by Lance Kraai | Dec 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
The season of Advent is drawing to a close. I’ve never fully appreciated Advent like I have this year. At the church I attend, our advent series has been entitled Waiting… with ever week a different focus. We’ve talked about waiting in the dark, waiting in exile,...
by Lance Kraai | Dec 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Since New City Afterschool launched in early October, we’ve had the opportunity to really connect and build relationships with a number of students. If you’ve read some earlier blog posts from this fall, you’ve likely read some stories about how kids lives are being...
by Lance Kraai | Nov 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Jon has been attending New City Afterschool for about three or four weeks now. He started coming with some of the regular students, and has now become a regular student himself. Jon is an interesting kid who’s emotional state often flips like a light switch. He...
by Lance Kraai | Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today, as the wind howl’s outside, and I should be doing other things, I’m feeling reflective. If you’ve been reading this blog, then you know that this fall has brought about a number of changes at New City Neighbors including hiring Alaina to be our program...
by Lance Kraai | Oct 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Its been a wild and crazy seven days. It started last week Thursday when I was picking up students at Kent Hills elementary, for New City Afterschool. As I was backing into my parking space, a guy tried to beat me to it and rear ended the New City van. I jumped out...
