Wow!  As I type this blog we are exactly 32 days and 23 hours away from the grand opening of New Life's 15th location in the Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago.  It is hard to believe that this Sunday, a team of people will be prayed for at New Life Jefferson Park and we will be sent out and the following Sunday on March 7th preview services will begin.

THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING.  REPEAT.  THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING.

It is hard for me to believe as from October to January I visited over 45 schools, churches, park district field houses, and banquet halls looking for a place to rent an auditorium for the birth of a new location of New Life Community Church.  Jefferson Park's second service is overflowing with people and literally bursting at the seams.  Another service had already been added.  Room needed to be made for more people and the best way to that was to multiply into a new neighborhood and begin creating room for more people.  For 4 long months I drove from as far east as Lake Shore Drive all the way to Harlem Ave looking for the best scenario for a new location.   After over 40 closed doors, through an amazing series of events, Luther North High School was discovered and it was if they were rolling out the red carpet to welcome us to rent space for worship services on Sunday mornings.

With over 50 ministry volunteers needed we are getting close to our goal and are excited about what God is doing.   What is even more exciting is that either by the fall or next spring a 16th location will be born and we are already praying for God's direction as a church as to where that may be.  It is exciting to be a part of a movement where God is at work.

One way anyone can help make a difference is to come to the "Prayer and Worship Summit" to help consecrate this location to the Lord.  On March 21st, people from most of New Life's locations will gather on a Sunday evening and through praying to the God of heaven make a difference on earth.   The event is free and will be powerful and is one of the most crucial parts of preparing to launch a new church location of New Life.

Thanks for your prayers,

Pastor Dwayne