Posts from 2025 (Page 4)
February 26, 2025 – Mission Team
From the Guatemalan Mission Team The Guatemala mission team will be serving around 1000 children across 4 schools and an orphanage in mid-March. We’re looking for donations of the following items:
February 26, 2025 – Weekly News
Download the PDF The Importance of Dreams in the Bible Rick Hamlin Pay attention to your dreams. Just like with Joseph, Daniel and other biblical characters—it may be God’s way of communicating with you.Years ago, after reading a book by a therapist and minister who showed that God can often speak to us in our dreams, I began writing down my own. Every morning, while I still remember them, I make a quick note in a journal about what I…
Sing Etobicoke, Bravo! Returns For a Third Year
Another Round of Applause – Sing Etobicoke, Bravo! Returns For a Third Year Neilson Park Creative Centre (NPCC) is excited to announce funding from the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility’s Seniors’ Provincial Grant. Through this grant, NPCC will be offering a third iteration of its highly successful Sing! Etobicoke program. This year’s program Sing Etobicoke, Bravo! will continue to offer free space for seniors to sing together, find community, and forge new connections. This free program will consist of twenty…
February 19, 2025 – Mission Team
The Guatemala mission team will be serving around 1000 children across 4 schools and an orphanage in mid-March. We’re looking for donations of the following items: 1. Summer clothing for orphan babies/toddlers (0-3 years), young children (3-12 years) and young moms (11-15 years) 2. Baby shoes, regular shoes, tennis shoes, socks and towels for children (1-10 years) 3. Diapers, blankets, bottles for newborns 4. Medicine and first aid items, such as Tylenol, Advil, Polysporin, bandages, alcohol swabs 5. Soft cover lightweight notebooks, crayons, watercolor paints,…
February 19, 2025 – Weekly News
Download the PDF This passage is most timely today, considering what is being thrown at us from south of the border. In my heart, I find it hard to love someone, who has been a trusted ally. Luke 6:27-36, often referred to as the “Love Your Enemies” passage, is a radical call from Jesus to not only love those who love us, but to actively extend love, kindness, and forgiveness even to those who might be considered our enemies, challenging our…
February 17, 2025
What a winter it has been! With the multiple snowstorms we’ve been gifted with lately, it’s hard not to marvel at the beauty and power of God’s creation. As we take in the wonder of nature, let us also turn our hearts to something even more wonderful – the Holy Scripture. Just as the snow blankets the earth, may God’s Word cover our lives with wisdom and truth. I want to share with you an epiphany I received from the…
February 12, 2025 – Mission Team
The Guatemala mission team will be serving around 1000 children across 4 schools and an orphanage in mid-March. We’re looking for donations of the following items: 1. Summer clothing for orphan babies/toddlers (0-3 years), young children (3-12 years) and young moms (11-15 years) 2. Baby shoes, regular shoes, tennis shoes, socks and towels for children (1-10 years) 3. Diapers, blankets, bottles for newborns 4. Medicine and first aid items, such as Tylenol, Advil, Polysporin, bandages, alcohol swabs 5. Soft cover lightweight notebooks, crayons, watercolor paints,…
February 12, 2025 -Weekly News
Download the PDF here Feb. 12, 2025 1 Corinthians 15:12-27 is a powerful passage where Paul forcefully argues the centrality of Jesus’ resurrection to the Christian faith, emphasizing that without the resurrection, the Christian message loses its meaning and hope, essentially rendering the whole gospel “in vain.”. Key points to reflect on:The foundation of Christian hope: The resurrection is presented as the cornerstone of Christian belief, offering assurance of eternal life beyond death and providing believers with a reason to persevere…
February 6, 2025 – Weekly News
Download the Weekly News in PDF How Prophetic a Ministry Dr. John Holbert In last week’s reflections on this passage, which the lectionary collectors limited to vss.14-21, I continued the story to include the material for today, vss.21-30. I did not think then, nor do I think now, that one can easily divide this portion of the tale from the beginning of the inaugural sermon of Jesus in his hometown of Nazareth. I focused my attention last week on the…
From the Guatemalan Mission Team
The Guatemala mission team will be serving around 1000 children across 4 schools and an orphanage in mid March. We’re looking for donations of the following items: 1. Summer clothing for orphan babies/toddlers (0-3 years), young children (3-12 years) and young moms (11-15 years) 2. Baby shoes, regular shoes, tennis shoes, socks and towels for children (1-10 years) 3. Diapers, blankets, bottles for newborns 4. Medicine and first aid items, such as Tylenol, Advil, Polysporin, bandages, alcohol swabs 5. Soft…
January 29, 2025 – Weekly News
Download the PDF Jan. 29, 2025Luke 4:14-21 presents a powerful moment where Jesus, in his hometown synagogue, declareshis mission by reading from Isaiah 61, proclaiming that “the Spirit of the Lord is upon me”to bring good news to the poor, release the oppressed, and proclaim freedom to the captives, essentially announcing himself as the fulfillment of prophecy and the Messiah who will actively bring liberation to the marginalized; however, this message is met with resistance and anger from his own people, highlighting…
January 23, 2025 – Weekly News
January 23, 2025 – Weekly News Download the PDF Reflections on Amos 8:4-12 Jeanne Barnes Too often you wake up early to the sound of the local newscaster telling you of global, national and local events of the previous day. You catch up on the earthquakes, the floods, and the loss of life around you. You even watch the bottom ticker tape for a report on stocks you’ve invested in. The radio is blaring; your mind is racing. You buzz…