North Platte Berean Church
Love in the Slow Lane
What does the Christmas season mean to you? Unless we're careful, it often means overcommitting in both finances and time – buying too much and being run ragged by our packed schedules. So, we're taking a couple weeks before the crush of the season hits to consider how we can live out what Jesus called the greatest commandment: to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love our neighbor as ourselves. How can we be intentional in loving God and neighbor with our treasure and our time this Christmas season?
Locations & Times
North Platte Berean Church
202 W 8th St, North Platte, NE 69101, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Sunday 9:15 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
ConnectCard
We’d love to connect and be a spiritual resource for you – please fill out a ConnectCard (in seat pocket or npberean.org/cc). If you’re new, bring it to the information center for a welcome gift.
https://npberean.org/ccThe Latest
• Advent Calendars: pick up in the foyer on Sun. 11/24
• Holiday Schedule: 11/27-11/28
• Partnership Exploration - join the NPBC mission: Sun. 12/8, 9:15-10:30 a.m.
For more details, check these out in the app!
• Advent Calendars: pick up in the foyer on Sun. 11/24
• Holiday Schedule: 11/27-11/28
• Partnership Exploration - join the NPBC mission: Sun. 12/8, 9:15-10:30 a.m.
For more details, check these out in the app!
Office Info
• Hours this week: Mon.-Wed. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (closed Thu. in observance of Thanksgiving)
• Contact us: npberean.org, npberean@npberean.org, 308-532-7448
• Hours this week: Mon.-Wed. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (closed Thu. in observance of Thanksgiving)
• Contact us: npberean.org, npberean@npberean.org, 308-532-7448
New Here?
• Sunday large gatherings: 8, 9:15, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. (livestream info: npberean.org/live)
• Bibles: available free at information center
• Sound levels: assisted listening devices and earplugs available at sound booth
• PDF bulletin: npberean.org/sundayprint
• Bibles: available free at information center
• Sound levels: assisted listening devices and earplugs available at sound booth
• PDF bulletin: npberean.org/sundayprint
Worship as a Family
• Mother's Room: Care for your baby and still connect to the gathering via livestream – follow signs north of auditorium.
• Children (infant-grade 6): Kids Connect is available at 9:15 and 11 a.m. – check-in inside east doors or upstairs from foyer. Kids also welcome in large gatherings; activity bags at back of auditorium to help them engage.
• Students (grades 6-12): Sola gathers on Wednesdays – middle school from 6-7:45 p.m. and high school from 7:30-9 p.m. Not meeting Wed. 11/27
• Children (infant-grade 6): Kids Connect is available at 9:15 and 11 a.m. – check-in inside east doors or upstairs from foyer. Kids also welcome in large gatherings; activity bags at back of auditorium to help them engage.
• Students (grades 6-12): Sola gathers on Wednesdays – middle school from 6-7:45 p.m. and high school from 7:30-9 p.m. Not meeting Wed. 11/27
Worship through Prayer
• Saturday evening: 7-7:30 p.m., meet at main office to start.
• Prayer space: Drop in anytime during office hours to pray quietly in the Auditorium.
• This week: Pray for hearts full of gratitude this week as we thank God for the many ways he has blessed us. Ask him to comfort those who are grieving during the holidays. Pray that we’ll grow in contentment and slowing down in order to love God and others with our time and finances.
• Prayer space: Drop in anytime during office hours to pray quietly in the Auditorium.
• This week: Pray for hearts full of gratitude this week as we thank God for the many ways he has blessed us. Ask him to comfort those who are grieving during the holidays. Pray that we’ll grow in contentment and slowing down in order to love God and others with our time and finances.
Worship in Song
• The Blood – Bethel Music
• Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) – Hillsong Worship
• Build My Life – Passion
• Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) – Hillsong Worship
• Build My Life – Passion
Worship by Giving
• Sunday: Use wooden boxes by auditorium doors.
• Online: npberean.org/givenew
• Text: Text any amount to 1-888-364-GIVE (4483).
• Mail: 202 W. 8th St., North Platte, NE 69101
• Online: npberean.org/givenew
• Text: Text any amount to 1-888-364-GIVE (4483).
• Mail: 202 W. 8th St., North Platte, NE 69101
This Week's Sermon: Love in the Slow Lane
Love _________; love ___________________
(God, neighbor)
(God, neighbor)
Original Jerusalem to Jericho Research Findings
If you're interested in the technical description of this study, here are eight pages of summary for their findings.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/images/uploads/Darley-JersualemJericho.pdf__________ to love a ___________________
(Slow, neighbor)
(Slow, neighbor)
__________ to love _________
(Slow, God)
(Slow, God)
Slowing Suggestions:
1. Get off social media
2. Plan phone-free time blocks
3. Get shopping done early (or in batches)
4. Practice sabbath
5. Follow a Jesus-focused advent calendar
6. Embrace tradition
7. Master your calendar
1. Get off social media
2. Plan phone-free time blocks
3. Get shopping done early (or in batches)
4. Practice sabbath
5. Follow a Jesus-focused advent calendar
6. Embrace tradition
7. Master your calendar
Beyond Sunday
Growing with Jesus isn’t just for Sundays. Make it an everyday, everywhere, with everyone mission by going “beyond Sunday”!
Engage in these resources on your own and with your Grow Group*, family, or a friend:
Grow
• Learn more about the Good Samaritan parable here: npberean.org/beyond16
• Consider the biblical meaning of the word “love” in this video: npberean.org/beyond17
Share
• We show love for God when we love our “neighbor.” How will you make time this week to love someone well?
• Turn verse 27 into a prayer. (“God help me to…”) Pray this daily. See how God works through this desire to love well.
Connect
• How does feeling “anxious and troubled about many things” (v.41) impact our ability to love as Christ loves us? What should we do instead?
• What practical steps can we take together to slow down and love better this holiday season?
• Listen to or read the lyrics of “Come Thou Long
Expected Jesus.” Then explore Gen. 3:15, Isa. 9:6, Matt. 6:10, and Eph. 2:4-6 together to prepare for next week’s sermon.
* Connecting in community with other believers is crucial for spiritual growth. Explore group options at npberean.org/gg
Growing with Jesus isn’t just for Sundays. Make it an everyday, everywhere, with everyone mission by going “beyond Sunday”!
Engage in these resources on your own and with your Grow Group*, family, or a friend:
Grow
• Learn more about the Good Samaritan parable here: npberean.org/beyond16
• Consider the biblical meaning of the word “love” in this video: npberean.org/beyond17
Share
• We show love for God when we love our “neighbor.” How will you make time this week to love someone well?
• Turn verse 27 into a prayer. (“God help me to…”) Pray this daily. See how God works through this desire to love well.
Connect
• How does feeling “anxious and troubled about many things” (v.41) impact our ability to love as Christ loves us? What should we do instead?
• What practical steps can we take together to slow down and love better this holiday season?
• Listen to or read the lyrics of “Come Thou Long
Expected Jesus.” Then explore Gen. 3:15, Isa. 9:6, Matt. 6:10, and Eph. 2:4-6 together to prepare for next week’s sermon.
* Connecting in community with other believers is crucial for spiritual growth. Explore group options at npberean.org/gg
Next Week's Sermon
We'll be launching our Advent series, "Christmas Hymns" as we explore the biblical foundations of some treasured and classic songs of the season. Next week, we'll launch our series with the song, "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus." We'll delight in the greatness and goodness of God drawing near to us in the incarnated person of Jesus - the Christ!
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen%203%3A15%3B%20isa%209%3A6%3B%20matt%206%3A10%3B%20eph%202%3A4-6&version=NLT