And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ... (Leviticus 25:10)

2011 is our Jubilee Year, marking fifty years of progress ... and what an adventure it has been! We’ve made the journey from the small auditorium of a local landmark to our present church complex on Baseball Hill in historic Marysville. We’ve grown from a tiny group of believers to hundreds of people worshipping with us each week. We’ve transitioned from a single accordion to a dynamic band and worship team, expanded from a single pastor to a multi-faceted ministry team, and moved beyond impacting a single city to mentoring ministers and teaching believers around the world through our Internet and missions ministry.

The journey really began way back in 1955, when the former Dawson Club in the town of Marysville was purchased and renovated to become the United Pentecostal Bible Institute. It was in this building, across from the area’s famous Cotton Mill, that the First United Pentecostal Church had its humble begin-nings when meetings began in April 1961. The fledgling assembly soon purchased

adjacent property along the Nashwaak River, and constructed their first church building at 23 McGloin Street, opening it for services in February 1964.

Dramatic growth over the ensuing years resulted in the church securing ten acres of property on nearby Baseball Hill, where a new sanctuary seating more than 500 was opened in March 1977 at 71 Downing Street. The growth of the assembly continued over the next decade as well, and church facilities were again expanded with the opening of an office wing in November 1984 and a new sanctuary seating more than 1000 in April 1988.

Forty acres of adjacent property were purchased in December 2001 to accommo- date future expansion of the church complex. Renova-tions to the original Downing Street buildings provided youth and children’s auditoriums and other facilities to accommodate the assembly’s growth, and 2006 marked our incorporation as Capital Community Church.

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During this process of expanding for our future, it was a special privilege for us to be able to donate five acres of land to the institu-tion that originally provided our first tempo-rary home, and Northeast Christian College (formerly UPBI) was able to open the doors of their new campus in September 2008.

A word of prophecy was spoken to our church family at the end of a recent Wednesday night Bible Study, when Pastor Raymond was speaking about inheriting the mantle of our elders ... “In order to go forward, you must first go back.” It was clear to everyone pres-ent what the Lord was saying. While many churches are content in merely “having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof” (2 Timothy 3:5), we are determined to go back to the things that have always made us a great church ... prayer, doctrine, holiness, missions ... because in going back we find the power to go forward.

Our year of Jubilee is about coming full circle in many ways, and we will hold a special weekend of celebration during our “50th anni-versary month” on April 8, 9 & 10. Evangelist Mark Morgan from San Francisco, California, who ministered at the opening services for our new sanctuary in April 1988 some 23 years

ago, will be our guest speaker for this event. You won’t want to miss this special time in God’s presence when we pause in apprecia-tion of our heritage and in anticipation of the exciting things on our horizon.

You see, in Scripture the Jubilee celebration was about far more than the progress of the past - it was also about the great potential of the future. Properties reverted to their original owners, family members returned home out of slavery, fields and vineyards were permitted to rest, liberty was proclaimed throughout the land, and the entire year was declared holy unto the Lord. Jubilee was decreed by the Lord primarily so that everyone and every-thing could regroup and serve God even better in the future. And that is what Jubilee means to us as well!

We’ve seen a lot of God’s blessings over the past fifty years, but we know that we haven’t even begun to realize everything that God wants to do at Capital Community Church, because “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9).

Don’t forget to join us for JUBILEE on April 8, 9 & 10 and be part of history in the making!

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Being born into the truth does not always mean that you are safe. You have to gain an understanding of the truth and have a love for the truth. I remember spending so many Sunday evenings underneath the front pew of a pentecostal church listening to the saints worship. I heard so many great preachers preach the truth, I knew what I was supposed to do; I knew where I was safe. But like all young people I gained an attitude of “It won’t happen to me”. I started to hang around with the world. I started to go the places that my worldy friends were going. I started listening to their music. I started watching their movies and partaking little by little in their entertain-ment. It’s not like you wake up one morn-ing and say “I don’t love God” its a gradual thing. Slowly but surely you begin to let your standards slip, oh its just a movie or its just one date and she’s really pretty. I don’t think it will be too bad if I go there, I can handle this. Its these thoughts that lead you to believe that everything is going to be okay. Satan really likes to rock a good christian to sleep with the “it will be alright” lullaby. Before I knew what I was doing I had begun to do the things I had said I would never do. It probably started with that first date with that girl and that date lead to another. Her friends and my worldly friends had begun to ask me why I didn’t drink. They started to say things “well its just one joint, it won’t hurt, its really fun!”. It started with the marijuana and at first it was fun. Can’t say that it wasn’t, that would be a lie. Next it was the booze and then it started to get worse. The drugs got a little heavier, and before I knew it I was so far re-moved from the place where I had once stood. I still remember the Sunday evening when I sat on the living room couch and told my father that I wasn’t going to church anymore. I remember the pain in my fathers eyes, he wasn’t angry like I expected he just looked so sad and defeated. From then on my life just

went from one mess to another. By the time I was twenty one years old I had three kids and was already married and on my way to a di-vorce. Many voices of God came to me, aunts, uncles, former pastors reaching for a very lost and mixed up young man. I wish I could name them all right now and tell them all how much I love them. If you know somebody right now who is lost don’t ever stop reaching. By the time I was 30 years old I had my fourth child, I was at the end of my second long term relationship. Not even married, living with a woman who was not my wife. By this time a hardcore gambling alcoholic. I would go into it but I don’t have the time. I will just say that I was so lost and hurting and just looking for someway out. Even though great men of God prayed for me on many occasions I had felt that there was no hope for me. I didn’t feel God like I had when I was young. I began to think that God didn’t love me anymore, maybe I had committed some sin that was unforgivable. I even told people that God didn’t love me anymore and that slowly morphed into God didn’t exist. I thought if I could forget God, I could just make him go away forever. But God had different plans. My sister invited me to a sing along at the Noonan Pentecostal Church. Before I knew it I had said yes when the night had come to go with her. I thought what could it hurt? For the first time in a very, very long time I could actually feel the presence of God. A month later, on a Saturday afternoon, I sat in my liv-ing room drinking and wondering what I was going to do with my life. A thirty-some year

old man not really able to take care of my-self, much less my own children. So very lost and alone and I had started another relation-ship that I knew was going to go nowhere. I saw my life circling around like it had in the past and I knew I was not going to last much longer. So I thought maybe I’ll go to church tomorrow morning. My aunt had asked if I would go with her if she went, so I called her and told her yes. I remember that Sunday morn - ing, I didn’t even have any good clothes to wear. But when I got up I told my kids we were going to Sunday school, I knew I was doing the first right thing I had done in a long time. Over the next month I went to church a couple more times. By this time it was late December, I was wondering if God could restore me, I just felt so broken. December rolled into January and I’ll never forget it was a Sunday morning and that crazy pentecostal preacher got up to preach a sermon called “The Voice”. I’ll never forget as he began to recount the recorded events of an apostolic movement on Azuza St. He talked about opening my mouth and how Jesus was nigh unto me, he was even in my mouth. You have to understand, I wasn’t a good man. I’d seen it all, years of bouncing bars, driving taxis, I even sold some of my high school friends their first drugs. I’d hurt so many people and I was hurting so bad. Completely broken spiritually and emotionally crippled. ...continued on page 4.

The Personal Testimony ofNathan Calhoun

God Can ! “I’ll never forget when God

refilled me with the Holy Ghost, He breathed life

back into my body. It just felt like wave after wave after wave of cleansing,

healing power. Everytime I would try to get up God would wash over me with the Holy

Ghost again. God wrapped his arms around me and

told me that He loved me like He always did.”

God Can!...continued from page 3.

. I felt the Holy Ghost moving all around me, as Jesus began to walk the aisles of that church at 71 Downing St. tears began to stream down my face, my heart started to beat faster and I heard a voice. It said step out. It wouldn’t quit ringing in my head. As I took ahold of the pew in front of me and began to stand up I thought I was going to make it down to the altar. But God had other plans. I stepped out into the aisle, I might have made it one or two steps and the almighty presence of God brought me to my knees and with a re-pentent heart I cried out and spoke that name. I’ll never forget when God refilled me with the Holy Ghost, he breathed life back into my body. It just felt like wave after wave after wave of cleansing, healing power. Everytime I would try to get up God would wash over me with the Holy Ghost again. He wrapped his arms around me and told me that he loved me like he always did. All the hurt and all the sorrow began to wash out of me. I’d like to describe it for you but all I can say is that in that moment when God fills you with His Spirit and you feel the Holy Ghost for the first time you will gain an understanding of what true love is. I’m not tough anymore, I’m not a big man no more if I ever was. I am a son of God and in love with my master willing to do his bidding. If you ever look at somebody and the words “Can God” cross your lips, I’d like to tell you that those words do not belong in that order. The very notion “Can God” is ridiculous, the very idea that there might be something God can’t do is on the border of insanity. The proper order of those words are “God Can”, and don’t ever doubt it.

From this place in the dark world I steptInto this beautiful river of lifeOn my broken knees I knelt and weptAs he wiped away all my strifeMy soul he has so sweetly kept As I walk in thy river of lifeOh, how my soul has rested and sleptIn this beautiful river of life

Note from author: If you would like to learn more about my personal testimony and about how God can deliver you, I’d be more than willing to sit down and talk with you about it!

CCC Crossword“How Well Do You Know Your Church?”

Across 3. Volunteer who collects the offering 6. Pentecostal 8. Newspaper 9. Praise 11. Sunday School Protection Program 12. NCC Beginnings 14. First Lady 18. Ten Percent Offering 19. Monthly Missions Commitment 20. Salvation Step Two 22. Saturday Service 23. Founding Pastor 24. Our Community 26. Pastor in 1998 28. Services offered online: Live and _____29. Administrator 30. Youth Pastor 32. Associate Pastor 34. Lead Pastor 35. Preschool Lead Teacher 36. Month of Jubilee 38. Ireland Missionary

39. Worship Leader 40. Ministry in Renous, Dorchester

Down 1. Pastor in 1965 2. Team that volunteers in the foyer 4. Music Ministers 5. Youth Group 7. Church Bi-Monthly Magazine 10. Sunday School Classes (#) 13. Simulcast Conference 15. Pastor when first building was built 16. Missionary Family at CCC 17. November Conference 19. Annual event for kids and community 20. Street Connecting to Downing 21. Salvation Step One 25. Hill where church is currently located 27. Street for first church building 31. Year of Jubilee (20__) 33. Jubilee Guest Speaker 37. Pastoral Care Ministry Leaders 38. Website Extension

My life started on a downward spiral at an early age. When I turned 11, I ran away from home to live with my father and was already smoking weed. By the time I turned 18, I was a complete junkie. This life pattern went on for the next 28 years in which I was in and out of Detox pro-grams between 8-10 times, landed in the “drunk tank” (Police custody cell, in particular, where the drunk and disorderly are held until sober), on a 28-day recovery program twice and sent to the Lone Water Farm on remand for five and a half months. Even after all of these programs, I still could not seem to shake this addiction. UNTIL one day, I met a great man of God at the Lone Water Farm, who came in to do services there. He planted a small seed in my life in 2003 and baptized me in Jesus’ Name, but I still wasn’t completely ready to commit my life. I remember him telling me that “You need to get to 71 Downing Street in Fredericton”. Looking back, I regret the terrible decision to continue down the wrong path for the next few years even after that experience at Lone Water Farm. Because of my drinking and drug addiction, I was not allowed to see my son any during those five years. BUT GOD...INTERVENED! God had another plan for my life and intervened in my life that was out of control and became the commander and chief of my life! God has certainly blessed me with a lovely wife, a Holy Ghost filled family, a beautiful home, two trucks and a thriving business! My son whom I was unable to see now lives with me and I have contact with my other son! I am thankful to God everyday for his goodness and mercy in seeing not what I was, but what I could become!

A Ministering Sketch By Judy Richard

I noticed as I was doing my daily, Bible reading, this morning; in what was my son, Stephen’s Bible, a little drawing he had done. It was at the ending of Luke’s Gospel and at the beginning of John’s Gospel. (He would have drawn this when he had this bible, between 1990 Easter – Age: 8 – November 1992 – Age 11).

It is a small drawing of a cross with Jesus hanging on it. Then, a small empty Cross beside it. It is drawn beneath Luke 24:50-53 (The Ascension).

I noticed the bottom of the empty cross was sitting atop the word “Gospel” according to John.

Once Jesus ascended… John had the respon-sibility to carry on the work of Jesus here on earth.

This spoke to me so plainly that although Ste-phen did not realize it, back when he sketched this illustration of the Easter Story, at that young age; that some 20 years later would minister to me. It has re-confirmed to me that Jesus is still at work in bringing Stephen to himself and giving him back to me, in His time.

I need not forget the word of God that was instilled in Stephen’s heart through Sunday School and me as a Christian Mom. “His word will not return void, but will accomplish to that which he shall please.” Isaiah 55:11

Thanks to God for His unspeakable Gift!!

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Eternal Perspective By Judy Richard

Beyond the routine of daily lifeBeyond all pain & worldly strifeThere is a land of uncloudy dayNo singing the blues or deep distressJust joy, peace, and happiness.Former troubles have vanished away.So, set your sights to that eternal placeYou will gain a fresh outlookAs you run life’s race.

But God...!The Personal Testimony

of Allan Porter

My life in the beginningWas such a wreck.I was literallyUp to my neck!

But God came inWith love divine,That I couldn’t waitFor his light to shine.

Now he holds me Tight in his handsTo never see The sinking sands.

May all his gloryShine through me.So that all my familyCan brightly see.

God is so goodTo one and allHe will neverLet us fall.

With blood shedOn CalvaryHeaven boundWe are truly free.

God is so Goodby Tanya Porter

c a l e n d a r o f e v e n t s

MAY 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

111:00- Pastor Raymond

6:00 - NCC Baccalaureate Service

Speaker: Craig Sully

27:00 - NCC Graduation

ServiceSpeaker: Louis Pio

37:00 - Daughters of Zion

Prayer 7:00pm - Team Meeting

47:00 “Bible Walk” Part 5

with Pastor Raymond7:00 - The Revolution

7:00 - Kings Kids

5 6 7 7:00 - Prayer Service

8 11:00 - Mother’s Day Service with Beverley

Woodward & Kathy Leaman

6:00 - Pastor Raymond

9 10 117:00 “Bible Walk” Part 6

with Pastor Raymond7:00 - The Revolution

7:00 - Kings Kids

12 13

14 7:00 - Prayer Service

15 11:00 - Pastor Raymond

6:00 - Pastor Jack

16 17 18 7:00 “Bible Walk” Part 7

with Pastor Raymond7:00 - The Revolution

7:00 - Kings Kids

19 20 21 No Prayer Service

22 11:00 - Pastor Raymond

No Evening Service

23 24 257:00 “Bible Walk” Part 8

with Pastor Raymond7:00 - The Revolution

7:00 - Kings Kids

26 277:00 - Couples Bowling

Social at Kingswood

28 7:00 - Prayer Service

29 11:00 - Pastor Raymond

6:00 - Pastor Jack

30 31

APRIL 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

17:30 -

Gold City Quartet In

Concert

26:00 - Mass Choir

Practice7:00 - Prayer Service

311:00 - Pastor Raymond

6:00 - Pastor Jack

4 57:00pm - Team Meeting

7:00pm - Daughters of Zion Prayer

67:00 “Bible Walk” Part 2

with Pastor Raymond7:00 - The Revolution

7:00 - Kings Kids

7 87:00 - Jubilee Service

with Rev. Mark Morgan

97:00 - Jubilee Service

with Rev. Mark Morgan

1011:00 - Jubilee

Service with Rev. Mark Morgan

6:00 - Jubilee Service with Rev. Mark Morgan

11 12 137:00 - Bible Study with

Pastor Jack Leaman7:00 - The Revolution

7:00 - Kings Kids

14 157:00 - Singles Social

167:00 - Prayer Service

17 11:00 - Pastor Raymond

6:00 - Pastor Jack

18 19 207:00 “Bible Walk” Part 3

with Pastor Raymond7:00 - The Revolution

7:00 - Kings Kids

21 22 237:00 - Prayer Service

24 EASTER SUNDAY

11:00 - Pastor Raymond 6:00 - Pastor Jack

25 26 277:00 “Bible Walk” Part 4

with Pastor Raymond7:00 - The Revolution

7:00 - Kings Kids

28 29 307:00 - Jeremy Camp

Concert(No Prayer Service)

Youth Convention - Saint John Trade & Convention Center

Youth Convention - Saint John