On the weekend of April 26-27, 2008, Chris Price shared a moving message about the transformation of Zacchaeus as presented in Luke 19:1-10.

Chris comments:

Grace changes Zacchaeus’ life in two identifiable ways:

1. He becomes generous towards the poor because he realizes that God has been generous to him in his spiritual poverty.
2. He seeks to make restitution towards those he has wronged because he has been reconciled to God and now God has given him a ministry of reconciliation, and it is the same for us.

Grace can manifest itself in our lives in those same ways. So I’m not asking you to do anything but marvel at the grace of God and let it transform you. Are we willing to embrace people and love people as they are before they change? What about gay people? How we answer those questions will reveal to us how deep our understanding of grace is.

Chris also asked some questions at the end of his message which he left the congregation to ponder. They are repeated here to encourage reflection and perhaps interaction through the comments:

1. Have you never experienced true spiritual joy?
2. Do you feel resentment towards those who seem to have a close relationship with Jesus?
3. Are there people in your life that you have wronged and you have yet to make restitution as far as possible?
4. Do you think that Jesus can’t love you as you are right now?
5. Do you think you have to polish yourselves up first?

God bless you as you listen and ponder these words.

 

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This is Lynsey Williamson’s April 2008 Newsletter to update the congregation on the following:

• Update on UBC project
• Leaving for East Asia
• Request for prayer for:
  • Travel safety
  • Interactions with the schools
  • The Christian walk of the students and staff
  • That many Asian students would come to know Jesus personally

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This is Scott Gillespie’s April 2008 Newsletter with Action International Ministries. He updates the congregation on on his general happenings this spring and what he is looking forward to later in the year. He also updates his personal email address.

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Chris Price spoke on forgiveness on April 13, 2008 from Luke 17:1-5 and Luke 17:7-10.

 

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Dr. Larry Perkins spoke about the resurrection of Jesus based on the account in Mark 16 on Sunday, April 13. This was the last class in the series on the Gospel of Mark. Dr. Perkins addressed both the resurrection and the textual difficulties with Mark 16:9-20.

Dr. Perkins’ powerpoint slides are below. Because they are so dense, you may want to view them full screen. To do this, click on the icon in the lower-right corner to view on the slideshare website, then when there, click on the “full screen” icon in the bottom right corner.

 

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Church directories are now available and ready for pick-up in your mailboxes! At this moment, only those included in the directory will be receiving a copy. If you do not have a mailbox but are in the directory, please contact the church office to pick up your copy. If you would like to receive a copy, please fill out the directory information form at the reception desk and place it in box 267.

Here is John and Arlene Fast’s March 2008 Newsletter (Tomato Juice) to update the congregation on their missionary endeavors. The short summary of the newsletter is as follows:

• English teaching in demand… would you like to help?
• Pastor Linh ordained nine of his pastors on Mar 12, 2008
• Lorne preached through an interpreter at the ordination
• Our Manila Family
• Pastors Makoto, Ms. Toshi and Ms Tani from Japan visit our Organik Dalat vegetable farm
• Jury is still out on two recent decisions made by church board

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Dave Barker shared this message he titled “Whatever Happened to Sin?” from Luke 15 on April 5th and 6th.

 

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This Sunday, Richard presented Lesson 8 of the series on the Gospel of Mark. This lesson will be about Jesus’ words concerning the future (also called Eschatology).

* Remember that next week, we will be doing the Resurrection, which will be taken by Dr Perkins.

 

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You can now use the web address http://calvarybaptist.ca and it will point to this webpage — so please update your bookmarks.

[Note: the old address http://calvarybaptist.bc.ca still works and refers to the old webpages, but will expire in June of this year.]

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