November 2015

The Lifeline

Northlake Baptist Church 2614 Ocean Beach Hwy., Longview, WA 98632

Phone: (360) 423-3805 FAX: (360) 423-3808 Website: www.Northlake-Church.org Foundations Worship: 9:00am ● Fresh Encounter Worship: 10:00am ● Family Worship 10:45am

THREE RIVERS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

TRCS Elementary Campus (K-7) and Child Development Center: (360) 423-4510

TRCS High School Campus (8-12): (360) 636-1600

CAMPUS TOWERS Affordable Senior Living (20th Ave., Longview): (360) 423-6200

Northlake Baptist Church

Helping People…

Know God, Love Others,

and

Experience Freedom

in our homes, in our region, in our nation,

and to the ends of the earth.

FROM MY HEARTFROM MY HEART Senior Pastor Mark Schmutz

Tangible Love. Tangible Grace. Tangible Truth. Tangible Honor. Tangible Life. Tangible Intercession. Tangible Impact. We are in the midst of something powerful! Many of us are being stirred by the perspectives offered to us in Hugh Halter’s The Tangible Kingdom (more copies are

available in the church office or at the Welcome Center on Sundays). As we consider how we can better move toward others—meeting them right where they are with tangible expressions of love, grace, truth, and life—we will see the increase of the effectiveness of our intercession and impact in the world for the sake of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom come here on earth as it is in heaven! If you have missed any messages above, please visit the Northlake website and listen! (www.northlake-church.org) The first three were in October and the final four will be in November. Pastor Kyle and Three Rivers House of Prayer Mission Base Director Ian Rutherford will be joining me in bringing The Father’s Heart messages to you this month! And everyone is welcome to join us as we process what we are reading together on November 22 from 12pm-1:30pm in the Youth Room. See page 2 for details. Let’s keep pressing to become the ekklesia...out there where people live!

TTHEHE TTANGIBLEANGIBLE KKINGDOMINGDOM

PAGE 2 THE LIFELINE

We want to invite everyone interested to The Gathering on November 22 at 12pm. After that we will meet again in January and February to process The Tangible Kingdom together! We will be meeting in the Youth Room. Contact the church office to sign up and get a copy of the book. Please bring something to share for the potluck lunch and then we will take an hour to process together! Last month we had about 45 in attendance!

The Tangible Kingdom

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18—The Gathering

Section 1

Cultural Analysis chs. 1-7 A new posture—ADVOCATE (6)

The 1,700 year Wedgie—institutional “go to” church (7)

NEXT: >>>>>>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22—The Gathering

Section 2

Incarnational Community Paradigm chs. 8-12 Western/Modernism

Easternism

Postmodernism

Gospel Response

“Tip It Over” (12)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17—The Gathering

Section 3

The Missionary Life chs. 13-17 “Living Out”—what missional people do (13)

Leaving (14)

Listening (15)

Living Among (16)

Loving Without Strings—becoming an advocate (17)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21—The Gathering

Section 4

The Missionary Life—overcoming barriers chs. 18-21 “Inviting In”—what happens when it works? (18)

Togetherness (19)

Oneness (20)

Otherness (21)