New Life Fellowship NYC

As we continue to explore the book of Job in this Lenten season, we consider the initial response of Job's friends as his suffering escalates. In light of this passage, Pastor Sherin considers whether the most pressing question in times of mourning isn't why we suffer, but rather "How can we persevere in times of suffering?" How might this question lead us to be better companions to those experien...

To kick off the Lenten season we are beginning a new series through the book of Job. This Sunday, Pastor Rich gives an overview of the book of Job, and offers a way to respond to the pain and suffering that often comes our way.

Hospitality in the Bible is quite different from how the word is used today. We will look at what it means in Scripture and how it draws us deeper into the love of God.

The topic of forgiveness is one that we need to revisit regularly, as it makes or breaks community life. This Sunday, Pastor Rich preaches a message on the healing act of forgiveness.

Pastor Rich continues our series called Life Together. We take a look at one of the most important stories in the Bible that helps us navigate the conflicts we come across. We will gain some insights as to how to work through conflict in a way that is marked by love, integrity, and the way of Jesus.

This Sunday, Pastor Rich starts a new sermon series on the importance and power of community. To start the series, we look at an important passage from the book of Hebrews on the call to draw near to one another.

In response to this past week's riot on the Capitol, Pastor Rich preaches from Romans 6 as a word of encouragement to the church community.

The first Sunday of the year is a good time to make conscious changes and build new habits to ground us in God's love. This Sunday Pastor Rich offers 4 of the most important questions we need to ask ourselves as we launch into a new year.

The end of the year is here - but what does the Road Ahead mean for us? Join us this Sunday as we explore the journey "alone and together" through the eyes of the gospel writer Luke and the disciples on the Emmaus Road.

In this final Advent sermon of 2020, Pastor Rich preaches on the 3 most important words of the season--God with us. In a world marked by pain, isolation, and fear, these words demonstrate the heart of God, as well as the call to live faithfully in this world.

On this third week of Advent we anchor our joy in the spoken promises of God - not because we see their fulfillment just yet, but because of the reliability of the One who speaks these words into the dark.

This Sunday, Pastor Sherin continues our Advent series by exploring Isaiah 40. As Israel moves into a long period of exile, how does God sustain his people as they wait?

Today marks the beginning of the Advent season, a time of preparation for Christmas. During Advent we fix our attention on the coming of God in Christ. For the next four weeks we will journey with Isaiah the prophet, listening to his words of hope in a world marked by darkness, sin and injustice. This Sunday, Pastor Rich teaches on a vision Isaiah saw of the coming Messiah, and the hope this visio...

We live in turbulent and troubling times. Covid spread, economic hardship, racial unrest, and political uncertainty are some of our present realities. How do the words of Christ empower us to face trouble in our world? This Sunday, A. Redd Sevilla, Launch Pastor of New Life East, will explore the answer to this question. We invite you to read John 16 and 17.

In this final sermon from our God, Politics and The Church series, Pastor Rich examines the powers often hidden behind the chaos of our world. This message will help us recognize the larger battles before us and what it means to be faithful to Jesus in this polarized, political world.

Pastor Rich continues our God, Politics and the Church series with a call to remember our prophetic and counter cultural call to be a different kind of community.

In this sermon, Pastor Rich leads us to consider the ways fear is used as a strategy to perpetuate hostility and division. We will learn how to love well in ways that resist fear and promote healing in our world.

In this sermon, Pastor Rich explores the ways politics takes a place in our lives that damages our relationship with God and each other. He spends time teaching on “political enmeshment” and how to faithfully engage politics without losing our distinctive call to follow Jesus.

This week, we begin a new sermon series on "God, Politics, and the Church." In a world caught in political hostility, the call to be Christ-followers is desperately needed. Pastor Rich offers a vision of Christian formation that helps us resist political entanglements, while bearing witness to the healing power of Jesus for the world.

At times, we find ourselves in a wilderness - seasons of waiting, transition, living with limits and the in-between. The wilderness in our lives provides a liminal space where God’s activity and invitation is more present than we may see.

Every September, we take the time to re-explore our Vision as a Church family. This Vision Sunday, Pastor Rich offers fresh insight into the kind of life that God calls us into. A life marked by particular values, rhythms and practices. Sermon Questions

Pastor Rich leads us in a special message to help us pay attention to our losses. It's often the case that we don't take time to grieve, and as result, we miss important opportunities for God's healing and grace to meet us. This service has contemplative elements to it, so please make space in your home to be attentive to God and ourselves during our time of worship.

A. Redd Sevilla has transitioned to lead the launch of New Life East, a new NLF congregation in Long Island. This Sunday he shares a reflection on 4 big learnings as the Director of New Life CDC over the past decade. If you seek to live a life marked by service, you will gain from his insight.

Pastor Rich preaches on a foundational truth that Jesus announces about the Church. This truth will help us to recognize our role in being the Church, and remind us of who we are called to be in the world. Sermon Questions

The Temple in Jerusalem was central to worship before Jesus ushered in a new reality. How does this image help us to be the Church now, when we find ourselves scattered and unable to meet in the usual ways? Sermon Questions