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Go Pastor Crusher!
Lakeside Community Church in Salmon Arm really lived up
to its name three Sundays in August this year. Its services were scheduled
in the Marine Park Gazebo at 9:30 am, on August 17, 24 and 31. Congregants
were invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets. On August 17, in the
afternoon following that service, the group regathered for a baptismal
service in Herald Park Beach in Tappen. A slightly different activity
followed worship on August 24.
The worshippers were invited to cheer on their pastor,
Randy MacDonald, at the Salmon Arm Fair Grounds, as he drove his Lakeside
Crusher in the 2008 Demolition Derby.
During the fall, winter and spring seasons, the church
shares worship facilities at 121 Shuswap Street SW with Crossroads Free
Methodist Church. Web address is www.lakesidecommunitychurch.ca.
KCC in the mission field
Kelowna Christian Centre identifies four couples and
one single woman as “our missionaries,” on its missions web
page, www.kcc.net/missions. One is Brandi Watson, who aims to “share
God’s love” with Muslim women, through her connection with YWAM
(Youth with a Mission) Orlando.
A YWAM couple, Graham and Lynnea Jackson, work out of
Victoria, where they went in 1994 to establish a Commonwealth Games
outreach, and stayed on to work with a particular First Nations group and
encourage a ‘city church’ mindset among Victoria area pastors
and churches.
Working with Wycliffe Bible Translators alongside an
indigenous Mexico group, to learn the language and culture to the end
of translating the Bible into their language, are Kevin and Laurel
Penner. Also in Mexico, developing churches and a vocational discipleship
training institute, are John and Angela Nickel.
Carl and Kathy Thompson are working on a
“transformation” project in Elias Pina, Dominican Republic. The
web page also notes that KCC’s mission activity penetrates
“Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and Central and South
America.”
Thousands of words
It has oft been said that a picture is worth a thousand
words. If that is true, the photo gallery for the Kelowna Church of Christ
is worth at least a small book full of words. Go to
www.kelownachurchofchrist.com and click on ‘pictures.’ Pastor
Barrie’s blog is interesting, too, but there have been no entries
since mid-April. Whassup, pastor?
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Kaleden sounds off
The Kaleden Community Church, a congregation affiliated
with the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada (Formerly Baptist Union of
Western Canada), has an interesting set of sermons describing its mission
outlook – based on a series preached by its pastor, Les Clarke, in
2003. It can be found under ‘Missions’ on its website,
www.kalcc.org.
Its topics include empowerment, mercy, evangelism and
replication. Kaleden church, on the benches overlooking Skaha Lake, south
of Penticton, was founded in the early 1900s. A family by the name of King
has figured in its leadership almost since the beginning.
The above mentioned site, under ‘History,’
has a photo from the church’s youth group in the 20s, supplied by
Fred King – who, during the Mulroney era, was the Conservative MP for
the area. (The same riding, with revised boundaries, is now held by Public
Safety Minister Stockwell Day.)
Identity theft for lunch
Identity theft will be the topic under consideration
when the first adult luncheon for the fall takes place at Vernon Alliance
Church September 12 in the church hall. More information about the
church’s fall lineup is available at www.vernonalliance.org. The
congregation will be returning to four weekend services after Labour Day,
two on Saturday evening and two on Sunday morning. Keep an eye on the site
for exact details.
They take requests
Did you know Evangel Church has what its website
describes as “a very effective prayer chain consisting of 95
volunteers, who go to prayer for every request”? Many of the
volunteer prayer warriors are drawn from the 500 seniors who are a part of
the church. Notes www.evangelbc.org: “This ministry gets requests,
not just from our Evangel family, but from sources outside our church
– and even outside our province!”
September 2008
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