I've been to many churches in my life, I was raised Catholic, but as an adult I was looking for something more.... I wasn't sure exactly what that would be, but I always felt there was something missing, or too much of something else in other churches I've attended. I wanted a deeper experience, a connection that went beyond the surface.
A friend recommended New Bridge and had a strong, positive and sincere opinion that it was definitely something I should check out. Within a few minutes of my first service, I knew I had found "it". Pastor Mark Colavecchio is authentic, funny, and makes the service so enjoyable that I am regularly disappointed when his sermon is over. And he always delivers God's message in a way that I get the point, and even when it 's hard to hear sometimes, it's still all good.
Kurt Kroschel leads the music ministry, but he also gives the sermon on a pretty regular bases, and I have never ever walked away without being blown away by Kurt's authenticity, the thoughtfulness put into it, and the power behind the message is amazing, simply because he is a true man of God and it shows in everything about him.
And Mark is the same way. And the rest of the staff! all amazing, all genuine and all part of a really terrific group of ordinary people who love God in an extraordinary way.
Did I say ordinary? Hah!
Shawn Heelan-Free
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