About the New Life Church Men's MAFIA Ministries:

“…but among you it should be quite different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must become your slave. For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many." Matthew 20:26-28 (NLT)

The New Life Church Men's MAFIA (Men After Faith, Integrity & Action) is a Christian fellowship of brothers-in-Christ dedicated to supporting each another, the NLC congregation and the community-at-large through service outreach (H.I.T.S. – Helping in the Spirit) , masculine accountability & encouragement, discipleship and prayer ministries.

Monday, May 23, 2011

MAFIA Missions Update

Greetings Hitmen,

Good morning Gents.  Bruce Waters will have a meeting at NLC GLR campus on Wed, June 1 at 7:00 for the men that are interested in going to HAITI in Sept. Your deposit is due at this time.  For other information contact BRUCE WATERS @ 501-766-5775 or bruce-waters@sbcglobal.net.

Regards,

Luke Ribich

Monday, April 18, 2011

HIT Opportunities – Storm Clean-up

Greetings Hitmen,

We are reaching out to our Hitmen seeking support for some for our dear brethren who are affected from last weeks storms.  The Bentley house took a major hit last week when the storms came thru. They had a huge oak tree fall on their house making it uninhabitable. Some of their family helped to cleaning up some of the mess but it is going to be a long hard job. It was about an 80 mph wind that took the tree down and placed it in their den and bedroom. God watched out for and protected them as nobody was injured. When the roof collapsed Duwayne was standing in the only place in the room that held up. He is confident that God’s hand was holding him fast. At this time I don’t know what all they may need. Just wanted you to know about their situation so you could consider helping them as you are Spirit led. Please pray for them as they wade through this thing.

If you are able bodied and want to assist them, please feel free to contact them at the following numbers and let them know you represent the NLC Men’s MAFIA and want to help out:

Duwayne Bentley 501/351-2117

Emma Lou Bentley 501/690-1735

In His service,

Luke Ribich

NLC MAFIA Missions 2011–Update Haiti

Greetings Hitmen,

Hey men of NLC. We will be having a meeting at NLC on April 19 @7:00pm to talk about MEN'S MISSIONS TO HAITI. If you think you might like to go or if you just want to hang out and find out what is going on,come on. For other information call or contact BRUCE WATERS @ 766-5775 OR bruce-waters@sbcglobal.net.Hope to see you there.

In His service,

Bruce Waters

Thursday, March 24, 2011

NOTICE – Hit Correction

Greetings Hitmen,

I just wanted to get our a slight correction to yesterday’s post, the move for Jennifer Desilva is scheduled for SUNDAY March 27th, not Saturday March 27th as indicated in my previous message.  Again, the Hit is scheduled for SUNDAY March 27th.

Please contact Dean Fagaly at javabike26@att.net or on his cell at 501/951-5974 if you are able to support this Hit.  I apologize if this caused any confusion.

In His service,

Luke Ribich

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

HITMEN Wanted–Hit Opportunity

Greetings Hitme,

I wanted to make you all aware that we are looking for some Hit support assisting one of our single mothers in a move on Saturday March 27th. Jennifer Desilva is moving from Jacksonville to NLR and needs a few strong bodies to assist her in this.  She has rented a truck and the Hit scout (Dean Fagaly) has indicated that he believes this can be done easily in the morning keeping the rest of your day free.

If you have time and are led to assist Jennifer in this move, please contact Dean Fagaly via email at  javbike26@att.net or on his cell at 501/951-5974 – he will advise of the plan and schedule for Saturday morning.

In His service,

Luke Ribich

NLC Man2Man Conference

Greetings Hitmen,

I just wanted to remind each of you that on Wednesday March 30th from 6:30-8:30 PM at the GLR campus, New Life Church will hold the Man2Man event.  Our own Rick Bezet has a significant word just for the men of NLC and you don’t want to miss it!

There will be a hot rod automobile and motorcycle display on the apron of the main entrance an in the church lobby.  There will be a meal served and of course an excellent opportunity to fellowship all the men of NLC.

The event will be MC’d by John Craft and Harry Bates – that alone should be shtick worth seeing!  I look forward to seeing you all there and keep your eyes peeled for some upcoming hit opportunities.

In His service,

Luke Ribich

Monday, March 14, 2011

NLC MAFIA Missions 2011

Greetings Hitmen,

We will be sending a construction team to Haiti to build homes. We will be staying on the compound Mission of Hope. The trip dates are September 24th through October 1st.  Amber Noblit from GLR and Marcus Brown from Ft Smith will be on this team.

We will have an informal meeting on March 22nd at 7:00 at the home of Bruce Waters.  For further details or for any questions, please contact Bruce at 766-5775 or bruce-waters@sbcglobal.net.

Please be praying and asking God if this is something you are called to be a part of.

In His service,

Bruce Waters

Monday, February 14, 2011

AUTO CARE PROFESSIONALS NEEDED

Greeting Hitmen,

I hope you are well and that this message finds you in good spirits on this Valentine’s Day.  I am looking for any Hitmen whom are gifted/talented in the repair of automobiles.  We have a single mother in our church whose car is in need of repair and she is unable to spare the extra dollars to get her car repaired in light of the loss of work hours resultant from the recent storms.  If any of you are available, even after hours to look the car over and recommend / support a repair plan please contact me and let me know that you are interested in supporting this hit.  You can contact me on my cell at 501/944-0562 or via email at lribich@swbell.net.

In His service,

Luke Ribich

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Mission Trip 2011 - HAITI

Greetings Hitmen,

We have had a new request for a mission trip on Sept 24-Oct 1. We will be going to HAITI to build homes. We will have two pastors with us also. We will be having a meeting soon so stay tuned. If anyone has any questions about this trip please contact Bruce Waters at bruce-waters@sbcglobal.net or call  766-5775. We hope to have a big group for this first men's mission trip out of country.  We also welcome any other men that do not belong to NLC. Please be praying about this so it will be a successful trip.

In His service,

Bruce Waters

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Two hit opportunities for the week of 2/6–2/12

Greetings Hitmen,

I hope you are all well and enjoying this Super Bowl Sunday!  What a great message from the founder of the LA Dream Center this morning.  Talk about getting out and HITTING people!  Pastor Matthew Barnett.

Speaking of HITS.  This week we have two opportunities to serve our community.  The first, is a simple moving of a washing machine (apt. size) from one of sisters homes to the NLC Little Rock Dream Center.  Please contact me to be put in touch with the appropriate people.  I can be reached via text or phone at 501/944-0562 or email at lribich@swbell.net.

We also have a need to help move one of our single mothers. Although this is a Hit for anyone to support, the opportunity is closest to our Cabot men.  On Saturday the 12th, Shannon Nash will be moving her belongings from a storage unit near the Cabot Wal-Mart to her new apartment (about 6 miles away). We could use about 6 Hitmen on the job and of course trucks or SUV’s that can be loaded are always good support.  Again, contact me via the above listed means and I’ll ensure that the team is all hooked into each other.

In His service,

Luke Ribich

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Hot HIT Request

Greetings Hitmen & Happy New Year,

Many of you whom have been with NLC for more than a couple of years may know Aaron & Darla Yount.  They have been long time members of our church and lifted many within the body in times of need.

Sadly, Aaron dies last week of a massive stroke very unexpectedly and Darla can use our help with some minor things ASAP.  Specifically, we need to get a crew together to clean the leaves from her yard for this Saturday.  I need about 10 volunteers to help us clear leaves and pine needles from her yard.  We will meet at Kerries Country Kitchen at 0700 this Saturday morning for breakfast and fellowship then we will head to Darla’s house.

The lot is about 1/2 acre located in West Little Rock.  I don't see the leaves taking much time. However, there are a lot of pine needles, quite a lot. Our plan is to use some tarps, rake those needles, and leaves, onto the tarps and dump them across the street, where there are some woods. Although we will have some materials we need Hitmen to bring their own rakes, or electric blowers and extension cords.  Just remember that pine needles don’t work well with blowers and we will still have dispose of the leaves.  If everyone brings whatever bags they have around their house we should have more than enough if we have to bag everything.

Jay Foster is the point-man for this Hit. So that we can plan accordingly we are sincerely asking any of you who can help out to let us know that you plan to attend.  You can email me at lribich@swbell.net or telephone at 501/944-0562.  Jay can be reached directly via email at fosterjn@swbell.net.  Again, please let one of us know so that we will know what to expect in terms of our time. 

If you are unable to come to Kerries for breakfast but are interested in joining us at Darla’s home, the house is at 13280 Sweet Bay Dr., near the corner of Kirby and Sweet Bay, behind Kohl's in WLR

Please help us show this wonderful woman of God that she is loved and covered by the men of NLC in her husband’s eternal absence. Obviously, the more the merrier – and the quicker so I for one pray for a large turn-out.

In His service,

Luke Ribich