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Issue 7
Hope
Gods Mission. Our Adventure.
United by the
Gospel
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Directors message
Canada's
Hope
Winter/Spring 2014
Manitoba Edition
Issue Seven
Feature Stories
Gods Mission.
Our Adventure.
Regulars
2 Directors Message
3 Executive Directors Message
12 Turtle Mountain Bible Camp
14 Valley View Bible Camp
16 Adventure Day Camp
22 Beaver Lake Bible Camp
28 Dauphin Bible Camp
30 Gimli Bible Camp
32 Roseau River Bible Camp
34 Cooking with Kathy
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A living hope
by bill mccaskell, one hope canada co-executive director
Canadas Hope
National feature
New Name,
Same Mission.
Canadas Hope sat down with Executive
Directors, Bill and Bev McCaskell, to ask them
about changes happening at the mission.
CH: The mission has been known as the
Canadian Sunday School Mission since
1927, why change the name now?
Bill: The mission has such a rich history of
seeing God use it to reach generation after
generation of Canadians with the gospel, and
because of that, people have fond memories of
the mission. Many of them found God at one of
our ministry points (a camp or church). In fact,
I am one of them - God got a hold of my life at
Kenosee Lake Bible Camp in Saskatchewan.
What we are discovering though, is that
those under 40 or so do not know CSSM Ministries. They may know of one of our camps,
but they do not know of the mission behind
the camp. And so the National Board has been
wanting to reintroduce the mission to a new
generation for a number of years, but it didnt
seem like the right time until just recently.
CH: What made this the right time?
Bev: God is moving within the mission and
stirring hearts. Its like there is a renewal that
is taking place and is going much deeper than
any name change. In many ways, we are
going back to the very root of the mission the original vision and burden that has inspired
CSSM Ministries for so many years - to share
the love of Jesus and to make His name known.
CH: Tell us a little bit more
about that original vision.
Bill: CSSM Ministries started because God
opened the eyes of men and women to the
need in Canada for the gospel. And it wasnt
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Band bio
Keepers
of the Faith
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aving hosted the radio program Heart of the South for the
last 13 years, its not at all unusual to hear of membership
changes within the Gospel groups. But my ears really perked
up when I was chatting with Ace Taito, Music Director of Keepers of the
Faith, a year or two ago. Ace mentioned that they were looking for a
new bass singer. So, I innocently asked the logical question, Why did
their former bass singer leave?
I expected the usual response; He left to spend more time with
his family. Thats the story heard most often when group members
leave (Ironically, they often resurface two weeks later, now singing for
a different group). But no, that wasnt why he left. It wasnt for health
reasons or to go into the pastorate (another two commonly heard
reasons for leaving). No, hed left singing with Keepers of the Faith in
order to go into wrestling! No, Im not making that up! Sometimes reality
is more humorous than fiction! (By the way, were excited Keepers of
the Faith found a new bass singer and he is a Canadian! Gary van Ry
comes from Abbotsford, BC!)
Our goal as
a ministry is
to make sure
what we do
and say has
changed our
hearts first.
Canadas Hope
National feature
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Opportunities for
Year Round Ministry
by Melanie Mushaluk, Adventure Day Camp Coordinator
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connections
between
the church
and their
community
remain. The
church is
now better
equipped, and
more eager to
plan followup activities,
continuing
to strengthen that relationship,
with the hope to bring the
salvation message to the lost.
One exciting step forward
is happening right now
in a church in Winnipeg Tabernacle Baptist Church.
They have had Adventure Day
Camp come to their church for
two years. Although the size
of the congregation is small,
their heart to reach out to their
community is large. They are
nestled in a community full of
families, and many unchurched
kids attended Adventure Day
Camp in the summer. One
Hope Canada has partnered
with them, and they have now
organized a Kids Club that
will run for 20 weeks during
the school year. Two students
from a nearby Christian Bible
Church Responsibilities
Canadas Hope
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Provincial Ministries
Our Manitoba
One Hope Canada family
Our Ministry Resource Centre
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Executive Directors
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passion
Pursuing
wo rt h
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Provincial feature
What are you passionate about?
What drives you to do the things you do?
Allow me to share three scenes of the
past six months.
Scene 1
Several months ago I was able to
experience the Winnipeg Jets playing
in the MTS centre against the Calgary
Flames. The atmosphere at the arena on
game day is electric and it is hard not to
get carried away by the wave of passion
that flows through the crowd. One is
struck immediately by the volume of the
fans even before the game starts, as the
Jumbotron projects the Jets brand and the
Fuelled by Passion theme. The volume of
the fan noise continues almost unabated
throughout the game, with the Go Jets
Go chant reverberating through the arena.
Despite losing the game in a shoot-out, the
atmosphere continues to be charged as
fans leave the building determined that
their champions will win the next one.
Scene 2
November 24, 2013 Mosaic Stadium,
Regina Saskatchewan. The 101st Grey Cup
Game featuring the Hamilton Tiger Cats
versus the Saskatchewan Roughriders
and Rider Nation. It is Game Day and
the stadium is packed to overflowing with
green. There are a few passionate black
and gold dressed fans, but theyre hard to
locate in the sea of green. The crescendo
of noise and action is almost overwhelming
as the Green Machine decimates the
opposition! I was born in Saskatchewan,
grew up in Regina and I still bleed green
when it comes to the Canadian Football
League. You could say that I am passionate
about my Rider team, and their winning
the Grey Cup this past November will be a
memory that I will cherish for a long time.
Scene 3
Roseau River Bible Camp, Gimli Bible
Camp, Valley View Bible Camp, Dauphin
Bible Camp, Turtle Mountain Bible Camp,
Adventure Day Camp six One Hope
Canada ministry points here in Manitoba.
We are privileged to have thirteen
missionary couples who give their energy
their very lives for the camping ministries
of One Hope Canada. In mid-October we
gathered as a One Hope Canada Manitoba
Mission Team for our annual family retreat
and banquet. It was a time for us here at
the Ministry Resource Centre to love on
our missionaries and their families.
The highlight of the weekend for me
is hearing the stories of lives that have
been impacted and changed through
the camping ministry that happened
last summer. I hear the passion that our
missionaries have for sharing the Good
News of Jesus, and I experience the burden
that they have for those who come to our
various camping ministries. Hundreds of
children and youth, many who are hurting,
broken and feeling unworthy of love, hear
of the love that Jesus has for them. They
experience in tangible ways the love that
is spoken of as our missionaries full time
and summer staff live out that love.
As I reflect on these three scenes of my
recent past I am struck by this thought.
The passion that I experienced in Scene
1 and Scene 2 is real but it is fleeting
passion passion for a moment. The
passion revealed in Scene 3 is eternal!
Because of the passion for the Gospel that
is part of the DNA of One Hope Canada,
and the burden for a lost and dying world
right next door, there are hundreds, if
not thousands who will experience the
amazing wonder of eternal life with
Jesus! Im thinking that is a passion worth
pursuing!
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Canadas north
needs you!
God is not finished with Beaver
Lake Bible Camp!
Those words echoed around the
camp fire, filled the grounds of the
camp and continued to resound
in our minds as we made the long
trek home from the Beaver Lake
Bible Camp Staff Reunion last
August.
However, in the months since
that exciting weekend, things have
been eerily silent from the north.
In order to reopen the camp, local
involvement is essential. We need
at least four (4) board members
from the Flin Flon area. This
would provide local leadership,
assistance when facility repairs are
needed, and maintain the camps
presence in the minds and hearts
of local believers.
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Kids Devo
by Myriam Gaudreau,
Assistant Director,
Camp Livingstone in Quebec
The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the
outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7b).
You probably know at least one person who looks different than everyone else, or who
has a hard time talking, or who wears clothes nobody else would want to wear. Have you
ever made fun of such people? I have. And did this make me feel any better? I thought so.
But after a while, I felt worse, because although I felt more important in my friends eyes, I
knew that God did not approve of my behaviour.
Too often we think that life is all about being better than others. But is it really? We think
that if we push others down, somehow that will bring us up, and people will like us. But in the
end, what will matter is not how many friends you had, or how good-looking you were. What
will matter is how you lived your life. Did you live for yourself, or for God? God cares about
the appearance of your heart! He hates evil, and so should you.
Maybe you are the person who is laughed at. Remember what matters to God!
Adults Devotional
by Myriam Gaudreau,
Assistant Director,
Camp Livingstone in Quebec
The words we speak have a great impact on those who hear. They can encourage and
bless others, but they can also hurt deeply. Whether positive or negative, the impact is
much greater than we think.
For example, as I was heading back to my car after prayer meeting one night, a lady
whose faith I admire spoke four simple words to me: On wings of eagles. It was
perfectthe timing, the truth, etc.
It has encouraged me to remember Gods promise, as I continue to lean on His
strength every moment of my life. The Holy Spirit prompted her to speak this Bible truth
to a needy soul. She does not remember speaking those words to me. But I DO. This
phrase has stuck with me ever since, and each time I feel hopeless, the words ring in my
mind, and I am reminded to hope in the One who can carry me through lifes difficulties.
Let us be attentive to the Holy Spirits prompting to pray for and to encourage others.
And let us hope in the Lord, our only source of strength.
But those who hope in the LOR D will renew their strength. They will
soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk
and not be faint (Isaiah 40:31).
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Olive Carmichael
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants.
Psalm 116:15, NIV
It is with sadness that we announce the death of Olive Carmichael, a faithful CSSM
Missionary since 1936. Olive was in her 100th year and passed away peacefully on
October 3rd, 2013 and is now in the arms of our blessed Lord Jesus Christ! Olive
was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 5th, 1914 and came to Canada in 1915.
Olive was one of the true pioneers of our CSSM Mission. She began her ministry
as a rural missionary for Canadian Sunday School Mission in 1936, using bicycle
and horse and buggy as her means of transportation in the early days. Olive put on
many miles to conduct gospel services, teach Vacation Bible School, do visitation
and hold Bible classes in the public schools. She continued until 1951, when she
became the secretary for the National Office of CSSM Ministries. There Olive was
a major force in the editing of the CSSM periodicals, telling the childrens stories
on the weekly CSSM radio broadcast, among her many other duties. Although she
retired from active duty in 1979, she continued to assist as a volunteer until her
health prevented her from doing so.
Olive held this ministry close to her heart and, as long as she was able, prayed
fervently for our missionaries, our work, and the children and youth who needed to
be reached.
We praise God for the life and ministry of Olive Carmichael. She has blessed us in
so many ways. Although we grieve, in our loss, we rejoice that she has entered into
eternity, her Lord Jesus Christ - whom she served faithfully - having prepared the
way for her.
What a blessing and encouragement she has been to many! Truly she was one
that we can treasure as a faithful servant of the Lord, and we thank God for her
commitment and loving ministry with CSSM.
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