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2017MAR
Markham Chinese Baptist ChurchEnglish
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures
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Psalms 16:11
I have never imagined that I would one day be in this position. When I fi rst met with Rev. Tommy Wong and the members of Cantonese Pastoral Search Committee, I was honest with them and told them that I wanted to be a teaching and preaching pastor in the Cantonese Division. To help sharing the pastoral work for the Cantonese congregation was my initial desire. Who would have guessed – almost two years later, I have become the Interim Senior Pastor who shoulders the responsibility for leading the pastoral team and meeting the spiritual needs of over 1,000 congregants.
The term “Interim” refers to a temporary role during a transitional period. My responsibilities are to lead the pastoral team and develop various types of church ministries until the new senior pastor arrives. However, it does not mean that I will not do my best to play the role. In fact, I have made a commitment to the church that despite the hurdles that I would have to face during the tenure of two years, I will defi nitely not give up and will keep going. In the meantime, I also place expectations on the congregations that at all levels, they should have a kingdom mindset. Of course, I understand that people have diff erent expectations from the church, and that they expect the church to meet their needs through various ministries. However, I sincerely hope that all congregants should give fi rst priority to God’s kingdom. Even though their needs cannot be fully satisfi ed, they should be willing to let the heavenly kingdom take precedence over their own needs.
The term “Senior” means having the most experience or being the eldest. However, based on my physical appearance, it is clear that I am not the eldest one in the pastoral team. This term also implies having power and authority. For me, however, one of the most important tasks for Interim Senior Pastor is to build a team. I see all the pastoral staff as a team; I see the pastoral staff together with the deacons (i.e. Deacon Board) as a team. I see Mandarin, English, Cantonese divisions and YLD as a team. I see the whole church as a team. Therefore, my expectation for the congregations is that you must be a member of the team. I believe that a Christian who participates in church gatherings regularly should always be a member of the team. On the other hand, if the team’s decisions are not in harmony with each individual’s idea, as long as the decisions do not violate God’s truth, the individuals should set aside his personal opinion and give support to the team’s decisions.
The term “Pastor” is not a profession, but a role that is sent by God to shepherd the church. One of the duties of a shepherd is to equip potential leaders and help nurture them, enabling ministries to continue to fl ourish. For church leaders, I expect that they are willing to equip themselves on the one hand and have broad minds on the other in order to pass the baton to the next generation. As a pastor, my responsibilities defi nitely include providing pastoral care and teaching, which are what I am called to do. I really hope that I will be able to focus my time on those activities instead of dealing with confl icts on individual or group basis. Therefore, I hope that all congregants will have a willing heart to be shepherded: to be cared for on the one hand and to be nurtured on the other.
In Christ, Pastor Edward H.
COMING UP
Living the Good NewsThe Good News is not meant to only be said, but lived. It is not meant to be hidden within a church, but to be shared with the community. It is not meant to be about our perfection, but is about a power breaking through our weakness that reaches into life.
Mar 5 On Communion 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 Pastor Edward H.
Mar 12 Disciples Luke 5:1-11 Pastor Freddy
Mar 19 The Awesome Presence of God Mark 9:2-9 Dr. Kevin Livingston
Mar 26 On Sermons 1 Corinthians 14:26-33 Pastor Edward H.
STAFF INFO Ext.
Founding Pastor and Honorary Advisor Rev. Dr. Tommy Wong
Interim Senior PastorRev. Dr. Edward Ho
Youth Pastor Rev. Freddy Lam [email protected] 230
Children Pastor Pastor Ada Yu [email protected] 235
Mandarin Pastors Pastor George Lin [email protected] 245
Pastor Joseph Cheng [email protected] 224
Cantonese Pastors Pastor Edward Leung [email protected] 248
Pastor Steven Ng [email protected] 231
Executive Offi cer Mr. Paul SK Chau [email protected] 223
Secretary Mrs. Shirley Chau [email protected] 222
Admin. Assistant Ms. Tracy Chan [email protected] 221
Superintendent Mr. Chester Lee [email protected] 241
Caretaker Mr. Charles Wong 236
Missionary Updates
2016/2017 Annual Review From: Eva Watt – serving in Macau with SEND International at Macau Cumberland Presbyte-rian Church Our Ministry Goals carrying on from 2016 to 2017 are: • Nurture Believers• Developing leaders• Outreach to University Students• Prepare my coworkers for my retirement
from the fi eld in May 2018 Fruits of Ministry generated during the past year: • Thank God I can passed on the role of
Children Ministries Coordinator to my full time ministry coworker started October.
• new comers from the marketplace continue to come to our Worship Service and small group because of the good witness of our Young Adults in their work place.
• We truly experience Acts 2:47 during 2016, God added to the number at our church weekly those who were being saved. We have seekers and new comers every week at our Sunday Worship. Some of them are young couples and some are couples with children. We also have new born babies as well - 3 in 2016 and 6 are coming in 2017. We ask God to grant us wisdom to disciple and shepherd this growing congregation.
• 13/11 we had baptism at our church and I conducted my fi rst baptismal service after my ordination. We have 5 adults and 3 children being baptized and one transfer membership.
• Teens group started to stabilized and willing
to invite their friends to come.• Through AWANA we are able to reach out
to non-christian family (children and their parents).
Prayers being answered by the Lord to meet our need:
• lack of space on Saturday afternoon for both AWANA and Teens Group
• lack of space for babies and parents on Sunday during worship
God allows us to rent the unit right next to our church starting Nov. 2016 and now provide space for the Teens group on Saturday and Children worship on Sunday. We also moved our church offi ce to the new unit and left the old offi ce space for the pre-schoolers’ Sunday School and the toddlers.
One of our key children workers got married in March 2016 and now joining the church of her husband (Sweet and Sour ^_^)This newly wed couple gradually fi nd our church is more suitable for them as a couple therefore they started to come back since Oc-tober 2016. ^_^
The fi eld is still very much in need of workers, we keep on praying for willing servants to join us to serve in this city. Please keep me and our ministry in your prayer!
Eva Watt
Junior High Female Counsellors Do you have a passion to invest into the next generation of girls, as you have been invested into, to be godly sisters in Christ? Well, Timotheus Fellowship (for Grades 7 and 8) is looking for female counsellors. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Freddy Lam ([email protected]) for more details.
Traffic Team The traffic team is recruiting volunteers; please contact [email protected] to the attention of the Traffic team. Suggestions can be dropped in the Suggestion Box at the reception or you can email [email protected], to the attention of the Traffic Team.
Children’s Ministry Teachers Children Worship is looking for song lead-ers; small group teachers and helpers to serve between 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM every Sunday for the next quarter. If interested, please contact Corinne Har ([email protected]) or Deacon Richard Wong ([email protected])
Nursery Helpers
The Children’s Ministry is in need of a few parents or volunteers to help in the nursery room during morning service (9:30 AM to 10:45 AM). If you have young children your-self and/or are willing to share your experi-ence, please contact Gloria Law ([email protected]) for more information.
Recruitment of Pastors 1. Senior Pastor (Full-Time) The Senior Pastor is required to have solid faith in Christ, be compassionate, and people-oriented with strong communication and servant leadership skills. A minimum of 7 years of pastoral experience preferably under a North American multicultural setting with a Masters degree in theological education from an accredited and recognized institution. A giftedness in preaching and teaching is expected. For interested candidates, please visit our website at http://www.mcbc.com for further details or to submit your application via email below.
2. English Associate Pastor (full-time) The ED associate pastor will be involved in general pastoral duties, including preaching, teaching SS, small groups, visitation, and working with church leaders to recruit, train, coach servanthood in the congregation. The successful candidate must have an M.Div. or above from an accredited and recognized school, have experience in North America in a similar sized church, and be a team player. Knowledge of Chinese is an asset.
Church NewsAttention: Daylight Savings Time Begins Daylight Savings Time starts March 12 (Sunday). Please remember to turn your clock one hour forward before going to bed on Saturday night.
VBC Volunteer Recruitment:VBC 2017 will be held from August 14 to August 25. We are looking for individuals who are interested in joining the Executive Committee and/or Program Planning Team. You will be helping in the overall camp planning as well as the program planning of VBC 2017. Monthly meetings will start in February 2017 until July 2017. Please contact us through email at [email protected] for more information.
YLD Teacher Training “Want to serve God by teaching or explore your teaching skill? Interested in working with youth and children? YLD Children Department has organized Teacher Training SS classes from March to May (11:15 am to 12:15 pm) to explore together with our instructors on how to nurture faithful kids. Please come to share and learn together with our instructors.
MARCH 26th | 6:30 - 8:00 PM | CHAPEL
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The Book of Job Grade 7-8 Boys B-30 TBD
James: Faith Under Pressure Grade 7-8 Girls B-28 Janfer Lau
Explore the Bible: Matthew Grade 9-10 Foyer Ellena TsangExplore the Bible: Matthew Grade 11 B-26 Simon YuenWhat Christians Ought to Believe Grade 12 B-04 Edward Tsang(formerly Foundations)
For more information please contact: [email protected]
The book of Romans is the most comprehensive and systematic presentation of the Gospel by the apostle Paul in the New Testament. He also presented the principles of victorious Christian living including various applications. Join us to build or rebuild a better foundation on what the Gospel is and how to be bold to share it with others.
Teachers // Larry Chan
Location// Chapel
MARCH 5TH - MAY 28TH | 11:15 AM - 12:30
Sept -DecMar-May
YouthGrace | Grade 5 & 6 2nd and 4th Friday, 7:30 – 9:00 [email protected]
Timotheus | Grade 7 & 8 Fridays, 7:30 – 9:30 [email protected]
Koinonia | Grade 9 – 12 Fridays, 7:30 – 9:30 [email protected]
Baptism Classes!
For more information, please contact Pastor freddy at
Freddy. [email protected]
If you'd like to be baptized this Easter, or simply interested in what baptism is, please prepare to join us for the following classes.
Class 1: Sat. March 4, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Class 2: Sat. March 11, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Class 3: Sat. March 18, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Class 4: Sat. March 25, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
YouthGrace | Grade 5 & 6 2nd and 4th Friday, 7:30 – 9:00 [email protected]
Timotheus | Grade 7 & 8 Fridays, 7:30 – 9:30 [email protected]
Koinonia | Grade 9 – 12 Fridays, 7:30 – 9:30 [email protected]
AdultSamuel & Khenva Pun Monday nights Kennedy/401
Evangel Tam &Evelyn MakTuesday nightsValleymede/Hw7
Dan Woo &Kelvin CheungThursday nightsWoodbine/Major Mackenize
Miranda & Simon Queh, Christine YoungFriday nightsBayview/Hwy 7
Paul & Jennifer HungFriday nightsWarden/16th
Jie & Vicky Wu, Stella ChanSaturday early eveningsBayview/Elgin Mills/Stouff ville
Rebuilding the foundationsA study of the book of Romans
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Dear Parents,
May our Lord bless you with a joyful break from the school routine and have a safe and fun March Break holiday! This is an exciting month for our children ministry as our Children and Youth Choir will be performing the “Superhero Adventure about the Fruit of the Spirit” on March 4, 2017!
Our theme for this month is forgiveness. When our relationship with God was broken beyond repair, Jesus made it possible for us to have God’s forgiveness. Our memory verse for March also reminds us not only God forgave our sins, but also that we should forgive others instead of holding grudges against one another.
We pray that throughout March, individuals will let go of what they are holding against each other and choose to forgive. May our Lord bless us and make forgiveness a powerful virtue in the lives of kids and families in our church.
MEMORY VERSE:
COLOSSIANS 3 : 13 (NIV)“BEAR WITH EACH OTHER AND FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER IF ANY OF YOU HAS A
GRIEVANCE AGAINST SOMEONE. FORGIVE AS THE LORD FORGAVE YOU.”
Scripture Message
Week 1 LUKE 15:1-7We will focus on God’s love for us that went to great lengths to rescue us from our sins. Through this story of Lost Sheep, we pray that kids will remember that God forgives our sins.
God forgives you
Week 2 LUKE 15:11-24Through the parable of the Lost Son, Jesus teaches kids that forgiveness is a huge step for anyone, and everyone needs forgiveness.
Everyone needs to be forgiven, even me
Week 3 LUKE 15: 21-32We continue the parable of the Lost Son from last week. A closer look will be on the older brother who has obeyed his dad all his life. Kids will learn when we don’t forgive; we have the potential to miss out all that could happen through that relationship.
When you don’t forgive, you miss out
Week 4 MATTHEW 18: 21-35The parable tells the story of a servant who was caught when he did not forgive others like the King forgave him. Forgiveness comes in a full circle. God chose to forgive us and we should with forgiveness to others in return.
Since God forgave you, you should forgive others
Video for Junior Worship link: http://studio252.tv/fun2watchMCBC YLD Children link: https://mcbc.com/children/home/index.php
YLD Children Ministry
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PRAYER ITEMSCOME AND PRAY WITH USSaturday | 10:00 AM
Sunday | 9:00 AM
OUR CHURCHPray for our Sunday school teachers as they continue to prepare for each class in prayer and refl ection.
Pray for our search for our English pastors. Ask the Lord to have mercy on us and provide someone in his timing.
Pray for a strategic vision for a new possible church plant, as well as a few able, dedicated servants to consider helping.
YLD Youth// Pray for the critical need various leaders in the ministry: DRIVEN Worship, Nurturing, Outreach, Parents Connection and
Ministry Chair replacement for Pastor Freddy.
Pray for more sunday school teachers to teach youths about the story of the bible, its context, and its application for godly living.
YLD Children// Pray for Sunday’s message can stick to children’s heart and build them up
OUR WORLDPray for the Gospel to spread throughout areas of Buddhist infl uence.
Ask the Lord to protect Christians in areas of
persecution, and that national pastors will be comforted in their stand for Gospel truth.
www.joshuaproject.net
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan"
- John Bunyan
• Pray for Pastor Edward Ho, our Interim Senior Pastor, to provide leadership to MCBC in building teams.
• Pray for the raising up of deacons from ED, as we are moving toward a new system starting in 2018
• Pray for spiritual maturity, that we’d recognize the grave responsibility to shepherd our families well
• Pray for a heart for the lost in Markham, that we’d reach out to our non-Chinese neighbours and share the Gospel.
• Pray that we would truly experience transformation this coming year in attitude, mind, and action
Special Prayers for 2017
Contact: [email protected]
Saturday Basketball | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Drop-in basis. All skill levels and ages are welcome to play in a fun yet competitive environment.Contact: Cyrus Choy ([email protected])
Sunday Night Basketball | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pmOpen for those who are attending MCBC in any function (service, fellowship, small group, etc.). Contact: Kenny Chan ([email protected])
Chinese Christian Basketball MinistrySunday Night Games: October to June @ Milliken Park Community CentreContact: Joyce Chau ([email protected])
Sports
It's been our desire as a church for years to reach out to the growing community around us and plant a new church. While there are no concrete plans, we'd like to invite any and all who may be interested in praying for God's will to contact Deacon Henry at [email protected].
Church Planting
OFFERINGGeneral Missions
BUDGET 1,912,048 280,917
TO-DATE 123,223 16,910
MCBCCOMBINED
ATTENDANCE1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th
English 244 256 202 208 211
Youth - 37 33 32 34
WORSHIP 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th
English 26 45 48 - 55
Youth 40 61 54 - 57
Children 59 96 91 78 102
Figures for Jan 2017
SUNDAYSCHOOL
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Tel: (905) 887 6222 | Fax: (905) 887 2496www.mcbc.com | [email protected]
9580 Woodbine Ave Markham, ON L6C 1H8
Sunday Worship TimeEnglish | 9:30 am - 10:45 amChildren | 11:15 am - 12:30 pmYouth | 9:30 am - 10:45 amCantonese | 8:00 am - 9:00 am | 11:15 am - 12:30 pmMandarin | 9:30 am - 10:45 am
Core Value #7 Equipped to Serve We believe that God gives the church spiritual leadership and that the task of the church is to equip and empower this leadership, who will in turn entrust to others and multiply.
Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 12:7; Ephesians 4:11-13; 2 Timothy 2:2
Be transformed by the renewal of your mind
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. Romans 12:3
