June 2026
1st Thursday Connect
1st Thursday Connect meets next on June 4. We will finish off the school year with an old-fashioned strawberry social! Along with dinner and strawberries, we will enjoy teaching from Acts, fun activities, and a recap of the year.
June 4, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Dinner provided
New Life Church West Linn, downstairs
Please RSVP for June’s 1st Thursday Connect at newlifenw.com/westlinn/women.
We have been reading Acts for the month of May and will read Genesis for 8 weeks over the summer. Come to 1st Thursday to receive a personal reading plan and Side by Side Bible reading questions to use with a friend throughout the summer. Reading plans can also be found online and in the church lobby.
Ask someone older or younger, a neighbor, a shut-in, a co-worker, someone you’d like to get to know, or a good friend to partner with you in reading God’s word Side by Side this summer. You set the time and place.
Save the Date
1st Thursday Connect won’t meet over the summer. Enjoy Genesis, and we will reconvene Saturday, September 12, for The Connection Cafe to kick off another year! Be praying about who you can invite to join you at The Connection Cafe in September.
Links
Below are links to articles, books, podcasts, and music that might be of interest or help on various topics. Resources are curated but may not always reflect the views of New Life Church. Enjoy!
The Pentateuch—a Spotify playlist to accompany Genesis.
Genesis—a devotional Bible study by The Daily Grace Co. which you might enjoy along with our summer reading of Genesis.
Exalting Jesus in Genesis—a devotional commentary.
Faith of Our Father: Expositions of Genesis 12-25—by Dale Ralph Davis.
Genesis: Begin Again—@ Knowable Word, a helpful article on the structure of Genesis.
Let There Be Light: How to Read Genesis 1-3—by Vern Poythress @ Desiring God.
What the Joseph Story is Really About—@ The Gospel Coalition.
Forevergreen—the short film we watched at May’s 1st Thursday Connect.