announcements, recordings, etc.

Announcements for Barss Corner Baptist, Feb. 14, 2020 You are all invited to drop in at the parsonage on Sunday, Feb. 16 from 3 – 6 PM to celebrate Connie’s birthday. Best wishes only, please. Our condolences to the family of Donny Bassett. There will be a visitation at Corkum’s Funeral Home tomorrow (Feb. 15) from 1-2 PM, followed by a burial at the Barss Corner Community cemetery, followed by a reception at the Barss Corner hall. His obituary is at http://www.corkumfuneralhome.ca/obituaries/144365. This Sunday at 6 PM, Bridgewater Open Bible Church is hosting a speaker who is coming from Voice of the Martyrs. An offering will be taken in support of that ministry. I will be leading the worship service at Rosedale Home on Tuesday, Feb. 18 This Sunday I will be preaching about whether/when to use psychiatric drugs for mental troubles. On Sunday, Feb. 23, we will have an after-church social of sandwiches and sweets, followed by our annual business meeting. Annual report booklets are available at the church. Of if you need one dropped off to you, please let me know. On the web: There is a movie coming out about the Free Burma Rangers. Looks like it will be an incredible film. The first people group the Rangers helped when they started about a decade ago, and who are now some of the people going into other countries to help, were the Karen people, whom Baptists from Nova Scotia helped to reach for Christ 200 years ago. See the trailer at https://deidox.org/fbr/?gclid=CjwKCAiAhJTyBRAvEiwAln2qB99o8i_cXMEQT_fPCSWKSBumQ-yF5BWa3IDm3tO7frBqu6VbVPLLCxoCuUAQAvD_BwE As we will be thinking about mental health issues this Sunday, you may be interested to read an article called “Ten Ways Ordinary People Can Help Those with Psychiatric Problems” at https://www.ccef.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Ten-Ways-Ordinary-People-Can-Help-Those-with-Psychiatric-Problems-Welch.pdf Recordings: Recent sermons are on Crosspreach here, on Soundcloud here, and on Dropbox here. This first part of the worship service is on Dropbox here. You can read sermon notes here. You can read bulletins here. Those sites are usually updated weekly, even on weeks when you may not receive an email.

church and Sunday School cancelled today, Jan. 19

Church and Sunday School are cancelled due to weather today (Jan. 19) at Barss Corner Baptist. I will make phone calls between 8:30 and 9:00 this morning. If you get this email, and if you reply to me to say you got it, then I won’t phone you. May you enjoy God’s presence with you as a little sanctuary today. Ezekiel 11:16. Copyright © 2020 Barss Corner Baptist and Emmanuel Baptist of Parkdale-Maplewood, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Barss Corner Baptist and Emmanuel Baptist of Parkdale-MaplewoodPO Box 4 Barss Corner, NS B0R 1A0 Canada Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

after-church social cancelled, etc.

Announcements for Barss Corner Baptist… Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow, there will be no after-church social this month. Our next after-church social will be the day of our annual meeting in February If church is cancelled, we will make phone calls in the morning. If we do have church, please don’t anyone who lives any distance from the church take any serious risks to get here. Recordings: Recent sermons are on Crosspreach here, on Soundcloud here, and on Dropbox here. This first part of the worship service is on Dropbox here. You can read sermon notes here. You can read bulletins here. Those sites are usually updated weekly, even on weeks when you may not receive an email.

church social postponed until Jan. 19

Due to the weather forecast, tomorrow’s after-church social (pot-luck) is postponed until the following week (Jan. 19). We will make phone calls tomorrow morning if we decide to cancel church, but if we do have church, then please don’t anyone take any serious risks to get here. If a few of us who live close by gather to worship, we will feel better about it if people who live a little farther were wise to stay put. Recordings: Recent sermons are on Crosspreach here, on Soundcloud here, and on Dropbox here. This first part of the worship service is on Dropbox here. You can read sermon notes here. You can read bulletins here. Those sites are usually updated weekly, even on weeks when you may not receive an email. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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Announcements, recordings, etc. for Barss Corner Baptist

For those who were able to make it safely through the snow, we enjoyed church this morning. You can hear the sermon through the links below, called “do not neglect your greatest duty.” I really enjoyed preaching it. I’ve started using Mailchimp to send these emails. At the bottom you’ll find a link to adjust your email address or unsubscribe from the email list. There will be at Management Board meeting at the church at 7 PM on Jan. 14. Our special Christmas offering brought in $1000 for the New Germany Elementary School nutrition program. I’ll have the privilege to drop off the cheque this week. Recordings: Recent sermons are on Crosspreach here, on Soundcloud here, and on Dropbox here. This first part of the worship service is on Dropbox here. You can read sermon notes here. You can read bulletins here. Those sites are usually updated weekly, even on weeks when you may not receive an email.

Announcements, Recordings, etc. for Barss Corner church

Here is info for Barss Corner church for this week…

Announcements:

• Our Christmas Eve service will be at its usual time, 7 PM at the church, bring your friends and neighbours.
• Our Christmas envelope offering will go toward the nutrition program at New Germany Elementary School.
• I visited a family today that would be very greatly blessed by some furniture: if anyone is looking to give away some bunk beds, a couch, or chairs, please let me know. It would make a very big difference in their lives right now.

On the web:

• I preached last week about bullying. There is a fascinating Psychology Today article, about Jesus’ teaching about how to respond to bullying. I don’t agree with everything the author says, but some of his insights are perceptive and simple. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/resilience-bullying/201212/jesus-taught-the-solution-bullying
• I listened to last Sunday’s episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes. They covered how terrible the gang violence is in El Salvador. Then they talked with a pastor of a church that is doing remarkable work there. It is understood in the cities in El Salvador that once a man joins a gang, there are only two ways out of it: to die, or to become a born again Christian and join a church like that one. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-central-ally-the
• There is a radio interview with the founder of YouVersion. If you use a smart phone or a tablet, you might want to use the YouVersion app to read and study and listen to the Bible. It’s free. The fascinating thing in the interview is that YouVersion has been successfully operating in every country of the world, and has yet to be shut down, even in the countries the most hostile to the gospel. I was impressed this year, as I met Mexican workers whose families speak various remote indigenous languages, that I could find the Bible in their languages on YouVersion. https://www.vomradio.net/episodes/detail/gods-word-in-every-hand
• Listen to Lenny Gallant’s stirring song about the innkeeper in Bethlehem. https://youtu.be/3S1jsatf7q4
• I’ve mentioned before how much I enjoy pastor Colin Smith’s series of sermons from the perspectives of various characters in the Christmas story. Yesterday I listened to the Christmas story from the angel Gabriel’s perspective. https://unlockingthebible.org/series/christmas-stories/

Recordings:

• Recent sermons are on Crosspreach here, on Soundcloud here, and on Dropbox here.
• This first part of the worship service is on Dropbox here.
• You can read sermon notes here.
• You can read bulletins here.
• Those sites are usually updated weekly, even on weeks when you may not receive an email.

Announcements, Recordings, etc. for Barss Corner church, Dec. 6, 2019

Here is info for Barss Corner church for Dec. 6

Announcements:

• Like recent Christmases, our special Christmas offering envelopes will go toward the nutrition program at the New Germany Elementary School
• This Sunday (Dec. 8) we will be doing “white gift Sunday” to collect items for the elementary school’s “Free Store.” You can see a (slightly fuzzy) list of requested items at https://wordpress.com/page/barsscornerbaptist.wordpress.com/839
• This Sunday will likely be Felix’s last day with us this year. Keep him in your prayers as he returns to his family in Mexico for the winter.
• On Sunday, Dec. 15, the Sunday School children will be doing a Christmas presentation during the church service. There will be a light pot-luck lunch (no hot foods) after the service.
• Tomorrow (Dec. 7) at 7 PM there is a community Christmas concert at the hall in Maplewood. Proceeds in support of the hall.
• Monday (Dec. 9) there is a pot-luck supper at the hall in Maplewood, in support of the museum. Everyone welcome. Bring your own dishes.
• The Christmas Eve service is at 7 PM at the church.

On the web:

Hear the Christmas story from the points of view of a wide variety of people in the Bible, in these sermons by Colin Smith at https://unlockingthebible.org/series/christmas-stories/

Recordings:

• Recent sermons are on Crosspreach here, on Soundcloud here, and on Dropbox here.
• This first part of the worship service is on Dropbox here.
• You can read sermon notes here.
• You can read bulletins here.