Care/Outreach Ministries
Click on the Ministry name below for more information
| Ministry Name | Short Description |
| CRWRC | Christian Reformed World Relief Committe responds, on your behalf, to people who suffer from poverty, hunger, disaster, and injustice. |
| Food Pantry | New Life Food Pantry. |
| Friendship Club | Friendship Club is designed for individuals with developmental disabilities ages 12 - 112! The Friendship ministry is all about building relationships between mentors and friends with disabilities as they toghether learn about Gods' love. |
| Morning Star Mission |
Serve a breakfast the 4th Saturday of the month. |
| Prayer Ministry | After-service Prayer Ministry. Would you like to pray with someone after the service? |
| S.A.M.U.E.L | Sharing a Meal Uplifting Each Other With Love. A Meal Program for Members and Friends of New Life Church. |
| Windy City Raceway Ministries |
To offer the racing community in the greater Chicagoland area an opportunity to experience God's love through guest services, worship and evangelism. |
C.R.W.R.C
Christian Reformed World Relief Committe
Christian Reformed World Relief Committe responds, on your behalf, to
people who suffer from poverty, hunger, disaster, and injustice.
New Life involvement:
West African - Urban Ministry Cooperative
Click here for general information on New Life's involvement with CRWRC.
More information can be found at www.crwrc.org.
Ministry Contact:
Contact Debbie Turrisi at dcturrisi@aol.com to learn how you can get involved.
The Food Pantry items are distributed to families
on 1 to 2 Wednesdays of the month from 4:00 - 5:00 PM.
Volunteers are needed to help sort and organize donations prior to the Food Pantry distrubtion days.
Volunteers are also needed to help distribute the food.
If you would like to learn more about how you could get involved,
contact Jennifer Huizinga at j_huizinga@comcast.net.
Friendship Club is designed for individuals with developmental disabilities ages 12 - 112! The Friendship ministry is all about building relationships between mentors and friends with disabilities as they toghether learn about Gods' love.
Friendship Club meets on the second and fourth Thursdays in September - May from 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm.
For more general information on Friendship Club - click here.
For opportunities to get involved with this ministry, contact
Julie Sather at juliesather@sbcglobal.net or Ellen Bolte at ERBolte@aol.com
Morningstar Mission - Serving Breakfast
Morningstar Mission
- Contact Pastor Todd via phone (New Life Church 815-462-0202) or email twessels@att.net
- Sign-up at the Welcome Center
- Specify your interest on a church welcome card.
Please visit www.morningstarmission.org for more infomation on Morningstar Mission.
Prayer Ministry-After Services
Would you like to pray with someone after the service? You can! The prayer team meets by the Prayer Table in the Auditorium near the windows after each service.
Coordinators: Gary and Barb VanderBent at gbvanbent@prodigy.net
Sharing a Meal Uplifting Each Other With Love
The SAMUEL Ministry is an amazing opportunity for our church family to minister to each other!
SAMUEL prepares and delivers meals, and prays for those families in need.
This information listed below outlines information for serving in the SAMUEL ministry.
If you are in need of a meal, click here for more information.
Below you will find a "job description". Should you choose to join our team, you would be called a
SAMUEL SERVER.
SAMUEL Servers should be
1. Willing to bring meal to families in need
2. Willing to pray for families in need
Responsibilities
1. Bringing meals to families in need. Pelase take note of your health. If you are ill please call your Team Leader and reschedule.
2. Notifying Scheduler in a timely manner if you are unable to bring the meal on your specified date.
3. Calling the family the set up a time to drop of the meal. **NOTE: This may not always be necessary; your Scheduler will let you know.
4. Bring your meal in a disposable pan, (if necessary). This will alleviate the problem of returning pans. If you are unable to use disposable pans you can look for your pans in the SAMUEL box located in the church kitchen.
5. Please include cooking instructions, if necessary, and let the family know if your meal can be frozen.
6. Praying for the family you are serving.
If you feel God calling your to serve in this ministry, please contact ministry leaders below.
Ministry Contacts: Denise Sikma 815-478-5703 or Laura Ettema 815-462-1445
To offer the racing community in the greater Chicagoland area an opportunity to experience God's love through guest services, worship and evangelism. Our objective is to leverage the fan outreach program to turn a "contact" into a "connection".
Windy City Raceways Ministries is part of the National Organization Raceway Ministries.
We need volunteers to help during NASCAR weekend. Thursday - Sunday, July 10 - 12. Volunteers will help drive golf carts, work information booths, assist with 3 church services, work with Lost and Found people, work the convenience store, provide prayer for safety and guidance.
To learn how you can get involved, Contact: Ken Beland at belandk@hotmail.com