Take a look through what each vendor is offering. Let us know what you’d like and we’ll set it aside for you. Come by anytime this week to pay and collect your items! (each vendor will donate a portion to charity)
Finding Light in the Deepest Dark Workshop - Nov 30
It’s been a tough year for so many of us and so many that we love and care about, as well as those in the communities around us. We must do what we can to support each other to get through all this.
As we’ve spent most of this year trying to do all we can to keep ourselves physically safe, as well as seeing to take care of one another and to grow in our faith and trust in God too, it’s been ever-more important that we take care of our mental wellbeing too.
To this end we will be going through the resource ‘Finding Light in the Deepest Dark’ from Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries. It really is excellent, designed for use in the forthcoming Christmas season to help us to look back and reflect on what has been a year unlike any other, as well as being hope-full for a brighter future.
Gather with us online, via zoom on Monday Nov 30 at 6:30pm. Just fill out the form on the homepage, emali or call the office and we’ll send you the zoom link and even help you get zoom ready!
A Prayer for Nurses
During International Nurses Day we want to offer up a prayer to support and bless them all.
Hear the Music Night - Livestream with Jon Buller
If you want some more worship - 7pm Sunday night April 26 - join Jon right here:
https://htmministries.com/livestream
Time of Crisis
During such a time as this we can tend to get overwhelmed and either deny the reality of what is going on around us, or begin to shut down. I love this open letter from our Leadership across the country. Please read it and be encouraged.
AN OPEN LETTER TO CANADIAN BAPTISTS
“FOLLOW THE ARK, FOR WE HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE” Joshua 3:4
This is a time of fear and uncertainty, never before experienced within our lifetime. An unprecedented time for most of us, yes, but not for the Church. While for most Canadians this may be our first experience with a pandemic, as the Church, we’ve been through this — and worse — before. God has always led us through. The Lord is faithful to do it again. When the people of Israel stood on the banks of the Jordan, the future was nothing if not uncertain. But what did God ask of them? Follow the Ark of the Covenant — the symbol of God’s eternal promise — and proceed with confidence. God will go before us.
We leaders of the Canadian Baptist family are standing alongside you, your families, churches and local communities. Like you, our lives and families have been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainly it brings. You reached out to us for guidance, insight and hope. You asked us how to care for those at risk, both locally and globally. Hard questions about the viability of our churches have been put before us. Know that we hear you and are doing everything possible to support you through this time.
Recently we met (virtually) to share and pray for each other’s churches, pastors, missionaries and organizations. We committed to praying for the whole Canadian Baptist family, and to making ourselves available to offer guidance and direction. Now, we call you to join us in prayer and to continue living generous, hope-filled lives even during this disruptive and difficult time.
This crisis may be the greatest challenge we will ever face as Canadian Baptists, but it may also be our defining moment. How we come together and mobilize as God’s people in the midst of this current crisis may set the course for the future of our denomination. Now is the time to proceed with the shared confidence that comes from knowing God goes before us and his mercies never fail.
Today, we invite you to join us in three acts of faithful discipleship:
1. Stand united in worship and intercession. Pray fervently for our Canadian Baptist family and all our ministries, including churches, camps, women’s groups, schools, senior’s homes and mission initiatives both local and global. As Canadian Baptists, we affirm his sovereign lordship over all creation and choose to place our total trust in him alone for all the activities we undertake.
2. Continue to support your church. Many churches will encounter dire consequences without the ongoing financial support of their regular attendees. Find out how to continue giving your tithes and offerings even when church services are suspended.
3. Care for the most vulnerable. Who are the elderly and recent refugees in your local community? Who are the poor and marginalized in our world who are especially vulnerable during this pandemic? Ask how you can continue to safely minster to those in greatest need.
While the world may have ground to a halt, we need you to be active in praying, giving and caring. None of us have experienced this before, but as his Church, may we continue to live out the Easter hope of Christ’s resurrection and new life.
Shalom,
Sylvia Hagerman | Interim Executive Director, Atlantic Baptist Women
Diane McBeth | Executive Director, Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec
Tim McCoy | Executive Minister, Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec
Rob Ogilvie | Executive Minister, Canadian Baptists of Western Canada
Peter Reid | Executive Minister, Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada
David Rowley | General Secretary, Union d’Eglises Baptistes Francophones du Canada
Terry Smith | Executive Director, Canadian Baptist Ministries
Grace Wulff Book Launch - Nov 12
Book Launch for Grace Wulff's latest work
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM
Nadine's Fine Art 3101 31st Avenue, Vernon
Encouragement for the Grieving Heart is Grace Wulff's latest book to come out of her deeply impacting chaplaincy ministry at Vernon Jubilee Hospital and the local community. Called to care for others and equip them to deal with the complexities of illness, loss and grief, Grace digs deep into her own life experience, the loss she feels and the hope that she finds in the midst of it all.
Her motivation for this book is to provide a simple volume that can be an accessible companion to anyone journeying through grief.
Come out on Nov 12 to meet Grace, encourage her in her work, hear from others as to the impact of her ministry and hear her read from the book.
It will be an enjoyable evening to celebrate all that Grace offers our community!
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Charting a Course for (re)Conciliation - Nov 15-16
We’re excited to partner with redclover.ca to host this 2nd annual workshop weekend.
Talk of reconciliation between Canada and Indigenous Peoples is everywhere.
Do you ever wonder what place the church has in this conversation?
Do you wonder what it will take to heal the hurts?
How are you navigating the information we are being taught about Indigenous Peoples in Canada?
We can come together as local churches to engage these issues. Indigenous and non-indigenous leaders will map the new geography for fostering the work of justice, healing and the implications for the church in discipleship, worship, and spiritual formation. This is a great opportunity for all churches in Vernon to come together to learn and grow in understanding.
Cost*: $45 a person (includes lunch) *no one will be turned away for lack of funds
(Friday night only for $10 suggested donation) email: fbcvernon@gmail.com for more info
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15
6:30-7:30 Registration & Welcome
7:30-9:30 A History of Indigenous People*
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16
9:30-10:00 Coffee/Welcome
10:00-12:00 Session//Workshops
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-4:00 Session/Panel
*This is an interactive exploration of the history of Canada since the first point of contact with Indigenous Peoples to the present. This powerful teaching tool creates a baseline for a common understanding of the history that many of us were never taught from which to learn and explore the topics that will be covered the next day. This exercise is appropriate for children in grade 3 and up. Many students across BC have gone through this in school as a Kairos Blanket Exercise.
The Sanctuary Mental Health Course
July 2nd Concert and Summer Fun Evening 5-8:30pm
Come join us for a Hootananny on Tuesday, July 2 from 5-8:30pm.
There’ll be fun and games on the lawn for all ages, an open mic time from 5-7pm, a BBQ by donation with proceeds going to Vernon Street Church and at 7pm the Bontrager Family Singers will take the stage!
Bring a chair - bring a friend - bring a neighbour!
Community Seniors Luncheon - June 20th
Excited to see our very own Norma Jean Lupul presenting in song and story at the season end Senior’s Luncheon. They’ve been saving the best for last!! Come on our for a great time of fellowship and encouragement.
