At various times in life we go through transitional periods where we say goodbye to one thing and hello to another. For Engage Newark, we are saying goodbye to our first home in the Ballroom at Thirty-One West and hello to a new home with new family members in a new part of our city. In this series new will learn how say goodbye with love and hello with grace.
Hello, Goodbye
Hello, Goodbye – Make Your Mark
This is our last message as we say goodbye to our first home at 31 West. We are so thankful for our first six years together in our home and now we move away to our new location in another part of town having made our mark in downtown Newark and now moving on to…
Hello, Goodbye – Loving Acceptance
Our friend Reggie Byrd preaches on giving and accepting the Love of Jesus.
Hello, Goodbye – Our Call
Jesus dared to go to places where he was not welcome, like a party for tax collectors. He risked being ridiculed by the party attenders AND the establishment…and yet he went at the expense of his own reputation. Are you willing to connect to the person with that is the least likely candidate to be…
Hello, Goodbye: Reaching Our neighbors
Welcoming our neighbors means allowing them to be themselves when they are in our presence. The challenge from scripture is for us to welcome others as Jesus welcomed us – “as we are.”
Hello, Goodbye – The Peace Within
Peace is more than just the absence of conflict…our passage from Ephesians 2 teaches us that peace actually comes in the person of Jesus Christ. We are meant to be unified together, saying goodbye to the old person and hello to the new person that Jesus is creating in you.
Hello, Goodbye – Remember Who You Were
We need to remember who we were (and say goodbye to it) before we can move forward and say hello to who we are becoming. The past is lovely and nostalgic but we also must remember that it also has it’s moments of struggle and scars.