OFFERING SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY 2018
February 4th A.M. – WORLD RENEW envisions a world where people experience and extend Christ's compassion and live together in hope as God's community. Compelled by God’s deep passion for justice & mercy, we join communities around the world to renew hope, reconcile lives, and restore creation. World Renew's worldwide ministry is three-fold: Community Development, Disaster Response & Rehabilitation, and Peace & Justice.
P.M. – SMITHVILLE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL is providing an authentically Christian education to teens from all over central Niagara. Smithville Christian High graduates are serving God and bringing shalom all over the world. Your gift will be used to keep tuition in check so that many families can have access to the exciting programs that enable our students to thrive. Thank-you for your part in keeping Christian education affordable at all levels.
February 11th A.M. – SHALOM MANOR & GARDENS is a special Christian, non-profit long-term care home and retirement centre, serving seniors mostly of Dutch descent who belong to the community of Reformed faiths. Limited government funding does not allow the services our seniors require that meet our expectations and standards. Your gifts will enhance immediate resident care, programs, and debt load.
P.M. – BENEVOLENCE: Your contribution to the Benevolent Fund provides assistance for the needs of our church family and the local community. These include basic needs such as food, clothing, housing and schooling. As our church grows the needs within increase and become more varied. Please continue to support our ministry of benevolence.
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February 18th A.M. – RESONATE GLOBAL MISSION is continuing their partnership with churches in the United States and Canada to plant churches, do campus ministry, train and equip pastors, and develop future leaders. They will also continue to send missionaries overseas, proclaiming the Gospel, and forging lasting partnerships. In addition to this ongoing work, they are tackling new opportunities for ministry. Here in North America, we need experience in international ministry to help churches effectively reach across cultural barriers and forge partnerships within new communities of faith. In other nations, we need expertise in church planting and campus ministry to help people in every nation discover God’s plan for their church, community, and life. With your prayers and financial support, as a single agency we will be able to equip all our churches for ministry and join together with what God is already doing around the world.
P.M. – NO SERVICE, FAMILY DAY WEEKEND
February 25th A.M. – REDEEMER UNIVERSITY COLLEGE is a Christian undergraduate university offering programs leading to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education degrees. From its Hamilton, Ontario campus, Redeemer has prepared graduating classes — the next generation of Christian leaders — for more than 30 years. Redeemer students are being shaped by the Reformed Christian commitment to see faith woven through all aspects of learning and life. Across the world, from the classroom to the convocation stage to careers and churches, our faculty, students and alumni are making an impact.
P.M. – JEWS FOR JESUS is a Jewish evangelistic agency dedicated to bringing the Gospel into places where a significantly Jewish testimony is needed. Jews for Jesus began as a result of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the United States circ. 1968-1973. In theology we are not innovative, but represent mainline evangelical thought and preach the historic gospel upon which all true Christians agree. Our front-line missionaries are Jewish, and are ordained or commissioned by their own churches and approved to our ministry. Educational requirements are strict and most of our missionaries are at or near the Master's level in theology or missions education.