1. Membership Transfers – We are pleased that Kim Kiaw Looi and Jennifer (Jenny) Wong are joining the Newbern church family. Praise the Lord that our family continues to grow!
2. Mother’s Day is next Sunday. We will have a special song and a gift for each mother. Please invite your mom to this service!
3. Offering Envelope – Please remember to write down your offering amount on the envelope for recording purposes.
4. A Post-Baptismal Class catering to ALL who were baptised in the past three years is coming soon. Details will be worked out and announced. Please speak to Pastor Vincent if interested.
5. May 4th, 2011 Wednesday at 7:30pm will be the sent off meeting for Newbern’s B.C. interior STM team.
6. Alaska STM planning meeting today at 12:45pm. See Alex.
7. Everyone Is Welcome to the "Upper Room" prayer meeting, every Sunday, from 12:30 to 12:45pm. Let us all focus on praying and hearing God’s will and His heart.
8. Worship Ministry Is Hiring! If you’re interested in serving as an usher, projectionist, or worship team member, please see Nicky!
9. Hugh Halter – On Wednesday, May 18th, 7:30pm, you are invited to meet Hugh Halter, co-author of “The Tangible Kingdom”, at the Langley Events Centre – 7888 200th Street. Hugh will be speaking at the Canadian Pacific District Conference and will be hosting a public session. Hugh’s newest book “AND” deals with what it looks like to be the Church gathered and the Church scattered. Along with being a speaker and author, Hugh is a pastor to a congregational network of Missional communities in Denver and the National Director of Missio. Admission is free.
10. With Election Decisions Ahead, we would like to encourage the Joshua congregation to invite God to work in the hearts and minds of all Canadians as we consider the future of our country. We believe that important issues are at stake in this election. Canada needs strengthened families and secure marriages. Canada needs to protect its most vulnerable – children, those living in poverty, the homeless, the unborn, and the disabled. Canada needs to share its blessings with the world, especially meeting commitments made to foreign relief and development work. And Canada needs to secure its foundation for the free belief and practice of religion.
Pray for candidates
Elections are times for candidates to discover what is important to their constituents. Pray that candidates’ eyes will be open to the values that are vital to a healthy and productive society. Pray that candidates and their families will experience protection, wisdom and grace during this time of great stress for them.
Pray for voters
Pray that voters will focus on the issues of central importance for building a just nation and that every potential voter will cherish and exercise the right to vote.
Pray for a mission
Pray that God will lead us into a greater understanding of our role as citizens, and of our life together as a nation.
Check up Psalm 33:12-15, 20-22
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