Congratulations to Ryan and Sheila Meikle and big sister Jaelyn on the birth of Brea AlexandrA!
Brea was born on July 10 and is 7lbs, 20z, and 21 inches long. God bless you Ryan and Sheila as you raise Brea up in the way she should go!
Ladies, baby shower info is to follow soon!
CAMP CORNER A corner for all things CAMP! www.campwapiti.ca
Check out the poster in the foyer to see where YOU can serve at Camp Wapiti this summer!
Junior High camp #2 starts today! Senior High and Junior High #1 went very well! We are still in need of adults to help in the kitchen for this week and also for Day Camp (Aug 9-13) Please let Jeremy know if you can help out. The camp phone number is 532-6631.
Thank you for all the cookies you have been baking! Please don’t stop yet though, we have lots of campers to feed! Cookies can be dropped off at the church Sunday through Friday from 9-1! Thanks again for all the help!
Camps still coming this summer…Elementary 1, July 26-31
Elementary 2, August 2-7
Day Camp, August 9-13
McLaurin is in need of someone to fill a Janitorial Contract Position. Please submit your resume and letter of intent to Albrecht Scheidegger.
PLEASE STAY FOR LUNCH!
Everyone is invited to stay for a BBQ following the service to meet Connie Roy, our pastoral candidate for the position of Pastor of Youth and Young Adults.
Following lunch Connie will be meeting with the overseers.
This Wednesday there will be a Congregational Meeting at 7pm
Letters from Hope Community Centre in Kenya (the orphanage that was visited by Steve & Belinda Utz, Jon & Rebecca Fulcher, and Brad Walter.)
The following three are thank you letters from some of the students at the orphanage in Kenya. They are transcribed exactly as hand written. The letters will be on the bulletin board near the Missions Map later.
Bye! Bye! You are welcome in our home.
To McLaurin Baptst Church.
First and foremost is to pass my warm greetings to you. I hope you are fine as we are here. I am a pupil in Grade 8 full of
compassionate. I appreciate for your support that you lend to us. It has been a blessing. May God shine his face unto you and pour his pleasing on to you. We welcome you all ion our home to come and share the love of God with us.
Matthew 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful for God will sustain them with mercy.”
Yours sincerely,
Charity
Dear McLaurin Baptist Church
First is much greetings in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Thank you very much for supporting us, may God bless you and prolong your years here on earth.May God Almighty bless the work of your hands. We are still supporting you in our prayers. I hope even you are still praying for us. Nice time and may God shower his blessing on you all. You are welcome.
Yours Lovely
Jedidah
Read from John 15:1
Dear McLaurin Baptist Church
Receive my warm regard in the name of the Lord our God.
I hope you are fine. Us we are hear at Hope Community Centre.
Thank you for supporting us.
May the Lord our God bless you and keep you strong.
I hope you will come soon.
Best wishes.
Yours faithfully
Harun
There will be an important congregational meeting next Wednesday, July 21 at 7pm. There will be a vote on the new Ministry Worker Position as well as on the Associate Pastor for Youth and Young Adults position.
Please try to attend.
A corner for all things CAMP! www.campwapiti.ca
Check out the poster in the foyer to see where YOU can serve at Camp Wapiti this summer!
This week is Senior High camp for grades 10-12! It runs from today until Thursday.
?Cookies, Cookies, Cookies! The campers will consume 13 dozen every day!!
6 camps x 5 days at 13 dozen a day = lots and lots of cookies! Many are needed and we could certainly use your help! Please list ingredients and put any baking in the freezer in the garage of the “youth house”. Thanks in advance for serving camp kids in this way.
Memorial Project– YOU can help finish the Dining Hall Chimney! Helping is simple! As you make your way out to Camp this summer we encourage you to stop in the Gravel Pit along the way and pick out a few stones. We need rounded stones that are tennis ball to melon sized (7 inch max). Then just deposit them in the sand by the chimney. The more people that do this the faster the job gets done! Let’s do it together!
Sat @ 10am Coffee with Connie! All parents of the youth are encouraged to come with their lawn chairs and questions for Connie to the backyard at the youth house.
12 noon Potluck picnic with Connie! at Avondale Park for all the youth.
7pm Evening with Connie! for youth leaders and young adults
Sunday morning Connie will be with us for the morning service and there will be a BBQ to follow. After lunch the Overseers will meet with Connie.
Wednesday, July 21, following the candidating weekend with Connie Roy there will be a Congregational Meeting at 7pm.
Summer nursery Care
We have a few Sundays in the Nursery that you could serve the littlest ones of our congregation. Still available are July 4, 18, and 25. Then we have August,1, 15, and 29. Please speak to Christine Sutherland if you can serve in this way. Sadly, if the dates do not have adequate coverage the nursery door will be closed.
Summer is here!
Only 11 weeks until Sunday school begins! Pastor Randy is looking for folks to join both the CE Board and Sunday school team. Teachers,
assistants, as well as worship members, background snack people and craft people. There are even things you can do during the week if you are unable to serve on Sunday! Please speak with Pastor Randy today to inquire about how you can support this vital ministry and be blessed along the way!
Keep it clean
Please make sure that when your group, or you individually use the church facilities that you are careful to clean up afterwards. If you use a cup or glass, please wash it. If you use a stack of chairs, please return them. Let’s help our friendly janitors keep the church building clean and tidy.
WANTED!
Test families needed to help evaluate a family discipleship study program. Pastor Randy is looking for a few families with elementary aged kids who want to run through a 10 week parent to child discipleship book as part of a pilot project. Materials provided for free, the only extra is sitting down with Pastor Randy after to talk about how it went. If your family is interested please talk to him.
CAMP CORNER—A corner for all things CAMP!
Cookies, Cookies, Cookies! Many are needed and we could certainly use your help! Please list ingredients and put any baking in the ages 2-3 classroom. Thanks in advance for serving camp kids in this way.
If you have an afternoon, a week or the entire summer, we have a place that YOU can serve. Please see Jeremy, Clint or Connie for more information, or check out the chart in the foyer that lists spaces still needing to be filled.
Registrations are being accepted now! Check out the website too at www.campwapiti.ca!
