Time to Celebrate!

We had our Celebrate gathering this evening. The purpose was to praise God for changed lives. I would say the evening lived up to it's name! It was awesome spending time worship God together with over 700 others. You can click on the picture above to see a slide show of the evening.

Galyn Peterson, one of our charter members, shared what New Covenant has meant to him and his family. Bob asked those who have been impacted in some way by Galyn and Ruth to stand. It was awesome seeing all the lives these two faithful servants have touched over the years.

Jordan Koskamp and Brandon Zeadow shared how Brandon came to Christ this winter. What an awesome story of God's grace and timing. Jordan had prayed and shared with Brandon for years. And then one evening, Brandon attended our Impact Group during the Why series. Three days later he attended The Navs meeting at UNI. That night, Brandon and Jon talked for several hours and Brandon prayed to cross the line of faith! Brandon has been coming back to Cedar Rapids almost every weekend to attend our Impact Group and to worship at New Covenant! It's been so fun watching Brandon grow in his faith.

And I loved hearing Andy and Terri Schifflet share about what New Covenant has meant in their spiritual life. Melissa Spicer shared how God used Starting Point, Watershed, the WOW Adult Bible Fellowship and her relationship wirh Terri to change her life.

Bob commissioned all those who are planning to attend or volunteer at our Washington Campus. It was very moving seeing people standing all over the room, expressing their intent to serve God's purposes at our second campus. God is certainly doing a new thing at New Covenant.

It was quite an evening. It was good being together as family. It was good to take time to celebrate!