event the weekend of March 3–5. A mis- sion work-team is organizing to serve in Guatemala the end of April. New Members: Six in October Provided by Crosspoint Staff
Grace Evangelical Bible Church Abbotsford, British Columbia Ryan Peixoto, Pastor On the Sunday aſter Canadian Tanks-
giving, the church held its annual Tanksgiv- ing lunch. Te delicious turkey dinner served as a celebration for the two couples who dedicated their young children and the new member who joined our church that day. Te evening of Sunday, Nov. 6, was
Family Night. Te church ordered in pizza and ice cream. Te evening was a screen- free event with no movies for the kids to encourage them to be involved in the game playing. Pastor Ryan did some ukulele jamming with some of the youth. Te highlight of the evening was the big Dutch Blitz® game [photo bottom right]. Te multi-generational involvement turned out to be rather competitive, which the game tends to be, but was a great hit. New Members: One in October Brenda Jansen, Correspondent
Lustre EMB Church Lustre, Montana John Skillman, Pastor Every other year our church has a sale/
auction to help fund our Women’s Minis- tries missionary budget. Tis event success- fully happened on Nov. 7 with donations of art, quilted items, baked goods and various creative giſts. A “pie feed” followed. Movie night on Nov. 20 featured
“God’s Not Dead 2.” Goodies for Christmas food baskets
were gathered, assembled and distributed as a holiday outreach. A large group of our congregation pre-
sented the Sunday aſternoon service at the Faith Home in Wolf Point on Oct. 30. Te men’s chorus sang, and one of our small children played a piano number. We observed “Te Day of Prayer for
the Persecuted Church” (Nov. 6) by taking Fellowship Focus, January/February 2017 19
time in our morning service to disperse go to various prayer “stations” where we prayed for those being persecuted for the sake of Christ in various locations of our world. Sharon Skillman, Correspondent
Hodgson Bible Church Hodgson, Manitoba Our search for a pastor continues. In
the meantime we have enjoyed insight- ful and challenging teaching from guest speakers such as Dr. Daniel Bowers, Kevin Trembley, Jake Froese and others. Over the past several years, Sara Plett, a
member of our congregation, has orga- nized a Christmas Shoebox drive in the community of Fisher Branch. Tis year church and community volunteers filled and sent along 431 shoeboxes to Samar- itan’s Purse! Sara’s basement was a hive of activity for several weeks as donations poured in. Every two weeks, Joan Howland leads
in a devotional/singing session in a local Personal Care home. Different church members assist her in this outreach. Maritta Sinisalo, Correspondent
Salem Church Waldheim, Saskatchewan Darrell Derksen, Pastor Our new facilities are enabling us
to reach out more into our community. Activities include: • Te annual Camp Kadesh fundraising banquet (Nov. 6).
• Te “MPH” walking group on Mon- day and Tursday mornings for seniors or other adults. (MPH stands for “Get Mobile and Praising Him!”) Tis includes group stretching and warm- up, mileage challenges, good music and great company.
• A community laser tag night in our gym provided a great outreach event for our youth.
• Our 10th Annual Sportsman Night (Nov. 26) welcomed community men and boys with lots of unique displays, great door prizes, delicious food and a challenging speaker. Salem Church gave approximately 24
Christmas food hampers to single parents, those who are grieving, or those struggling financially in our community. In addition to the generous support of our congrega- tion, we were joined by contributions from our local Hutterite Colony and egg farmers. Our second “Service of the Longest
Night” (See Fellowship Focus, September/ October 2016, page 15) shared love, compassion and hope with those who are struggling with loss at Christmas time. Marg Fehr, Correspondent
Vita Bible Church Vita, Manitoba Jonathan Coutts, Pastor In October, a church trip to Union
Gospel Mission in Winnipeg proved a good opportunity for us to work together, to better appreciate some of the needs of people in a context outside of our own, and to minister the Gospel to them. We look forward to similar opportunities to serve as a body in the future. Our “Fall Meetings” weekend in
November saw different individuals in the church giving presentations on what this change looks like. We considered change at the heart level from the story of David, Nabal, and Abigail; a change of mind in the midst of suffering as witnessed by the example of Job; change wrought through forgiveness of one another, based on the parable of the unmerciful servant; and
Big Dutch Blitz at Abbotsford
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