🌟January Theme: Reorientation🌟

🌟Bible Study, Sunday, January 4, 2026🌟

🌟Other Lands, 10:30 a.m.🌟

As we begin the new year, we’ll gather for a Bible study shaped by reorientation. Rather than rushing toward answers or resolutions, we’ll slow down and listen for what is already stirring within and among us.

In this study, we’ll spend time with the poetry of David Whyte, whose writing speaks especially to moments of transition, uncertainty, and quiet hope. Whyte’s poems help us notice how life is already turning toward the light, even when the path ahead is unclear. They invite attention, honesty, and trust rather than certainty or control.

Together, we’ll read and reflect on several of his poems, allowing space for conversation, silence, and shared insight. This will not be a literature class or a search for right answers. It will be a chance to listen deeply, to name where we find ourselves at the start of this year, and to explore how God may already be at work beneath the surface of our lives.

If you are feeling unsettled, hopeful, curious, or simply tired of the pressure to have everything figured out, this study is for you. Come as you are, and come ready to listen.

NOTE: We will have another congregational meeting after our January worship service to finalize the 2026 budget.

Dear Beloved Community,

As a new year begins, it is tempting to rush toward plans, goals, and resolutions. But many of us are entering this year already carrying change, uncertainty, and tender hope. Before we decide where we are going, it may matter more to notice how we are facing.

That is where reorientation comes in. Reorientation is not about starting over or fixing what is broken. It is about turning again toward what gives us life. It is the quiet work of remembering what matters, of letting our attention settle, of allowing ourselves to face the light even if the path ahead is still unclear.

Reorientation assumes something important. God is already at work. We do not have to summon courage or manufacture clarity before God can meet us. Often, the work of faith at the beginning of a year is simply to pause long enough to notice where grace is already present and where our lives are gently turning.

This year holds real change, and it also holds real hope. As we begin, may we give ourselves permission not to have everything figured out. May we listen more than rush. May we trust that even in moments of disorientation, God is still shaping, guiding, and calling us toward life.

Sometimes the most faithful thing we can do is turn again toward what is true.

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.

Upcoming Events

Bible Study: Sunday, January 4, 2026. at 10:30 a.m. at Other Lands.
Gentle Yoga: Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at the AYMC at First Baptist Greenville.
Worship Service: Sunday, January 24, 2026. Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. at Other Lands.

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

Prayers for New Day as we search for a new worship home.
Prayers for health and healing in the new year!
Prayers for Jason as he seeks to move back to California.
Prayers for Pastor Brian, Beth, Andrea, Sarah, and others who have unspoken requests this week.

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New Day Christian Community Church exists to provide a diverse, open, and affirming Christian community to all who desire a discipleship walk with Jesus Christ by offering challenging worship experiences, mission-based service opportunities, and Biblical learning so that we are empowered to reach out to others, introduce them to the love and strength of the beloved community, and invite them to join the faith journey of discipleship.