Pastor Justin is back from his world travels and begins a new Advent series called The Waiting. In this first installment, we dig in to the story of Jesus having dinner with Mary and Martha in Martha's home. While Mary sat back and listened to Jesus' teachings, Martha became increasingly agitated that she was doing all the work preparing the house and the meal, that she finally spoke up about it. Jesus shows her where her priorities have gotten skewed.

Pastor Trevor brings the sermon this week while Pastors Justin and Tom are ministering in India!

Pastor Justin continues taking us through the Bear Fruit series, and shows us 4 ways in which we can grow in God. The question is: are you a potted plant Christian, or are you ready to put down roots?

It's time to meet the CATs! The Creative Arts Team at New Life Church in Biddeford, ME brings you a brand new podcast where we'll talk about what's been resonating with us on Sundays, Christian life stuff, and of course, embarrassing youth group memories.

How does a doctor know if you're really sick? They check your symptoms. In the same way, do you just think you're living a Christian life, or do you actually have the symptoms of someone who is striving to bear fruit? And don't forget to make your bed...

We're starting a new series, and in the first week Pastor Justin kicked things off with a story of Jesus acting pretty un-Christ-like... at least in the way we tend to think of Jesus. This was anything but the blonde haired, blue eyed, soft spoken, hippie Jesus. Here, he curses a fig tree for not bearing fruit, and then flips some tables in the temple. So was this an almighty temper tantrum? Or are we thinking of it all wrong?

Pastor Trevor leads off by taking some time to pray for the city of Lewiston and everyone affected by last week's horrible tragedy. We also go through chapter 22 of the book of Luke, where Jesus sits down at the table for the last supper with his disciples. Trevor reminds us that when it feels like the world is crumbling, we can find Jesus reclined at the table, and there's a seat for us right next to him.

Everyone's favorite Care Pastor is back! Pastor Tom begins by guiding us in prayer for everyone affected by the war in Israel and Gaza, and then takes us through some Old Testament scriptures to remind us that we are all set apart by God to be holy. But that doesn't mean only sticking with each other as Christians, but by "going outside the camp" to do what God has called us to do.

Pastor Justin reminds us of the familiar story of Jesus being led into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. The key here is the word "led". Jesus wasn't pushed or driven into the wilderness, he was led by the Spirit. And what of all those promises Satan tried to make to Jesus? Wasn't he offering things that Jesus already had? There's a lot to learn about obedience in this story.

Special Guest speaker Dr. Kim Pensinger brings us a familiar story from the book of Luke this week. Dr. Pensinger is a missions partner of New Life, and is working closely with us in preparation for our upcoming missions trip to the Dominican Republic.