True North Blog

In times of economic struggle, fiscal responsibility is the best way stay secure. Financial Peace University is a 13 week course designed to help you payoff debt, and make a budget that works. The course begins Wednesday, January 11th and will run weekly until April 4th.

Cost is $85 per family, but if you’re interested and cannot afford it please let us know. This program works and we are committed to helping anyone who is intent on attending.

If you’re interested in this program, signup at Guest Services or email Kate Maguire: kate@truenorthchurch.net

We still have spots open for our parenting seminar this Saturday with Frank & Lucy Summers.

If you’d like to attend, call the church at 631-476-3811 and speak to Kate Maguire ext. 202 or email kate@truenorthchurch.net.

Registration is $25 at the door for single, $35 for couples.

Frank & Lucy Summers have had over 25 years experience working with pre-teens and adolescents.

On Saturday, September 24th we’ll be hosting a parenting seminar led by Frank & Lucy from 9am to 12noon.
Cost is $20 per individual, $30 per couple.

To register, call 631-476-3811 and speak to Kate Maguire at ext. 202 or email kate@truenorthchurch.net
Coffee and pastries will be provided.

Our annual Baptism event at Cedar Beach is Saturday, July 23rd.

If you’re interested in being Baptized OR have general questions about Baptism. Signup at the Guest Services desk in the Cafe’ and we’ll contact you.

If you’ve already been Baptized, we’d encourage you to attend. This is a great day for people to attend and witness something beautiful.

Over 100 people signed up to donate.

The New York Blood Center was hoping to achieve a goal of 65 units.

That goal was exceeded bringing our total to 92 units.

That translates to almost 300 lives saved!

Thanks to all you who signed up.  Because of your generosity, lives have been changed.

Yup. It’s here. The Biggest Yard Sale you’ve ever seen this Saturday & Sunday.

There’s no telling WHAT you’ll find here, Exercise equipment, VCR’s, a FERRARI?

So come on down to True North and buy all the stuff you wish you had and don’t forget to invite your friends!

Worship is defined as our response, both personal and corporate, to God–for who he is and what he’s done.  Every Sunday at church we gather for an hour to spend time with God, but it’s our hope that desire to worship God will extend beyond Sunday mornings.

On Wednesday, June 22nd @ 7:30pm True North will be hosting a night of worship. This is a time for us to gather and sing to God. If you plan on attending night of worship we’d like to make a few requests:

1. If True North is not your home church, we request that you not attend the Night of Worship. That may sound a bit harsh, but our space will be limited and this is an event we want to celebrate with our church family – that is, the people who call our church “home”.

2. Night of Worship is a place for believers. Unlike most of our services, this is not a good night to invite your friends who are on the fence about their faith. This is a night to sing & lift your hands in worship to our creator.

This Sunday, June 19th we’ll be holding our very first service in Ocean Beach, Fire Island @ 10:45am

We hope that you’ll join us in supporting the Free Union Church, we want to encourage you to attend and if you have time volunteer!
Ocean Beach can ONLY be accessed by the Fire Island Ferry service in Bay Shore. Click here for dirx.

On Monday, June 20th we’ll be hosting a blood drive here at 1101 Lakeland Ave, Bohemia from 2:30 to 8:30pm
The New York Blood Center is in desperate need of donations, click here to save a life.

It’s time for the Beach, BBQ’s, and spending some quality time with friends & family.
There’s a lot going on around here in the month of June. Check it out:

This Sunday we’ll be hosting a 25 minute “Volunteer Showcase”. This is a chance to see what we as a staff & volunteers do every Sunday.

If you’d like to attend, simply stay in the auditorium after the 12noon service or contact our Volunteer Coordinator
Steve Cirillo: steve@truenorthchurch.net

The Free Union Church has been serving the community of Ocean Beach, Fire Island for over 90 years. True North has entered a partnership with them to help run their Sunday Services.
Beginning Sunday, June 19th we’ll be holding services here in Bohemia AND on Fire Island all summer until Sunday, September 11th.
Service on Fire Island will begin at 10:45am (one service only).  And while we will have TN staff & volunteers out there every week, the service itself will be a bit more traditional in nature.

We hope you’ll come out and visit. Ocean Beach can be accessed by the Fire Island Ferries running out of Bay Shore. We’ll be selling discounted tickets starting this Sunday.

On Monday, June 20th we’ll be hosting a Blood Drive from 2:30pm to 8:30pm. Help save a life, donate!
To sign up click here

Did you know our new home as a church is a lot bigger than you might think?  Our building has a large, currently unused portion known as “Phase II”. This section of the building will eventually house a larger auditorium, lobby and help expand UpTown & Wild Kingdom.

On Saturday & Sunday, June 25th & 26th we’ll be having a Yard Sale (rain or shine) in Phase II. Not only will this help us unload “stuff” that has accumulated over the last 5 years, but proceeds from the sale will help us get started financially for our Phase II project.  If you have items that you’d like to donate to the Yard Sale, you can drop them off Sunday, June 12^th- Thurs. June 16^th & Sunday, June 19th.  If you need to drop off on the 17th or 18th, please call the church by Thurs to arrange. 631-476-3811

Items NOT to donate: lightly used toothbrushes, old socks, unwanted pets, any type of junk, etc.

Worship is defined as our response, both personal and corporate, to God–for who he is and what he’s done.  Every Sunday at church we gather for an hour to spend time with God, but it’s our hope that your desire to worship God will extend beyond Sunday mornings.

On Wednesday, June 22nd @ 7:30pm True North will be hosting a night of worship. This is a time for us to gather and sing to God. If you plan on attending night of worship we’d like to make a few requests:

1. If True North is not your home church, we request that you not attend the Night of Worship. That may sound a bit harsh, but our space will be limited and this is an event we want to celebrate with our church family – that is, the people who call our church “home”.

2. Night of Worship is a place for believers. Unlike most of our services, this is not a good night to invite your friends who are on the fence about their faith. This is a night to sing & lift your hands in worship to our creator.

Over 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water. The community groups of True North are partnering with Charity Water in a project called “Get Well”.

This summer we’ll be collecting and depositing water bottle. 100,000 bottles could dig a well in sub-Saharan Africa and give an entire village access to clean drinking water.

Bring your water bottles or deposits from recycling to True North and we’ll put it to our “Get Well” project. For more information on the water crisis visit www.charitywater.org

We will be holding a baptism at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai on July 23rd @ 10:00 am. Signups will begin this Sunday.
Spectators are welcomed & encouraged!

Amount of food requested: 500lbs.
Amount of food donated: 1.5 tons.
Observing Christ-like generosity: priceless.

Thanks to Jen Hinst-White & the Just Love community group for creating this event & thanks to you for supporting this service project and helping eradicate hunger on Long Island.

Chad Hardison is our Community Life Pastor. If you’re interested in Community Groups at True North contact him directly chad@truenorthchurch.net