New Walk Church — Attraction in Zephyrhills

I had never attended church with my husband and we had been together 20+ years.

After several personal invitations from our son, we attended.

We instantly felt welcomed. People greeted us the moment we drove in. We received one of the best parking spots available. As we entered, the parking attendants greeted us with huge smiles and welcomes. Under the entry awning, numerous smiling members greeted us. One of which gave us a quick little tour of the building. They had free coffee and the children's ministry was amazing, so safe and secure.

I've since let my grandsons enjoy the children's ministry. One is autistic and they treat him with care and compassion.

Walking into the auditorium/sanctuary, I was given a pen and a message/sermon note taking card. The card was based on the message/sermon of the week and specifically designed for taking notes. Fantastic idea!!! I have never been given a tool that was designed for better Biblical retention ever before! What an amazing idea and so thoughtful.

You don't have to be a member to get Baptized. They have a prayer team to pray for you or with you. You can even attend one of their small groups.

You can attend any of their many Spectacular Events for children/adults; such as the Christmas Snow Event, Easter Helicopter Drop, Glow Hunt, Mom's/Dad's Day. Your kids can even join the Youth Group which has a wonderful youth Pastor, Pastor Rusty.

Lead Pastor Gary and his fellow pastors share the message in clear, relatable ways. When they quote scripture, it's displayed on large screens so that you absolutely understand what verse is being quoted and what is being said with no question.

I love the music. It might be louder than "some" others, but I can literally feel the spirit filling the room. It's a tad too loud for my 80 year old father, but the perfect solution is to enjoy some coffee and watch the church musicians on the TV monitors in the cafe. When the worship musicians finish, that's your cue to go into the auditorium/sanctuary.

There the ushers will help you find a seat. The Pastor is usually just coming out onto the stage at that time.

This is my personal opinion, but I agree with how the music is in the church. It's modern but with Christian messages. I love my fellow "older" attendees, but most of us older folk are already believers.

It's wonderful to get new "older" Christians, but the older we are, the quicker we'll be gone. We need to show the younger generations, that church can be ENJOYABLE and not so ridged and stuffy. That you can learn the teachings of the Bible in relatable, modern, understandable, enjoyable ways. We need the younger generations to understand Christianity, because we need them to continue to spread God's word when we're gone. (Again, just my opinion)

We attended off/on for several months. After we attended a few weeks in a row we attended one of the "Bootcamps", which to me is kinda like a get together to figure out your best fit for getting to know your fellow church attendees while also actively serving in some way to help spread Jesus' message. The church attendees truly become your "church family".

At the Bootcamp we attended, Pastor Darius took the time to speak with us on a personal level.

The very next week Pastor Darius inquired how we were. My husband who rarely told personal stuff to anyone, immediately felt so comfortable with PD (Pastor Darius) that he mentioned that he wasn't feeling so great and that some tests were run. PD said a prayer for us, with us, for my husband.

Unfortunately we did not receive good news. My husband had pancreatic/duodenal cancer. He passed 11 months and 20 days later.

In my opinion, my husband wouldn't have made it that long, nor I through his illness; without all of the love, support and care we received from all of the church staff/family, as well as, from our new church friends/family.

We started going here and have never stopped. Pastor Darius honored us by serving as the minister at my husband's...

We passed by here often and after 4 months of passing by we decided to give the church a try and we are not big fans of huge churches but this church after the first day we stopped in to try the church and pastor Eddie and his wife Julie were just coming out of the back door of the stage area and they were the first people we spoke to august will be 2 years that we have been going to this church and it has change our life in so many ways for example my daughter was having a phase she was going through and we tried everything we could and recently we reached out and had Ashley from the kids zone talk one on one with her and it changed her completely as if she is a whole new person and it has made her not only behave better at home but also at school and the kids area is amazing the pastor(s) are very welcoming and very supportive in helping others the cafe is super friendly and makes sure that they do everything they can to make your visit a memorable one the greeting team is phenomenal makes it feel like home and the praise team can be a bit loud but behind the loudness is the music and worship of the church getting together to praise God the emt team is very helpful the cst team I am so greatful that they are there to make sure everything is going smoothly the media team is one of the teams that gives everyone from the outside of the church the opportunity and impression to say “that looks like a fun church and let’s give it a go” type of feel to it the parking team makes sure that they have the cars flowing smoothly even when it is super busy on holidays the prayer team is very strong and it has changed our life asking the prayer team for prayers that we needed extra help and support from others that just on our own we couldn’t do but the more people that pray over others and the stronger they are with their walk of God it makes things to be able to make it to heal those that need more healing than others the groups can help ALOT with getting connected, getting stronger in spirit, and getting deeper in the word this church doesn’t care what you look like how you live who you are how much you have sinned in the past you are still always welcomed they will help with those if you need help with your past your needs whatever it maybe there is always a group to join and most importantly the message that Pastor Gary talks about every Sunday can really put people in their feelings and open their eyes to see that there really is hope faith love grace humility and even forgiveness within each and everyone of us IF YOU HAVENT GIVEN IT A TRY YET PLEASE DO SO we also have VIP gifts to give out for firsts and second timers and greeters to...

One purpose of the church is to equip believers to act in accordance with the Scripture and spread the good news to all the nations. The Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20) records Jesus calling all believers to make disciples, baptize, and teach in all nations and spread the gospel throughout the earth. The practice of each of these commands should be evident in the church.

Several things stood out to me when I attended here. • I never heard a gospel driven message. About the grace of God, sanctification, how we should be at the feet of Jesus, the truth of God's word and living our lives for His glory. • The importance of persevering in prayer (Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” This scripture on perseverance reminds us that prayer is essential. We must be joyful, prayerful and faithful, even when life is difficult. Romans 12:12). • Knowing that we "serve the living and true God" (1 Thessalonians 1:9), "the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them" (Acts 14:15). I want to hear the word of God's truths and I didn't find that here.

If you happen to walk away seeking more knowledge of the gospel and crave an intimate relationship with God, keep searching until you find a church that teaches God's expectations for His children: justice, mercy and humility are three of His requirements. These are not electives for the student of God's Word, but three virtuous attributes that are required of each of us. Christ offered himself as an unblemished sacrifice, freeing us from all those dead-end efforts to make ourselves respectable, so that we can live all out for God to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with Him. (Hebrews 9:15) Praise the Lord we are loved so dearly and yet, when you think about it, are so unworthy. God is working to restore the radiance of his own glory shining in and through us.

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