Here are 4 ways we are currently seeing a way to help – if you are interested in any of these – details on each are outlined below.
1.  Give Finances
2.  Give Blood
3.  Give Time
4.  Give Prayers

1.  Give Finances:  If you are able – please make a donation to Terra’s Benevolence Fund HERE on the City. 100% of the donations made between now and 11/15/12 will be directed to the benevolence and relief efforts at Jacob’s Well in New Brunswick, NJ.  Terra Nova will cover all the adminstrative fees and tax reporting.

Jacob’s Well is led by Reid Monaghan – who also serves as the New Jersey Director for the Acts 29 Network.  The men at Terra will remember Reid as he spent 3-days teaching and encouraging us on the men’s retreat this year.

As the New Jersey Director for the Acts 29 Network, Reid is coordinating relief efforts to some of the harder hit A29 churches & communities.  You can go HERE  and read a full update from Reid.

2.  Give Blood:  The American Red Cross has cancelled 100 blood drives as a result of this storm.  You view the CNN report on this HERE.  Our friends at Temple Baptist Church are hosting a blood drive on November 10th from 6:30am to 1:30pm.  You can also go HERE to search for other blood drives that may be in your area in the next few weeks.

3.  Give Time:  Several of you have expressed interest in traveling to NJ to help in the recovery work and rebuilding.  We are in contact with Reid at Jacob’s Well and other church network friends in an effort to determine when and where volunteer help will be needed.  As we know from other storms, the need for help will extend far into the future.  If you are interested in being part of a team of volunteers to go and put in some potentially hard labor – please email me, Pastor Paul Gordon.  We will start a separate City Message stream as we collect more volunteers and get more information from our friends in NJ.

4.  Give Prayers:  Lastly, please pray.  Pray that the challenges facing our brothers and sisters would ultimately cause many to turn to God for help and that the Church will readily respond with the mercy of Christ and the message of Christ.

Thanks and if you have any further questions, please let me know.

Pastor Paul

Where is Terra Nova? We are located at 409 River Street, Troy, NY. Look for the Terra Nova signs on the sidewalk. The break out sessions are in our office/education/gallery space. (Look for the big “E” for Education). The main sessions are in Revolution Hall (look for the sidewalk sign that says that Acts 29).

Where am I supposed to park? You can park in a few places. There is a small lot across the street from Revolution Hall. (Look for the Terra Nova Church parking sign.) There is a ton of street parking within walking distance if you look around (It looks sketchier than it actually is.) Avoid the lots at the end of the block by the silver bridge as the city occasionally tickets people there.

What are the times again? Registration opens at 11AM. Lunch is served at 11:30AM. Worship begins at 12NOON.

I need coffee, where can I get it? If you are not too picky, Deli-icious Cafe sells coffee right on our block. Also, there is a Starbucks in the lobby of the Franklin Plaza. (You can see it from where Terra Nova is located).

Can I bring someone last minute? We’ll do our best to make it work.

Our next Acts 29 Network Northeast regional event will feature George Hunter, author of “The Celtic Way of Evangelism” and professor at Asbury Seminary. Hunter’s work has had a wide reaching impact on churches and has impacted the DNA of Terra Nova in a significant way. This event will be hosted by the New York State Acts 29 churches at Terra Nova’s facilities in Troy, NY.

This event is open to anyone in the northeast and may reach capacity so be sure to register as soon as possible (each attendee needs to register separately).

The only way to register is HERE.

Date: November 8, 2010
Location: 409 River Street Troy, NY 12180
Cost: $15 per person due at the registration table. Checks may be made out to ‘Terra Nova Church’
Questions: Please contact Daniel Williams with further questions.

Schedule:

11:00AM :: Registration opens.

11:30AM :: Lunch is served.

12:00PM :: Worship begins.

12:30PM :: Session 1: “A Celtic Approach to Evangelism” (George Hunter).

2:00PM :: Break

2:15PM :: Session 2: Break Out Sessions as follows:

“Leading a Missional Church Plant”—Panel Discussion: JR Vassar (Apostles NYC), Ed Marcelle (Terra Nova Church), Rob Burns (Real Life Church).
“Outsourcing Your Church: Building A Support Staff Utilizing Existing Services.”—Multiple Executive Pastors from the region will share outsourcing ideas.
“Worship Leaders Roundtable Discussion”—Led by A29 Worship Pastors.
“Leveraging Social Networking and Media to build Gospel-Centered Community” –George Suriya (Northeast Representative | The City)
“Perpetual Proclamation: the gospel work after conversion”–Brian Hope (Redemption Church | Kent, WA)

3:30PM :: Session 3: “A Celtic Approach to Formation” (George Hunter).

5:00PM :: The day ends.

Hotel: If you are in need of a hotel room, contact The Franklin Square Inn and tell them you are with Terra Nova Church.

http://www.franklinsquareinn.com/

Axe21′s public launch is scheduled for January and we hope to send some Terra people there to encourage them.

Dear supporters,

Yesterday we held our first Sunday service. It was incredibly encouraging for me to see everyone getting involved and helping out. When I entered the building where we have our kids program, to see all these people coming together and work as the body of Christ was beautiful and all I wanted to do was praise God for the work He’s doing in the lives of His children.

It was very encouraging to see all the different ministries unfolding, and every member doing its part.

Close to a 150 people showed up for this first Sunday, which was above our expectations and the atmosphere was very fun and pleasant. Everyone seemed to be having a good time.

We started out a series on called TRUTH, which aims at helping Christians re-establishing the truths of the Gospel and helping them build their lives on those truths. This past Sunday the emphasis was on the fact that GOD IS the source and judge of all truth, NOT ME. Next Sunday we’re dealing with the lies we believe about our identity and how we must replace those lies with the truths of our identity in Christ.

Pray that the Spirit of truth would guide us into all the truth and that our hearts will be inclined to want to hear and live according to the truth.

Thanks so much for your prayers.

We still have much work ahead of us, but we are very excited and looking forward to our public launch which should be held on the 30th of January.

We love you and are thankful to God for your partnership with us for the advancement of the Gospel in the province of Quebec!

Marc Pilon

Lead Pastor and Planter

www.axe21.org

Marc Pilon : Focus 21 Church : Sherbrooke, QB, Canada from Terra Nova Church on Vimeo.

In the month of December, we are asking you to consider supporting these two church planters with an additional contribution above and beyond your normal tithes and offerings. On December 6th, 13th and 20th you will find a special envelope attached to your Guidepage with the words “Church Planting Focus” written on it. Please return this envelope by mail or in the offering buckets by December 20th.

Last monday, Terra Nova hosted a regional event for the Acts 29 Network called “Ecclesiology of Worship”. We featured two Worship Arts Pastors, Tim Smith from Mars Hill Church in Seattle, and Scott Womer from Terra Nova Church here in Troy, NY. We have the notes (slides) from that event as well as the audio available at the links below.

Tim Smith’s notes

Tim Smith-Worship & The Glory of God Audio

Tim Smith-Missional Worship

Scott Womer-Discipleship & The Worship Pastor

Also, We’ve included a few links to Pastor Tim Smith (Mars Hill, Seattle) and Pastor Scott Womer (Terra Nova, Troy, NY) leading worship together below.

Pilgrim Song

Gloria

How Great Thou Art