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Moses: Called to God’s Mission
ASSEMBLY TIMES To speak of “being called” by God
sounds a bit presumptuous in our
Sunday Morning:
ears, yet that is precisely the lan-
10:03am Class guage the New Testa-
11:03am ment uses to speak of
Full Family Fellowship how God draws us
into His mission. Even
Thursday Evening: Jesus came to call sin-
Alternating Thursdays ners (Matthew 9:13/
7:00pm Luke 5:32). The apos-
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own ministry as calling
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call” (Hebrews 3:1) and Peter re-
LEADERSHIP minds us to make our “calling and
election” certain (2 Peter 1:10).
Elders: So, this calling of God is some-
Cameron Husband thing God does but also requires
Harold Floyd our active participation.
Dale King
Jim Sedor Beginning with the story of
Moses, the Bible contains several
Minister: notable “call narratives,” stories
Rolland Bouchard where people have an encounter
with God that alters forever the
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course of their lives. Additionally,
these call narrative have some
consistent patterns that can in-
form us about how God might be
calling us today.
Using Exodus 3 and 4 as a model,
we find that Moses experiences a
revelation of God (3.1-4). In this
revelation, God expresses his mo-
tive (3.4-9) for appearing to
Moses, which then leads into
God’s commission (3.10) of
Moses to a special task. Moses
will, of course, issue some objec-
tions (3.11ff) to the mission God
has just assigned him and God will
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meet these objections with reas-
surance (3.12) that God will be on
the mission with him. Finally, God
will offer Moses several
signs (3.12; 4.1-5) both
to confirm to others
that he is on God’s mis-
sion but also to assure
Moses that he is not on
the mission alone.
While God’s call of us
may not be as dramatic
as Moses’, I do believe
that God calls us in a
similar way: There
comes a time when we
“see” God, maybe
through a dramatic
revelation of God but
often it is through preaching,
teaching or someone’s quiet faith-
ful life. But when we see God, we
come to know his motives. He
loves us intensely and wants to be
in relationship with us. However,
we, like Moses will often object to
God’s interference in our lives,
but God will again reassure us
that he is with us and he will give
us signs along the road that he is
there and that we have truly been
called by Him.
Inhabitants of God’s Kingdom
will be marked by love that
flows across all lines. “love your
neighbour and your enemy.”
Christians are non-tribal under-
standing that “the blessed gos-
pel is for all!”
Christians are clearly seen by in
the world by our love for one an-
other, but how much more so is
the love of God seen in that our
love for one another is stretched
beyond the boundaries of a church
group.
Join us in September for this
series.
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THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER... Activities for Assembly

September 12, 2010
Welcome
 Marie McMillan—Continued health  Catherine Taylor– seeing continued suc- Kid’s Time
concerns cess and healing after her surgery. The Steadfast Love
 Bernard and Alicia Krogsgaard - Mission-  The School year and the students. He Is Able
God Has Smiled on Me
aries in Mexico  Nancy Martinson—(Heather Kings Sister-
Hosanna
 Joe Fox—recovery from surgery. in-law) Pray for success in cancer treat-
Communion
 Our Shepherds—leadership and care ments.
Humble yourself in the sight of the
 Chris Cornforth—continued health  Margaret Floyd—shoulder pain.
Lord
concerns.  Cody– off to Western. Message
 All of those still struggling with grief.  That we would grow continually closer Shine Jesus Shine
Sharing
 Our small gatherings. to maturity in the Lord.
Announcements and Offering

JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY SHEPHERD’S CORNER

By Anne Cetas
Early on a sunny Sunday afternoon
after church, I headed out for a
walk around the neighborhood. A
man was trimming his grass along
the sidewalk, and we greeted each
other with the usual “Hello, how
are you?” In a negative tone, he
replied, “It’s just another Sunday.”
Later, I wondered what he had
meant by that. Was he saying, I’m
just doing my chores—going
through the motions?
Sometimes even church atten-
dance can become a matter of
merely going through the motions
on just another Sunday. For the believers in the early church (Acts
2:41-47), joining with fellow believers was a source of excitement.
That was when the church first started and everyone was a new be-
liever—so they were bound to be enthusiastic. But what about us?
What can we do to make each Sunday special?
Go with the anticipation of meeting with God. While He is with us all
the time (Heb. 13:5), God is with us in a unique way as we gather
with others who know Him (Matt. 18:20; James 4:8). Bring your bur-
dens and praises to Him.
Go to learn about God. We may not learn something new every
week, but we can always be encouraged by the truths of God’s Word
(Ps. 119:105). Expect to hear from Him.
Go to fellowship with others. We need each other in this Christian
journey. Encourage others, challenge them in their faith, and pray for
them (Heb. 10:24-25).
Bring Christ Your
Broken Life…
Matthew 11:28
The Elders, your servants and co-heirs,
It is the desire of the Elders to improve our communications
with the congregation. As a first step we have decided to post a note in
the bulletin the first Sunday following all of our regular bi-monthly
meetings. The hope is to let you know what we are praying for, planning
for and even struggling with. We ask that you join in asking God to bless
our efforts and to help us to do what we can not do ourselves.
If for any reason you would like the Elders to pray for you or others or if
you would like to get together with us, let us know, you will always be
welcome.
We have decided earlier this year that the Elders will not be
dealing with day to day administrative issues in our meetings. All such
issues will be channeled to the applicable ministry groups. We will
prayerfully focus as much as we can on growing faith, unity and love in
our congregation with an outward love for the lost.
We met this last Wednesday and had a tremendous meeting.
Here just a few of the highlights...
 We prayed for recent visitors and those who have started attending
regularly. What a blessing from God these people are to us all!
 We discussed what we need to be doing to support, teach, encourage
these people in their walk with their Savior
 We prayed for all our members by name that are struggling with loss,
loneliness, grief, sickness and sin
 Rolland presented the Elders with his lesson series for the fall, “Seven
Kingdom Values” which includes 7 lessons starting Sunday with “Radical
Inclusion”. Looking Forward to hearing the fruit of his labour
 The Elders are getting ready to go through an open evaluation process
with Rolland. The aim is to help all of us to working at our best for the
Lord and the Church.
 We discussed how we might improve our Planning, Goals and Visioning.
We will be communicating with all ministry groups shortly asking them
to ready themselves for a Congregational planning meeting November
7, 2010.
 The Elders are very serious about praying, planning and visioning for
2011. We are planning a half day retreat to focus ourselves for a larger
planning meeting very soon. These meetings will direct many of our
paths in the new year. Pray for Gods hand to be upon us
 We discussed LST, Friends Speak and Sycamore Tree series. We want to
move ahead and do nothing to discourage or delay those who have the
mind to go ahead using these tools. It was decided that Rolland and
possibly Owen would make a presentation to the congregation on Sun-
day giving everyone the opportunity to show interest and find out how
to get involved.
In His Service,
Your Shepherds

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