THE BOOK OF NUMBERS- EVERY NAME COUNTS; THE GOSPEL OF LUKE- JESUS AT 12

MARCH 17- Numbers 26:1-51; Luke 2:36-52; Psalm 60:1-12; Proverbs 11:15

Today our reading in the Old Testament begins with Numbers 26.

Another list of names— how boring! Or so we might think.

Not necessarily.

The picture below was in the Washington Post. 

Those in Japan who are scouring the lists of names of those who escaped safely to the shelters after last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami do not consider the process boring.  Loved ones carefully read those lists hoping that they will find the name of a missing relative or friend. How happy they are to see a name they recognize!

An entire generation perished during the Israelites’ forty year journey in the wilderness.  The Book of Numbers begins with the listing of the numbers of all the men over twenty years of age who are able to go to war. 38 years later another census is taken. The only names from the first generation that are counted with the fighting men in this new census, taken before the entrance of the Israelites into Canaan, are those of Joshua and Caleb.

We do recognize some surprising survivors among those listed in Chapter 26.

Although Korah, Dathan and Abiram died with the company of conspirators, the sons of Korah are listed with the new generation that are ready to enter Canaan.

 “The sons of Korah, however, did not die.” (Numbers 26:11)

What other observations can we make?

We recognize the names of the sons of Jacob; although deceased, their descendants continue to gather under their banners.  This is another reminder that we are leaving a legacy for others to follow. What would a banner of your life look like?

The number of fighting men at the end of the 40 year period, 601,730 is similar, but not an increase, to the number that they had at the beginning- 603,550. The reason for this is sobering. Unbelief.  The unbelief was manifested in murmuring, idolatry, lust, disobedience, rebellion, jealousy, greed and spiritual compromise which caused many to turn to the worship of Baal. In spite of more than the 24,000 deaths recorded in Chapter 25, the Lord had been faithful to bless and replenish this nomadic multitude.

The listing of the new generation reminds us of the continuity of purpose in the Divine Enterprise. 

All the nations of the earth are linked to this story of a primitive tribe in the wilderness!

How?  The blessing given to Abraham was with a view to blessing all the tribes upon the earth. God’s promise to Abraham was global in scope. World redemption would come through the promised seed of Abraham.

In you all the families of the earth will be blessed." (GENESIS 12:3) “Your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.” (Gen 22:17-18; 28:14). The Apostle Paul explains that the Promised Seed of Abraham is Christ (Galatians 3:16). “In Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham comes to the Gentiles” so that “we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” (Galatians 3:14) In the future we will hear “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ and He will reign forever and ever “ (Rev. 11:15)

All nations and every generation are connected to this story.

We learn also that, ultimately, God’s sovereign purposes will not be thwarted by human unbelief. A generation may perish through their disobedience, forfeiting their privilege of entrance into the Promised Land. But the day of entrance will come. God will raise up those who will do His will if others fail to do so. How much more preferable it is to be among those who actually accomplish God’s choice purposes instead of leaving them for others.

May we all have the spirit of Joshua and Caleb! May we not shrink back in fear or unbelief. But let us possess what God has called us to possess by resting in Christ’s sufficiency and yielding ourselves to God in full obedience.

This verse from tomorrow’s reading is a fitting summary:

Numbers 26:63-65    These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. [64] But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. [65] For the Lord had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." And not a man was left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

NEW TESTAMENT READING: LUKE 2:36-52

Luke provides a well ordered and well researched account of the life of Jesus of Nazareth in his gospel account. He has interviewed many of his subjects and provides helpful historical details to inform our understanding of the gospel events.

Both Mary and Joseph were from the tribe of Judah . Anna, the prophetess, is from the tribe of Asher. 

Anna is 84 years old when she prophesies of Jesus being God’s answer to all those looking for the redemption of Jerusalem (Luke 2:38). Her husband died after they had been married only seven years.  She had devoted her remaining days to the service of the temple, with fasting and prayer.  While the many of the religious leaders were unaware of the birth of the true Messiah, Anna, was exercised in spiritual discernment and was able to rejoice that the hour had come.

 Like the prophet Simeon, Anna was privileged to see the answers to her prayers in her lifetime.

Luke is careful to note that Jesus was brought up under the Law of Moses and that the grace of the Lord was upon Him (Luke 2:39). Jesus grew strong physically, intellectually, and spiritually.

⁴⁰ The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. Luke 2:40 (NASB)

The next scene that Luke chooses to record in his narrative takes place when Jesus is 12 years old. He is now old enough to participate more fully in the feasts of Israel. He accompanies his parents to Jerusalem to celebrate  the Passover. He is old enough to be a “son of the law” (in the Hebrew, bar mitzvah), for he has reached the recognizable age of accountability.  At this age a child becomes an apprentice in his father’s business. Jesus would take more responsibility in his father’s household.

Prior to the age of twelve it would have been likely that a child would travel in the company of his mother.  At the age of twelve, the boy is now treated as a man, and would travel with his father.

It could have been the case that Jesus went down to Jerusalem on previous occasions, and perhaps this occasion with his mother. It is easy to understand  how each parent might assume that Jesus was with the other on this particular trip as Jesus was at the age of this transition. When both parents realize on their return trip home from Jerusalem that their son is with neither of them, they go back to Jerusalem where, after three days, they find Jesus in the temple.  There he is observed, sitting in the midst of the teachers, BOTH listening to them AND asking them questions.  What is most astonishing is that Jesus is ANSWERING the questions.

⁴⁷ And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers. Luke 2:47 (NASB)

His mother, Mary, said to him, “Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold your father and I have been anxiously looking for You.”

Jesus’ answer to his parents query made sense in the light of his reaching the age of accountability as a son of the law, now assigned to be about His father’s business.

Luke 2:49     "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"

Luke 2:49     And He said to them, "Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?"

The Greek text does not include the word for business or household; only the word ‘Father”. The Kenneth Wuest translation puts it this way:

“Had you not known that it is necessary in the nature of the case for me to be occupied in the things of my Father?” (Luke 2:49)

PSALM 60

A good verse from Psalm 60  to memorize today:

"Through God we shall do valiantly, And it is He who will tread down our adversaries."
Psalm 60:12 (NASB)

PRAYER  FOR THE NATIONS:  BRAZIL

As we pray for all the nations of the earth in 2011, we are visiting them alphabetically, continuing to pray for the country of Brazil. The only city with more Japanese than São Paulo, Brazil, is Tokyo!

We will be returning to São Paulo for a mission in August, after our mission in Rio de Janeiro in late May and early June.  You can help us in this outreach through prayer and contributing on our website: www.newlife.org where you can click on MISSION BRAZIL 2011 in the upper right corner.

Despite the remarkable growth of Christianity in Brazil, there are many prayer needs. Pages 164-169 in the latest edition of “OPERATION WORLD” list them.

THE NEED FOR DISCIPLESHIP.

 According to OPERATION WORLD:

 “Churches have multiplied, but congregations are filled with immature, unfed spiritual infants whose faith is overly based on emotionalism, petty legalism and the personality of leaders. Such zeal without maturity leads to spiritual error, nominalism, wide-spread church-hopping without commitment to a particular church and large-scale backsliding.”

There is still Biblical illiteracy among the Christians. This is one reason why we are encouraging believers to read through the Bible for themselves.  We are providing EQUIPPING materials and training teams to make disciples in Brazil.  This blog is being translated and published in Portuguese for Brazilians to read: http://www.newlife.org/pastors-blog-portuguese

“Prosperity theology has shaped much of Pentecostalism in Brazil, with those on top of the pyramid enjoying celebrity status and lifestyles- as well as financial scandals- while millions of poor hold out for a miracle of healing or financial blessing. Pray for a right balance between expectation of blessing and daily sanctification.”

Healthy habits for daily sanctification is the subject of our “DAILY DOZEN” course: “ The 12 Daily Habits for Healthy Discipleship.”  This course is based on 12 calls for obedience in 12 areas in our lives. We hope to have this material available in Portuguese soon.

One of the top needs in Brazil, according to OPERATION WORLD is for effective appropriate TRAINING.

“Rapid growth..has generated a dearth of trained leaders. With over 200,000 evangelical congregations, traditional education models are inadequate to meet the need. Many are making pastoral training a top priority now; Baptists, Presbyterian and Foursquare are examples of such groups developing new seminaries, TEE programs and in-service training opportunities. ..Pray for wise and creative solutions to this challenge.”

Pastor David

So, naturally, we proclaim Christ! We warn everyone we meet, and we teach everyone we can, all that we know about him, so that, if possible, we may bring every man up to his full maturity in Christ. (Colossians 1:28, J.B. Phillips paraphrase)

New Life Community Church, Concord, MA 10742

www.newlife.org

Meeting Sundays at 10:30 AM at the Emerson Umbrella for the Arts, 40 Stow Street, Concord MA

Mailing Address: Post Office Box Five, Concord, MA 01742

Church Offices: 35 Bypass Rd. Lincoln, MA 01773  978-369-0061

Home Office: 978-371-3176

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CALLS TO ACTION, DEVOTION, REPENTANCE

MARCH 8- Numbers 10-11:23; Mark 14:1-21; Psalm 51:1-19; Proverbs 10:31-32

OLD TESTAMENT READING:  Numbers 10- 11:23

It may seem as if we were on hold in the plains of Sinai for over a month of reading (from Exodus 19, through the Book of Leviticus, up until today’s readings in Numbers 10).  Today we return to the forward movement of the drama. Although the action slowed down at Sinai, where the Israelites camped for almost two full years, all the details of God’s commands, the moral, civil and ceremonial code, significantly inform the remaining narrative of the Bible.

PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY

 The Lord has made it known that He is a holy God. He holds the people of Israel in a merciful covenant of self-disclosure. He will be their God and they will be His people, His treasured possession (Exodus 19:5). Through them and their Seed, His promise of redemption will be advanced, transmitted to all nations and ultimately fulfilled.

The first part of the Law spoke of the demands of God’s Holiness (Exodus 20-24). The second part of the Law spoke of how those demands will be fulfilled in the Tabernacle (Exodus 25-31:18; 35:1-3). The Law points us to our need for grace. In the provision of His grace, the law is fulfilled.

The Tabernacle represents the perfect life and ministry of our Great High Priest, the mediator of the New Covenant, Jesus Christ.  In Him, God finds the Holy Place He is looking for in humanity. In Him God finds a new man.  God’s redemptive work is accomplished in the Holiest of All, the Son of God, the Word made flesh who would tabernacle among us and manifest His glory (John 1:14).

The Tabernacle in the Wilderness is set up on the first day of the first month of the second year. Offerings for the altar are received for 12 days. (Numbers 7:78) and on the 14^th day the nation celebrates the Second Passover in history, the first as a memorial to the actual event.

On the first day of the second month, God initiates a plan to organize and prepare His people for their advance into the Promised Land. The first census begins (Numbers 1:1) numbering the fighting men.  The second census numbers the Levites and organizes the tribes of Gershon, Kohath and Merari (Numbers 3:16). A third census was taken of the firstborn of the people of Israel to assure that an appointed substitute from among the Levites was standing in for each one (Numbers 3:40). 

God is able to mold the mob into a well organized congregation, with each member knowing their place and duties when the time came for the march.  Particular duties for the dissembling, portage, and assembly of the Tabernacle were assigned to the tribes of Kohath, Gershon, and Merari.  The Tabernacle was central and first in their considerations when the time came to move or camp.  No one would camp until the Tabernacle was assembled. In the procession the Ark, carried on the shoulders of the Kohathites would lead the way following the cloud (Numbers 10:33).

The Ark is the chest made of acacia wood (uncorrupted humanity) covered with gold (deity) that carried the testimony of the Unbroken Tables of Stone (Matt 5:17- the Law Fulfilled), the Manna (the Bread from heaven- John 6:35), and later, the Rod that Budded (The Resurrection and the Life - John 11:25).

Unlike the other sacred items of the Tabernacle which had the blue cloth underneath the goat skin, the Ark of the Covenant had the veil and goatskin underneath and the blue cloth on the outside. Blue represents heaven. Jesus is the only man since Adam with an open heaven. Like the ark, He leads us as the Pioneer of the Heavenly Way.

THE LAST DETAIL: THE SILVER TRUMPETS

The Lord is preparing His people for the challenges ahead. Clear communication is of great importance. More than 600, 000 men, plus women and children and some others, known as “a mixed multitude” (Exodus 12:38)  who had come from Egypt were to be mobilized quickly and in an orderly fashion.

To assure that they would understand their marching orders and the intended purpose of their movements, clear signals would be given on silver trumpets.

"Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.
(Numbers 10:2;(NASB)

The word for ‘trumpets’ here is ‘chatsotrah’- which indicated a long straight narrow trumpet with an expanded mouth. (There is another word for trumpet in the Old Testament, shofar, which is a ram’s horn, but it is not the ram’s horn that is used here.) The trumpets were to be of beaten silver. Silver, as we have seen, is a consistent symbol of redemption in the Bible, in that it was the silver shekel that was used “to redeem” the sons of Israel (Numbers 3:46).

If only one trumpet sounded, it would be a call for the leaders to assemble.

If the two trumpets sounded together, it was a call to all the people.

The children of Israel were all instructed as how to distinguish and recognize the different meanings of the trumpet blasts.

The trumpet alerted the people for the following redemptive purposes:

1. TO ASSEMBLE together as a congregation (Numbers 10:2) (Hebrews 10:25)

2. TO ADVANCE; Setting out under the leadership of the cloud (Numbers 10:2) (Matt 28:19-20)

3. TO BATTLE.  It is an alarm signaling an attack; “an enemy oppressing you;”  It is a cry of prayer (Numbers 10:9) (Eph. 6:18)

4. TO CELEBRATE.  This is a signal of your desire to show joyful gratitude to God for your days of gladness and at times when you make offerings at appointed feasts and New Moon festivals. It is a cry of praise (Numbers 10:10)

THE STORYLINE ADVANCES

With the last instruction pertaining to the trumpets given to the people, the cloud moves on the twentieth day of the second month or the second year after the Exodus. The people set out for the first time with the tabernacle!

¹¹ Now in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony; ¹² and the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran. ¹³ So they moved out for the first time according to the commandment of the LORD through Moses.

THE SETTING OUT (Numbers 10:11-28)

It could have been a chaotic mess if it had not been for the law of God and the specific instruction pertaining to tribal leadership, banners, signals, encampments and procession order.

 However when the time came to set out, the procession went smoothly. The tribe of Judah set out first, with the rest of the encampment on the eastern side following; the tribes of Issachar and Zebulun. Then, the tabernacle fabrics and framework were packed up by the Gershonites and Merarites who carried their cargo on the carts that had been given them by the other tribe’s leaders (Numbers 7:1-8).  The Southern flank under the standard of Reuben followed, with the tribes of Simeon and Gad behind them. Then came the Kohathites carrying the sacred objects of the Tabernacle on wooden staves covered with gold. (It was forbidden to carry them any other way but on the shoulders of the Kohathites (Numbers 7:9).

The marching of the Kohathites with the sacred objects of the Sanctuary on their shoulders is a picture of the privilege and responsibility of believer-priests to personally shoulder the cross, our identification with Christ, and thereby bear His presence in the wilderness of this world--- His exchanged life (the altar),  the water of His Word (the laver), His Light, as the Light of the World (the lampstand), His fellowship with and in His people (the table of showbread), His perfect worship and prayer before the Father (The Altar of Incense), and  the merits of His perfect finished work of redemption that brings us the witness of His glorious presence (the ark of the covenant).

The Camp of Ephraim on the West followed, with the tribes of Manassah and Benjamin following.  Finally, the rear guard for all the unites, the northern flank under the standard of the tribe of Dan, set out, with tribes of Asher and Naphtali following.

The Kohathites, carrying the ark of the covenant, must have made their way to the front.

Thus they set out from the mount of the LORD three days' journey, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD journeying in front of them for the three days, to seek out a resting place for them. (Numbers 10:33; NASB)

The Headship, leadership and pioneering of Christ is seen in the preeminence given to the ark

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In verse 35, the ark is identified with the movement of the cloud. Whenever the ark set out, Moses said,

“Rise up, O LORD! May your enemies be scattered!”

Whenever the ark came to rest, Moses said,

“Return, O LORD  to the countless thousands of Israel.” (Numbers 10:36)

We will hear these phrases repeated again in future generations as we travel through the Old Testament.

¹ Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered, And let those who hate Him flee before Him.  (Psalm 68:1 (NASB)

Moses invites his Midianite brother-in-law, Hobab, to join the journey. At first, Moses invites him to come with him and assures him that he would do him good, for that is what the Lord has promised Israel. But Hobad refuses, preferring his own land and people.  Moses repeats the invitation challenging Hobad to put his knowledge to good use. Hobad was familiar with the land and could tell them where to camp and be “as eyes” for them.  It was a call to service, to sacrifice, and to use his gifts to help others, more akin to the call of Jesus to His disciples. It would appear that Hobad finally responded to this call and joined the journey for we read of his descendants in Judges 4:11.

The wisdom of Moses extending this invitation is debated. Was Moses forgetting that it was the Lord who would be the eyes of Israel and that it was the cloud that would determine where to camp?

THE TABERAH FIRE-   THE MURMURING THAT CAUSES GOD’S ANGER TO BURN

Some people don’t travel well. The children of Israel long were complaining within three days after miraculously crossing the Red Sea. They had complained about the water at Marah  (Exodus 15:22- 26). Two years later, they are found complaining once again. On the heels of a triumphant march with the supernatural manifestation of the Presence of the Lord in the pillar of cloud and fire, the Lord detects their “heart murmur”.

It is important to note that all of our complaints, no matter how private, are within the Lord’s hearing (Numbers 11:1). Our words reflect our thoughts, preoccupations and perspectives.

The Lord mercifully warns them of His anger at their unbelief by consuming the outskirts of the camp.

The rabble (mixed multitude, those foreigners who came with them from Egypt- Exodus 12:38) who had “greed desires” and the sons of Israel stirred up strife with their complaints. These become the “rabble-rousers” in the community. Sins of the tongue spread like wildfire.  God’s warning of the wildfire did not curtail the griping. Instead of setting their affections and minds on things above and the miraculous provisions and sure promises of God, they fanaticized about Egypt. Saying nothing of the slavery, the lashes and beatings they endured under their task masters there, they reflected on the salad bars in the slaves’ canteen with free fish, and a choice of five sides: cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic!

The manna is a picture of Christ, the living bread from heaven (John 6:51). But the people complained. “Now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna (Christ) to look at.” (Numbers 11:6).

How sad it is to know that we can become familiar with the miraculous presence of Christ in our lives. Hearts can turn cold. They can refer to the manna. They look at the manna, but their diseased appetites no longer hunger to partake of Him.

It is when our strength is dried up that we need to look to Christ, our bread from heaven and partake of Him. We should know where our strength comes from.

The heart murmuring now turns to a roar with people weeping at the doors of their tents (11:10).  Moses is so discouraged by the burden of leadership that he asks the Lord to either help him or kill him (11:15).

THE PROPHESYING OF THE SEVENTY

How was Moses to encourage the troops whose minds were set on things below and could not see the good of what God had done or was doing in their midst?

The Lord asked Moses to gather seventy elders so that they could encourage the people with their words which would come from the same Spirit that inspired Moses. As soon as the Spirit rested on them, the seventy began to prophecy which must have provided some encouragement to the people. Sadly, the seventy did not continue doing it. (Numbers 11:25).The Scriptures do not tell us why, but the overall message of the remaining chapters hint that it was a resistance in their hearts to believe the Word of God. You cannot prophecy the Spirit-wrought encouragement of the Lord through the spoken word very long if you don’t have a heart to believe it.

NEW TESTAMENT READING:  MARK 14

SHE HAS DONE WHAT SHE COULD

Jesus said that “wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world”, the story would also be told of what Mary did when she was with Jesus in the house of Simon the Leper in Bethany.  She broke the alabaster box of perfume and anointed his head with the costly ointment of spikenard.

This statement is amazing as we consider that Jesus prophesies with confidence that His message would be preached “in the whole world” and that Mary of Bethany would be spoken of in the context of telling the story.  Her act, so highly praised and considered a suitable adjunct to the gospel, is not one of contributing to some social work among the needy, or even a display of love for neighbor, as admirable as that might be. It is an act of pouring out all that she had, while given the opportunity, in devotion to Christ. It must have been her most costly possession (it was a hope chest of sorts) and she voluntarily expended it all upon Jesus. No other day in her life, no other person, no other work, no other cause or investment was more worthy than this one, Jesus.

Jesus’ own disciples were indignant at her deed. They scolded her. But Jesus saw it as a praise-worthy act of worship reflecting true spiritual discernment.  The disciples protested: “To what purpose is this waste?” (Mark 14:4; 26:8). The Gospel of John tells us that it was Judas who said “Why was this perfume not sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor?”  The apostle John indicates that Judas said this not because he was concerned for the poor, but because he was in charge of the money and helped himself to it as he pleased (John 12:6). But Mark and Matthew point out that ALL the disciples were bewildered and bothered by Mary’s extravagant worship and thought of it as being ‘excessive’.

Jesus does not discourage us from giving to the poor. He explains:

"For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me. ⁸ "She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial. (Mark 14:7-8, NASB)

We don’t know how many opportunities we will have to show our love to Jesus in this world. Let’s seize the moment and give Him our all while we can.

JUDAS’ BETRAYAL

Jesus announces that one of His disciples would betray Him. You can feel a heaviness of sorrow come upon each disciple as your read Mark’s brief account of the Last Supper. We can understand. Our own hearts are capable of treachery. “Lord, is it I?” (Matthew 26:22)

But Jesus would go to the cross to deal with treacherous hearts.

“For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him.” Jesus rests in what the Word says about the necessity of His atoning sacrifice to bring a rescue to the human race.

The next line is a sober reminder of the reality of hell. If hell did not exist this sentence would not make sense:

“But woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been good FOR THAT MAN if he had not been born.” (Mark 14:21)

If there were nothing beyond this life it would not make sense that it would be better FOR JUDAS himself, had he not been born.

PSALM 51- THE PSALM OF REPENTANCE

I remember meeting Bahkt Singh, who was used of God to spearhead a church planting movement throughout India. He told me that Psalm 51 is a good psalm to read on your knees. I have done so many times.  It is David’s psalm of repentance and we all need to exercise the gift of turning to the Lord.

There is no real joy without repentance.

Blessed are those who mourn (their sin), for they shall be comforted.  The poor in spirit will put all their trust in the One who bore their sins upon the cross and offers a new life, with a new heart, through the gospel.

"Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.  Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit." (Psalm 51:10-12; NASB)

^"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." (Psalm 51:17; NASB)

Pastor David

So, naturally, we proclaim Christ! We warn everyone we meet, and we teach everyone we can, all that we know about him, so that, if possible, we may bring every man up to his full maturity in Christ. (Colossians 1:28, J.B. Phillips paraphrase)

New Life Community Church, Concord, MA 10742

www.newlife.org

Meeting Sundays at 10:30 AM at the Emerson Umbrella for the Arts, 40 Stow Street, Concord MA

Mailing Address: Post Office Box Five, Concord, MA 01742

Church Offices: 35 Bypass Rd. Lincoln, MA 01773  978-369-0061

Home Office: 978-371-3176

New Life Fine Arts

"Theater you can believe in."

www.newlifefinearts.org