Bulletin – July 15, 2018

We have still been having trouble with our phone system. Please bear with us as we work to get it sorted. If you need to reach a pastor and can’t get through on our main line, please use the Pastoral Care Line (519-379-1752), send an email, or send a message through our Facebook page.

HMC EVENTS

Prayer Night Please join us tonight at 6:30 for an evening of prayer.

Our second summer bonfire is happening on Sunday, July 22 at the Toman’s. (113636 Grey Road 3.) Bring along your lawn chairs, blankets, roasting sticks, snacks & drinks.

You’re invited to a BBQ lunch following the service on Sunday, July 29. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and drinks will be provided. Please bring along a salad or dessert to share. We are looking for some volunteers and organizers for this event. Please talk to Pastor Dave or to the office if you’re willing and available.

Summer Slam brings kids together for a whole week to learn, grow, and play. Mark the mornings of August 13-17 on your calendar and plan to sign up your children/grandchildren/neighbours (ages 5-12). Grab a form outside the admin centre or fill it out online. Check out the Summer Slam Table in the foyer.

Party in the Park Mark Sunday, September 16 on your calendars. We will be gathering at the Hanover Park for a service, baptisms, BBQ, and fun! If you would like to be baptized in the river on this day, please connect with a pastor.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please continue to pray for those members of our congregation who are facing various health concerns. Pray for the doctors that are overseeing their care, and the family members that are offering support during this time.

OPPORTUNITIES

Andrew and Amberlynne Claussen are HMC sponsored missionaries in Indonesia. The MPT received information recently that they are in need of help. Their ministry funds are running low because of some unfortunate circumstances involving a lightning storm that hit their phone, printer, and water pump. If you would like to help by giving toward the cost of these replacements, please find them online at World Team Canada, Give Now. Write ‘Andrew and Amberlynne Claussen’ under worker. They thank you for being part of the Banokit ministry.

Camp Mishewah is still in need of counsellors for Scamps & Champs (August 5-11) and Jr Teen (August 12-18). Are you 15 or older? Consider the opportunity to impact the lives of kids. Contact Jeanette Balzer for more details (jeanette@ecmcamps.ca).

MEET US ONLINE

We are working on beefing up our social media presence. Be sure to [LIKE] our Facebook page, and then join the groups connected to our page that represent the ministries you’re involved in.

Moving Forward 103: Serving in Humility Part 1 – Sermon Video

Philippians 2:3-4 New International Version (NIV)

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

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Moving Forward: God’s Great Plans For Us
103 – Serving In Humility Part 1
July 8th, 2018

Key Idea:

Serving people are humble people.

Two Measuring sticks:
Luke 17:7-8

1) Serving without limits

   Service is a lifestyle.

Doulos: A slave, bondman, man of servile condition.

Luke 17:9-10, Matthew 6:1-4

2) Serving without recognition

A contrast:

a) The proper religious leaders

b) The secret servant

Philippians 2:3-4, Galatians 5:13
How do we serve from a place of being humble?

Bulletin – July 8, 2018

We have still been having trouble with our phone system. Please bear with us as we work to get it sorted. If you need to reach a pastor and can’t get through on our main line, please use the Pastoral Care Line (519-379-1752), send an email, or send a message through our Facebook page.

HMC EVENTS

Our first summer bonfire is happening tonight at Hidden Valley Christian Camp in Paisley. (452 Bruce-Saugeen Townline, Paisley.) Bill Kranenburg has invited everyone to come out at 4:00 p.m. to swim and tube in the river and use a slip & slide. He will provide a BBQ supper. Campfire to follow at 6:30. Donations will be collected which will go towards the Bragg’s ministry.

Prayer Night Please join us next Sunday night, July 15 at 6:30 for an evening of prayer.

Summer Slam brings kids together for a whole week to learn, grow, and play. Mark the mornings of August 13-17 on your calendar and plan to sign up your children/grandchildren/neighbours (ages 5-12). Grab a form outside the admin centre or fill it out online. Check out the Summer Slam Table in the foyer.

You’re invited to a BBQ lunch following the service on Sunday, July 29. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and drinks will be provided. Please bring along a salad or dessert to share. We are looking for some volunteers and organizers for this event. Please talk to Pastor Dave or to the office if you’re willing and available.

Party in the Park Mark Sunday, September 16 on your calendars. We will be gathering at the Hanover Park for a service, baptisms, BBQ, and fun! If you would like to be baptized in the river on this day, please connect with a pastor.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please pray for Bonnie McKeown who has been in HDH this past week. Pray for her healing and recovery.

Please continue to pray for those members of our congregation who are facing various health concerns. Pray for the doctors that are overseeing their care, and the family members that are offering support during this time.

OPPORTUNITIES

The U18 Ministry needs your help on Sunday mornings in the summer! Consider grabbing a partner and signing up to teach one Sunday on a fruit of the spirit. Pick a date, choose a ‘fruit’, and sign up at the reception desk. If we don’t get volunteers we will not be able to offer a summer Sunday morning program.

Andrew and Amberlynne Claussen are HMC sponsored missionaries in Indonesia. The MPT received information recently that they are in need of help. Their ministry funds are running low because of some unfortunate circumstances involving a lightning storm that hit their phone, printer, and water pump. If you would like to help by giving toward the cost of these replacements, please find them online at World Team Canada, Give Now. Write ‘Andrew and Amberlynne Claussen’ under worker. They thank you for being part of the Banokit ministry.

Camp Mishewah is still in need of counsellors for Scamps & Champs (August 5-11) and Jr Teen (August 12-18). Are you 15 or older? Consider the opportunity to impact the lives of kids. Contact Jeanette Balzer for more details (jeanette@ecmcamps.ca).

MEET US ONLINE

We are working on beefing up our social media presence. Be sure to [LIKE] our Facebook page, and then join the groups connected to our page that represent the ministries you’re involved in.

From Sea to Sea – Canada Day 🇨🇦 – Sermon Video

Psalm 72:8 King James Version (KJV)

8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

King James Version (KJV)

Public Domain

From Sea To Sea
2 Cor 5:1-21, 2 Chron 7:13-15
July 1st, 2018

Central Question: How do we, as people of faith in Jesus, live in a nation that has moved away from God?

1) We have a future hope. (2 Cor 5:1-8)

2) Because of our hope, we become ambassadors of revival. (2 Cor 5:9-21)

3) Revival begins in the home with renewal (2 Chron 7:13-15)
a) A response by God’s people.
b) Pride is dethroned and God is made supreme King.
c) Out of humility, pray.
d) In prayer, confess your sin.
e) God forgives your sin and renews you.
f) Restoration, renewal, and revival comes to the land.

Bulletin – Sunday, July 1, 2018

We have been having trouble with our phone system. Please bear with us as we work to get it sorted. If you need to reach a pastor and can’t get through on our main line, please use the Pastoral Care Line (519-379-1752), send an email, or send a message through our Facebook page.

Happy Canada Day! Our office will be closed tomorrow for the holiday.

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered their yard for a Sunday evening bonfire this summer! Our schedule has been filled!

Our first summer bonfire will be at Hidden Valley Christian Camp in Paisley on Sunday, July 8. Bill Kranenburg has invited everyone to come out at 4:00 p.m. to swim and tube in the river and use a slip & slide. He will provide a BBQ supper. Campfire to follow at 6:30. Donations will be collected which will go towards the Bragg’s ministry.

Prayer Night Please join us on Sunday, July 15 at 6:30 for an evening of prayer.

Summer Slam brings kids together for a whole week to learn, grow, and play. Mark the mornings of August 13-17 on your calendar and plan to sign up your children/grandchildren/neighbours (ages 5-12). Grab a form outside the admin centre or fill it out online. Check out the Summer Slam Table in the foyer.

You’re invited to a BBQ lunch following the service on Sunday, July 29. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and drinks will be provided. Please bring along a salad or dessert to share. We are looking for some volunteers and organizers for this event. Please talk to Pastor Dave or to the office if you’re willing and available.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please continue to pray for those members of our congregation who are facing various health concerns. Pray for the doctors that are overseeing their care, and the family members that are offering support during this time.

OPPORTUNITIES

The U18 Ministry needs your help on Sunday mornings in the summer! Consider grabbing a partner and signing up to teach one Sunday on a fruit of the spirit. Pick a date, choose a ‘fruit’, and sign up at the reception desk. If we don’t get volunteers we will not be able to offer a summer Sunday morning program.

Andrew and Amberlynne Claussen are HMC sponsored missionaries in Indonesia. The MPT received information recently that they are in need of help. Their ministry funds are running low because of some unfortunate circumstances involving a lightning storm that hit their phone, printer, and water pump. If you would like to help by giving toward the cost of these replacements, please find them online at World Team Canada, Give Now. Write ‘Andrew and Amberlynne Claussen’ under worker. They thank you for being part of the Banokit ministry.
Camp Mishewah is in need of counsellors for Scamps & Champs (August 5-11) and Jr Teen (August 12-18). Are you 15 or older? Consider the opportunity to impact the lives of kids. Contact Jeanette Balzer for more details (jeanette@ecmcamps.ca)

OTHER EVENTS

2018 Ethnos Campus Open House What’s it like to build and live in a house in the woods made out of poles, plastic, screen, twine, and duct tape? Visit Ethnos Canada’s Jungle Camp Open House on Saturday, July 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to meet the missionary candidates and view the structures created by them. There will be a catered lunch from 11:30-1:30 available for purchase. The proceeds will support Firststory, Ethnos Canada’s new ministry to establish thriving churches among Indigenous people in Canada. If you are planning to attend, please R.S.V.P. online at info@ethnos.ca or call 519-369-2622

Daily Prayer Request – Friday, June 29, 2018

Pray for our staff team as they each take some time throughout the summer to rest and regroup. Pray that their holidays would be peaceful and rejuvenating and that they would return to work refreshed and ready to take on a new ministry season.

As we enter into the summer months, we will not be posting daily prayer requests, but please continue to remember the needs of our church family in your prayers.

Daily Prayer Request – Thursday, June 28, 2018

Pray for our finances, that giving would be faithful, as well as joyful, consistent, and sacrificial, and that our monthly needs be met. Pray that the Holy Spirit would keep reminding us of God’s promise to throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out blessing on all who bring the whole tithe into His house.

Moving Forward 102: Are Your Oars in the Water? – Sermon Video

Moving Forward: God’s Great Plans For Us
102 – Are Your Oars In The Water?
Romans 12:3-8
June 24th, 2018

Key Idea:

God asks all of us to get into the boat and start paddling.

Romans 12:3-8

1) Do what God has called you to do.

There is no room for pride (12:3)
Your role may be different, but is equally important (12:4-8)

2) Find your gift, ability, and calling, and serve in it.

God has designed you to serve, for such a time as this. (Esther 4:14)

 

Romans 12:3-8 New International Version (NIV)

Humble Service in the Body of Christ

3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your[a] faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,[b] do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

Footnotes:

  1. Romans 12:6 Or the
  2. Romans 12:8 Or to provide for others

New International Version (NIV)Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.