CHURCHES DOING MINISTRY TOGETHER

This past summer Burnett Fellowship Baptist Church and Cornerstone Neighbourhood Church had the privilege of partnering together to host a community event twice a week. Together, they hosted Ball Hockey every Tuesday and Thursday night in the Albion area. This was an event open to all age groups and all skill levels. More than twenty kids showed up each week to play with friends, parents, and new neighbours. Each Tuesday the Gospel was shared with the families and kids who attended.

VOLUNTEER STORY — CAMP QWANOES

Camp Qwanoes is a place that teaches both the campers and its staff what is means to love Jesus and follow Him. I have been working at Qwanoes since the summer of 2014. Each summer, I am reminded of the amazing international community of believers that exists, and what it means to lead by example.

OCEANVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH: A STORY WORTH SHARING

Sunday, June 10th was our annual “Camp Scholarship Sunday” where children we have given a scholarship to were presented with a certificate on stage and got to shake hands with the Senior Executive Director of Camp Qwanoes, Scott Bayley. We strive to make this a real celebration Sunday including ice cream and fresh strawberries afterwards!

IMPACT 2018 RECAP — DAVID HORITA

Impact 2018 was held at Sardis Fellowship, in beautiful Chilliwack, B.C. The aromatic scent of “organic” farming combined with spectacular sunny weather to create a positive growing experience for all of us. It was a time of learning, challenging, talking, and lots of eating! Many thanks to the great volunteers and team at Sardis for their hospitality and service.

LIFE IN CHETWYND

Last week, April and I had the privilege of spending several days in Chetwynd, meeting with all our Pastors in the North. Bill and Karen Evans have been pastoring in Chetwynd for the past thirty plus years. As I watched from a distance, I see that Bill is the chaplain of the town of Chetwynd.

A COME-BACK STORY: EXPERIENCING GOD AT WORK AT IMMANUEL FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH

How did this happen? What do we do now? How will we recover from this? Those might have been questions mulling around the heads of the leadership team and church family at Immanuel Fellowship Baptist Church in Abbotsford, BC just over two years ago. Their lead pastor had resigned. Three out of five of their other staff members left over the next five months. They were in the midst of planning a whole new vision for the church and suddenly all that work came to an abrupt halt. They lost three board members. Over a short period of time their congregation plummeted from 500 to 200. And from all that, their finances suffered greatly. The future looked uncertain, but those still there didn’t lose hope and they had the desire to move forward. They began to pray, they formed a search committee and trusted that God would provide. The leadership decided to find an interim pastor first, someone who could come and help them heal and walk with them as they worked through painful issues.