🌟 AUGUST THEME : AN EVER-CHANGING GOD🌟

🌟 Bible Study, Sunday, August 3, 2025 🌟

🌟 Other Lands, 10:30 a.m. 🌟

Does God Change… or Not?

Many of us were taught that God never changes. How many times have you heard that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever? But the Bible paints a more complex picture. From moments where God seems to repent, relent, regret, or respond, to passages where divine flexibility is part of the story, the idea of God changing shows up more often than we might expect. And then comes 1 Samuel 15, where God regrets making Saul king—only for the prophet Samuel to declare, just a few verses later, that “God does not change his mind.” The chapter ends with another declaration that God regretted making Saul king. What are we go do with this seeming contradiction?

We’ll explore what this tension reveals about the nature of God, the role of prophets, and the way Scripture itself wrestles with divine consistency and relational responsiveness. Whether you love digging into biblical nuance or just want a space to ask honest questions, you’re welcome at the table. Bring your curiosity. It’s going to be a rich conversation.

CHURCH CONGREGATIONAL MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED

TO AFTER OUR WORSHIP SERVICE ON AUGUST 17, 2025.

Dear Beloved Community,

An Ever-changing God

Last weekend, the guys and I were in Nashville to see the new musical that Dolly Parton wrote about her life. (MINI-REVIEW: Loved the music. The book needs work). When I was telling people where we were, I almost always had to repeat myself. It's tricky because saying you're "in Nashville" sounds exactly like saying you're "in Asheville.

I think that this month's theme is similar.

Say "An Every-Changing God" aloud:

Do you hear how "An ever-changing God" sounds almost the same as "A never-changing God"?

That letter “n” can slip from easily slip from the end of one word to the beginning of the next. And with it, the meaning shifts completely. It’s a subtle difference in sound, but a massive difference in how we imagine God.

This past week, I’ve been sitting with that phrase: An ever-changing God. At first it might sound disorienting, even dangerous. Aren’t we supposed to trust in a God who is constant, unshakable, the same yesterday, today, and forever?

But when we turn to Scripture, we find stories of a God who listens, who relents, who rethinks. In Exodus, God changes course after Moses pleads for the people. In Jonah, God spares Nineveh after their repentance. In Genesis, God grieves and regrets. Even Jesus, in conversation with the Canaanite woman, seems to shift his response and widen the circle of blessing.

These aren’t stories of a weak God. They are stories of a deeply relational God. A God who doesn’t cling to rigid certainty but responds in real time to human hearts, to cries for mercy, to the possibility of change.

So perhaps we need to ask:

What if God is ever-changing not in character, but in connection?

Not in love, but in how that love shows up, stretches out, and surprises us?

What if faith isn’t about defending a never-changing God,

but about following an ever-changing one, a God always moving toward more justice, more compassion, more grace?

What is your view of God changes? How does this impact your faith journey? Join us this Sunday at our Bible study to discuss.

Blessings,

Pastor Brian

New Day continues its mission to become a "church beyond the walls" with a broad range of activities to build community and several ways to grow in your faith and spirituality over the rest of this month.

*Note the location for each event.

Upcoming Events Summary

Restorative Yoga: Saturday, August 2, 2025. 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. AYMC at First Baptist Greenville. Signup using link below.
Bible Study: Sunday, August 3, 2025. 10:30 a.m. at Other Lands.
Worship Service: Sunday, August 17, 2025. 10:30 a.m. at Other Lands with congregational meeting about revised 2025 to immediately follow.
Monthly Service Project: Sunday, August 24, 2025, 9:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. at Project Host.
Monthly Social Gathering: Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Greenville Drive Chamber Night. Game begins as 6:45 p.m. Please RSVP to Pastor Brian ASAP. Tickets are $10 and include game, meal, and drink. Pastor Brian will order a block of tickets so we can be seated together.

If you'd like to add anything for next weeks' community prayer, please contact Pastor Brian at pastor@newdayccc.com.

Prayers for Sarah who cut her knee with a chainsaw. PRAISES she is doing better.
Prayers for Jason W. who is looking to have his benefits approved. Prayers that he is able to find a good apartment.
Prayers for Jason G's mom who passed away on Wednesday.
Prayers for Tracy and Laura as they drive a car up from Florida.
Prayers for Pastor Brian's friend Dana who is trying to get her religious work visa. There was a delay in her expedited application, and she has been forced to leave her position as pastor of her church. This has affected her driver's license and also her daughter's ability to start college at UGA this month.
Prayers for Sam's cousin who just moved from Minnesota.
Prayers for Julie's family as they mourn the drowning of her two-year-old nephew. Prayers especially for her sixteen nephew who was watching his brother at the time.
Prayers for Ed as he gets his blood pressure under control.
Prayers for Andrea and her pain as they try to get the implant adjusted correctly.
Prayers for those who are struggling with physical, mental, and economic challenges.
Prayers for those who have suffered trauma and those who suffer from anxiety, depression and other mental health issues.
Prayers for those suffering the effects of war.
Prayers for our nation as we face local, national, and global challenges.
Prayers for those of us who are suffering from the blistering attack on our community by the current administration.
Prayers for Pastor Brian, Scott, Brooke, and others who have unspoken requests this week.

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