One of my strong dreams, prayers, and hopes for our
community of Newberg is that all of us who follow
Jesus Christ can live into this truth: that we are part of
ONE body, Christ’s body, and we are on the same team as we live in and
serve our community. I’ve been a part of Newberg for over 20 years, and
I love it. It seems over the last decade that God is wanting to bring the
churches together in new ways.
I can’t think of a better, more practical, day-to-day example of this than
Love INC. I’m so grateful that many of the people from our church
offer time and service through Love INC. We have people who split and
deliver wood so that people aren’t cold in the winter; people spending
the night at the women’s shelter building relationships with the women
and children there; people serving as teachers and mentors at relational
ministry; people who find small ways to make a difference in others’ lives.
As a pastor, I’m grateful that Polly Siler and the other volunteers at Love
INC make it easy for people from our church to serve. I’m also thankful
that when people in need come to our church, we consolidate our
efforts as churches to serve them far better than we could on our own at
Newberg Friends.
THIS IS A GOOD THING, A GOD THING IN
OUR COMMUNITY - AND I’M GRATEFUL.
- Gregg Koskela
Lead Pastor
Newberg Friends Church