Sunday Update

New Sermon Series: Community

It is a really exciting time for New City - we are preparing to launch our Missional Communities (MCs). We will start with 7 MCs the 2nd week in October. We will have 5 Macon MCs, 1 Milledgeville MC, and 1 Warner Robins MC. Our vision from the start has been small communities meeting in homes throughout middle Georgia on various nights of the week. In essence, our vision is that New City would be a church of house churches that gather together for worship and celebration on Sundays. We are taking the next step toward seeing this vision become a reality! Today we had many, many people sign up for their MC.

The Numbers:

I am generally interested in numbers only in that they represent people. Our goal is people transformation. If we aren't reaching people with the message of the Gospel, we will not see people transformed by the Gospel! So, what are the numbers. January thru May we averaged about 106 in attendance. We lost a chunk of people when Mercer took a break for the summer. BUT our summer average only dropped to 105 as we have picked up several new families. Over the past 4 weeks since school started back our average has jumped to 140. The big question - How many will we be able to move into the heart of NCCd, Missional Communities?

I am thankful that I have been able to work full time as a church planter. We are breaking even financially as a church - in part thanks to some individuals who continue to give though they don't actually attend New City.

The 567:

The 567 has been everything we imagined and MORE. The musicians have been fantastic. Every musician has enjoyed playing the 567 stage and so far every musician wants to come come back. The amazing thing about that is that many of these musicians make several hundred dollars for a night playing in a good bar. We can't pay any of them - they basically play for tips.

Next Friday, September 12, we will have our first art show. The artist - Craig Burkhalter. Craig has some beautiful work that you can check out HERE.

Right now the 567 schedule - Mondays a local band led by Scott Baston practices, Tuesdays are open mic nights for Poetic Peace, Wednesdays are practice nights for NCCd, Thursdays beginning in October will be R & B nights hosted by Platinum Sounds recording studio, Fridays and Saturdays will be music nights as well.