GRASSROOTSIn an era of out-cry of the tribals and the poor, the needy and the orphaned, come s a ray of new hope, new promise, NEW LIFE, empowering the nation with its partners in enhancing the life of Christ through our deeds.

New Life

PLUSAnjushila’s Testimony

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CHURCH

CHILDREN’S HOMES

Manifestationsempowering the tribal children

PRAYER TOWER

Prayer that WorksReplenishing the Soul

THE MOVEMENTChurch of the People of the Lord

Song of PraiseWhen Benjamin decided to write for the Lord. PAGE 5

SCHOOL

Educating MindsWhat lies Beyond

Effective TeamworkWhat happens when the bond is strongerPAGE 7

New Horizions A Lesson in Faith

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I am thankful to the Lord for bringing me to New Life Children Home, before i came here i was working in a house, there they used to ill treat me and beat me, i had a younger brother and we both used to stay in a dark room, sometimes we used to go to sleep with food, I used to do all the house work and even cook the food, but they used to beat me with sticks, pipes, and utensils. one day a man came into the house and seen my condition and took me away from there, He brought me to New Life Children Home, at first I thought he has brought me to a different place to work but then i seen so many children here like me they have also had bad times, our PAPA here was a very tall man i have not seen tall people before, he was very kind to me and my brother, he gave us clothes, and toothbrush, soap and he used to give my little brother a bath because he used to have a lot of wounds, he used to bandage the wounds, we were also give a bed to sleep and a blanket, it was the first time that I ever slept in a bed, and I have always used to sleep on the floor and covered myself with a rice bag even when it was very cold, here at New Life Children Home, I have come to know that I do not have to work to get my food, but still after all that PAPA has done for me I feel very obliged to return the favor like other children we try our best to help our PAPA, we help in the garden to grow vegetables, we help keep the campus clean, we also help PAPA take care of the small children by teaching them how to take a bath and brush their teeth, PAPA has put us all in teams and we have to look out for our team members, if they doing anything wrong we should tell them not to do it. I am very happy that here I have also come to know about Jesus, and that because Jesus loves our PAPA he shares that love with us and that is why Jesus blesses him more, I have learnt alot from my PAPA even though he is not my real father he has done more than what anyone has done for me and my brother. When i grow up i want to earn a lot of money so that I can help my PAPA with his work. I am so happy that Jesus has brought me here, I have not fallen sick in the past year, I am studing in an Eng-lish Medium School, and I can speak English also, but just a little, I am trying hard in school to get good marks. I pray every day for all those who support my PAPA financially and blessing him to bless us.

(As told by Anjusila to a New Life Counselor who translated and edited the above)

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5 Songs of Praise When Benjamin decided to write for the Lord...

7 Effective TeamworkWhat happens when the bond is strong

8 New HorizionsA Lesson in faith

11 Employees of the YearTheir Commitment to our Ministries where words fall short.

13 The Joy of Sharing Looking back on the life of our beloved founder.

14-16 Past ActivitiesAn overview of the all the activities in pictures

18 A Life Well SpentRemembering our Founder Lt. Rev. Gopal Hembrom

19 Past Events Chronology

CO N T E N T S GRASSROOTS

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School ses-sion for the Academic year 2013-

2014 ended with the results being announced for the final examination, Average Pass score for each class was 89% and the school agerage was at 92% pass rating, Overall a good year for most of the children who have worked hard to achieve the results not forgetting the teachers who put their time and energy in helping the children.

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For a boy from the remote village in Manipur, coming to New Life Children Home was filled with mixed feelings. He was not sure what to expect out of it all, compared to his lifestyle in Manipur where he used to take care of his brothers children and do most of the house work, this life changing moment is above par.

Benjamin is always in smiles and never lets one down when is requested to sing one of his com-posed tunes. He has an inclination towards being like David, most of the times you would see him strumming his guitar humming to the tunes of songs he has heard and trying to personalize them to suit his own comfort. over the past year Benjamin has composed three songs which you can find on our yourtube page.

Benjamin aims to become an astro-naut and is studying very hard to achieve his dream. He loves foot-ball and Singing and leads worshp at the children church and during daily devotionals.

He is the head Boy at New Life Academy and stives hard to ensure that he is disiplined before he dis-iplines others. like other boys he helps around in the day to day activities of the home, taking care of his teams needs and ensuring that they are responsive to his call.

Benjamin thanks his sponsors and prays for him every day...

S O N G O F P R A I S E BENJAMIN TELSING

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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”

➲ H e l e n K e l l e r

In todays environment of compe-tition there are always a few slack-ers who tend not to make that effort individually, however when they are grouped they try to bring out their best and overdo what is needed of them, such is that of the three muskeeters of New Life Children Home Silas, Ephemie and Gladwin, known for all their mis-chievous craft, it surprised the lot at the VBS session in March 2014 when they bagged the first prize in a group competition, such is the unity of togetherness.

We at New Life believe that just like we have to teach chil-dren good manners and polite-ness they have to learn about team work and how effective team can collaborate to ensure success, where it takes 1 boy to

water a patch of vegetable almost 20 mins there three boys can com-plete it in 3 mins. Teamwork is an ongoing skill set and it varies from age to activities. We have noticed that children who partake in team building activities develop a greater sense of competency, not only are they learning to work as a team they are learning to actively listen and respond in an effective way.

Older children learn that in order to make teamwork effec-tive, they can’t attempt to do everything or do nothing-- it’s a group effort. Even preschoolers playing the parachute game or Ring Around the Rosey are learn-ing the value of cooperative team-work. The parachute only makes a mushroom if everyone follows the instructions, and kids quickly learn that Ring Around the Rosey isn’t much fun if one person ran-domly decides to fall down in giggles before the rest of the group.

E F F E C T I V E T E A M W O R K SHORT ARTICLE

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From Here in 2010 To Here in 2013

Faith is trusting in

God. Lack of faith is doubing

God.

N E W H O R I Z I O N S A LESSON IN FAITH

Several years ago when New Life had its humble beginings much was needed to ensure the sustainability of this ministry. Our faith was the ultimate key that we had which ensured that the Lord provided for our needs, even though they were small we always looked to HIM and was provided; today this FAITH has seen the Lords hands in all that we do, Here is a brief overview of what faith can do. Faith is trusting in God, and Lack of Faith is doubting God.

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In Mark 9, there was a boy that had an unclean spirit, such a strong unclean spirit that even Jesus’ dis-ciples couldn’t cast him out. They were regular deliverance pastors going about casting out demons on regular bases, but for some reason, when they reached this case, they were unable to cast it out:

Mark 9:17-18, “And one of the mul-titude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.”

Now Jesus had given His disciples authority over all powers of the enemy, so they clearly did not lack authority to drive out that unclean spirit:

Luke 10:19, “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scor-pions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

So what did these disciples lack? Clearly they didn’t lack authority! What they lacked was faith in their authority:

Mark 9:19, “He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.”

Now in Matthew 17, this story is also told, and when they asked Jesus why they were unable to cast out the spirit, He told them flat out... they lacked faith!

Matthew 17:19-20, “Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And

Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”

We need to stop wavering and start taking God for His Word and lay hold of His promises! If He said we shall cast out demons, then it means He’s given us the ability to drive out those evil spirits! If He’s said we have a right to be healed in Jesus’ name, then we have that right, and we ought to start trusting Him and believing it!

Christian faith is basically taking God for His Word and believing the prom-ises He’s made.

There are three main elements con-cerning Bible faith and when these three are put together we can operate in a mamoth strenght of faith, Faith that moves mountains.

Faith key #1: Knowledge brings faith

Knowledge of the truth (in God’s Word) brings faith. Faith is believing something, thus requiring some-thing to believe. The new age move-ment believes that we can ‘believe things into existence’, which is not the same kind of faith that us believ-ers should have. Our faith is based upon the truth in God’s Word. Thus, knowing what God’s Word has to say about something gives us the ability to believe it. Our faith should be based upon God’s Word.

Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

For example, how can you have faith to pray for a healing, believing that He will heal you, if you didn’t know it was God’s will for your healing?

This is why Satan works so hard to tell the church today that it may not be God’s will for them to be healed! Why? Because it casts doubt, the opposite of faith, upon the hearts of God’s children! How can you lay hold of the promises of God, if you don’t know what they are? We must first know the truth, then believe it. That’s Biblical faith!

Mark 9:23, “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are pos-sible to him that believeth.”

In the verse above, the word believeth means to trust. Jesus was in essence telling His disciples that all things (referring to the promises of God) are possible for them who will trust God for them (believe). How can you believe something that nobody told you? You can’t. That’s why it’s impor-tant to know what the Word of God has to say, so that we can believe it. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing

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and hearing God’s Word:

Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Faith key #2: Faith and a pure conscience

One time the Lord spoke to me about the connection between a clean conscience and faith. He told me clearly that you must KNOW you are clean spiritually, because your faith depends on it. How can you confi-dently approach God, when your conscience is dirty? The truth is, you can’t!

Hebrews 10:22, “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.”

We need to have a true heart of full assurance of faith and washed clean

from an evil conscience.

If you struggle with a guilty con-science, then you owe it to yourself to read the teaching on Dealing with Guilt.

Faith key #3: Faith works through love

The third key to operating in faith is to be rooted and grounded in love so that your faith will operate through love. The Bible tells us clearly that all believers should be rooted and grounded in the love of Christ, if we want to experience the fullness of God, who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. When we are grounded in the love of Christ,

Ephesians 3:16-20, “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts

by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, accord-ing to the power that worketh in us.”

We are told to put on the breast-plate of faith and love... the two go together like hand and glove!

1 Thessalonians 5:8, “But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.”

As we walk in the Spirit, the love of Christ will begin to flow through us, and will give birth to much faith. Among the fruit of the Spirit, we find both faith and love:

Galatians 5:22-33, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuf-fering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

When the love of Christ is flowing through us, it brings fourth much faith. God’s Word tells us clearly that faith works through love.

Galatians 5:6, “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.”

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SUJATHA HEMBROMFor Her comitment to New Life and its

ministries and for have been part of this family for 10 years for her dedication and

commitment

JOSEPH THAPAFor his fervent dedication to the vision of New Life for his commital to the mission

and his dedication to his work and comple-tion of 7 years in service

PHULMUNI MURMUShe came to us 10 years ago as a maid and has ever since been dedicated to her work,

there have been many ups and downs in her tennure here at New Life but that did not stop her commitment to this ministry

Started out as a Cook’s Helper and moved up to be the Chief Girls Warden of the Children Home.

Started out as a helper and is no a Teacher and Warden

Started of as a maid servant is not the Head Cook

E M P LOY E E S O F T H E Y E A R AWARDS

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Do not neglect to

do good and to

share what you have,

for such sacrifices are

pleasing to God.

Hebrews 13:16 ESV

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Christmas is the season of joy, the season of sharing and giving and it is no different here at New Life. every year our Cell Church in Bhurkhunda visits the slums of Dhumdumgada and celebrate the season by dis-tributing sweets, clothes (that have been donated by well wishers), toys for children, Sarees for Widows and last christmas we attributed a free medical camp as well providing free medicines to the people of this village, We have been ministering to this village and have appointed Pastor. Christopher to minster to them.

Pastor Christopher was once a lay member of the cell group under the leadership of Dr. Aruna Hemborm who recently was transfered to Ranchi. The cell group grew from 2 to 56 over the period of 2 years. Every year we have a “Light Festival” gath-ering all the members and also invi-tees attend the open air Outreach Program and have been blessed with healing and seen miracles happen. It not astonishing to see the multitudes of people visit our Healing Prayer call and have been motivated to share the gospel with their friends on what the Lord has done for them.

Dr. Aruna was insprired by Mrs. Meena Hembrom to pastor the cell church after she had seen the hand of the Lord in her life. Weekly prayer gathering every friday and fasting prayer every 1st Saturday is the norm at all our cell groups.

Bhrukhuna falls under the Ramgarh District of Jharkhand and is home to the Coal Mines , 90% of the inhabidants work the mines in four different shifts .The people here suffer from various disease due to air and water pollution. The prominent tribe here is Mundas and Santals . New Life first stepped into Bhurkhunda in 2009 and our healing

T H E J OY O F SHARING

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01 March 2013 seen the completion of the

Rotary Sahoo Staff Block it was jointly supported by the Rotary Club Womens Wing and Mr. Sahoo who ran in support of New Life and raised money for this pur-pose. We are Ever so grateful to your continous support.

03M a n y T h a n k s t o M s . R e l i a n c e

Communications - Patna Branch for their donation of Play Items for the New Life Children Home.

02 During the start of the new financial year 2013

we initiated a new Project and laid the foundation to the Bounday wall around our 6 acre New Life Village Campus at Kathikund - Dumka. This campus will be the new home to New Life Children Home sprawling with medows, a football field, a basket ball court, a vollyball court, accomo-dation for Boys and Girls, Staff Accomodation, Prayer Centre, etc. Please continue to pray and sup-port this project

PAST ACTIVITIES

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04S u c c e s s f u l l y Implemeted J127’s -

Orphan Initiative a unique teach-ing methodology brought our by David Cook Ministries which included a free copy of the Action Bible donated by the Authour and David Cook. We Thank Mr. Vijay of David Cook Ministries who helped us in ensuring the materi-als reached us on time.

05Successfully Produced Two Songs of Benjamin

Telsing it can be found on your youtube channel

06 With the support of Christ Church we were

able to complete the exten-tion of the Staff / Volunteers Accomodation in August 2013. The new building provides a safe place for the staff to reside and also a clean environment to have their meals and fellowship in prayer.

07 Dr. J. Meagher minster-ing at Shiloh Church in

Chennai on the behest of Pastor Divyan Paul, It was a fruitfull night and we thank Ps. Divyan and his church for the time to minister to his congregation., and also for the donation raised during the ser-vice for New Life Church.

08 Children of New Life Academy fel icated

their Teachers on the occassion of Teachers Day.

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9New Life Children Home welcomed its first New Born

Baby abandoned after his mother expired was brought to us when he was 10 days old

Christmas Prep Up, Children preparing cards and letter

for their sponsors and donors in general

V isit by Mrs. Kay Whiteley, Mrs. Ruth Streeter or New

Life Foundation (UK) and Mrs. Carol Thresher.

Children’s Day was celebrated at New Life Academy, the

teacher put together a great show and hand made meal for all the children.

Christmas Program at our Bhrukhunda Cell Church

Free Medical Camp Organized by New Life Church in the

Dhudumgada Slum Basti, on Bhurkhund, Ramgarh District. Many Thanks to Dr. Aruna Hembrom New Life Cell Church Co-Ordinator , Jharkhand

PAST ACTIVITIES PICTURES

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Donating Clothes to Children and Sarees to widows part

of the “Season of Giving” program during Christmas

The Annual New Life Christmas Carnival organized jointly

by New Life Church and New Life Academy saw Games, Magic Shows and the Drama on the Birth of Christ

Christmas Watch Night Service, Worship, Prayer,

Food and Fire Crackers.

I ndependence Day Celebrations at New Life Academy,

Baptism Service at New Life Church - Katikund where

Children of New Life committed their lives to the Lord.

Remembrance Service forty days after the demise of

our beloved founder. Rev. Gopal Hembrom, who went to be with the Lord on the 31st of December 2013. Bishops and Pastors and Members of New Life attended the Service. People remembered him and his life and a Book was also released in his memory

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9Sewing of Children’s Clothes that happens on site, Anna

our Tailor takes care of the same.

N ew addition to the New Life Family in the staff is

Pastor Chunnulal and Anna and their children. Chunnu has been appointed the Boys warden and Anna the home tailor.

VBS was conducted during the first summer break for a

week of Bible Study, Games and Frolic ended in the prize ceremony

New Project of adding another storey to the staff

buinding was sponsored by Haus Mizpa this provides Accomodatio to Six More Staff Members

After much adieu the bound-ary wall of the School

Campus was completed

PAST ACTIVITIES PICTURES

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O rganic is the way forward and at New Life its none

the less 60% of our produce helps with the daily nurtition of our Staff and Children

Visit by Dr. Tarun and Mrs Kate Solanki alongwith Mrs. Kay

and Mrs Pat

Dedidaction of the “Solomon Block” at New Life Academy

followed by a lavish meal.

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So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6-8As a Minister of the Gospel Lt.

Rev. Gopal Hembrom was a many with great vision for the Gospel, he was a man of many words and he did make sure that he was heard, Thus is the strength that the Lord implied in him during his days.

Born Gopal (O) Hembrom on the 26th of January 1950 he went on to lead a humble life after passing out of Berian Bible College, he went on to be

a minister of the Lord. He pio-neered the mission field in Bihar and the present Jharkhand being the fore-father of missionaries to Bihar, he undertook mission trips to USA, UK, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Amsterdam, Nepal, Burma, Bhutan from which he gain experience that he used in the mission field in India.

Under his leadership there were many organization like Operation Mobilization, EPIC International, Revival Fires, Prayer Life Seminar, Asian Sahyogi Sanstha, Open Air Evangelism etc after serving and leading these organization he set up his own the “New Life Fellowship” which concentrated on empowering the Christian community in Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and Bengal. Later in 2007 widening the scope

and the aim and objectives of the church, and moving to a more community oriented church, “New Life Fellowship” became “New Life Church Ministries” under which was the Church Planting Movement with goals to set 10 churches in every dis-trict, and 100 Live Cell Churches in villages in Bihar, Jharkhand and Bengal. Also the New Life Children Home was born caring for the lives of poor, homeless, abandoned and orphaned chil-dren providing them with food, clothing, shelter and good edu-cation, he also founded the New Life Academy which is a Mission School in Katikund Dumka, Jharkhand. To further the minis-try he was setting up a new base in Bengal covering North and South Dinajapur and surround-ing Districts.

He was a visionary beyond bounds, his 2020 vision to see 1000 churches planted in Bengal also speaks of the volumes of abound love for the Gospel.

Rev. Gopal Hembrom had also founded and established “Gospel Outreach” at Jasidih, Jharkhand, Word of Life Church, Borsnpur, Assam, and St. Thomas English School Jharkhand and Assam.

A L I F E W E L L S P E N T LT. REV GOPAL HEMBROM | 1950 - 2013

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Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Psalm 116:15

New Life Mission Campus

Village : Dubaidhi, PO Kathikund

PS : Kathikund, Dist : Dumka

Jharkhand - India

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