OUR VISION
“Loving God, Loving Others;
Sharing the Good News of
Jesus Christ with the World”
THIS WEEK @ UBC
TODAY—November 16th
9 am Classes for all ages
10am Worship
Pot Luck Luncheon
November 16th, 2014
Bible Memory Challenge
Begins Too!
Monday
Prayer in Boardroom 7pm
Men’s Nacho League 7:45pm
Wednesday
Celebration 9:15-11:15 am
Prime Timers Pot Luck Lunch
at Noon
Pioneer Clubs 7-8:30 pm
Thursday
Worship Team Rehearsal
Friday
Youth 7pm
Saturday
Barnabas 7am
Santa Claus Parade 11 am
NEXT SUNDAY-November 23
9am Classes for all ages
10am Worship
7 pm REDEMPTION
Young Adults Night of Worship
‘Ministry Together’
Romans 12 : 3-21
Pastor Dr Dale Dawson
Pot Luck Luncheon
Everyone Welcome!
Join us for Coffee
following the service
231 Brock St. W. Box 694,
Uxbridge, ON L9P 1N1
905-852-3662 / Fax 905-852-1955
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.uxbridgebaptist.com
UBC MESSENGER - November 16, 2014
We welcome you as we worship God together.
If you are a guest today, it is our prayer that your worship
experience will minister to your deepest needs.
If we can be of personal assistance to you,
please speak to any of our pastors.
Blessings to you and your family!
We invite all NEWCOMERS to visit the Welcome Centre to
receive a Welcome Gift today.
Let’s Pray Together - Sunday Mornings
Join our Pastors and Elders for prayer as we seek God’s
blessing on all aspects of our Sunday gathering.
Everyone welcome. Pastor Dale’s Office at 9am.
Life Together - Young Adults
Join us Sunday mornings 8:45am at Tim Hortons
(Uxbridge) as we share and study together. All are
welcome. Hope to see you there!
REDEMPTION—Youth Led Night of Worship
Sunday, November 23 at 7pm.
Doors open at 6:30pm.
UBC Nomination Committee Invites Prayer:
Your Nominating Committee would be very grateful for your prayers as they
endeavour to discern God’s direction for nominees for the various openings in
our leadership at UBC. We are praying for one Elder, up to six Councillors, and
more than twenty Deacons. If you have names of possible nominees you
would like to be considered by the Nominating Committee, please send a
note or speak to Mr. Tim Daly, Committee Chair. There will be an INFORMATION and Q&A SESSION following the service on NOV. 30 in the Board Room
for those who have been asked to serve as Deacons or Council members.
Our December Communion Service will be moved up one week to
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30th.
UBC Family News
Update your UBC directory
Congratulations to Justin & Chantal Evans
Justin & Chantal were married on Saturday,
November 1st, 2014
419 Scugog Line 8, Port Perry, ON L9L 1X4
Justin’s Cell
Chantal’s Cell
416 991 7301
289 354 1134
Prime Timers—Upcoming Events
Pot Luck Luncheon—November 19th at Noon
All Prime Timers (50 +) are invited to come on Wednesday,
November 19th at NOON.
Our guest that day will be Bonnie O’Hare speaking about
Osteoporosis in Seniors.
Christmas Dinner—Thursday, December 11th
Catered by Mary Evans and music by Eduard Klassen
Price $25/ per person
Call Olga Ingram for tickets. 905 862 3764
Life Together Bible Memory Challenge Update
Alpha: 69000 points/58 participants
Omega: 90600 points/62 participants
As of last Sunday, 120 from our church family took the opportunity to memorize Bible verses together…and it’s not too late to start. You never know when
you’ll need a verse from God’s Word to light your path or encourage a friend.
Next week’s verse is from 1Pet.4:10,
‘Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others,
as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.’
Hint: Team Alpha is behind on bonus verses….
Opportunities to Serve—Living Nativity
Do you like to sew?
We have acquired some lovely new material for
Living Nativity Costumes. Several sewers are
need for the 2015 performance. Please contact
Agnes Lobbezoo 905-852-5067.
Loving Children in Beijing, China—URGENT NEED
Morningstar Family Home— BEIJING CHINA—Feb 16– March1
Morningstar Family Home is a small foster home in Beijing China that takes in
babies from the state run orphanages that have special needs, primarily heart
defects.
Kimberley Miller and Lisa Wilson are once again putting together a team (3-4
additional ladies) to travel to Beijing during Chinese New Year to work at
Morningstar.
The dates are February 16th-March 1st.
The role of our team will be to run the home and to provide full time care for
the 10-12 babies during the two weeks of Chinese New Year, as most of the
nannies return to their rural homes.
For more information on joining our team, please call Kimberley Miller at
905-852-4151.
Christmas Décor Set up—Help Needed
Help is Needed
Can you help with Christmas Décor on Friday,
November 28th at 9am? The décor team, led by Heidi
Devitt, is in need of more hands to help with preparing
UBC for Christmas. They need a few strong men who are
not afraid to climb a ladder. Please contact Heidi to let her
know you are able to help. 905 862 0075 or
[email protected]
Women to Women Outreach to
First Nations
Applications for the May 2015 team are now available for women ages 14 and
up. Hard copies are posted on the Mission bulletin board. If you would prefer
an email application, or if you have any questions regarding this ministry,
please contact Jennifer Wilson ([email protected]).
Application deadline is NOVEMBER 30th, 2014.
Support for Syrian Refugees
You are invited to St. Andrews Chalmers P.C.’s upcoming fundraising concert
to support Syrian Refugees. The Presbytery is raising funds to bring 2-3 Syrian
refugee families to Ontario. The total amount needed to sponsor one Syrian
family is $26,000.00.
St. Andrews Chalmers initial effort towards fundraising, is a concert by the
"Lost Pilgrims". They are a group of 4 musicians (some are ministers), who
play bluegrass, country, down east music and gospel songs. They performed
at St. Andrews Chalmers 3 years ago and were very much enjoyed by all.
Event:
Where:
When:
Time:
Price:
THE LOST PILGRIMS
St. Andrews Chalmers
Saturday, November 29th, 2014
7:30 PM
$15.00
Tickets available at the church office or at the door.
For more information call St. Andrews Chalmers P.C 905-852-6262
Items Available
Piano Available
Anyone interested in the one remaining piano in the
basement, may contact Dan Evans (Facility Committee Chair)
Cell-416-771-3588 or [email protected]
Pew Available
There is a pew in the Lower Hall that is available.
Please speak to Dan Evans if you are interested.
Bible Memory
Challenge
October 26 – December 7, 2014
November 2
Bonus verses: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with
one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
1 John 1:7
November 9
Bonus verses: 1 John 4:7-11
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as
in Christ God forgave you. Eph. 4:32
November 16
Bonus verses: Psalm 1
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers
harm. Prov. 13:20
November 23
Bonus verses: 1 Peter 4:7-13
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others,
as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10
November 30
Bonus verses: Psalm 73:23-28
But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord
my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. Psalm 73:28
December 7
Bonus verses: Psalm 32:1-5
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that
you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and
effective. James 5:16
Extra Bonus Verses: Can be completed any time during the six week
challenge. All family verses to date must have been recited first to
receive these bonus points.
Psalm 51:7-12 John 15:1-5 Col. 3:12-16 Psalm 143:6-11 Eph. 5:15-21
Points for Memorization:
Family Verse
500
Previous Family Verse
100
Bonus Verses
200
Bonus Passage
1000
Bible
100
Grades 9-12
UBC YOUTH
Sunday School weekly at 9am!
Nov 21st-
Nov 26th -
Nov 28th-
@7pm
We are continuing the
Youth Alpha Video
Series!
@ 7pm
@7pm
Girls and Guys
@ The May’s
More Alpha!
Get ready for BLIZZARD!!!
We are starting to make a list of those students
wanting to attend blizzard this year!!
(CBOQ event, Last weekend of Jan.)
Let us know if you are interested!
Please note there is always financial assistance, don’t
let anything keep you from coming!
If you would like to be added to the
Parent/Adult Email list to receive further
information, please let us know at
[email protected]
For Gr. 6-8!
Sunday School begins weekly @ 9 am!
KW Junior High Edition - during church service
Nov 22nd
Pool Noodle Hockey Tourney
& Devo Time
at the church
7 to 9 pm
BRING YOUR FRIENDS!
Register your Team of 3!
December 13th
Chocolate Moulds
& Devo Time
at the church
7 to 9 pm
If you have any questions about QUEST or any of these
events, feel free to email Wendy Meek at
[email protected]
Tickets available today during Coffee Time
after the service—See Pastor Kathy
Sample CD’s also available today
Life Together
A SIX WEEK SPIRITUAL GROWTH FOCUS ON CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
Every Christian community will be faced with those in the community who want to lord over others in the group.
The way of Christ, however, is different. Bonhoeffer lays out two preparatory ministries that are to be found in
Christians individually as they enter community:
The Ministry of Holding One’s Tongue – Bonhoeffer argues that “it must be a decisive rule of every Christian fellowship that each individual is prohibited from saying much that occurs to him.” In this way
backbiting and speaking foolishly is held in check.
The Ministry of Meekness – In order to truly love those in the community, we must be willing to humble
ourselves. “He who would serve his brother in the fellowship must sink all the way down to the depths of
humility.”
Bonhoeffer moves from preparatory ministries to the ministries that take place within the community for the community:
The Ministry of Listening – When the Christian is not able to listen but only wants to offer advice and share
his ‘wisdom’ this is “the beginning of the death of the spiritual life, and in the end there is nothing left but
spiritual chatter and clerical condescension arrayed in pious words.”
The Ministry of Helpfulness – Bonhoeffer contends: “Only where hands are not too good for deeds of love
and mercy in everyday helpfulness can the mouth joyfully and convincingly proclaim the message of
God’s love and mercy.”
The Ministry of Bearing – Bonhoeffer highlights the beauty and joy that comes with bearing one another’s
burdens. “As Christ bore and received us as sinners so we in his fellowship may bear and receive sinners
into the fellowship of Jesus Christ through the forgiving of sins.”
The Ministry of Proclaiming – The ministry here is not the formal act of preaching before a congregation,
but of speaking truth to one another in smaller groups, which Bonhoeffer calls “the ultimate and highest
service.”
The Ministry of Authority – This ministry is dependent upon brotherly service. Bonhoeffer says that
“genuine authority realizes that it can exist only in the service of Him who alone has authority…The
Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren.”
In this chapter, Bonhoeffer challenges the Christian community to truly minister to one another and shows us the
way that this ministering takes place.
We encourage you to read Life Together, pages 90-109, this week.
Each of you should use whatever
gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s
grace in its carious forms.
Walk Together
Talk Together
(Help for Family Discussions around the Table):
Can you remember a time when someone helped
you when you really needed it?
How does it feel when someone helps you when
you really need it?
Remember Together:
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to
serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its carious forms. 1 Peter 4:10
Meet Together
Discussion Questions for Life Groups
1. Review memory verses. How did it go this week with daily devotions, spiritual meetings?
2. Bonhoeffer uses the word ministry in this chapter differently than
we think of ministry. How is it used in this chapter? What things
are a hindrance to the Christian community that ministers? How
do we encounter this either on campus or in our daily lives?
3. Read James 4:11-12 and Eph. 4:29. The tongue is a two-edged
sword, speaking both words of wickedness and also words of compassion. First, what does Bonhoeffer tell us is dangerous about the
tongue? Then, what does he suggest as a goal for the proper use
of the tongue in a Christian community?
4. Do we risk anything in helping others? Why is it hard to “think
little of ourselves”? (p. 94). Read Col. 3:13, Eph 4:2 and Gal 6:1.
How can UBC serve others with meekness?
5. What kind of listening does Bonhoeffer have in mind for us (p. 97
ff.)? How can Christian love be expressed through listening to
other Christians in our community?
6. What is the two-fold aspect of helpfulness (p. 99)? What are some
concrete ways that UBC has done this and can continue to do this
in the future?
7. Read Gal. 6:2. What role does our freedom as Christians play in
bearing one another’s burdens (p. 100-103)? Luther once wrote in
his famous work on Christian freedom, “A Christian is a perfectly
free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful
servant of all, subject to all.” (Cf. 1 Cor. 9:19; Rom. 13:8) What
insight does Luther add to the ministry of bearing as discussed by
Bonhoeffer?
8. In a day and age where the phrase “you can’t judge me” (or any
variation on that theme) is common, what does Bonhoeffer tell us
is unavoidable (p. 107)? How do Christians properly judge matters
in life? Cf. Galatians 1:6-10; 1 Timothy 6:3-5; 2 Timothy 1:8-14,
Listen Together
SERVING IN NURSERY TODAY 10 AM
ADULTS
HELPERS
Lisa Dale
Tiffany Meek
Tim Merrill
Kirsten Merrill
Chantal Evans
Next Sunday
Luanne Evans
Kandra Jodrey
Linda Noble
Judy Pali
KIDZ EDGE (Sunday School)
From JK/SK to Gr. 8
at 9am in lower hall.
JUNIOR CHURCH
(JK & SK), KIDS
CONNECT &
Gr. 7 & 8
dismissed during
the 10am service.
Nicole Burns
HEALTH CONCERNS & DAILY STRENGTH
Ilene Geer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Recovering at home
Anne McDowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daily strength
Grace Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daily strength
Wayne Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Recovering from knee surgery
Doreen Pickett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Recovering at home
Ben Prince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daily strength
Caro Wiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ongoing neurological Issues
Clarence Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Recovering from pneumonia
FRIENDS SHUT IN:
Phyllis Feasby - Community Nursing
Home, Port Perry
Joyce Greensides - Orchard Villa, Pickering
Jean Hetherington - Relocated to Beaverton after fire at Fairview Lodge, Whitby
Betty James - Butternut Manor, Uxb.
Paul Leman - 20 Perry St. Uxb.
Ruby Matthews - Parkview, Stouffville
STAY CONNECTED:
UBC INFOLINK is usually sent out on Thursdays and lists the
current news and events for the week.
UBC PRAYER NETWORK is available via phone (905-852-3662
ext 9 after office hours) or email. Please submit your prayer requests to
the church office. The prayer network is updated daily during office
hours.
To receive either the UBC Infolink or Prayer Network via email please
send your request to [email protected].
STAFF
Lead Pastor - Rev. Dr. Dale Dawson
Pastors’ Secretary/Business Administrator
Community Pastor - Kathy McIntosh
Business Administrator - Mrs. Bev Ott
Custodian - Mr Terry West
Youth Interim Leaders—Ian & Lindsay McIntosh