2. Central Gathering -- October 11, 2015 -- WELCOME TO

3. The Elders are excited to announce Dick Jaques has been hired as lead pastor at New Hope! He’ll start work November 1 st. In the mean- time, pray for their transition details to all fall into place. More on our website. Feel free to email him a welcoming note at dickjaques@newhopeks.org! Dick Jaques Hired as New Hope’s Lead Pastor

4. New Hope Christmas Party Save the date: Sunday evening, Dec. 20th, at FHCS. Potluck, Xmas music, Xmas story, etc! Great opportunity to invite friends & neighbors.

5. Men, join us for Friday-Saturday, Oct. 23-24 at the Wiebers. Relaxed time to get to know men from New Hope and invite other men into fellowship. Please RSVP via our website or use the QR code in your program. Contact Justin Wiebers with questions jwiebers@gmail.com or 785-341-7934.

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9. 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. 27 And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. A CTS 8:26-31 (ESV)

10. 32 Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. 33 In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.” (Isaiah 53:7-8) A CTS 8:32-33 (ESV)

11. 34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea. A CTS 8:34-40 (ESV)

13. 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. 27 And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. A CTS 8:26-31 (ESV)

14. 32 Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. 33 In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.” (Isaiah 53:7-8) A CTS 8:32-33 (ESV)

15. 3 Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the L ORD say, “The L ORD will surely separate me from his people”; and let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.” 4 For thus says the L ORD : “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, 5 I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. Isaiah 56:3-5

16. 6 “And the foreigners who join themselves to the L ORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the L ORD, and to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant— 7 these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.” 8 The Lord G OD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, “I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered.” Isaiah 56:6-8

17. 34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea. A CTS 8:34-40 (ESV)

18. “The old religions provided rules rewarding good conduct and punishing wrong conduct but they could not help us change. Christianity answered this historical challenge by reorientation. People in Africa sensed in their hearts that Jesus did not mock their respect for the sacred nor their clamor for an invincible savior. And so they beat their sacred drums for Him until the stars skipped and danced in the skies and after that dance the stars weren’t little anymore. Christianity made Africans into renewed Africans, not remade Europeans.” –Lamin Sanneh, Gambian professor at Yale University, in Whose Religion is Christianity?: The Gospel beyond the West

19. How did Philip change the world?