This Saturday (6/6) 8:30-10:30am Only – Clothes Available From Northgate’s Clothes Closet

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Northgate’s Clothes Closet will be supplying clothes THIS SATURDAY (6/6) ONLY from 8:30am to 10:30am. To help keep our clients and volunteers safe from the coronavirus, folks seeking clothes will be asked to check in at the table in front of the church and follow the instructions from the volunteers. Masks and gloves will be provided. Please practice responsible social… ...read more »

Baruch/Letter of Jeremiah Recap – Session 4

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A word from Charlie (4/16/20). In Session Four, we discuss the Letter of Jeremiah written to Judeans who were about to be taken into exile, warning them of the dangers of false gods. How do today’s false gods promise to deliver us from the COVID-19 pandemic? One of every hundred people in the United States has now been tested for… ...read more »

Baruch/Letter of Jeremiah Recap – Session 3

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April 8, 2020  In Session Three, Baruch tells Israel to take courage and offers a poem of consolation for them and for a devastated Jerusalem – the mother of Israel. Is there consolation for us as the number of novel coronavirus cases in the U.S. has more than doubled in the last week to over 400,000, and the number of… ...read more »

Baruch/Letter of Jeremiah Recap – Session 2

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In Session Two, the exiled Jews in Babylon try to fathom and cope with this calamitous event that has engulfed them. What can we learn from them in this crisis of our own time? In Texas, there are five times the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths as a week ago, and we are told we are nowhere near the… ...read more »

Limited Food Pantry Distribution – 4/11/20 8:30-10:30

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Northgate’s Food Pantry will again have a limited distribution of food essentials on Saturday, April 11th, from 8:30am – 10:30am. Our procedures have been modified to help keep clients and volunteers safe from the coronavirus, and we ask that you follow the instructions on site. Please do not wait on the front steps of the church – we need all… ...read more »