New Hope @ Worship - May 11, 2008 Mother's Day

Originally, I had planned on continuing the "Blind Spots" series. We formed the music set expecting that to be the case. Then at the last minute, I felt led to go back and preach a message more tied to Mother's Day about Hannah from 1 Samuel.

Lord I Lift Your Name On High - a New Hope favorite
Forever - Chris Tomlin is such a blessing

I really enjoyed Joe Stoy's children's message in between the two groups of songs. He does a great job every week, but this week was exceptional.

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name - updated arrangement
Be Thou My Vision - updated version

Just As I Am - classic version :)



The link to the audio is on our Church Cloud website.

If you compare the notes to the audio, you'll see a significant deviation at the end. I'm crediting the Holy Spirit with bringing that out.

Newhopian of the week

The man in the center of the picture is named Joe Stoy. He's a deacon, an RA leader, children's church worker, and general all around good guy. Each week, Joe touches the lives of children as he does a children's sermon. No one, including Joe, ever really knows how things will turn out. Many times his props work great. Other times, not so great.

But the kids love Joe, whether the props work or not. And every week, he tells them about God.

When Joe gets to heaven, I'll bet someone else who loves kids will tell him, "well done, good and faithful servant. Well done."

What a blessing to serve alongside servants like Joe Stoy.