Dear Friends,
I want to introduce the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, starting this past Wednesday and going through next Wednesday. Under the harmonized ecumenical event, we will have a Reader Exchange in the Fenelon Falls Association of Churches (FFAC). Tomorrow Margaret Mark will attend a service at Fenelon Falls United Church and read the scripture reading on our church’s behalf. Patsy Carpenter from Immanuel Baptist Church will present the Holy texts to us for her church’s sake. It is not only sharing scripture readers with other churches but also having an opportunity to get to know the other congregational lives and pray about those churches’ ministries. We as a community are proud to witness the FFAC working together under the leadership of Pastor Matt Hayden, Trentside Baptist Church. We, as a local church, need to help one another. We need to pray for other divine assemblies’ growth and spiritual development. God can rebuild our community more strongly when we, as an individual sacred gathering, care about others in prayer and love.
With this note, I would like to invite you to join the Jan. 22nd hybrid worship service at St. Andrew’s Fenelon Falls. It might be a coincidence to find a similar theme to this Sunday’s message about the power of togetherness in God’s recovery mission. We will look at the third part under the title “Builders of the Wall” in the series “Rebuild our Broken walls/lives and others” based on the Book of Nehemiah. This divine gathering will also be broadcasted live. The Zoom link below will open at 9:45 am. Before the service, the announcement slides will be presented to the congregation at the sanctuary and on Zoom.
On top of this service info, briefly mention two things below:
1) As I stated last week, the First Annual Gathering as the Newly Amalgamated Church will be held right after the hybrid service on Sunday, February 12, 2023. Please mark your calendars and save the date for God’s Kingdom Ministry. Your presence in person or online and your prayers are greatly appreciated!
2) I’ve recently learned that there are two Toronto/Ontario-based numbers for our Zoom assembly. You can dial 1 647 374 4685 or 1 647 558 0588 and join our hybrid service via phone. Your local number can be found in the below link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/u/klM7eYFqC
“Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel” (Nehemiah 3:1).
Blessings,
Caleb