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  • 7 Reasons Not To Miss This Weekend!

    If God be for us, who can be against us?– Romans 8:31

    There is a song we sing at NLC that makes this verse a declaration. You are probably familiar with it (you can listen to it here), its one of my favorite songs. There is something about singing the words"If God be for us, who can stand against us." that brings all of my problems into focus. If your anything like me then you know how easy it is to focus so much on the problems you have you forget the promise God has given. Stop telling God how big your problems are and start telling your problems how big your God is. There is no situation to great, no relationship to far gone, no mistake to far from grace. The God you serve is BIG. Take a minute today and thank God that he is bigger then anything you face.

    This weekend is sure to be one of the greatest of the year so far! Here are 7 reasons why this weekend is going to rock at NLC Newington:

  • We are celebrating moms! We have some fun things planned for our moms this weekend! :)
  • During our second experience we will celebrate as a bunch of parents dedicate their babies. Baby dedications are a big deal at NLC and I am honored to celebrate with parents as they make a commitment to raise their kids with the knowledge of how good and how great our God really is.
  • Jesus will be there! (Matthew 18:20)
  • We are going to have some moms testing out their golf skills on stage. No joke.
  • We kick off a brand new series titled "Mr. & Mrs. Betterhalf: redefining family in a broken world".This series is all about dating, marriage, parenting, and relationships. Whether you are already married or are still looking for the one this series is going to be unreal as we unpack Gods word when it comes to our relationships.
  • Pastor Josh will be co-teaching this weekend with his wife Jen. The title of the message is 'What a girl wants." and we took to the streets to ask people in the community to answer that question. Come this weekend to find out what they said.
  • Our nlcKids has been through the roof since Easter. I am so glad to be a part of a church that values the next generation. This weekend the kids continue the theme for the month of May.
    • My desire is that you would be connected to Gods church and that you would experience the life He died for you to live. Don't live your life defeated by the problems you perceive as insurmountable but rather come this weekend ready to worship the one who conquered it all for you! See you Sunday!

    Roman Archer
    Newington Location Pastor
    Next Level Church
    roman@nlc.tv
    www.nlc.tv

Fri, May 11, 2012 (No comments)

  • A Message from Pastor Josh

    Hello NLC,

    I'm so proud of our church! We have been in the greatest season of NLC's history and the blessings of God have been all over us! Each week as a staff we stand at a wall within our offices (the salvation wall) where we put the names of those who have given their life to Jesus Christ that weekend up and EVERY week I'm in awe of how God is moving at NLC! In the month of April ALONE, we had over 80 people give their life to Christ! HOW AWESOME IS THAT?? This weekend we start a series I'm beyond excited for - I truly believe this will go down as one of the most powerful and life changing series that we've ever had. The series is titled "Mr. And Mrs. Betterhalf" and whether you are married, dating or single this series will rock your world. This weekend my wife is making her NLC speaking debut and is going to help me on the topic of what a women wants. This series will end on Father's day talking about what a man wants, should be a shocker :) Really hope you make attending God's house on the weekends a non-negotiable in your life. I promise you will end up somewhere in life, where that is, is up to you! I also know that each of you know someone who has a rocky relationship. You need to beg them to be at NLC for the next month! I can assure you God will rock their world and will forever be thankful that you invited them.

    A few other things that you need to know!

  • Danvers is going awesome! I'm truly blown away...we have had several people give their life to Christ and we are having several first time guests each week and the crazy thing is, we haven't even marketed that location yet. We are building a launch/core team from that area and can't wait to see what God does. So thankful for the team from the Newington location that is serving to make that location possible! Soon, they will be back home at our seacoast location while their investment in Danvers will last for generations to come as the Danvers location reaches thousands of people over the next several years.
  • Portland is in it's greatest season EVER! For those of you that don't know, they moved into their own facility two weekends ago and it has been packed! Already three people have given their life to Jesus at our new Portland facility! I can't believe that it's only 11/2 years old...do you even realize how awesome that is? Portland is the second least churched city in our country and in a little over a year God has formed a rocking and amazing church! It's just the beginning, but if I had to pick a beginning this would have been the one I would have picked! If you haven't seen the new location is AWESOME!
  • Newington just keeps on reaching people :) Every time I think about what God has done in just a few short years I'm in awe BUT when I think about all that he has done while we have been in movie theaters and high schools I'm even more in awe! I love the theater, don't get me wrong...but we haven't seen anything yet! We are hoping to break ground on the new Newington facility next month and will be continuing into our next phase of “Now Is the Time" in a couple weeks! This location is packed and has grown dozens of people the last month and I couldn't be more proud of our first location! We have closed Kaleo for a season as we are moving Kaleo into our new facility and wanted to conserve money and be wise stewards while raising money and preparing to move into our Seacoast facility. No reason to rent a facility and own a facility in the same 5 miles...we will put the money from renting the facility into our own facility and save lots of God's money!

    As you can see, God is moving like never before at NLC...the next months we have tons of community events planned for you to do life together and get to know those who attend NLC even better! We have Golf tournaments, men's conferences, men's paint ball, a women's night out, and several location cookouts. And as always, go get plugged into a NLCgroup...don't do life alone! It's going to be a great summer!

    I'll see you this weekend as we prove to the world that God can grow His church even in the area everyone believes His church is dead! I love our church!


    • Pastor Josh
    Lead Pastor
    Next Level Church
    www.nlc.tv
    www.joshuagagnon.com
    Fri, May 11, 2012 (No comments)

  • What are you focused on?

    We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. - Hebrews 12:2

    It’s easy to get distracted. Hebrews 12:2 tells us where our focus should be as we traverse life’s many obstacles, on Jesus and the example he left for us. The temptation is to allow our gaze and focus to begin to shift onto other things. For many people its the busyness of life, others its pleasures of life, and yet some its the people in our lives. Pastor Josh made a profound statement during week two of our Valley series, this is what he said:

    "The quickest way for us to lose focus of Jesus and what he has for us is to begin to focus on other people."

    Inevitably people will fail us and let us down and with it our hope falter. Rather we are called to fix our eyes on Jesus and place our hope in Him. Take a minute today, right now even, and ask God to help you to fix your eyes on him.

    The next few weeks at NLC Newington are an absolute "don't miss"! We close out our current teaching series "The Valley" with a message on how more isn't always better. Come ready to leave with a healthier sense of gratitude for all we have been given.

    Next week is Mother's Day and is going to be awesome! We will be celebrating Mothers day by Kicking off a brand new series called "Mr. & Mrs. Betterhalf" a series on dating, marriage, & family. To kick it off Pastor Josh will be co-teaching the message with his very own better half Jen Gagnon. It’s going to be awesome as they discuss what it is a girl really wants in a guy.

    We will also be celebrating with families with baby dedications. Baby dedication is more than an event. It is an opportunity for you to take some time at the beginning of your journey as a parent to really think about what will matter the most in the life of your child; to really talk together and decide what you value and what you can do today that will have the greatest impact on your child’s future. We will honor the family during the experience and pray with them as they navigate the waters of parenthood. If you would like to dedicate your child or would like more info on baby dedications be sure to visit www.nlc.tv/baby-dedication.

    As always, if I can serve you in anyway or be praying for anything specific please don not hesitate to let me know. The best is yet to come! See you this weekend!

    Roman Archer
    Newington Location Pastor
    Next Level Church
    roman@nlc.tv


    Fri, May 4, 2012 (No comments)

  • Your Life = Worship

    Romans 12:1 (The Message Translation)
    So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.

    Its easy to think worship is just what we do on Sundays. We take one hour a week to start the week and we reserve that for our time of worship. We draw a line down the middle and try and separate our lives from what happens during that one hour in church. We draw a line between the sacred and the secular. A line between Sunday morning and what happens the rest of the week. After all, they are two different things, right?

    Here is what I know to be true - Real worship is not contained to an enviroment but rather a lifestyle. The Bible exhorts us to live our lives in a posture of worship rather then keeping it confined to a place of worship. To offer our entire lives up to God as worship. That means what you do Monday morning is just as important as what happens Sunday morning. That means how you handle that job you don't like very much is worship to God. Your parenting is worship to God. Your marriage is worship to God. Your schoolwork is worship to God. Your conversations are worship to God. What you do when no one is looking and no one will ever know is worship to God.​

    It's with that understanding the Bible tells us to live our lives different. To take every opportunity as a chance to honor God and worship Him. Wherever this message finds you today, take a moment and pray that you would live your life and your day in such a way that would please your Heavenly Father.

    The weekend is upon us once again and I hope that you make church a priority this weekend. Set the tone for your week by being connected to Gods church. We are continuing in week two of our current teaching series "The Valley' and Pastor Josh will be speaking on the things that so often steal our faith. If you find yourself in a season or a valley of weak faith then don't miss this weekend. Gods church is meant to be a place of life and purpose so invite someone to join you this weekend and come anticipating for Him to do something special in your heart!

    For the most up to date location specific news visit NLC Newington's Facebook page by clicking the link below. By liking the page the latest posts will be sent directly to your wall. www.facebook.com/NLCNewington

    Can't wait to see you at either 9:15 or 10:30am!

    Roman Archer
    Newington Location Pastor
    Next Level Church
    roman@nlc.tv


    Fri, April 20, 2012 (No comments)
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