Sunday, February 19, 2012
Welcome to Pilgrim Baptist Church.
The sermon this Sunday is Avoiding "Foot-in-Mouth".
The Scripture Reading is Job 8:1-9
Pastoral Staff
Dr. Loren Stark, Senior Pastor
Email: seniorpastor@pilgrimbaptist.
Curtis Collins, Associate Pastor
Email: curtiscollins2010@gmail.com
Pastor's Office phone # (604) 301-1006
Church Office hours: Mon – Fri 8:30am – 4:00pm
Church phone #(604) 327-4545
This Week at Pilgrim
Sunday, February 19
12:30pm The Annual Agape Meeting in the Parsonage Basement.
Monday, February 20
6:00pm YA Womens Bible Study
Wednesday, February 22
7:00pm Prayer Meeting @ Parsonage Basement
Friday, February 24
7:30pm Youth Group
Saturday, February25
9:30-3:30pm A Day with Stewart Murray Williams
Upcoming Events
Monday, March 5
7:00pm Agape
Tuesday, March 13
7:30pm Church Board Meeting
Sunday, March 25
7:30pm Annual Membership Meeting
Friday, April 6
Good Friday: Service is at Ebenezer Baptist Church…There will be a combined choir again for the Service
Everyone is welcom to join and music can be picked up from the Music Director Grant Gwynn. Choir practices will be:
« Sunday March 25 @ 12:15,
« Thusrday March 29 @ 7:30,
« Sunday April 1 @ 12:15,
« Thursday April 5 @7:30.
Worth Watching
Dr. Heidi Janz, who spoke at Pilgrim a couple of years ago, will be on 100 Huntley Street February 27 at 11am and 9pm.
TAX Time!
2011donation receipts are now ready. See Andre.
Prayer and Praise
1) Pray for those with health concerns or who are unable to get out.
« Fred Foster – Finnish Home,
« Thea Hoffman- at home
« Ruth Helms – at home,
« Kurt Mekelburg – at home,
« Alvin Quiambao – at home,
« Edith Witzke – Columbus Residence
2) Safety of those who are doing the construction.
3) Pray for timely & economical completion of the construction.
4) Those considering or preparing for missions service this year
5) Spiritual, physical, and financial health of Pilgrim Baptist Church.
6) Condolences to Soon, Jane & Sheldon, & Enid on the passing of John at 11:30 am on Friday, February 17th.
7) Pray for Daniel Deepwell and his classmates at Summit Pacific Bible College as they prepare for a missions trip to Thialand at the end of the semester
Pray for Pastor Curtis and those who are preparing to go to Mexico on a missions trip this spring/summer.
Family of the Week
Noel & Joie Arboleda This family would like prayer in regard to bringing her parents from the Philippines.
Pray that there would be no hurdles or delays. Also pray for good health and continued happiness.
Church of the Week
Greenbay Bible Camp, Kelowna
Harold Menzel – Executive Director
Barbie Stobbe – Rental Coordinator and Food Services Director
Dale Stobbe – Facilities Director
Rob Perret – Finance Director
Deb Judas – Spiritual Formation
Missionary of the Week
Nick and Iris Hung, NAB Missionaries serving in Gembu with the Mambilla Baptist Convention Nigeria (MBCN) in the area of evangelism and church planting.
Pray for God to provide medical doctor(s);
Pray for Iris and her counseling ministries,
Pray for the Lord to protect those seekers who are facing persecutions from their families and communities!
For more information visit their web page: http://nabconference.org/
News from the Missionaries we support
Carol Potratz in Tokyo, Japan
Click here to read Carol's most recent email: Potratz – February & March 2012.pdf
Church Around The World
USA/China
(MNN)China blocks U.S. religious freedom envoy
Protestors have been gathered outside of the buildings where high-level meetings are being held. One bombshell released by religious freedom advocates
this week: an official snub to a religious envoy.
Lindsay Vessey, the advocacy coordinator for Open Doors USA, explains.
"Dr. Suzan Johnson-Cook, who is the ambassador for international religious freedom,
was supposed to go to China earlier this month to meet with a number of people who have been persecuted for their faith.
She was actually denied her visa by the Chinese government."
Russia
(MNN) Protesters bear killer cold in Russia
Extreme temperatures in Eastern Europe have killed over 650 people this winter. Sergey Rakhuba with Russian Ministries says temperatures were as low as -35 Celsius (about -31 Fahrenheit)
for a number of consecutive days.
Philippines
(MNN) Churches responding to flood victims in Philippines
Typhoon Washi devastated the Island of Mindanao, Philippines December 16. 1,000 people died, and thousands were displaced by the flash flood that hit during the evening hours. Many are still displaced.
However, Food for the Hungry reports churches are working together to assist those in need.
Philippines
(MNN) A ministry teams launches its newest program in Asia
FARMS Internationalis excited about the growth from their newest program in the Philippines.
The ministry has a quarter century of experience helping both families and churches there.
Papua New Guinea
(MNN) Bible translators help preserve PNG language
Bible translation efforts have succeeded in the preservation of another language. The Biem people in Papua New Guinea have a complete spoken language, but they have no word for "read."
The Biem have always been an oral society and have no written form of their language.
Quote of the week
"We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love.”
Jean Vanier
Questions to consider
1. How easy is it for you to be honest with God?
2. How easy is it for you to be angry with God?
3. How did you express that anger? Who were your targets?
4. Have any of your friends ever felt frustrated when you shared your honest feeling about God with them?
5. Why do you think your blunt honesty upset them at the time?
6. Why is it so hard for us to actively listen to others?
7. How do you feel when you sense others are not really listening to you?
