FSBC Weekly E-News: Jan. 25, 2024

FSBC Weekly E-News: Jan. 25, 2024

Welcome to Fundy Seaside in 2024!
We look forward to welcoming you and your guests at our beautiful location this week.

Sunday Jan. 28, 2024

  • 10:00 – 10:45 AM: Adults’ Sunday School & Coffee Time
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM: Weekly Worship Service.
  • Pastor Rachel will continue with her new sermon series: A New Continuation.
  • The sermon this week will be “Then and Now” part 1. (Lev. 26:14-39; Jer. 31:31-33)

Previous Sermons

“A New Cup of Tea.” (Mk. 2: 21-22)
A New Continuation sermon series (3).
We all like what’s familiar to us, or what has become comfortable to us. Nothing wrong with that. but we need to know: Is that what we cling onto?

Quotes from the sermon:
“God is omnipresent and omniscience and omnipotent, right. No doubt about that. No problem with Him. But what if our own hearts want to remain in an old belief system, think we are fine? … That kind of hearts are old hearts, old vessels, old containers…like the people who were challenging Jesus in this story. So, we need new containers that will allow our new lives with the Spirit of God to grow, to mature, because just as the old container – in this case, the old wineskin cannot expand according to how the new wine will bubble up, ferment, grow, and expand as it ages and matures. On the new wineskin is suitable to store the new wine…so that the new wine can go through the controlled fermentation process, like the raw, green pu-erh tea leaves will age in time.”

“But the problem is: No one likes new wine, once they have drunk the old/ aged wine. Actually, Luke has helped us ‘spell it out’: in Lk. 5: v 39: … ‘The old is better.’ …We all like what’s familiar to us, or what has become comfortable to us. Nothing wrong with that. but we need to know…Is that what we will cling onto? What does our heart say when there are times when the staff of the dim sum restaurant comes to inform us that there is no pu-erh tea available that day? Will we throw a tantrum because we don’t get what we are familiar with?”

Post-sermon check-up:
“What are you most comfortable with, but you know that God might have been already tugging at your heart that perhaps it is time for you to accept God’s leading, and go with Him. Have faith and trust Him to help you move forward, even though for now it will be uncomfortable and unfamiliar. But when you are willing to step out of what you perceive as your comfort zone, …He will surely hold your hand, and carry you with Him to new growth, new expansion, and new heights.”

For other sermon videos and audios, please visit our sermon archives @ https://www.fundyseasidechurch.com/
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Prayer Group

Season Focus: Cultures in the World
Upcoming Dates: Feb. 6, 20, 2024
Time: 7:00 – 8:15 PM

Join Pastor Rachel to pray for the church, the community, and the world. During this season, we will be learning about the Field Staff of Canadian Baptist Ministries in Europe, the work they are involved in, and the people and the cultures they are serving. Together, we will discover how God is moving in the hearts of people around the world.

  • See you on your devices via the following Zoom link. Same link every week.
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89623612156
    (Meeting ID: 896 2361 2156)
  • Alternatively, you can dial one of the following telephone numbers on your phone (Audio only – no video):
    • +17806660144,,89623612156# Canada
    • +12042727920,,89623612156# Canada
  • The Zoom link to the gathering is also on our website on the Gatherings page. Scroll down the page to find “Praying Around the World” then click on the Zoom link there.
  • Note: It is not necessary to install the Zoom App to attend the Zoom meeting. All it takes is to click on or dial the designated link/ phone number as listed above when it is the meeting start time.

Condolences

We wish to extend our deepest condolences to Ann Little for the sudden passing of her husband Kevin Belding this week.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Ann, Abbi, and their loved ones at this sorrowful time.

Church Giving Envelopes

If you would like offering envelopes for your donations towards the church’s expenses and/or the causes the church supports, please let Ann Little or Pastor Rachel know, or email us at fundyseasidechurch@gmail.com

2024 Calendar with Scripture

After our New Year’s Eve service, everyone went home with a free copy of this 2024 calendar. There are still some left in the church. Feel free to pick up a few more copies to give away or for your use while the new year is still young!

Camp T News

  • Introducing the new Executive Director of Camp Tulakadik: Jacob Price.
  • Camp T is now accepting applications for summer staff! Looking for cabin leaders, maintenance/groundskeeping, a head cook and assistant cook, office admin, activities coordinator, LITs, and more! Please encourage any interested teens, young adults and other interested individuals to visit www.camptulakadik.com to apply. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2024.

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May God bless you all!

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