FOCUSING OUR FAITH FORWARD
IN 2008

America finds herself again at the cross roads. We are constantly bombarded with the views of those who seek to be our next President. The whole of our divided nation is volleyed across party lines as the candidates do their best to sway the public in their direction. God is the One who brings down one “king” to rise up another. We must focus our faith forward in this coming election to be the instruments that God will use to help bring about His will for this nation.

There are many people who are being affected by the down turn of certain areas of our economy. We must focus our faith on the One who never fails! He will give wisdom to those who ask for it, so that His people continue to be blessed despite the dark days on the horizon. God will birth into those who will seek Him and trust Him “God Ideas” that will turn their circumstance around. Could it be that it’s just around the corner?
Regardless of where you are or what is going on in your life, we are at the threshold of God’s opportunity to be a participator in the grand design of what God has for all of us in 2008. The only way to get there is to focus our faith forward!

We at New Life Church want to encourage you to come join with us in our quest to experience all God has for us in 2008.

Blessings……………………Pastor Mike

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Pastor Mike and Jimmie Owens have been in full time ministry since 1980. Pastor Mike received his undergraduate education through East Coast Bible College in Charlotte, N.C., and is pursuing his master's degree through the Church of God Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee. After pastoring churches in North Carolina and Southern Ohio, they accepted the call to pastor New Life Church of God in December of 1994. Pastor Mike is also a Certified Public Safety Chaplain with the Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee, and the State of Georgia. He currently serves as a Chaplain for Public Safety in Dawson County, Georgia. His vision is not only to shepherd and disciple the church body at New Life, but to minister to the community as well.

Jimmie was reared in a ministerial home and learned to love the Arts through worship at an early age. She has counted it a privilege to encourage the body of Christ through hymns, choruses, drama, visual arts, sign language and the art of dance.

Pastor Mike and Jimmie are blessed to have reared three daughters into the knowledge of the Lord Jesus. The oldest, Jessica, is married to James Bishop and they have four children: Tifani, Jamie, Samuel and Patrick. Jennifer, the Owens' second daughter, is a Cum Laud graduate of Lee University and is currently pursuing her Master's Degree. Jennifer is married to Tony Wooten. Janah, the youngest, is a full time student at Lee University.

Pastor Mike and Jimmie encourage you to join the vision of discipleship at New Life. Many great churches today have a vision for evangelization, prophecy, and word of faith and many other attributes of the Word of God. But, Pastor Mike has heard the heart of the Lord and found that many followers are not being discipled. Jesus said for us to "go and make disciples" in His name (Matthew 28:19). Learning to be a true disciple and follow on to know the voice of the Lord will lead us into the ways that the Lord has for us, and not after our own heart or the call of the world.