Church of Christ Newsletter

Volume 10 Issue 12, January 23, 2010 www.moosemountainchurch.com

Over the past few years I’ve had
a handful of moments that have
been forever seared into my
mind. Sitting, preparing for a
message on the Kingdom of God,
I had one such moment. You
know what they are like; a re-
sounding, “Ahhhh...I get it!” and
a new understanding enthrals
your mind. Almost like unwrap-
ping a gift, this new revelation
breeds excitement and some-
times even fear. What could this
possibly mean for what I’ve
always thought?
My big epiphany started in
Matthew. I had begun working
my way in reverse from ‘the
great commission’ —which I
always perceived to be the
primary mission of all those in
the dust of Jesus— and was hung
up very quickly in Chapter 24
and 25 of Matthew. The
context is; “get ready,
Jesus is coming back.”
H e
answers two of the
disciples questions, one
regarding the fall of Jeru-
salem, and the other re-
garding His return. In an-
swering the questions, Jesus
poses two parables, one about
ten Virgins waiting for the
advent of the bride-groom
where five of the maidens were
EPIPHANY
fools and did not prepare and
five were wise and were ready
for his coming. The message
was, “be prepared!” He follows
that parable up with another
story about a master trusting
servants with his riches. Three
servants received different por-
tions of the master’s trust, then
the master goes on a long jour-
ney. Two of the servants work
diligently to put the master’s
trust to good work, both
doubling their portion. Mean-
while, one servant decides to
bury the trust. Upon the
master’s return, he finds two
“good and faithful” servants and
one “wicked and lazy” servant.
The latter of the two was
unprepared for the master’s
return.
In the greater context,
preparedness for
the coming of the
King was key, but
Jesus follows His
line of thinking
and gives us the
practical means for
preparedness. It is
not the great com-
mission, as I previ-
ously had thought. I
mean, to take the mas-
ter’s trust and double
it, seems to me that our
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concern here is in humanitarian
effort. He is concerned about ***
social justice, and the caring for
the down trodden. Jesus is con- Assembly Times:
sumed with the thought that if Sunday
we want to be prepared we must Bible Class
“do for the least of His” all that 10:03am
we can and in so doing we are
preparing for His return. Full Family
Fellowship
So what does this epiphany 11:03am
mean to us today? Very simply
Thursday Evening
put; “love the Lord your God
Bible Study
with all of your” being and “love 7:00pm
your neighbour as much as you
love yourself.”
Life Groups
We live in a world where, if we Alternating
Thursdays in various
are driven by God’s mercy, we
communities
cannot help but to see the suffer-
ing and torment around us.
***
From contaminated drinking wa-
ter to child labour, there are peo-
ple in this world (sure not di- Leadership:
rectly in our faces, unless some
jerk like me throws it there), who Minister
are in dire need of compassion. Rolland Bouchard
If we overlook them, then no
matter how many “disciples” we
Elders
make, we are not prepared for
Jim Sedor
the return of the King!
Cameron Husband
God is the story writer, we are Dale King
the illustration, let’s illustrate His Harold Floyd
compassion today.
Rolland ***

Announcements and Upcoming Events Ministries:

THRIFT STORE DAYS 2011 DIRECTORY Benevolence

We will be working the thrift store The 2011 church directory is posted at the back.
Harold Floyd
January 25 & 27 Anyone wanting to be in the directory please make
February 22 & 24 the necessary edits.
Fellowship
March 22 & 24 ***
Monica Olson
*** TRAVIS AND ALICIA SASS
FRIENDSPEAK MEETING The Sass’ are here today to bring us a final report
Friendspeak will meet after service today for a brief before heading down to Ecuador. Worship
meeting. Talk to Owen for more info. Cameron Husband
***
TODAY’S WORSHIP
HOMEMAKERS CIRCLE! Education
Feb 8th - Cake Decorating Welcome Laurie Bouchard
Mar 19th - Ladies Day / Theme Supper A Wonderful Saviour
April 8/9th - Mini Retreat Blessed Be The Lord God Almighty Outreach
May 24th - Kennedy Memorial Gardens Firm Foundation Jim Sedor
June 14th - Tea House, Fairlight Children’s Time
*** Communion Missions
THURSDAY EVENING ADULT BIBLE STUDY He Paid A Debt Owen King
The Adult Bible Study has been going through the Message: Travis Sass
Sycamore series. For information on how you can Maintenance
Above All
get involved, speak to Rolland Garnet Goud
Caring and Sharing
***
Announcements & Offering
TEACHERS NEEDED
Finance
Teachers needed, see the sign up sheet at the back
Mark Olson
***
Volume 10, Issue 12 January 23, 2010
The family that prays together...
 All of those walking through grief.
 Arnold Lawrence
 Marie McMillan
 Bernard and Alicia Krogsgaard - Missionaries
in Mexico
 Joe Fox—recovery from surgery.
 Chris Cornforth—continued health concerns.
 Joe Cornforth, continued emotional and
health issues.
 Catherine Taylor– seeing continued success
and healing after her surgery.
 Nancy Martinson—(Heather Kings Sister-in-
law) Pray for success in cancer treatments.
 Candy Wise—undergoing another surgery
for an aneurism. Pray for success.
 Tammy Palmer—continued health concerns
 Pam’s cousin Julie’s husband passed away
from cancer leaving behind 2 young sons
and a widow.
 The Bell Family after the passing of Bill
 Jeremy Hengen’s Dad Passed away
 Pamela King—pray for her personal well-
being.
 People going through difficult
throughout the holiday season.
 Elsie Jacobs—diagnosed with lung cancer
and has to face treatments
 Irene West from Langbank passed away on
January 3. A funeral will be held on January
11th.
 Rod Bell, recovering from illness.
...and pray in the Spirit on all occasions...
The highest Heavens
belong to Jehovah, but the
earth He has Given to Man!
Psalm 115
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Shepherd’s Corner
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ Jesus
Launching into a new year, Rolland and your Elders had a very encouraging meet-
ing and wish to share the highlights with you that you may be encouraged and
informed. We thank everyone for your hard work leading up to the new year. We
all need to be very thankful for the things God has convicted us to act out in 2010
for Him.
It is important that our Congregation for many reasons have our Annual meeting.
It was felt that we should have the meeting as quickly as is possible. The tentative
date of January 30, 2011 was chosen and will be confirmed by announcement.
This meeting will allow MMCC to comply with governmental regulations for
charitable organizations and give us direction as we move into the new year.
Meeting Highlights...
- Rolland presented his lesson plan for 2011
- Rolland has asked the Elders to read the Church of Irresistible Influ-
ence
- We are considering having outside consultative help in defining our
goals and steps to get our spread out congregation working in the
most glorifying way possible. More info to come.
- We discussed and prayed for new seekers, those struggling, the
sick, those traveling and brothers and sisters we just haven't seen
very much for a variety of reasons. We committed to visiting with
some of these people to find out how we might help them in their
walk.
- It was agreed that helping people before establishing a relationship
with them is very difficult, this is especially true for your elders.
times Please pray for us as we do all what we can to build relationship. It
was noted that the men of our congregation really need help in this
area.
- The Sycamore Series of Lessons has started on Thursday nights. The
hope is that these training sessions to use this tool will help our
members to share their faith with others. The main thrust is that
the Word is the Teacher and we are the learners. It is felt that this
series is vital to our growth in the multiple small centers we live in.
If you haven't gotten involved please consider doing so.
- We discussed small groups and did not come to agreement on di-
rection or purpose but we did agree to make small groups a key
part of our upcoming planning for the year. We have agreed to have
a special series of meetings over a weekend to discuss and focus our
activities for the year and for those down the road.
If for any reason you would like the Elders to pray for you or others or if you
would like to get together with us, let us know.
Walking together, your Elders.
Water for Uganda: This proposal seeks to raise support for water intervention
to benefit 3,924 registered compassion children (sponsored and unsponsored)
in 21 implementing church partner projects and 30,000 people within the sur-
rounding community. The total cost for this project is $346,729. Compassion
Canada’s portion is $218,323 of which almost $60,000 has been designated to
this project through donations. As you can see, funding is needed. If you are
able to help Compassion to raise the funds needed to benefit 30 000 people in
Uganda by providing them fresh water. Please visit www.compassion.ca or call
1-800-563-5437. For more information on Compassion’s ministries, or to spon-
sor a child (or 3) talk to Rolland today.