Loving God | One Another | And The World November 15-16, 2014 Welcome to Northview! Thanks for joining us today. Pastor Jeff Bucknam continues our sermon series on the book of Acts. We will also have an opportunity to pray for the persecuted church. India Missions Trip Fundraiser Support our India Missions Team; samosas are for sale in the foyer after each service. Worship Leaders This Week Worship Center: Todd Wickens Center Court Community: Shaun Sawyer ____________________ Prayer Room Open during the services in the northwest foyer. The prayer request line is available at any time. Send requests via email to [email protected] or call the prayer line at 604-743-0201. SERVICE TIMES Worship Center: Sat 5:30pm • Sun 9:00am • Sun 11:15am Center Court Community: Sun 9:00am • Sun 11:15am Sunday Night Gathering: Sun 5:00pm Psalm 22:1-5 (NIV) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises. In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. Prayer for the Persecuted Church In the modern church calendar, a weekend in November is set apart to remember and pray for the persecuted church, through the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). Today’s greatest untold story is that more than 100 million Christians worldwide face persecution for their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Daily Christians in countries such as Eritrea, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Sudan and Sri Lanka face imprisonment, violence and even death. IDOP is a time set apart for us to remember thousands of our Christian brothers and sisters around the world who suffer persecution, simply because they confess Jesus Christ as Lord. The Oddville Stranger Christmas Drama Dec 4-6 and 10-13 Tickets are still available! This is a great opportunity to bring your friends and family that don’t know Jesus. The Gospel will be presented very clearly in the context of a family-friendly and very funny drama! We have two guest actors this year, our very own Pastor Jeff and Pastor Ezra. Tickets are $7 each or $50 for a table of 8, available in the foyer after each service and at the church office Monday to Friday. Information Annual General Meeting Join us on Monday, November 24 at 7:00pm for our AGM in Center Court. The AGM package is available at the Info Booth and online at: www.northview.org. Women’s Missions Trip Operation Christmas Child This is your last weekend to drop off your filled shoeboxes at the Missions Kiosk in the front foyer. Are you having difficulty deciding what to put in a Shoebox? We have help for you! Visit our packing idea display table in the front foyer. Please email any questions you may have to [email protected]. April 24 - May 4, 2015. Join us in Teaching Associate Residency Opening Northview is currently looking for a Teaching Associate Pastor to join our serving the Pan de Vida Orphanage in Teaching Associate Residency Program. This program is a 2 year residency Queretaro, Mexico! Team members designed to raise up pastoral leaders who have a passion for the local church. will help with activities such as taking This position will focus primarily on developing teaching and preaching skills by the orphanage girls on outings, experiencing multi-faceted local church ministry. If you are interested please painting, teaching English, sorting forward your resume to Kim at [email protected]. The deadline clothes, sewing, and participating for submissions is January 5, 2015. You can view the job description at: in outreach to the Otomi indigenous northview.org/employment-opportunities. peoples. This is a multi-generational missions trip, so women of all ages are encouraged to attend. The cost Christmas Kettle Campaign Northview Community Church and The Salvation Army are working together, is $1,800 per person and there looking for volunteers to operate the familiar red kettles this will be fundraising opportunities. Christmas season. This year’s campaign kicks off December If this interests you, contact us at: 1st and continues right up until Christmas Eve. We are [email protected]. seeking volunteers that can give two hours or more of their time from 10am to 8:00pm. We will be operating in front of Sermon DVDs & CDs Save On Foods on S. Fraser Way, Abbotsford. So grab a friend and As of Dec. 31, 2014 we will no longer volunteer! Sign up is available in the foyer after each service. Contact Carrie at: be offering CDs of our sermons for [email protected] for more info or go to northview.org/kettle. purchase. DVDs will still be available for purchase for $5. If you like the audio version of our messages, feel free to go to our website to listen to Classified Ads Check out Northview’s Classified Ads board outside of Aisle 1 of the Worship the messages, or download them to Center, or online at northview.org/classifieds. The categories include listen in your car! Housing, Employment, Childcare, Volunteer Opportunities, and Miscellaneous. To post something, please email your ad to Jodie at: [email protected]. The classifieds are updated every Friday and ads will remain posted for up to four weeks. Last wknd giving: $ 75,356 Wknd target: $ 109,615 YTD giving: YTD target: Northview’s fiscal year is July 1 - June 30 Find the Bulletin Online at b.northview.org $ 1,746,653 $ 2,082,685 This Weekend and Beyond Opportunity in Imagine Ministries Northview Kids We are in need of a volunteer part Check-in: time teacher to lead the Saturday All children and night youth/young adult class, as well volunteers are as general care volunteers during to check in at the Northview Kids the Saturday night program. Please registration zone. join us in prayer as we search for a Pick-Up: medically trained volunteer (nurse/ 6m - Age 4: Pick up in Noah’s Park GP/EMT/fire fighter) willing to give on the main floor. general care and medical support to Kindergarten - Grade 4: Pick up from a young boy with a high level seizure the second floor classrooms. protocol, who is currently waiting to Grade 5: Pick up from B05 and B07, attend our Sunday morning 11:15 behind Lower Court in the basement. program. If any of these positions interest you please contact Brent at: Higher Ground (Gr. 6-8) [email protected]. Head down to B02 and B04 when dismissed, just prior to the sermon. Women’s Weekend 2015 The 4th annual Northview Women’s Punjabi ESL Classes Weekend is happening from January jykr qusIN AMgRyjI idAW muPq klwsW 30 - February 1, 2015 at Warm Beach lYx dy cwhvwn hoN qW swfI vybsweIt Camp and Conference Center. This qy jwau northview.org/punjabi. intergenerational weekend will be a If you are interested in information great time of fellowship, laughter, and about free English classes, please learning together. Women 13 and see northview.org/punjabi. We older are encouraged to attend. Bring are currently looking for volunteers your daughter, mother, friend, sister! to pray during ESL class from 3:00 Join us to learn about what it means - 5:00pm on Sundays. If you are to be “Mature in Christ” (Colossians interested please contact Imran at: 1:28). Registration is online at: [email protected]. northview.org/women. Email: [email protected] Advent Family Reading Plans will Korean Translation be available Nov. 29/30 weekend to 주일 11:15 예배에 한국어 통 kickoff the Advent season. 역서비스가 제공됩니다. 서비 스를 받기 원하시는 분은 안내 Advent Praise Night 데스크에서 헤드셋을 받아가세 Sunday, Nov. 30 at 7pm. Join us 요. Korean Translation is available as we start the Advent season with at the 11:15am service in the Worscripture and song. ship Center. Please pick up a translation pack at the Info Booth. 17 Mon Pray First 7:00pm • Prayer Room Courses for Care 7:00pm • Upstairs Classrooms Men’s Bible Study 7:00pm • Room 219/221 Women’s Bible Study 7:00pm • Atrium 8 Week Life Groups 7:00pm • Lower Court 18 Tue Pray AM 6:00am • Center Court Work Out Worship 9:15am • West Court Vertical Edge (Gr. 7 - 8) 7:00pm • West Court 19 Wed Women’s Bible Study 9:15am • Center Court Northview Kids Choir 3:30pm • Lower Court TLC Classes 6:30pm • Center Court 20 Thu Work Out Worship 9:15am • West Court Watchmen Prayer 10:00am • Prayer Room Young Adults Roller Hockey 7:00pm • Bubble High School Youth:LIVE 7:00pm • Lower Court Precepts Bible Study (Women) 7:30pm • West Court 21 Fri Seasons Christmas Banquet 11:30am • Center Court Young Adults 7:28pm • Center Court 22 Sat Men’s Breakfast 8:15am • Center Court Center Court Meal 4:15pm • Center Court 23 Sun Punjabi Connection 3:00pm • Atrium Men’s Floor Hockey 7:00pm • Bubble Advent Calendar NORTHVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH INFORMATION REGARDING POTENTIAL CHURCH ADOPTION NORTHVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH INFORMATION REGARDING POTENTIAL CHURCH ADOPTION As Howard Wiens has discussed in his Moderator’s report as part of the AGM package, the elders have been considering what it would look like for Northview to adopt or replant an existing church. Also, as mentioned, Northview has been approached by the BC MB Conference to consider adopting or replanting a local church. As Howard Wiens has discussed in his Moderator’s report as part of the AGM package, the elders have been considering what it would look like for Northview to adopt or replant an existing church. Also, as mentioned, Northview has been approached by the BC MB Conference to consider adopting or replanting a local church. On Sunday, November 9th, Northside Community Church in Mission voted 97% in favour of being adopted/replanted by Northview. As Howard stated, we would require an overwhelming approval from the replant’s congregation for us to consider adopting/ replanting them. 97% certainly meets that test. On Sunday, November 9th, Northside Community Church in Mission voted 97% in favour of being adopted/replanted by Northview. As Howard stated, we would require an overwhelming approval from the replant’s congregation for us to consider adopting/ replanting them. 97% certainly meets that test. As a result of this invitation, we have now entered into a due diligence phase. During this time, the elders and the various sub-committees will be gathering information in order for the elders to make a decision regarding how we will proceed. If the elders are in favour of proceeding, then the next step will be to provide information to the congregation outlining the details of the plan. The details will include information such as what will this cost, who will be the staff involved, and how will it function as a campus of Northview. An extraordinary meeting will be called where we can discuss the information and ultimately vote as to whether or not we will proceed with the adoption/replant. As a result of this invitation, we have now entered into a due diligence phase. During this time, the elders and the various sub-committees will be gathering information in order for the elders to make a decision regarding how we will proceed. If the elders are in favour of proceeding, then the next step will be to provide information to the congregation outlining the details of the plan. The details will include information such as what will this cost, who will be the staff involved, and how will it function as a campus of Northview. An extraordinary meeting will be called where we can discuss the information and ultimately vote as to whether or not we will proceed with the adoption/replant. With the opportunity to adopt/replant another local church, our goal remains to communicate the Gospel in culturally relevant ways through a local church to the community of Mission. Northside was, and may continue to be, the largest church in Mission. As such, we want to do what we can to maintain and strengthen the presence of a Biblically faithful church in the city. With the opportunity to adopt/replant another local church, our goal remains to communicate the Gospel in culturally relevant ways through a local church to the community of Mission. Northside was, and may continue to be, the largest church in Mission. As such, we want to do what we can to maintain and strengthen the presence of a Biblically faithful church in the city. There are many details that still need to be sorted out. We anticipate having a brief presentation and opportunity for discussion at the AGM on Monday, November 24th. However, this will only be an introductory session. Hopefully shortly after we will have enough information gathered that we can then call an extraordinary meeting where we will have a full package of information, lengthy discussion, and congregational vote. There are many details that still need to be sorted out. We anticipate having a brief presentation and opportunity for discussion at the AGM on Monday, November 24th. However, this will only be an introductory session. Hopefully shortly after we will have enough information gathered that we can then call an extraordinary meeting where we will have a full package of information, lengthy discussion, and congregational vote. November 15, 2014 November 15, 2014