O child, I watch you day by day Struggling to revive Your weary body and exhausted mind Striving to survive. How I long to hold you tight Close by my heart to stay Yet every time I reach for you Your eyes are turned away. I hear your cry for guidance true You […]
Let’s Go Ladies – Thoughts From a Former W.M.S. Deaconess
Some memories and musings by our dear Blanche as she prays for the upcoming AGM and election: 🙂 As I look back to when we ladies met for our Women’s Missionary Society meeting, it was an uplifting and fun time together. There was always a devotional, updates on the missions we supported, a fundraiser for something, […]
The Pine Post – June Edition
Bema 8: Good News-ing
The BEMA (βῆμα, בּימה ): Good news-ing I believe that I belong to the Fundamental Power of the Universe, who owns and protects me, Who knows and loves me, Who is available to me at all times and Who has been with me in every trial and joy, pain and grief, exaltation and ecstasy, dizzy, […]
Come As You Are
You are welcome here, When your arms are held high When you’ve had enough or fall to your knees If your voice is quiet or it shakes the walls. This is a place for you. If you feel called or just feel lost If you are full of questions or stand in truth You are […]
World Serve Trip
Submitted by Frank Fehr Looking back to a Sunday morning church service in the mid 90’s by an out of town guest speaker Ron Pierce. Nettie, my wife and I decided to become supporters of WORLD SERVE. www.worldserve.ca . Ron Pierce described the persecuted church of Cuba. Informing us of the need to support […]
Irene’s HopeCC Update
God is a good Father – always. There is no distinction between the God of Canada and the God of Kenya, He is the same God and yet there is a unique vibrant fullness within the singing of the children at HopeCC. Though they come from a past of poverty, of abandonment and abuse, their […]
Bema 7: Spiritual Life on the Big Island
The BEMA (βῆμα, בּימה ): Spiritual Life on the Big Island <hr /> By accepting our weakness and emptiness, and having Christ fill us, redeem us and live in us, we leave the island of self-captivity and cross over into a new island. We live, you might say, in a new spiritual place. We carry […]
Glory Garden: Sharing the Love of Christ with Families
A celebration summary of our Glory Garden ministry, submitted by the Glory Garden committee. Back in 2002, it was hard to imagine that the children’s summer program offered in the church basement would evolve into a licensed, fully accredited year-round program that would positively impact hundreds of children. But the Lord had other plans! Rhonda […]
Ryan’s Reads – Winter/Spring 2017
So, I have some very exciting news for all of you: G.K. Chesterton’s writings are officially Public Domain so you can get them all for free online! Did you know that J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis became Christians because of Chesterton’s writings? As scholars, they appreciated how Chesterton filled the world with awe through faith […]