Hello all,
We have really enjoyed the lovely weather that we have been having lately.
James and I went on a day and a half camping trip Fri and Sat of this week down to Shunda Lake (Also called Fish lake). This is the lake that the church is going to be having its camping trip at later this month (July 24, 25 and 26) We had a great time camping, canoeing, fishing, etc. There was a fair representation of wildlike around. I was really awed by God's creation as we saw loons, a Bald Eagle, some other unidentified birds of prey, many dear, etc. We had quite good weather even though it was raining when we left Edmonton on Friday. Saturday was gorgeous and very uplifting to the soul. Shunda Lake is in the Nordegg area of Alberta and is at the foot of the Rockies.
Pastor Charles Hollingsworth from Lakeview Baptist Church in Coldlake is going to be our guest speaker during our campout. Charles is very familiar with the Nordegg area and will be guiding those that want to hike up Mount Coliseum on Friday.
We hope that many of you will be able to join us on our campout later this month.
We know this is prime time for holidays and understand that some will be out of town but we encourage you to find a church wherever you are during service times. Here is an excellent tool for finding a church of like precious faith. http://wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/!churches.htm
Take care,
Minister Medic
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Catching up
Hello all,
Things have been going well at New Testament. The Lord has blessed with visitors from time to time.
We had an enjoyable Father's Day on Jun 15.08 with a BBQ following the morning service. We are looking forward to a two day church campout in July at Shunda Lake. If you have an interest in attending the camp email myself for details. Pastor Charles Hollingsworth will be guiding all those interested in a Hike up Mount Coliseum. Pastor Hollingsworth will also be preaching some challenging messages from God's word during the two days. In addition to the Hike up Mount Coliseum there will be nature trails on the camp grounds that some may be interested in. There will also be fishing for any fishermen/fisherwomen among the group!
My family purchased a canoe a few weeks back and finally got a chance to put it on the water yesterday. We went to Lake Islet East of Sherwood Park. We saw pelicans, loons, dragon flies, leaches the size of small eels :( and much more.
We had a good day in church this morning with Pastor Coldwell preaching on prayer. One verse that stood out to me was 1Samuel 12:23 which reads "Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:" I like that phrase where Samuel says that "God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you." Sometimes as a Christians we wonder why we need to pray to the Lord about the needs of others as He knows the needs of everybody much more than we do. We don't really understand how prayer works but we know it is something God wants and we also know that "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." - James 5:16 We need to be diligent to bring each other in prayer before the Lord. Pastor Coldwell made the statement that if we are spending time in prayer for each other it will help keep the spirit of unity. If Christians are praying for eachother they won't be bickering with each other. One caveat exists to this rule, the prayers prayed must be done is good faith. These prayers shouldn't be those where we are looking down our nose at others praying that the Lord would straighten them out without taking thought to our own faults as Matthew 7 reminds us to do.
If you have never visited our church we would love to meet you.
Minister Medic
Things have been going well at New Testament. The Lord has blessed with visitors from time to time.
We had an enjoyable Father's Day on Jun 15.08 with a BBQ following the morning service. We are looking forward to a two day church campout in July at Shunda Lake. If you have an interest in attending the camp email myself for details. Pastor Charles Hollingsworth will be guiding all those interested in a Hike up Mount Coliseum. Pastor Hollingsworth will also be preaching some challenging messages from God's word during the two days. In addition to the Hike up Mount Coliseum there will be nature trails on the camp grounds that some may be interested in. There will also be fishing for any fishermen/fisherwomen among the group!
My family purchased a canoe a few weeks back and finally got a chance to put it on the water yesterday. We went to Lake Islet East of Sherwood Park. We saw pelicans, loons, dragon flies, leaches the size of small eels :( and much more.
We had a good day in church this morning with Pastor Coldwell preaching on prayer. One verse that stood out to me was 1Samuel 12:23 which reads "Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:" I like that phrase where Samuel says that "God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you." Sometimes as a Christians we wonder why we need to pray to the Lord about the needs of others as He knows the needs of everybody much more than we do. We don't really understand how prayer works but we know it is something God wants and we also know that "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." - James 5:16 We need to be diligent to bring each other in prayer before the Lord. Pastor Coldwell made the statement that if we are spending time in prayer for each other it will help keep the spirit of unity. If Christians are praying for eachother they won't be bickering with each other. One caveat exists to this rule, the prayers prayed must be done is good faith. These prayers shouldn't be those where we are looking down our nose at others praying that the Lord would straighten them out without taking thought to our own faults as Matthew 7 reminds us to do.
If you have never visited our church we would love to meet you.
Minister Medic
Friday, April 25, 2008
Daily in the Word
Hello all, our Good Friday fellowship in March went well with lots of good preaching.
We have started a new course called Daily in the Word on Wednesday nights. Our goal is to train and mentor our new believers in the way of the Lord and to train everyone how to disciple and train new believers.
We are excited to see what the Lord has done in our church so far and anticipating what the Lord will do in the future.
We are starting a series of Christian appologetics for our devotionals for Friday night youth night. We are looking at what makes up a Bible believing Christian. Our youth night is currently at 6:30 PM on Friday evening at the Winterburn elementary schoo gym. We play floor hockey followed by a devotional. Hockey sticks and other equipment are provided. While this activity is geared towards the youth we have several adults playing and welcome all who would like to join. Our floor hockey season comes to an end in mid May and will probably be replaced by outdoor soccer. Please call myself at 914.5016 to confirm that hockey is on before coming out for hockey as we have some weeks in which the gym is not accessible. We are very appreciative to the Winterburn elementary school for the use of the gym.
Take care,
Minister Medic
We have started a new course called Daily in the Word on Wednesday nights. Our goal is to train and mentor our new believers in the way of the Lord and to train everyone how to disciple and train new believers.
We are excited to see what the Lord has done in our church so far and anticipating what the Lord will do in the future.
We are starting a series of Christian appologetics for our devotionals for Friday night youth night. We are looking at what makes up a Bible believing Christian. Our youth night is currently at 6:30 PM on Friday evening at the Winterburn elementary schoo gym. We play floor hockey followed by a devotional. Hockey sticks and other equipment are provided. While this activity is geared towards the youth we have several adults playing and welcome all who would like to join. Our floor hockey season comes to an end in mid May and will probably be replaced by outdoor soccer. Please call myself at 914.5016 to confirm that hockey is on before coming out for hockey as we have some weeks in which the gym is not accessible. We are very appreciative to the Winterburn elementary school for the use of the gym.
Take care,
Minister Medic
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Whats happening at New Testament Baptist
Hello all,
Its been a little over a month since I wrote last.
We've done a lot of things as a family over this last little while and a lot of exciting things have happened at NTBC as well.
My family and I went on a little trip into the Seattle, WA area for a wedding making a stop at some friends on the way. It was a good trip overall but we did encounter many problems on the way (eg. Clara throwing up on the table at the wedding reception, car troubles 1500 km from home, myself coming down with the stomach flu, etc). Having said all that it was still a great trip.
I have been working hard between my job, studying for messages at NTBC and my Bible college correspondence course from Crown College, and trying to make family time. Emily has been a great help to me trying to assist wherever she can. We did, however, have a 2 week period where our whole family was sick with chest colds, stomach flues or both so that put a few things on hold. Now we are all doing great and things are getting back to normal.
At NTBC we are gearing up for our annual Welsh Memorial Good Friday Fellowship. It should prove to be a great day of preaching and fellowship.
We've really had some blessings in the last little while. James solidified his salvation at Chill-out and was baptized last Sunday. Donny and Crystal got saved last Sunday morning after Mrs.Coldwell went through the plan of salvation with them. Donny was baptized in the evening service after Pastor Coldwell was able to talk about salvation and baptism. Praise the Lord!!
We had a sound system donated to NTBC back in the fall but were unable to get it going as neither Pastor Coldwell or I know how to set up sounds boards, etc. A couple days ago a friend named Harry came and set it up for us. This will really be a blessing for some of the older folks that could use a little extra bit of wattage to hear the preaching :)
Well, I had better get going and get ready for church. Hope to see you out!
Minister Medic
Its been a little over a month since I wrote last.
We've done a lot of things as a family over this last little while and a lot of exciting things have happened at NTBC as well.
My family and I went on a little trip into the Seattle, WA area for a wedding making a stop at some friends on the way. It was a good trip overall but we did encounter many problems on the way (eg. Clara throwing up on the table at the wedding reception, car troubles 1500 km from home, myself coming down with the stomach flu, etc). Having said all that it was still a great trip.
I have been working hard between my job, studying for messages at NTBC and my Bible college correspondence course from Crown College, and trying to make family time. Emily has been a great help to me trying to assist wherever she can. We did, however, have a 2 week period where our whole family was sick with chest colds, stomach flues or both so that put a few things on hold. Now we are all doing great and things are getting back to normal.
At NTBC we are gearing up for our annual Welsh Memorial Good Friday Fellowship. It should prove to be a great day of preaching and fellowship.
We've really had some blessings in the last little while. James solidified his salvation at Chill-out and was baptized last Sunday. Donny and Crystal got saved last Sunday morning after Mrs.Coldwell went through the plan of salvation with them. Donny was baptized in the evening service after Pastor Coldwell was able to talk about salvation and baptism. Praise the Lord!!
We had a sound system donated to NTBC back in the fall but were unable to get it going as neither Pastor Coldwell or I know how to set up sounds boards, etc. A couple days ago a friend named Harry came and set it up for us. This will really be a blessing for some of the older folks that could use a little extra bit of wattage to hear the preaching :)
Well, I had better get going and get ready for church. Hope to see you out!
Minister Medic
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Church Covenant Courses
Hello all,
Just a little reminder that we are having Church Covenant Courses again this Wednesday evening. Please try remember to bring your copy of the Covenant.
Its good to go over the Covenant and church constitution to make sure we are all on the same page and to reaffirm our beliefs.
I recommend that everyone make their best effort to be out for the service
Please be thinking about what prayer requests you should bring before the church. There are so many people to pray for. Its easy to forget about their needs and consequently forget to pray for them.
Take Care,
Minister Medic
Just a little reminder that we are having Church Covenant Courses again this Wednesday evening. Please try remember to bring your copy of the Covenant.
Its good to go over the Covenant and church constitution to make sure we are all on the same page and to reaffirm our beliefs.
I recommend that everyone make their best effort to be out for the service
Please be thinking about what prayer requests you should bring before the church. There are so many people to pray for. Its easy to forget about their needs and consequently forget to pray for them.
Take Care,
Minister Medic
Getting caught up
Hello all,
We had a great Christmas and New Years. We tried hard to keep Christ high during the holidays.
We really enjoyed the Christmas party that New Testament had over at the Vaals house. It was nice to have another chance to get to know eachother a little more in a social way.
We also enjoyed the New Years Service that was over at Victory. A number from New Testament went over and took in the service. Some went on the hay ride that was early in the afternoon. I was unable to go to the sleigh ride as I worked a little later.
This season was nicer than some in that we were a little more organized in having people over for dinner and going over to others for dinner. It was a time of renewing friendships.
Now that the holidays are done we are looking forward to turning our full attention to the ministry again. We have Hockey night starting back up on Friday night. We are looking forward to that and hope to see some from the community come out to that.
We hope that you had enjoyable holidays.
Take care,
Minister Medic
We had a great Christmas and New Years. We tried hard to keep Christ high during the holidays.
We really enjoyed the Christmas party that New Testament had over at the Vaals house. It was nice to have another chance to get to know eachother a little more in a social way.
We also enjoyed the New Years Service that was over at Victory. A number from New Testament went over and took in the service. Some went on the hay ride that was early in the afternoon. I was unable to go to the sleigh ride as I worked a little later.
This season was nicer than some in that we were a little more organized in having people over for dinner and going over to others for dinner. It was a time of renewing friendships.
Now that the holidays are done we are looking forward to turning our full attention to the ministry again. We have Hockey night starting back up on Friday night. We are looking forward to that and hope to see some from the community come out to that.
We hope that you had enjoyable holidays.
Take care,
Minister Medic
Monday, December 03, 2007
Chrismas Party - Dec. 14.07
Hello all,
Just a reminder to all the folks from New Testament Baptist about the Christmas party that will be at the Vaal's house on Dec. 14.07. It will be at 6:30pm.
We will have games (Pictionary, etc), a Chinese gift exchange, Christmas songs, a Christmas devotional and a Christmas story reading.
Feel free to invite your friends and family.
What to bring
1. A wrapped Christmas present worth approx. $10 for the Chinese gift exchange.
2. Some holiday snacks/appetizers/desert items.
If you have any questions email Greg at greg@newtestamentbaptist.ca
Minister Medic
Just a reminder to all the folks from New Testament Baptist about the Christmas party that will be at the Vaal's house on Dec. 14.07. It will be at 6:30pm.
We will have games (Pictionary, etc), a Chinese gift exchange, Christmas songs, a Christmas devotional and a Christmas story reading.
Feel free to invite your friends and family.
What to bring
1. A wrapped Christmas present worth approx. $10 for the Chinese gift exchange.
2. Some holiday snacks/appetizers/desert items.
If you have any questions email Greg at greg@newtestamentbaptist.ca
Minister Medic
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Lack of knowledge
Hello all,
I have recently been meditating on Hosea 4:1 - 6. God talks about how His people have a lack of knowledge of Him in their land. He goes on to talk about the wickedness that is in the land and how His people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. We may think that the wickedness we are experiencing right now is all new, it really isn't.
I think the most disheartening part of this passage is not that the people have a lack of knowledge of God because we could remedy that by getting the gospel out there. The really saddening thing is where God says in verse 6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee..."
People don't want to have a knowledge of God. They are too busy for Him. This lack of a desire to have a knowledge of God is what is destroying our people today, just like it was back in Hosea's day.
If people have a desire to learn about God He will meet them wherever they are and reveal Himself to them. It doesn't matter if they are in the furthest, darkest corners of a rain forest. If they want to find Him He will be found. But, if people don't want to find Him He will hide himself from them and their destruction will be great.
Even though the majority of people in our country do not want to have a knowledge of God we still need to get it out there for those that do have a desire to learn and for any hardened hearts that God has been working on.
Must go. Have a good day.
Minister Medic
I have recently been meditating on Hosea 4:1 - 6. God talks about how His people have a lack of knowledge of Him in their land. He goes on to talk about the wickedness that is in the land and how His people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. We may think that the wickedness we are experiencing right now is all new, it really isn't.
I think the most disheartening part of this passage is not that the people have a lack of knowledge of God because we could remedy that by getting the gospel out there. The really saddening thing is where God says in verse 6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee..."
People don't want to have a knowledge of God. They are too busy for Him. This lack of a desire to have a knowledge of God is what is destroying our people today, just like it was back in Hosea's day.
If people have a desire to learn about God He will meet them wherever they are and reveal Himself to them. It doesn't matter if they are in the furthest, darkest corners of a rain forest. If they want to find Him He will be found. But, if people don't want to find Him He will hide himself from them and their destruction will be great.
Even though the majority of people in our country do not want to have a knowledge of God we still need to get it out there for those that do have a desire to learn and for any hardened hearts that God has been working on.
Must go. Have a good day.
Minister Medic
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