Pastoral E-mail 4/6/21

Greetings New Life!

As a New Life brother and I were recently talking, out of the blue, he very insightfully said to me, "I sense a fresh wind blowing at New Life". Upon questioning him, I asked, "what do you mean?" He went on to tell me exactly what I was already experiencing in my spirit. That is, that God is moving in our midst in a new and fresh way. The pandemic and other social and personal issues have caused a stirring in the spiritual realm and some of our brothers and sisters have left us while at the same time numerous other new people have started getting plugged in to our various ministry presentations. I am happy to report that the Holy Spirit is alive and well at New Life Christian Assembly of God!

Two weeks ago we called the church to a week of conscientious prayer and fasting, beseeching the Lord to move mightily in our midst. We specifically asked the Lord to bring in people, new people, familiar people, committed people that have been away due to covid concerns, as we gathered on Resurrection Sunday. Specifically we were asking the Lord to fill up each available seat under the Massachusetts covid seating guidelines, which would be 80 people per Sunday service, for a total of 160 worshippers on that day. Although the breakdown per service wasn't as we expected, the total attendance on Resurrection Sunday was 163 which included everyone...adults, visitors, teens, babies, children, and church staff! Tell me, isn't God good?! And isn't it just like the Lord to take our request and answer it with His own unique stamp of approval on it?!

I must tell you, we loved our Resurrection Sunday Services, as well as the very special Good Friday Service. Thank you to all that participated in the ministry aspects of these services, as well as all that attended either in person and/or via Livestream. Church, you must know the Lord is very pleased with our efforts to honor Him, to re-tell the historical narratives of these crucially important events, and to worship Him so powerfully. In fact He waits for us to do so. We are sensing in our hearts and spirits that we are right where the Lord wants us to be at this time.

Special thanks to the Kids Banner Ministry Team that so beautifully highlighted a part of the sermon at second service. Awesome, awesome, awesome! Below see a clip of that wonderful presentation. And thank you parents and kids that participated in Saturday's Easter Egg Hunt. A wonderful time was had by all.

Please continue praying for miracles to be evident among us: Joanne and Gary Feldman; Sandy Whitney; Stacie Amendola-Johnson (who ministered so effectively with Kids Ministry on Saturday and Sunday); and Lisa Nadeau, who suffered a mild stroke on Sunday during second service and is now recovering in a local hospital. Pray for physical healing for these dear people; and pray also for others in our fellowship that have recently been mentioned in our prayer e-mails. Mark 16:20 tells us, "And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen." May we believe the Lord for the same anointing and same miracles to be evident in our midst today.

One more prayer request, for my 94 year old mom, Margaret Amendola, living in Rye, NY. We arrived here on Monday afternoon to visit for a few days. Today we took mom to an unplanned doctor's visit due to shortness of breath, which we found out was due to a water build up in her lungs. She was prescribed medications. Please pray for her healing and her comfort. Mom remains a major influence and a true matriarch of our family, touching her kids, grandkids and great grandkids (19 of them!!). She often joins us on our various Livestreams, praise God. She is doing better tonight as I type this letter.

Please contact us if we can be of help to you or if you would like a pastoral visit at home. Join us as you are able on our weekday/night Livestreams, and Sunday services in building or Livestream. God is moving among us, do your part to stay plugged in! Believe me, it will be worth it!

All For Jesus,

Pastor Rick and Pamela

YouTube: 4/4/2021 "Jesus Is Alive" by CityAlight-Resurrection Sunday

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who according to His abundant mercy

has begotten us again to a living hope through the

resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled

and that does not fade away,

reserved in heaven for you,

who are kept by the power of God

through faith for salvation

ready to be revealed in the last time."
1 Peter1:3-4 NKJV