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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 Aug 13. is posted. This sermon, as well as previous sermons, can be played back from the Website.

This Week in Our Church:

Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. – Cottage Meeting at the home of Stuart and Michelle Howarth.
No regular Midweek Services during August. If you wish to host a cottage meeting, see Pastor Keith.
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Please also Note:

Anyone wishing to be baptized is asked to notify Pastor Keith as soon as possible.
Sunday, August 20 – Worship Service in our new building, followed by a Baptism Service at Mons Lake and a church family picnic at Holowaychuks’. Barbecues and fire pit available.
Directions to Mons Lake: Highway 28 to RR 170 east of Smoky Lake. Turn north and proceed to Twp Rd 602. Turn east and go 2 miles to the Boat Launch sign. Turn left into the boat launch/day use area.
Directions to Holowaychuks’: You can go cross-county from Mons Lake, but be aware of some jogs in the correction line. An alternate way is to go back down to Hwy 28 and travel west to Hwy 855. Turn north and proceed to Twp Rd 602. Turn west and go to RR 174. Turn north and look for the first house on the east side.
Place your Library returns in the box provided on the cart. Some DVD titles are missing and were not signed out: Facing the Giants, Faith like Potatoes, Heaven is for Real, Fireproof, Courageous, War Room, and Grace Unplugged.
Please take a turn at mowing the 51^st St church lawn and parking lot. A grass-cutting sign-up sheet is on the notice board. Machines and fuel are supplied.
For the month of August we will not have our regular caretaking service. Please help clean and tidy the premises after coffee time.
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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

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.

FCSS Smoky Lake

We partner with FCSS Smoky Lake in welcoming newcomers to the community. Anyone wishing to contribute promotional literature and/or gifts from his/her business, please see Michelle.

News from Cheryl and Rod Hoople
Recovery Ministry

yugoministries

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

Learn More

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

Other Events

Sunday, August 20 – Baptism Service at Mons Lake, followed by a church family barbecue at the Holowaychuks’ farm
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Regularly Scheduled Worship Times:

Wednesday Evenings - 7:00PM suspended for July and August

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

"A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian … and most of all, his family ought to know." --Dwight L. Moody

Recent Discussion Points

A visit to a baby market in Brussels

A donor-conceived Belgian woman visits a fair for same-sex couples who want to be dads

Oct. 4, 2016 - Stephanie Raeymaekers

MercatorNet

BRUSSELS -- For the second time around a surrogacy fair organised by the American company Men Having Babies landed on Belgian soil. This time it took place in a slightly more upscale venue. The ground floor at The Brussels Hilton became a stage where 220 potential customers from 12 European countries were welcomed.

Like last year, I was present. Me: the first in our generation to provide adults with a semi-biological child. It was the start of a lucrative business when fertility doctors discovered that the techniques used on a pig farm could also be useful for infertile heterosexual couples.

From the 1950s Belgian wombs were being filled with the sperm of unknown men. Fertility techniques improved and not much later they tapped into new target groups: single women and lesbian couples.

Branding unwanted childlessness as discrimination and injustice, several branches of the LGBT community are lobbying for gay men and transgender women to have biological children of their own.

Last Sunday almost everything was on offer: interpreters, gadgets, price lists, different formulas, the dos and the don’ts… But most of all, straight-to-your-heart-and-into-our-wallet sales pitches from companies which are able to connect anyone directly with eggs, surrogacy agencies and lawyers to make “a dream come true”. Lawyers handed out the metaphorical road map with instructions on how to by-pass laws to get your purchased child(ren) “legally” in your own country.

Towards an ethical framework...

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

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

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