BEST OF 2022 AND “RESOLUTIONS” FOR 2023
A lot has changed in 2022. The Staff of New City Church were asked to reflect on the passing year and share their “resolutions” for New City for 2023. From the silly to the serious, here’s what inspired and encouraged them this past year, and what they are hoping and praying for in the year to come. We hope you will laugh and pray along with them!
Note: please take some of these with a grain a salt!
BEST OF 2022: SILLY
“Figuring out the perfect fan angle to gently ruffle the gold tinsel” – Dan
“Discovery of new restaurants: Chicken+ on Wilson, Banh Mi Hue on McNab, Oko Bagels on James, Mezza on King William” – Dan
“Reminding myself that this (see photo) is now a normal part of my job” – Josiah
“Helping Dan discover new restaurants near the church” – Moses
“Hosting a Dance Karate Recital in the theatre” – Dan
“Another year of without the foot tambourine” – Anonymous
“Watching Dan perform in the Dance Karate Recital par excellence. Some might say he even wore a reindeer costume.” – Josiah
“Watching my wife (Emily) and Karen Lodder refuse to let the youth win the inaugural NCY Dutch Blitz tournament” – Josiah
“Mission Impossible night!” – Josiah
BEST OF 2022: SERIOUS
“Decluttering the backstage & creating a studio” – Dan
“Writing new songs for our church and singing them together” – Dan
“New City’s first wedding: Ye and Alice!” – Dan
“Rolling out Breeze Church Management” – Jeremy
“Cleaning the first and second floor bathrooms courtesy of Ye, Alice, Shannon, Kaydence, Danielle, Danielle’s Dad and Andrew. Thank you!” – Jeremy
“Men’s Breakfast with 20+ men” – Jeremy
“Welcoming the two J’s (Josiah & Jeremy) as new staff + thanking Kevin D for his years of excellent service as staff” – Moses
“Getting my own desk” – Josiah
“Organizing and cleaning the gym storage and NCK lockers (thanks team!!)” – Josiah
“Welcoming Connan and Varun back from their sabbaticals” – Moses
“Welcoming Moses back from his sabbatical” – Jeremy
“The summer barbecue/pool party/face painting/bouncy castle church picnic” – Dan
“The volunteer appreciation party (believe it or not, the same event that Dan mentioned)” – Moses
“The first prayer & praise night of the summer” – Moses
“RESOLUTIONS” FOR 2023: SILLY
“Stage a one-man play about the rise & fall of the freemasons on 28 Rebecca Street” – Dan
“Another year of zero stage ladder accidents” – Dan
“Bring back the foot tambourine” – Dan
“Write the lesser Canadian novel” – Dan
“Populating Breeze with everyone’s most embarrassing Facebook photo” – Jeremy
“More gold tinsel!” – Moses
“More Christmas lights!” – Dan
“Best Jeremy Kruizinga in the office putting (as in golf) tourney” – Moses
“One word: Rooftop garden (OK, two words)” – Moses
“Two words: Rooftop Koi pond (OK, three words)” – Josiah
“Get Dan to dress up as a Reindeer for PPP 2023” – Jeremy
“Host a MarioKart or Super Smash tournament in the theatre” – Dan
“Get a church cat” – Dan
“Put a trapdoor in the stage with a dunk tank underneath for adult baptisms” – Dan
“Get a church mouse for Dan’s church cat” – Moses
“Name the church mouse Jerry and the church cat Tom” – Josiah
“Create a hit animated series based off of the shenanigans of Tom and Jerry” – Josiah
“Install a zip-line in the theatre for Connan’s sermon entrance” – Josiah
“RESOLUTIONS” FOR 2023: SERIOUS
“Seeing everyone’s beautiful faces on Breeze” – Jeremy
“Partner with like-minded churches in our city” – Jeremy
“Writing more songs” – Dan
“Starting staff book studies again” – Dan
“Growing in our collective love for God, each other and the city of Hamilton” – Dan
“Planning and hosting more NCK workshops” – Josiah
“Plan a NC Youth retreat” – Josiah
“More evangelism, conversions, and adult baptisms” – Moses
“Seeing people come into membership at New City” – Jeremy
“Write more songs with Dan” – Moses
