We usually meet monthly in the fall and winter/spring for a time of connection and community, enjoying a dinner together and hearing from a speaker, followed by discussion within smaller groups at each table.

Please join our Women’s Community Group to stay informed about our gatherings and other news. Once you are in the group, we will send you an invitation with RSVP request about a week before each dinner.

Winter/Spring 2024 Dates:

• Monday, January 22

• Monday, February 26

• Monday, March 25

• Monday, April 22

• Monday, May 20

Contact: Rachel Palmbush

Your Blood Donation Can
Help Save Lives

Extreme blood shortages persist across the Bay Area and nationwide. At this time, hospitals are requiring blood more quickly than volunteer donations are coming in.

IF APPOINTMENTS ARE FULL, WE CAN TAKE WALK-INS

We are working with Vitalant (formerly Blood Centers of the Pacific), a national nonprofit organization providing safe blood and blood products to 45 hospitals in the Bay Area and Northern California.

Who can donate? Anyone age 16+ in good health. There is no upper age limit. CLICK HERE to review donor eligibility details. If you have any questions regarding your eligibility or have traveled internationally in the last 3 months to an area where malaria may be a factor, please call Vitalant at 877-258-4825, option 1.

How long does it take? While the actual donation process only takes about 10 minutes, you should allow an hour for health history questionnaire, medical screening, and post-donation snacks.

On the day of your appointment, be sure to drink plenty of water and have a good meal prior to donating. Fill out the health history questionnaire online ahead of time HERE before coming in for your appointment (must be completed the same day as blood donation).

Questions or having trouble making an appointment? Contact Vitalant directly at 877-258-4825.

We usually meet monthly in the fall and winter/spring. All men are invited to join us for dinner and conversation from 6-8 pm in the Fireside Room.

Please join our Men’s Community Group to stay informed about our gatherings. Once you are in the group, we will send you an invitation with RSVP request about a week before each dinner.

Winter/Spring 2024 Dates:

• Monday, February 12 - Sharing Our Faith, Curt Taylor & Taylor Brudos

• Monday, March 11 - AI and Faith, Josh Woodward

• Monday, April 8 - Christianity & Commerce, Rich Branning

• Monday, May 13 - Turning Points in Our Faith, Ken Perez

Contact: Dave Peterson

Join us in the Fireside Room after worship for an NCC feedback meeting with City of Menlo Park officials about the buffered bike lane pilot, which has eliminated parking on Middle Avenue since last summer.

The Menlo Park Complete Streets Commission is currently seeking community feedback regarding the pilot as they complete their evaluation and make a recommendation to the City Council on April 10.

MORE INFORMATION

FILL OUT A SURVEY

Please join us for a candlelit, reflective service in the sanctuary, a beautiful vigil honoring the death of Jesus on the cross while listening to the crucifixion account in the gospels.

We usually meet monthly in the fall and winter/spring for a time of connection and community, enjoying a dinner together and hearing from a speaker, followed by discussion within smaller groups at each table.

Please join our Women’s Community Group to stay informed about our gatherings and other news. Once you are in the group, we will send you an invitation with RSVP request about a week before each dinner.

Contact: Rachel Palmbush

Entering Into the Disciples' Last Days With Jesus

Join us from 6-6:30 pm for a simple family meal of soup and bread, followed by a spiritual formation experience from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Fireside Room, led by Patty Martin and Patti Yukawa. Children will have their own experience in Room 5.

Please RSVP below so we can be sure to have enough food.

Contact: Dave Peterson

Congregational Meeting

Join us after church this Sunday for a congregational meeting. Please consider attending if you call NCC your church home.

Pick up a snack from the patio and join us in Community Hall. The meeting will start at 11:30 and last for about an hour.

CHILDCARE for infants-5th grade will be in the Fireside Room during the meeting.

Date Night

Hosted by NCC’s Marriage Ministry team for married couples of all ages and stages

5:30-6:15 - Gather at NCC.
Our Marriage Ministry team will facilitate a time of ideas and conversation starters for your date night dinner.

6:15-7:30 - Go out to dinner.
Please make your own reservations or dinner plans so you and your spouse can share a meal together.

7:30-8:00 - Come back for dessert.
After your dinner together, head back to church for wrap up, group conversation, and dessert.

Childcare
Available at no charge for infants (3 mos.) through 5th grade, but requires pre-registration by March 6. Kids will stay on campus for dinner and games while parents enjoy some time on their own. Pick up is at 8 pm.

Contacts
Christine Taylor (program)
Amanda Pandjiris (childcare)

Guided Art Experience

Join us from 6-6:30 pm for a simple family meal of soup and bread, followed by a spiritual formation experience from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Fireside Room, led by Janet Perez and Ann Carter. Children will have their own experience in Room 5.

Please RSVP below so we can be sure to have enough food.

Contact: Dave Peterson

Families with babies through preschoolers are invited to the NCC playground for community, coffee and snacks with NCKids staff and other families.

Contact: Amanda Pandjiris

The sanctuary will be open from 8 am-6 pm to receive ashes and for personal prayer. Stay as long as you would like for meditation and reflection, with guided prayer stations to assist you. 

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

Spring session April 13 - May 25

Saturdays from 9:30-10:30 am on Zoom
Leader: Louise DeDera

Winter/Spring 2024: January 8 - June 10

Women of all ages who are moms, grandmoms, special aunties,
anyone wanting to pray for our next generation of children

Mondays from 8:30-9:30 am on Zoom
Leaders: Nancy Savage, Marie Jackson, and Jane Clark

Christmas Eve Services

4 and 5:30 pm

Join us for Christmas Eve worship services. All are welcome, as we celebrate the coming of Jesus. We will serve cookies and warm drinks between services.

Babies and children of all ages are welcome in the sanctuary or Fireside Room with their families. There will be no childcare or outdoor patio seating on Christmas Eve.

(No worship service in the morning.)

Christmas Eve Services

4 and 5:30 pm

Join us for Christmas Eve worship services. All are welcome, as we celebrate the coming of Jesus. We will serve cookies and warm drinks between services.

Babies and children of all ages are welcome in the sanctuary or Fireside Room with their families. There will be no childcare or outdoor patio seating on Christmas Eve.

(No worship service in the morning.)

Neighborhood Prayer Walk

What Story Is Our Neighborhood Telling?

What does following Jesus have to do with place? In particular, this place? To love someone is to know them. And our neighborhoods have a story. 

As we seek to join in the restorative work of God happening around us, we are invited to learn and enter into our place's story—a the story that has been happening long before us and continues to be written in this present moment. 

Join us for a neighborhood prayer walk as we seek to listen to the story our neighborhood is telling. Our hope is to open ourselves to the beautiful and broken realities found throughout these streets, as we continue to discern and envision together what opportunities might exist for us to participate in God’s dreams for this place.

Contact: Pat Little

Christmas Lights & Chili Cook Off

Join us from 5-7 pm for a fun-filled evening!

As we prepare our hearts for Christmas, help us kick off the season with carols and tree-lighting, followed by a chili cook off and home-baked Christmas cookies.

Christmas carols in the sanctuary

Tree lighting outside

Chili cook off

• Meat and vegetarian chili options + toppings

• Corn dogs for kids

• Cornbread, chips, and guacamole

• Hot chocolate and apple cider

• Home-baked Christmas cookies

PLEASE RSVP: Help us plan for the right number of people.
You can also sign up to bring food or volunteer.

Contact: Pat Little

Zimbabwe 2024

We have been invited to help our partner, Hands of Hope, run a vacation Bible school for at risk children and orphans.

Please join us for an information meeting to learn all about why you might want to go on this life changing experience. We will share about why we go, what we will learn and do, and the costs and logistics, as well as how we will see God powerfully work in another country and culture.

Who: Adults and mature teens with a parent

When: July 2024

Leaders: Christine & Curt Taylor

Although walk-ins are welcome, please RSVP by November 30 if possible, so we can order enough food for our lunch.

Come alongside our neighbors
at the new Navigation Center

You are invited to serve a mid-day dinner on Thanksgiving Day at the brand new San Mateo County/LifeMoves Navigation Center in Redwood City. LifeMoves staff will prepare a delicious holiday meal, so your role is to serve the food and visit with residents who are most thankful for their new village-like shelter with private accommodations.

We will not be eating with the residents, so be sure to have a snack before you arrive.

Appropriate for: Adults and teens age 14+ with a parent

REGISTRATION IS FULL - Sorry, no walk-ins
Please consider joining our Sunday Neighbor Connect Group.

Contact: Christine Taylor

We know God has already prepared the way for our next leader, someone to come alongside the incredible leadership team of Dave, Rachel and Pat. We also know  that God will guide us to the right person.

Our job as a congregation is to listen. So we ask you to pray. Please join us on the third Thursday every month from 5-6 pm in the Spiritual Formation Room (top of the stairs in the office building), where we will all join together in asking for God’s wisdom, and for listening for God’s guidance.

You can also join using this Zoom link, passcode: NCC.

Contact: pastorsearch@anewcommunity.church

Join New Community Kids for a Veterans Day Community Engagement experience at Rosener House. Kids will help elderly clients do a craft. Meet in the NCC parking lot at 12:45 pm and we'll walk over together. The craft project will run from 1-2 pm. This activity is appropriate for elementary-age kids with a parent (sorry, no preschoolers this time). Limited to 25 participants—please, no walk-ins!

Rosener House Adult Day Services offers a positive, caring option for older adults with challenges and their family caregivers. The goal is to help families remain together, both by active therapeutic intervention for the participant and by reducing the emotional and physical demands on the caregiver. Programs and therapies promote health, independence, and dignity for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, early memory loss, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and other chronic conditions.

Contact: Amanda Pandjiris

This is a spiritual formation opportunity for us to bring a new vibrancy to the way we experience Christ in our lives. For one Saturday morning, we'll gather for collective teaching, storytelling, reflection, spiritual practices, conversation, and prayer. The class will define what we mean when we say we are followers of Christ.

The experience will lead you on a journey of discovering new ways to surrender to grace, experience spiritual growth, develop a spiritual rhythm to life, and receive a renewed vision for living out of your relationship with Christ.

Time: 8:30 am-12:30 pm, breakfast and coffee provided

Contact: Dave Peterson

We invite you to join us for an information meeting about what it means to become a steward (member) of NCC, immediately followed by an opportunity to take the vows of stewardship, should you choose to do so.

AGENDA

• Lunch buffet

• Brief presentation about stewardship at NCC

• Some Q&A topics

  • Theology

  • Our American Baptist denomination

  • Pastor search process

  • Financial management

  • Governance of our church

• Stewardship vows for those desiring to become a steward of NCC

• Communion

• Photo of new stewards in the sanctuary

Some helpful information to look at ahead of time:

• About Us

• Community of Stewards

• Statement of Faith

• Pastor Search

Contact: Dave Peterson

The NCC annual meeting will be a time of fellowship and for our community to hear updates from this past ministry year, budget information, and a report from the pastoral search team. In addition, those who have taken the vow of stewardship (membership) at NCC will be asked to vote on nominees to the board.

Please consider attending if you call NCC your church home. RSVP below to let us know you’re coming so we’ll have enough food for lunch.

Please RSVP by Thursday if you need childcare.

Join us on Sunday afternoons this summer!

(registration required)

4-5:30 pm
3-year-olds through current 5th graders
Please check kids in on the patio.

5:30 pm
Parents return for pick-up and join us for a family dinner (all ages) from 5:30-6 pm.

June 25 - Summer Kick Off
Join us for an outdoor theme as we notice God in nature all around.
Dinner: Hot Dogs and S’Mores

July 2 - Build Day
Discover how our creative God designed us to be creative as well!
Dinner: Tacos and Ice Cream Sundaes

July 9 - Color Day
Join us for a colorful afternoon.
Wear a white shirt that can get colorful with chalk powder and bring sunglasses!
Dinner: Spaghetti and Popsicles

July 16 - Water Day
Get ready to make a splash and hear about baptism!
We will have water games, water balloons, and relays.
Wear clothes that can get wet and bring a change of clothes.
Dinner: Hamburgers and Shave Ice

July 23 - Pool Party
Come for an afternoon of fun at a private home; parents asked to stay.
Wear your swimsuit and bring a towel.
Dinner: Pizza

Leaders: NCC staff and students

Children may attend any or all weeks.
Because they will be dropped off with us,
advance signup and release waiver are required.

Middle School students!

Please join us at Woodleaf Young Life camp in Challenge, CA this summer for the best week of your life. We are partnering with Young Life-Redwood City to take a group of students from NCC.

Dates: June 28-July 2
Cost: $525 per student. Please talk with Joanna if you need a partial scholarship.
Registration deadline: June 21
Note: This camp is for students finishing grades 6-8 in June 2023.

Contact: Joanna Bartel

We will use the book Jesus and Women, by Kristi McLelland, for our seven-week study. Meet Jesus through the lens of His culture, from over 2,000 years ago, and apply His relationship with women to our lives today. Each week is a standalone lesson, so you can come and go as your schedule allows.

The book is available on Amazon and other sellers for about $25.

Dates: Fridays, June 23 - August 4, 10-11:30 am

Leaders: Dorothy Hunter and Joyce deRussy