Last Friday I was invited to speak to the students and parents of Tyndale Christian School in Calgary about the mission work in Prince George. During their "Mission Month" this year, the students focused on the Prince George Mission - you can see the fruit of their labours in the pictures below. They did some very nice work - kudos to the principal, the teachers, and the students involved for the work they put in and their enthusiasm for the mission work!
And on behalf of the congregation and everyone involved in the mission, a hearty thank you to the students and the student council for their fundraising efforts, and to everyone who made donations - over $600.00 was raised altogether, including a large cheque from the student council (and I mean physically large - it was at least three feet long - I felt like I had won the lottery when they presented it to me)!
I spent an enjoyable couple of days in Calgary (actually only one full day - I flew in on Thursday night and flew out on Saturday afternoon), and thanks to the fine folks at Tyndale for their warm welcome!
Beginning this coming Sunday, the Lord willing, I'm going to begin a series of sermons on the book of Leviticus. Here's the plan for the series so far (as it stands, always subject to revision, of course!):
1. Leviticus 1 - The whole burnt offering
2. Leviticus 3 - The peace offering
3. Leviticus 5 - The guilt offering
4. Leviticus 8 - The consecration of Aaron and his sons
5. Leviticus 9 - Aaron offers sacrifices
6. Leviticus 10 - The sin of Nadab and Abihu
7. Leviticus 11 - The laws of the clean and the unclean
8. Leviticus 12 - The laws of motherhood
Gordon Wenham, in his commentary on Leviticus, writes:
Leviticus used to be the first book that Jewish children studied in the synagogue. In the modern Church it tends to be the last part of the Bible anyone looks at seriously. In practice then, though not in theory, Leviticus is treated as though it does not really belong to the canon of Scripture.
But as the Church confesses in Article 25 of the Belgic Confession,
We believe that the ceremonies and symbols of the law have ceased with the coming of Christ, and that all shadows have been fulfilled, so that the use of them ought to be abolished among Christians. Yet their truth and substance remain for us in Jesus Christ, in whom they have been fulfilled. In the meantime we still use the testimonies taken from the law and the prophets, both to confirm us in the doctrine of the gospel and to order our life in all honesty, according to God's will and to His glory.
It's always exciting for me to begin a new series of sermons, and I look forward to using these testimonies to confirm us in the doctrine of the gospel, and to order our life in all honesty, according to God's will, and to His glory!
Apparently there's some kind of sports tournament going on down south right now, but what we're really excited about is this:
On Thursday, March 4th, we will be welcoming the Credo Christian High School Band from Langley to our fair city. They will be performing for us at 7:30 PM, in our building on the corner of 15th Ave. and Ospika Blvd. We're looking forward to an enjoyable evening and we hope to have a full house, and not just because there's 49 students in the band!
If you're in Prince George and want more info, give me a call - 250-562-9542.
Sermon text: John 9:39-41
Scripture reading: John 9:1-41
Heidelberg Catechism reference - Question and Answer 84
Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.
"The Kelowna local television station that drew national coverage this week after agreeing to air a pro-life ad has changed its mind, claiming that the ad is too graphic, reports Kelowna.com.
The ad was sponsored by Kelowna Right to Life (KRL), who got the news of its cancellation yesterday. 'The overarching reason is because the image is inappropriate for TV and is too graphic in nature,' Marlon Bartram, KRL's executive director, told Kelowna.com."
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