking upon the Palm Sunday journey.
POWERFUL service in the Garden of Gethsemane. Ultimate question about His will & now the will of our lives. #sorrow
I want to thank @JohnCMaxwell for the connection to Mishi, the best tour guide I have ever experienced in the Holy Land!
St. Peter Church, on top of the place where Peter denied Christ 3 times.
Possibly the cave/cell 60 feet beneath a church, where Jesus spent the night before the trial before Pilate/Ciaphas.
On the way to Jerusalem…
Meet the Mona Lisa of Galilee! The most lovely mosaic from the 2nd Century! She rocks!
The synagogue in Capernaeum, Jesus’ post for most of his ministry!
The cave where the ancient Qumran scrolls were discovered in 1947. #extracanonical
Historic battle site of Masada, the place of King Herod & Jews against Rome.
Closet thing resembling jar that antiquity teaches Jesus used to change water to wine.
King Herod’s palaces on the north side of Masada. The dude loved the good life.
Today we swim/float in the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the planet #floatinginsalt
