This coming Sunday at NRN

This coming Sunday at NRN will begin with a potluck breakfast in the foyer. Everyone is invited to bring a favorite breakfast dish to share. Registration for the newly designed adult Sunday School Classes will take place during the time of fellowship.

The worship experience will begin with presenting a song of joyful praise to the Lord:

Other songs during the time of worship include:

And one of my personal favorites by one of my all time favorite artist: Keith Green

Our special guest on Sunday will be a good friend - Pastor Royce Hathcock. Here is the information I included in the worship folder.

On October 1, 1993 Pastor Kevin Modesto and his wife Becky began their ministry at North Raleigh Church of the Nazarene to launch an urban ministry in the inner city of the Capital City. In 1996, Royce Hathcock, who was still at Bresee Institute, phoned Kevin and asked if he could use some help. It wasn't long before Royce, his wife Julie, and the two sons were residents of North Carolina. Royce had been youth pastor of the English-speaking congregation at Los Angeles First Church of the Nazarene.

NRN faced the question: How does a largely Anglo church from suburbia launch a daughter congregation in the largely African-American heart of the city? We concluded we should make the new congregation a multicultural expression of the breadth and diversity of God's kingdom. That led us to the name Tapestry--an entity woven with threads from a variety of sources but crafted into something of unique character and beauty. On April 18, 1999 Tapestry Church held its first service with 62 in attendance. *

Rev. Royce Hathcock now serves as pastor of Tapestry Church of the Nazarene in Raleigh. He also serves as Executive Director of Neighbor to Neighbor. The ministries of Neighbor to Neighbor are called to cultivate life-changing relationships resulting in communities of hope, justice, and compassion.