Worship at New Community Church
Report from Betty Grit about worship at New Community Church, a Worship Renewal Grant recipient:
It is a cold Friday evening as we are warmly greeted at New Community Church. Just weeks before Christmas, we had driven past busy malls with people rushing to finish their shopping. Here people had come to worship. As we enter the worship space, there is energy and a sense of anticipation in the room.
Community Recovery, led by Pastor Mark Vander Meer has been offering worship, small groups and fellowship on Friday evenings for more than seven years to people whose lives are broken by addictions. Many who gather this evening are in residential treatment facilities. Others come because they know this is a place of acceptance and healing.
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