New Life Kids' Nativity Presentation - December 11, 2011

The New Life Kids, led by Miss Gina and narrated by Mr. Thomas, gave possibly the cutest Nativity presentation in North America today. With our Kindergarten Mary and Joseph met by the elementary and jr. high shepherds and their toddler sheep, heralded by the preschool and kindergarten angels and presented with gifts from the preschool kings, the story of Jesus' birth was truly seen through the eyes of our children today.

Many thanks to all of the New Life Kids and their grown-up leaders who gave us such a sweet and joyful Nativity!

New Life All-Church Retreat - October 14-16, 2011

"Let Us Exalt His Name, Together!" was an over the top event! We had a fantastic response and all who attended enjoyed a weekend filled with opportunities for connection and community. From the Friday night campfire and S'mores through our final lunch together on Sunday, meaningful conversations happened right along side lots of laughter.

And, how many church retreats have their own theme praise song complete with kid-supplied movements?!

Many thanks to all who helped pull together the details and activities that made this such a special time together as a church family.

If you have any photos you'd ike to add to our album, please send them to the New Life office, we'd love to share them!

New Life Family Sunday - October 2, 2011

Each year, the New Life Kids have an opportunity to take over Sunday service and teach the grownups a lesson from God's Word. This year the kids taught us all about how God created the heavens and earth and everything in them. The best part about having the kids take over is seeing how God speaks through his youngest. We learned about the oceans and land through sand, water and plants in a bucket, and we saw all the creatures of the ocean swimming up the aisles with our little Sprouts and Seedlings.

Many thanks to Miss Gina and all of the New Life Kids volunteers for helping the children prepare this valuable lesson!

BBQ and S'mores - August 27, 2011

Many many thanks to the Munns family for hosting this fantastic evening of good food, great fellowship and very funny moments for New Life! We had a great time eating, talking, laughing and then eating just a little more!

Vacation Bible School at Renacer Covenant Church - August 2011

Renacer Covenant Church, Led by Pastor Mario Romani, is New Life's church plant partner serving the Alum Rock community of San Jose. This month they held their very first Vacation Bible School for families in the neighborhood. Originally planned as 2 sessions, they quickly added a third week due to demand! Wonderful connections were made with the community and children learned of the good news of Jesus!

Pastor Romani shared this wonderful video highlighting the activities over the three weeks.

Check it out!

Farewell to David and Dori - June 26, 2011

New Life friends gathered at River Glen Park after service to say farewell, watch some amazing fencing demonstrations and wish David and Dori safe travels as they left for their new home in Atlanta!

A Great Day on the Avenue - June 25, 2011

As part of the Willow Glen Business Association, New Life was invited to take part in this years' Dancin' on the Avenue in Downtown Willow Glen. This gave us an opportunity to serve and meet the local San Jose community through this long-running and very popular street festival.

This year we held our first-ever Saliboat Gutter Races in the Kids Area! What fun! Kids of all ages took advantage of the free opportunity to blow their sailboat to victory. Everyone left the booth happy, maybe a little dizzy! and with a great prize bag.

Our volunteers also had a great time with each other during the set up, booth time and tear down and with the children and parents we met at the event. We even got a chance to share with the local city council member a bit about what we have been doing as a church over the past few years!

Many thanks to Miss Gina for coordinating such a fun community outreach event and to all of the volunteers who braved the crowds to come down and cheerfully help out the local community!