FSBC E-News: Apr. 4, 2024

FSBC E-News: Apr. 4, 2024

Welcome to the first edition of FSBC E-news in April.

We look forward to welcoming you and your guests at our beautiful location this week.

Sun. April 7th.
– 10:00 AM Sunday School & Coffee Time resumes.
– 11:00 AM Sunday Worship Service
– Pastor Rachel will be away this Sunday.
– We will have Rufus McKillop as the Guest Speaker this week.
– Sermon title: “Forgiveness is Divine”

Thoughts to Follow

Quotes from the sermon:

  • Have you heard this expression before: It’s not you, it’s me?…But Jesus is saying to these women on His road of suffering, “It’s not me, it’s you… It is you who need to be prepared for your future.” Why? For one, Jesus probably was foretelling about the Siege/ The Fall of Jerusalem that was to happen a few decades later in AD 70…Josephus, a historian … recorded this…However, I believe most importantly, Jesus was telling everyone to get ready for their own future -while they still had time…That’s why he went on to say V31, “If people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?” …
  • What pricks our hearts more? Jesus’ sufferings? Or our sins that caused Him to come and suffer and die? Because if we are only looking at Jesus’ sufferings, then His suffering will not have much impact on us except on a few days, or a few hours in the year. What fuels you to live the day after today? What motivates you to live for Him between this Good Fri and the next one? Is it feeling sorry for Jesus? Or is it feeling sorry for your own sins and sinfulness, … that it is like…the tax collector in the temple who prays ever so humbly before God (Lk. 18:13) …but can only beat his chest and says, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ …The same goes for us. Are we fully aware, and continue to be fully aware that unless God provides a sacrifice for our sins, unless Jesus is interceding for us day and night as the great high priest, and unless the Spirit is working in us, admonishing, teaching, and steering us, we will be the most pitiful people of all on this earth, and we will not have a chance for eternal life in Christ?
  • If even Jesus Christ at the Cross, the son of God was forsaken by his God and Father, that His anger was poured out upon him when he was sustaining in his body the sins of his people – of you and of me; If the curse of the law was executed on him: and he was killed by the justice hand of His own God and father, as only the death of an innocent Adam could be the one and only worthy sacrifice for the fallen evil Adam. So, if now all these things were done to such a holy, harmless, and innocent person, what shall be done to the “dry” – the guilty ones – the sinful?
  • That is what Jesus wanted the women in Jerusalem to care about – their own souls, their children’s souls, their own salvation, and God’s forgiveness of their debt of sin. That’s exactly His point – Don’t cry for me, daughters and sons of Jerusalem, cry for yourselves, and for your own people…Focus on our own sins and be alert of our sinfulness…be watchful for ourselves…because nothing good lives in our sinful nature… (Par. Rom 7:20-25) …And this is what makes Jesus’ suffering worthwhile and impactful every day of our lives. Because this pricking of the heart by our sins and our sinful nature would be the best-ever motivation for us to live a life pleasing to Him. As we go back to our homes to prepare for this weekend’s gatherings and celebrations, let this be the choice you make for your motivation, for it is the best fuel for us to prepare to celebrate His resurrection, and for his second coming.

“It’s not me, it’s you.”

Not Your Typical Good Friday sermon
Lk. 23:27-31. Receive & Deliver(6).
Ref: 1 Pe. 4:17; Rom 7:20-25
Good Friday Music and Communion Service. 2024-03-29. Rev. Rachel Kwan. FSBC.
Via Dolorosa 🎶: https://youtu.be/2s9DSu4EX7k?si=PJWps9Eh08H0TjCt

Rev. Rachel Kwan. 11:00 AM, Sunday Service, “Parable Before the Palms.” 2024-03-29.

Prayer Group

Season Focus: Cultures in the World
Upcoming Dates: April 9, 23, 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 Canadian Baptist Ministries in Africa, the work they are involved in, 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.

Want to go to Camp this Summer?

Our church would like to send some of our students to Camp this summer. Take a look at the camps being offered!
Registration for Camp T has been open since the middle of March. Space is limited. Register early.
Please speak with Pastor Rachel if you or someone you know are interested.

https://www.camptulakadik.com/schedule/
https://www.camptulakadik.com/parent-info/financial-assistance/

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 us know or email us at fundyseasidechurch@gmail.com

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May God bless you all!

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