Brunch & Bible at Bramhall Park - July 5, 2009

On Sunday July 5, New Life will have Summer service at Bramhall Park!
Join us in the park for a great time of bible teaching and fellowship.We will be meeting at Bramhall Park at 10 AM.
Be sure to bring a chair or blanket to sit on. You are invited to stay after service for a potluck picnic and games.
A map is attached below so you can find us!


Bramhall Park.pdf

San Jose Giants Game - June 27, 2009

A hearty group of New Life friends and family braved the heat tonight to head down to Municipal Stadium to watch the San Jose Giants beat the Stockton Ports 7-1.

Despite the heat, everyone seemed to enjoy the game and one anothers' company, but the mood definitely lifted once the sun went down!

Between innings, we enjoyed all the field games: Tug of War, Musical Floatie Chairs, Water Ballon Tosses, El Gigante Base Running, and more! After the game, the kids got to run the bases, and a few adults got to join them!

A fun evening all around....

Refugee Day Celebration - June 26, 2009

On June 20th, the international community marked the 9th annual World Refugee Day, acknowledging the suffering of the millions of people driven from their homes. The commitment by the United States to protect and aid refugees is a deep and abiding one, part of the nation’s history and at the core of its values.

The United Nations, which established the event in 2000, set this year's theme on "real people, real needs". World Refugee Day 2009 draws particular attention to the unmet needs of some 42 million persons who are uprooted by conflict, persecution, natural disaster and food insecurity, and thereby forcibly displaced worldwide, awaiting a solution. It is intended to remind us all that refugees are not faceless statistics, but real individuals with dignity, rights and needs.

In Santa Clara County, World Refugee Day was celebrated on June 26th at Campbell Community Center. This special event recognized the contributions and struggles of the local refugee and immigrant community to the economic and cultural life of this community.

The celebration included speeches by local officials, recognition of volunteers and partner organizations like New Life Covenant Church, dance and cultural performances and food from around the world. This was indeed a celebration of the efforts of the refugees and those who help them to build a new life in a place where they are safe, secure, and able to begin thinking about their future.

Transition House Cleaning Day - June 13, 2009

Fourteen students from Pulse, the college ministry of Great Exchange Covenant Church, took time out of their Saturday morning to join Andrea, Pastor Kevin, Sanjay, and the nine residents of our transition house to scrub bathrooms, mop floors, wash and paint walls, and make some new friends.

In addition to lots of elbow grease, the students got to know our current residents, who come from Bhutan, Iraq and Eritrea. They gave lessons on how to clean bathrooms and floors, and learned more about the residents and heard some stories of life in camps around the world.

We hope to continue our relationship with Pulse. They have been wonderful partners and friends to the refugees of San Jose and we look forward to working with them on future projects!

The work was hard, but I think they all had fun as well --

Ladies' Bible Study Tour of MLK Library - June 10, 2009

The Wednesday Morning Ladies' Bibles Study and some special guests took a tour of the Martin Luther King Downtown Library as a small group "field trip".

The ladies and their guests had a wonderful time seeing many of the special collections of the Library, including a lock of Beethoven's hair(!). The Library also affords some wonderful views of downtown San Jose.

After the tour, lunch at the Novel Cafe!

Many thanks to Beverly Ashton for sharing her photos with everyone.