In last Sunday’s service, we had the great joy of baptizing 3 people: two middle-aged women and an 8-year old boy. We practice believer’s baptism in our church as well as full immersion. A baptismal service is always full of joy and excitement at our place of worship. But it would be inaccurate to describe […]
In the past six weeks, a group of us at our church have been going through a training class in intercessory prayer using the Lord’s prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) as the basis for the course. We are using Dr. David Chotka’s devotional study “Power Praying” with the subtitle ‘Hearing Jesus’ Spirit by Praying Jesus’ Prayer‘. It […]
Every Friday night our church hosts a youth floor hockey outreach at John MacWilliam Public School in our neighborhood. It attracts kids 9 to 13 years old from both our church and the surrounding community. We have several dads playing as well with the youth. It is a great time of floor hockey and good […]
Our church is having a Yard Sale tomorrow. It is a fundraiser for our Parking Lot Project. I also think there are going to be some other worthwhile goals accomplished in this Yard Sale. There are several people who are serving from our church to make this event possible. Desi Scullion and Margaret Thomson have […]
In the mid 1930s, the classic movie, “The Bride of Frankenstein”, came out. It starred Boris Karloff in the role of the monster. One of the most powerful scenes in the movie occurred when the Monster entered the cottage of a blind hermit, in the heart of the forest. The blind hermit thanked the Lord […]
What is God’s calling for the Church? What is the nature and function of the Church? These are very important questions for people who are followers of Jesus Christ. In order to answer these questions in a biblically faithful manner, we need to turn to the original Apostles, who were with Jesus in his 3 […]
One of the Apostle Paul’s favorite metaphors to describe what a local church is called to be is the human body. I think Paul loves the metaphor of the body for several reasons. The Local Church Is Like The Human Body First of all, the local church is like a living organism which possesses the […]
About two and a half months ago, our church lost a dear Christian brother, Ed Sidebottom, in a backyard accident. Ed was a great blessing to many of the people in our congregation. He wasn’t the most articulate person in the world. But he loved the Lord and he loved people. He had the spiritual […]