ALDERGROVE VINEYARD
OUR VALUES
1. Intimacy with God: Inviting God's intimate presence into our lives through
worship, prayer and by studying and meditating on the Bible.
NEXT WEEK - April 26th - Our monthly feature: “God-stories”.
This is an opportunity to share what God has been doing in your life
recently. Joe Kelder will be leading our worship time.
IN 2 WEEKS - May 3rd - Fred Lanigan will be teaching us and Val Hiebert
will lead us in a time of musical worship.
IN 3 WEEKS - May 10th - Mother’s Day - Lizzie Scott will be teaching us
and Mike Scott will lead us in a time of musical worship.
2. Passionate, Jesus centred faith: A commitment to take risks in partnering
with God, eagerly expecting that we will see him act.
3. God’s realm touching ours in power: Believing and expecting the
supernatural in-breaking of God’s Kingdom rule.
4. Presenting Jesus to neighbours & nations: partnering with God in presenting
Jesus the Saviour to the world.
5. The Bible: God’s true Word; inspired by the Spirit of Truth, giving us lifechanging knowledge & wisdom and transforming us into the image of Christ.
6. Sharing our lives: Being a welcoming, outward-focussed community of faith
where we invite people into our lives in a way that they feel accepted and
“at home”.
7. Doing good: Showing kindness to all people, expressing compassion and
seeking justice to those in need and the marginalized members of society.
Invitation
Men with a heart of God for Aldergrove
Come and join with other men to pray for Aldergrove.
When: Every second Saturday of the month,
April 11, May 9, June 13 etc.
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Where: AV Centre,
27309 Fraser Highway
Contact:
Colin: 604.866.2017
Peter: 604.857.3465
We believe that God wants to restore and
reconnect the holes in God’s fishing net for
8. Investing what we have to serve Jesus and others, understanding that
everything we have belongs to God and we are stewards, using the
resources he has given us for his eternal purposes.
With regard to finances, we trust that God will provide abundantly
for all that we need, to do what he has called us to do. Therefore,
if you are visiting, please do not feel obligated to give. For those in
our community, the offering box is located in the front of the room.
Notes...
April 19th, 2015
A warm welcome, especially to newcomers and visitors, as we worship
the rightful, righteous King, Jesus. After some brief announcements and
“Global Prayer”, we will bless our children to go to their Kingdom Kids’
program. Then, Lizzie Scott will be continuing her series on “Questions
Jesus Asked.” Following this, Mike Scott will be leading us in a time of
worship. We will allow for some time of prayer and personal ministry and
expect the Holy Spirit to empower us to see God’s Kingdom come “here
on earth, as it is in heaven.” At 11 AM we begin serving our weekly, free
pancake breakfast.
Following the morning service and pancakes, we will clear the
tables and make space for GAMES TIME. Typically this includes:
Table Tennis, Board/Card Games and activities for the kids.
Everyone is welcome to join us from 12-2pm.
Announcements .................................................. 9:30 - 9:45
Teaching: Lizzie Scott ......................................... 9:45 -10:25
“Kingdom Kids’” Program ................................ 9:45 - 10:30
Worship and Ministry ........................................10:25 - 10:55
Pancake “Brunch” (everyone is invited)......... 11:00 - 12:00
Aldergrove. Let us be restored, reconnected
and strengthened, so we will be ready for the
harvest.
We meet Sundays @ 9:30 AM at the AV Centre
27309 Fraser Highway, Aldergrove.
Our office phone number is 604-625-2015
“It is our goal to passionately love God
and become a community that draws
others into a trusting relationship with Him.“
YEMEN: Christians Say “Suffering Is Our
Kingdom Kids
Reality”
Source: Christian Broadcasting Network, March
Something to think about….
“You don’t have to be 12 to be a leader
here…. You can be one at any age!”
AV Kingdom Kid age-8
Kingdom Kids this week for kids 3-12 years…
31, 2015
Yemen is the Arab world’s poorest country. With
the majority of the Yemini people following Islam,
the tiny Christian community there is under
constant threat.
“Life for Christians in Yemen is very hard,” a
Yemini Christian named Sam told CBN News. “For
that matter, across the Middle East, there’s not a
We are continuing to learn about givingLeading: Carrie & Helper
country where Christians are not suffering for
their faith. This is our reality.”
Sam was a Muslim, but he converted to
Christianity. CBN News met him at an undisclosed
location off the coast of North Africa. In an
exclusive interview, he said if authorities
JOIN US - Every Sunday Morning, we get together to
pray before the service at 9am downstairs.
Pray for the Food Bank, which runs out of the AV Center
every Tuesday morning. Pray for supplies to increase
and for the volunteers who help out.
AV is excited to see new ministry initiatives - in Youth
and Toddler groups respectively. Pray for guidance for
the teams as they navigate the setting up of these.
Prayer Requests from the Ngendas in Liberia:
For the Ebola virus to be contained. 42 days with no new
cases is needed to be declared Ebola free. Liberia reached
a 16 then had a new case. Pray for James as he disciples
and works with young men and pastors
discovered his real identity, he could be arrested
OUR “GROWTH GROUPS”:
or killed.
House Group & Bible Study: Scott’s
“All Christians in Yemen are from a Muslim
Wednesdays 8-10pm in Aldergrove. (604-381-1555)
background,” he continued. “According to Islamic
Bible Study: Stark/Kelder
Sharia law, it is forbidden for Muslims to convert
Wednesdays 7-9 pm at alternate locations, the AV Center and
a home in Aldergrove. (604-556-3308)
“The government says there is religious freedom,
to Christianity.”
but that is not true,” he continued. “Christians are
routinely harassed. They face daily struggle and
persecution; first from their family members, then
from the government.”
Staff Pastors: Joe and Charmaine Kelder
Associate Pastoral Staff: Mike and Lizzie Scott
Bookkeeping and Accounting: Alaine Bartsch
Pastoral Team Leader: Maggie Hober
Administration Team Leader: Joe Kelder
Facilities Team Leader: Teresa Kleywegt
Strategic Planning Team Leader: Charmaine Kelder
BENEVOLENT TEAM:
Do you need to contact our Benevolent Team? Contact Randal Bartsch,
Teresa Kleywegt , Peter Breederland or Wendy England.
Some 25 million people live in Yemen. The
majority follow the Sunni branch of Islam. No one
knows for sure how many, but it’s estimated there
are a few thousand secret Christians.
Read full story: http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/
2015/March/Yemeni-Christians-Suffering-Is-Our-Reality/
If you have any prayer requests, please let Mike know.