August 3, 2008
VYLC (Vancouver Youth Leadership Conference)
25-28 August. This conference is in its third year and is a great opportunity for youth leaders and potential youth leaders to be trained by experienced teachers including David Short, Ken Moser and Richard James. The aims of the conference are to equip leaders in: improving leadership skills, learning Biblical strategies, gaining confi dence in teaching the Bible, and building strong Christian disciples! It is an exciting week to be a part of so please encourage anyone you know who would benefi t from this conference to attend. Cost $95 includes lunch daily. For more information email Julie at or visit the conference page of this website.
Kickstart
August 29-30. For the fourth year Kickstart youth conference is ready to help those from grades 7-12 and university to Kickstart the year with great bible teaching Cost $30. Register today by emailing Julie Moser or visit the Kickstart page of this website.
St. John's Youth Summer Camp
The annual St John’s summer camp is coming up 10-14 August at Point Roberts Camp, USA. For information and enrolments email Julie Moser or phone: 778.861.9500. For those not attending please pray for our time away!
Summer Nursery
The nursery and toddler’s room programs will be informal and parent run for the duration of the summer. Parents will be responsible for the supervision and care of their children from week to week, along with some assistance from the youth.
August 25 – Oct 6. This is a seminar/support group for people who are either going through divorce, or who are already divorced. This year we will be offering Divorce Care on a twice-weekly basis for 7½ weeks – Monday and Thursday evenings each week. Cost of the course materials is $20.00, and pre-registration is strongly advised. If you, or anyone you know, would benefit from this very helpful program, please email Edie Rittinger or call 604.731.4966 ext 24.
Parish Announcements
Condolences. A long-time member of our congregation, Peter Haddaway, died on Thursday, July 31st. For many years he has served as sidesperson at the 7:30 am service. Memorial service plans will be announced later. Please keep his wife Jean, daughter Allison and her husband and family in your prayers.
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Dear Friends,
Welcome to August at St. John’s! Our 10:00 am service will be briefer, lighter, and will include people of all ages. We hope our singing, praying, gathering will make the children feel embraced. Our theme through August is THE GREAT RACE and the text is, “Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us”. Of course the words that follow in the Scripture are, “looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” Our evening service continues in Ephesians and tonight we look forward to hearing a wonderful young man preach his first sermon.
Would you like to know what Dr Terry Chang thought of his time in Jerusalem at the Global Anglican Future Conference? Would you like to know what are St. John’s three mission objectives, or what’s coming up in youth events? Would you like to see some of the children’s art from the last year, or download a sermon by Rev Jim Salladin, or find help with several books of the Bible? All you need to do is to go to our excellent website that has been wonderfully created by Stephen and Pauline Hale. This is a great resource for which we are very grateful.
Last week we announced the choice of our new pew Bible, the English Standard Version (ESV). We are passionate about God’s word: hearing it, reading it, learning it, digesting it inwardly, and seeking to obey it. It is a great Bible to study and to preach from. I am looking forward to the arrival of this new version in our pews in the Fall.
Warmly,
David Short
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