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 November 11th is posted. This sermon, as well as previous sermons, can be played back from the Website.
- Sunday – Sunday School classes for ages 3-5 and 6-8. The 9-11 class will remain with the adults for Worship Service. The Nursery is available for children aged two and under.
- Sunday – Sunday School Teachers’ Meeting upstairs immediately after the Worship Service.
- Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. – Midweek Service: Praise and Worship, Bible Study and Prayer. Everyone welcome.
- Thursday, 6:30 p.m. – Alpha classes at the home of Ross and Val Whitelaw. Information: 656 3532.
Please Also Note- After Worship Service, Marissa will be taking photos downstairs
for a 2019 Church Calendar. All who regularly attend our church are asked to have their photos taken as soon as possible before November 30. - Any adult wishing to participate in any way in the Christmas Program on December 16 is asked to see Rhonda immediately.
- NEEDED – Someone to deliver our shoebox gifts to a collection centre. The closest one is at Sturgeon Alliance Church, Gibbons. It will be open Monday and Tuesday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Contact Lauri Froese 780 923 2727, laurifroese@gmail.com
- Cheryl Hoople is experiencing funding shortages in her ministry in Mexico. On December 2 a special offering for Cheryl will be taken at the end of the service.
- Those who wish to make a donation to the Cameroon Crisis Relief Fund will find information on the notice board.
- The December/January/February issue of Our Daily Bread is available at the entry table. Help yourself to a copy.
“Eat to Heat” Supper and Bake Sale
Wednesday, November 21
4:00-6:30 p.m.
at the church (eat in or take out)
Korean food, juice or coffee, dessert for $8.00
Bottled water $1.00 with take-out
Advance tickets: see Donna or Joyce
Tickets also available at the door- After Worship Service, Marissa will be taking photos downstairs
Church Services:
- Wednesday Evenings - 7:00PM -
- 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.
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Of Note
Discussion on Sexual Misconduct
Watch Online:From the Anglican Church Toronto Diocese, a YouTube video on the topic
More Online material: Here is a link to a Web page on their site with links to the above video + four more, a workshop kit and a discussion guide
If you have poor or non-existent internet service, call or email Ross Whitelaw at ross.w@telus.net. He can provide a recording of the video.
Our New Church Building
Here are two video presentations:
- Our Old Church - a view of our current building with a few video clips of a Sunday morning and pictures of the clutter and lack of space
- Our New Church - Our vision for the future
Click here to go to a page allowing you to view them.
News from Cheryl Hoople
Recovery Ministry
Click here to see latest letter
Click here to see a tribute to the life of Rod Hoople
Click here to download pledge form and donate now
Consolacion Baptist Church in the Philippines
The second floor on the church is nearly finished. What a difference we can make when we reach out to others with our offerings! Click here to see more
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Events
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
Quote of the week
“The 8th amendment did not create a right to life for the unborn child – it merely acknowledged that such a right exists, has always existed, and will always exist,” the pro-life Save the 8th campaign said in a statement. “What Irish voters did yesterday is a tragedy of historic proportions. However, a wrong does not become right simply because a majority support it.” (Ireland votes to legalize abortion)
Recent Discussion Points
Back to the future… or the end of the road?
How the moral lessons of To Kill a Mockingbird endure today.
Aug 17 2018 - Anne Maxwell
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
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