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Welcome To Our Website

As Senior Pastor and on behalf of the family of the First Baptist Church, I want to thank you for visiting our website. At the First Baptist Church, we believe God calls each of us to be engaged in a passionate pursuit of Jesus Christ. There is no higher calling than to seek the Lord with all your heart, and in so doing, to glorify Him. We welcome you to join us in this pursuit. The fact that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and then rose from the grave is our fundamental belief. He lives today and stands ready to give abundant and eternal life to all those who repent of sin and place their faith in Him. We invite everyone to receive Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord.

What a joy it is to introduce you to our church! At the First Baptist Church, our doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds, regardless of where they are on their spiritual journey.

One of life’s most beautiful words is ‘family’. At the First Baptist Church, we take seriously the Bible’s teaching that Christians are the family of God and therefore brothers and sisters in Christ. As a “family of faith” we seek to worship and serve God, share the good news of the gospel message, and provide the spiritual environment necessary for the believer’s spiritual growth.

In short, you will find us to be a God centered, caring community of individuals who are excited about having the opportunity to extend to you the same love, hope and joy we have received from the Lord. We extend to you a cordial invitation to join us this coming Lord’s Day as the family meets to draw near to God through prayer, thoughtful contemporary songs, traditional hymns and inspiring relevant messages from God’s Word. After the worship service we linger over refreshments, so please take a moment to get to know us better. God bless you.

Sincerely yours in Christ,
Pastor Keith Axford

Announcements

The sermon from July 07, 2019 is posted. This and previous sermons can be played back from the Website. .

Today – Sunday School classes for ages 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Today all the classes will meet downstairs. The Nursery is available for children aged two and under.
Today – All the ladies are asked to remain in the sanctuary after Worship Service for an important planning meeting.
Midweek Summer Schedule – In July and August the church will be open each Wednesday for prayer. Fasting that day is also encouraged. Those who wish to host a Cottage Meeting on a Wednesday night are asked to contact Pastor Keith.

Please Also Note

Thank you for silencing your cell phone during Worship.
Offering envelopes are available at the back of the sanctuary.
Thank you to everyone who donated toward the portable storage cabinets. They have been ordered!
If you are interested in participating in a short-term mission to northern Canada with the ministry On Eagle’s Wings, see Dwight or Val.
The grass-cutting schedule beside the front door is available for your signature.
Pioneer Bible Camp at Hanmore Lake Celebrating 60 Years of Ministry
- Junior Week    Ages 10-12 July 14-19$275
  Kids’ Camp     Ages 7-9      July 21-25$250
  Young Adult    Ages 18+     July 26-28$50
  Retreat
  
  Register online @ www.pioneerbiblecamp.ca
Volunteers are needed to share the church custodian duties during the month of August. Find a friend to help you and let Sharon know which week you are available. Men and women are equally welcome!
Do you have photos related to the history of our church, such as buildings, activities, special occasions, missions? If so, please submit them to Ross and Val Whitelaw with your name and details of the photo (date, place, people). You may also email them. Hard copies will be returned

Financial Report April-June 2019

Income                                $47,744
Less restricted funds*             -2,088
Net for operating                  45,656
Expenses                              -45,578
Surplus for April-June 2019         78
*Restricted Funds are offerings that are given for a specific ministry, such as the Building Fund, Eat to Heat, Missions. These funds cannot be used for operating expenses.

Church Services:

Wednesday Evenings - 7:00PM - Suspended during July and August
Sunday Mornings - 11:00AM

Children's Ministry - for ages 2-11 during service time. All children welcome to attend. The Nursery is available for children under two.

Quick Links

Of Note

Sunday School Christmas Concert 2018

Watch a video of the concert

click here to access it on YouTube

News from Cheryl Hoople
Recovery Ministry

Click here to see her latest letter

Click here to donate to Cheryl's ministry

Our Policy on
Sexual Harassment

Click here to watch Sexual Misconduct in our Churches – Learn to Spot It. Learn to Stop It. Download time can be extensive

All leaders and all Sunday School Teachers must watch the above video and acquire a criminal check from the RCMP station. Also, it is advisable to visit the Anglican Diocese of Toronto's Webpage on Sexual Harassment where there is access to 4 short training videos.

Donate

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Events

Other Events

Saturday, July 27 – Men’s Breakfast, hosted by Lac La Biche Victory Church. Please notify Dwight if you plan to attend.
Sunday, August 4 – Our church will celebrate its 75^th Anniversary and the 20^th Anniversary of Pastor Keith and Helen’s ministry here. A special service and a meal are being planned.

Regularly Scheduled Worship Times:

Wednesday Evenings at 7:00 PM -

Sunday Morning at 11:00 AM, including Sunday School for the children

Church Family Notices

Watch for postings of importance in this space

Building Project

Click here for latest update

Quote of the week

C. S. Lewis: “When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.”

Recent Discussion Points

How the Moral Lessons of To Kill a Mockingbird Endure Today

Aug 17 2018 - Anne Maxwell

MercatorNet

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the classics of American literature. Never out of print, the novel has sold over 40 million copies since it was first published in 1960. It has been a staple of high school syllabuses, including in Australia, for several decades, and is often deemed the archetypal race and coming-of-age novel. For many of us, it is a formative read of our youth.

The story is set in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb in 1936 - 40 years after the Supreme Court’s notorious declaration of the races as being “separate but equal”, and 28 years before the enactment of the Civil Rights Act. Our narrator is nine-year-old tomboy, Scout Finch, who relays her observations of her family’s struggle to deal with the class and racial prejudice shown towards the local African American community.

At the centre of the family and the novel stands the highly principled lawyer Atticus Finch. A widower, he teaches Scout, her older brother Jem, and their imaginative friend Dill, how to live and behave honourably. In this he is aided by the family’s hardworking and sensible black housekeeper Calpurnia, and their kind and generous neighbour, Miss Maudie.

It is Miss Maudie, for example, who explains to Scout why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird: “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.”

Throughout the novel, the children grow more aware of the community’s attitudes. When the book begins they are preoccupied with catching sight of the mysterious and much feared Boo Radley, who in his youth stabbed his father with a pair of scissors and who has never come out of the family house since. And when Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who is falsely accused of raping a white woman, they too become the target of hatred.

A morality tale for modern America

Click here to read the article online (be sure that you do): MercatorNet

Read this article and discussion points, recent and previous, on our Blog page and feel free to comment

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