Mark your calendar to attend the next Partnering Session in your region:
March 13: Manitoba - First Baptist Portage La Prairie
March 19: N. Saskatchewan - Emmanuel Baptist Saskatoon
March 20: S. Saskatchewan - Argyle Road Regina
April 17: Surrey – Southside Community Church
May 8: Vancouver – Trinity Baptist Church
June 12: Lethbridge – First Baptist Church
June 19: Central Alberta, TBA
September 11: Peace Country, TBA
September18: Penticton -- First Baptist Church
October 30: Nanaimo – First Baptist Church
November 20: Calgary, TBA
November 27: Edmonton, TBA
Host churches are still being sought in some regions and dates for the Heartland area will be announced when known.
Through Partnering Sessions, Canadian Baptist Churches within a small geographic region meet together to share what God is doing in their midst. These discussion groups will help churches recognize areas of shared vision and affinity and, hopefully, propel new partnerships that allow churches to combine their efforts and support each other in reaching their communities.
Please contact John Prociuk at
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or your regional ministry office for more information about attending. We look forward to an exciting year of dialogue and discernment in Christ’s name.
Tom Oshiro Honoured
Tom Oshiro, a Canadian Baptist pastor, is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award from Leadership Victoria for his work as the Director of Victoria's Mustard Seed Street Church and Food Bank
Leadership Victoria will present Tom with his award during a special ceremony at the 6th Annual Leadership Awards on Thursday, January 28th. The celebration will take place at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in the inner harbour at 4 to 6 pm.
Winter 2009 Appeal - East Vancouver Strathcona Plant
The Strathcona outreach is a new church plant in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. We are a diverse community of people that re- flects the reality of what it will be when the King returns and people from every tongue, tribe and nation, every age, class and gender will be gathered around the throne of God in worship.
While many people are familiar with the notorious Downtown Eastside, the hidden popu- lation here takes on two shapes. First, are children who are caught in generational poverty. Secondly, new immigrant families who are of- ten placed in the abundant social housing that is concentrated in this neighbourhood. These groups often remain isolated and in need of relational connections. So far our church has taken on the shape of our neighbourhood, comprised of First Nations families, recent immigrants, and Canadians from a variety of socio/economic backgrounds.
