International Spring Bazaar Tomorrow!

I am looking forward to tomorrow's event from 11am-3pm.  Come on down to Mission Foursquare Church for a taste of wares and projects from various nationalities.  To make it even more fun, where something from your heritage!

Do You Know the Muffin Man?

I'm away this weekend at my youngest sister's wedding on Vancouver Island and so I'm making the muffins ahead of time (sorry folks, they won't be oven fresh this Sunday).  According to our young adults, these are the best muffins they have ever had.  One said, "I don't even like muffins, but I like these!"  She was referring to the blueberry oatmeal muffins and they were hanging out tonight as I made them.

We now have three couples serving monthly in our continental breakfast ministry and couldn't be happier!  While I enjoyed doing this every week, it seemed selfish of me to rob others of the same joy.  Teaching others the process forced me to create an instruction book and reflect why we do what we do.  Here's an excerpt...

"The people that walk through our doors are more important than any program or budget, so be flexible, loving, hospitable, gracious, friendly, and caring.  People come first… not the donation jar or carpet.  We communicate love by…the quality of the food; the cleanliness of our equipment and facility; the presentation of our food; and the gracious, generous heart of Jesus others see in us."

So come out this Sunday and enjoy some freshly thawed muffins!  Following the breakfast we will worship Jesus together and then hear a great message by our very own, Dave Parsons!  See you next week.

Can You Guess Who This Is? Part 2

Tomorrow at our Sunday gathering we will be hearing this person's life story.  Come and be encouraged in your faith as you hear again how God is good (even when life is filled with challenges and setbacks)!

Easter Brunch Recap

On Sunday we hosted a Easter Brunch and it was a lot of fun.  Just over 180 came out for a morning of good food, company, music, drama, and of course.... chocolate (well, the kids got that part).

I'd really like thank all our volunteers who worked very hard and gave of their time so that others could enjoy their time.  Half a dozen came out on Saturday to help set-up.  The George's did amazing at organizing the buffet.  Louie W. and Laura B. made amazing pancakes.  Casey and Charmaine worked their butts off serving in the kitchen.  Then Chris K. and Dave P. (even after acting in the drama) lead us in clean-up.  Dave vacuumed the auditorium and lobby in record time!  Mo, Diane, Seyong, Christina, and Nigel did an amazing job with the kids program.  Tony and Alison performed beautifully.  And Jack, Dave, Eugene, and Martin did a fantastic job with their dramatic presentation.  Thank you to everyone who helped make the morning a lot of fun and a great time to celebrate together the resurrection of our Saviour, Jesus!

Pictures should be coming soon!

A Good, Good Friday Service

This morning Ruby and I enjoyed a Community Good Friday service hosted by Cedar Valley Mennonite Church.  It was really nice to see pastors from various churches lead the music and other ministry elements of the service.  It was even greater to see 400-500 people from different churches come together to be the church in Mission!

Although I rarely get to meet with our local ministerial (they meet Wednesday mornings and I work at Pacific Life Bible College on that day); they are a great group of people who love Jesus and love our city.  I would like to thank them for planning these and a few other services (because there isn't one building in town large enough to hold us all).

Dan Rempel (Pastor of Cedar Valley Mennonite Church) mentioned in the service that one year we would love to have the service either outside (and battle the elements) or in an arena so that we could all gather together as the church of Mission.

Don't forget that you can participate in the Community Easter Sunrise Service at Heritage Park this Sunday at 7:00am!