THEY ANSWERED THE CALL

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Apr 15th

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Apr 16th

Men’s Breakfast

Apr 18th Women’s

Retreat

May 1st

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May 7th

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May 10th

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The Bible

Banwell News ‘n Views April 2016

Approximately one year ago, Pastor Alex received a message from our friends at Ambassador Baptist Church stating the need for assistance with their Wednesday evening Neighbourhood Dinner. The request was forward-ed to our Mission and Outreach Committee and Melissa LaFontaine, a member of the committee, instantly re-sponded to THE CALL and contacted Pastor Scott at Ambassador that help was on the way.

The rest is history. Melissa recruited her young daughter MAKAYLA, sister-in law ANGELA ANBER, MARSHA CAMPBELL, GEORGE and GAIL MORRIS to assist in the food preparation and serving detail. They assist on the last Wednesday each month along with providing dessert. Melissa shares the story of how children from one family walked for a number of blocks by themselves to the church and following dinner they asked if they could take some stew home to their mother - “they were so polite and thankful”.

The word spread and last fall LINO BRACCIO, KEN HEUSTON and the group Men of Courage - BRIAN ADLAM, SEAN and CARSON DOYLE, AL AND BRAD PREVETT, GEOFF MCKAY and BRUCE RAND committed to the second Wednesday each month.

The third Wednesday is covered by HENRY NURSE and his team of BOB BROMLEY, JASON MARTIN, DAVE MCMAHON, WAYNE PARSONS and FRED WHITTAKER. A group of our ladies have joined in and assist in supplying desserts. The group is headed by YVONNE EBERLE and the sweethearts PENNY BAIN, DEBORAH BEVINGTON and DOREEN KIDNEY.

MONIQUE, KAITLYN, RILEY, DEVIN and BRYANA MCCARTHY make it a family affair. PETER MINGAY, JAN MCKAY, HEATHER HEUSTON, GORD and MARLENE HAMBLY are all sharing in this community undertaking. Grace Baptist members serve every six weeks.

After serving the evening’s dinner to their neighbourhood guests, the servers join them for a time to socialize and witness their faith as they may be led.

A minimum of five to seven are needed each Wednesday to serve 60 to 80 people. If you feel “called”, a vacan-cy exists for you to fill. Contact MELISSA, LINO, KEN or HENRY. The cooks from Ambassador will welcome you with a substantial dinner.

Some may ask: “Why in this hectic world do folks volunteer their time?” to which they respond - “They needed help and we felt the call to fill empty stomachs”. If you ask MELISSA she will respond, “Give God the Credit”. You may also say many are called, but few respond.

God bless and THANKS to these folks for answering “THE CALL “.

Position: Summer Children's Church Volunteer (2 needed each week) Purpose of the Position: to supervise and interact with the Children while watching a provided movie and a snack. Personal Qualifications Required: a love of children and a desire to see them grow in Christ, a faithful prayer and devotional life, energetic, dependable. Training Required: a short discussion with Marlee Page to show you where the supplies are. Experience Required: Previous work in Children's Ministry is an asset but not necessary. Time Commitment: need to arrive 15 minutes prior to service to set up TV and snack for your scheduled week, then meet the children in Room 4 or 5 after Pastor Alex has invited them to the front for Children's time and stay with them until Worship Service is finished. Length of Commitment: June-August 2016 General Duties: Sign the children in and out, supervise the children in room 4 or 5 with another volunteer during the worship service, hand out snack and watch the provided movie scheduled for that week, have the children colour or do a craft if time permits. Resource Materials: Movies & Activities Resource Person: Marlee Page, Director of Christian Education If your interested in helping out in this ministry, there is a Sign-up Sheet in the Foyer. Please sign-up for the week you are available.

Banwell Volunteer Opportunity

Summer Children's Church Volunteer

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VBS JULY 18TH - JULY 21ST

AGES 4 - 10

SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH

ANNUAL CAR WASH

MOTHER/DAUGHTER EVENT

DATE: To be determined

ANNUAL PIE SALE

DATE: To be determined

LADIES NIGHT OUT April 5th @ 6:30 at Armando’s (Walker Rd.) Sign up today!

SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE Sunday, April 17th @ 7:00 p.m. Featuring Guest Artist, Janice Richardson Musicians Alan Brown and Alex Moir All proceeds go to Hiatus House. (See list in newsletter)

CHURCH PICNIC Sunday, June 12th after church Watch the Church bulletin for more info!

MEN’S MINISTRY SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD

MEN’S BREAKFAST @ 8:30 A.M.

SPECIAL SPEAKER: DR. BROCK VAN DYKE

SATURDAY, MAY 28TH

MEN’S BREAKFAST @ 8:30 A.M.

GUEST SPEAKER: PRINCIPAL, MARLBOR-

OUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL

As we celebrate the advent of spring, it will be great to gather together for worship! During the

month of April, the Pastor will complete his message series on Ezekiel. As always, we look

forward to how worship is supplemented through our musicians under the leadership of Ian

McGregor Smith. May the Lord continue to bless us as we gather together!

WORSHIP NOTES

April 3rd “What Really Matters” Ezekiel 18

April 10th “Of Shepherds and Sheep” Ezekiel 34:1-16

April 17th “Can a Dead Faith be Reborn?” Ezekiel 37:1-14

April 24th “The Water of Life” Ezekiel 47:1-12

First Baptist Community Breakfast Volunteers are needed to help cook and build rela-tionships with the people that attend the community breakfast at First Baptist Church. The next breakfast is on Saturday, April 23rd. Volunteers begin at 9 a.m. Please contact Bob Middaugh at 519-250-8655 if you are available to help.

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE

Sunday, April 17th at 7 p.m. featuring musicians Alan Brown, Ian Smith and Alex Moir, with guest artist Janice Richardson. This is a great way to finish the weekend and chill out before the start of a new work week - listening to the music and enjoying the fellowship. Admission is one of the items on the Hiatus House list that is published below. Tell your friends!

NEEDED ITEMS LIST

Please Note: Due to limited storage space, we can only accept new items.

Women’s Items

Gift cards - e.g Grocery stores, Tim Horton’s Walmart, phone, gas, etc. Pajamas Shampoo Conditioner Deoderant Sanitary Pads Tampons Hair Brushes Razors Hand Lotion Women’s Bras Women’s sweatpants T-Shirts Socks, Non-skid Slippers Women’s underwear Toothbrushes, Toothpaste Soap, liquid soap Bus tickets Journals

Children’s Items

Diapers – Size 3 – 6 Baby Wipes Training Pants Sippy Cups Teethers Juice Boxes Gift Cards Baby Soothers Baby Food Baby Formula Baby Bottles (4oz and 8 oz) Socks, Slippers Underwear Pajamas Toys, Games School Supplies

Food Items

Any Nonperishable Items Rice Pasta Cereals Coffee/Tea Crackers packaged Condensed Milk Sugar Salt Peanut Butter and Jam Tuna, Chicken (canned) Ketchup, Mustard, Relish Canned Soups, Beans Canned Vegetables, Fruit Oil Flour Pastas (canned)

Other Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Kleenex, Towels (kitchen and bathroom) Garbage bag

DATE Nursery Little Lambs

April 3rd Christa Braccio Claire Cameron

Suzan Harper Macy Doyle

April 10th Beth Gellner Marlene Wray

Dawn Michelle Brown

Bryana McCarthy

April 17th Heather Doyle Mupanga Ngamangulu

Laurie Beemer MaryAnn Adlam

April 24th Pat Cowie Tracy Doyle

Carol Middaugh Gayle Marsh

Nursery/Little Lambs Schedule

Children’s Church

Grades JK-1

Children’s Church

Grades 2&3

Children’s Church

Grades 4&5

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Linda Moir Macy Doyle Vlatka Kralik

Rachel Brown Claire Cameron

Aaron Blata Ruben Kralik

April 3rd

Terri Prevett Danijela Kralik

Kathy Freeman Emily Andrews

Cindy France April 10th

Beth Adlam Ema Kralik

Kodi Page Kyrn Page

Marlee Page April 17th

Marj Rusling Saundra Plummer

Meryl Lynn Linda Ogea

Stay in Worship Service

April 24th

Children’s Church Schedule

Adult Sunday School Class

“Oh Danny Boy - What’s Going to Happen?” “Daniel’s Future Prophecies”

April 3rd - May 29th Teacher: Geoff McKay

BOOK REVIEWS IF I SHOULD DIE KEITH CLEMONS

Strange things are going on at a secluded retirement home. Residents are beginning to disappear, nursing home records show that the residents were in pain and asked the doctor to help them find release, all perfectly legal, but that doesn’t square with those who knew them. Their friends allege the “death wish” letters are fabrications. Investigating their claims journalist Laurie Best disguises herself as an elderly woman and goes undercover. JACOB’S LIST STEPHANIE GRACE WHITSON

Jacob is a talented college student with a bold list of things he hopes to accomplish before he settles down. Although he is unaware of any family problems, he is possibly the only reason his parents are still together. Then his parents face the most difficult challenge of their lives. They come ot the con-clusion that Jacob’s list is about more than youthful adventure. ANNIVERSARY WALTZ DARREL NELSON

It’s 1946 and Adam has just returned from the war to his home in Reunion, Montana. At a town festi-val he meets Elizabeth Baxter, a young woman going steady with his former high school rival and now an influential banker, Nathan Roberts. But then Adam and Elizabeth share a waltz one evening, they begin to have feelings for each other and they embark on a journey and a dance that will last a lifetime.

EVERY WAKING MOMENT CHRIS FABRY

Treha is a mysterious young woman who has fallen through the cracks, like some of the elderly peo-ple she works with at Desert Gardens. But Miriam Howard, the director at the assisted living facility, sees her extraordinary gift. Treha seems to be able to call those with dementia back into clarity. When a documentary team finds out about Treha’s story, the search for answers about her past be-gins. ENJOY YOUR BOOK! YOUR LIBRARY TEAM

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“The Lord God had planted a garden in the East in Eden.” Genesis 2:8

“After supper, Jesus and His disciples went out to the Mount of Olives to a garden called Gethsemane” Matthew 26:30

Gardens played a significant role in the Bible. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon have been identi-fied as one of the seven wonders in the Ancient World. Plants give us food and flowers and add beauty to our life. The crocuses are blooming and the forsythia bush is a beautiful golden yellow. The power in the daffodil and tulip bulbs have pushed through the previously frozen ground up about 5 inches and will bloom late in April. “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth:

“I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o’er vale and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”

The Department of Parks and Recreation maintains Windsor’s magnificent gardens. The original sunken garden was in Jackson Park (Tecumseh Road E. and Ouellette) now called Queen Elizabeth II Gardens. It contains commemorative monuments to the Boer War, the Polish sun dial, the air-plane and plaque tribute to World War II airmen and the Robbie Burns plaque. The Odette Founda-tion has presented many sculptures to the City of Windsor. Commencing near the Riverfront, Am-bassador Bridge area, there is an international floral garden. At Ouellette and Riverside Drive there is a memorial to the Essex-Scottish Regiment members who were killed on the Dieppe raid, a rock garden has beautiful spring and summer flowers. At Parent Avenue, there is a memorial fountain to a former mayor, Bert Weeks; at Riverside Drive and Pillette Road, there is a walkway to the Charles Brook memorial and a beautiful fountain (May to October) that is a colourful display in the evening. From this area, along Riverside Drive is a beautiful rock garden of trees, plants and flowers. During this spring or summer take a leisurely stroll through any of these beautiful gardens. Canada has also been blessed with many magnificent parks and gardens. Ottawa has an annual tulip festival; Toronto has “Canada Blooms” in the month of March; Stratford has a hidden treasure in a Shakespeare Garden. The most famous is Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island, British Co-lumbia. A former stone quarry has been converted into international sections to create gardens of different countries. On Wednesday, April 13th, our Age Unlimited speaker is Al Bietler. He will present a PowerPoint presentation entitled “Gardens of the World”. One of the most renowned gardens is Kew gardens in London, England. Each May they have a magnificent floral display. Throughout the year, the gar-dens are maintained and research done to develop new hybrid plants. An invitation is extended to all seniors of our Banwell congregation to attend our Age Unlimited meeting on Wednesday, April 13th at 11 a.m. in the Chapel room. Come to enjoy the fellowship, this interesting presentation about “Gardens of the World” and stay for the delicious, nutritional lunch which is prepared by our hostesses Yvonne Eberle, Penny Bain, Madelon Kidd, Pam Beemer, Doro-thy Allan and Carol Middaugh. A freewill offering is suggested to cover food costs. A sign-up sheet will be on the coffee counter until April 10th, 2016.

“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.” Psalm 24:1 Henry Nurse, Coordinator Submitted by Joan Fulmer

My Back Pages

I hope you’re ready as our spring approaches. The grass that will need to be mowed, the trees and perennials which require trimming, the garage that begs to be swept and rearranged, with bikes coming down and patio furniture going out … these things will wait for none of us. When spring ar-rives it’s like an explosion, a long pent-up demand for the way God intended all of nature to be, full of growth and potential. It starts with the time change, followed quickly by decent weather which fa-cilitates what we really want to do … play golf, watch our kids or grandchildren play their games dur-ing soft summer evenings, go for a bike ride, sit out on the deck or patio reading the paper or a good book. And there’s the rub … the things that have to be done vs. the events and activities we really like to do. Through the last few years I’ve taken to making two lists … one with the heading “Spring Jobs” and a corresponding one for autumn. What a wonderful feeling of accomplishment when I can start checking off the items on that list! A couple of weekends ago, I threw down some fertilizer on my grass (number one on the spring list) even though my neighbour Joe always chides me, saying, “you must like to cut grass!” I’m hoping the weather gets better soon, so I can begin chopping my peren-nials which gave us some foliage during winter, to allow the new growth to come more easily in the spring. There’s so much to do but all the time I’m wondering … when am I going to get to my golf game? One of my favourite books is by psychologist M. Scott Peck entitled The Road Less Travelled. The following quote speaks to me this time of year …

“Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only decent way to live.”

I have tried this … and I find it really works! Of course when those first few warm days occur, I am really tempted to hop on my bike or head to the golf course … but I have discovered that these activ-ities are always more fun after at least some of the work is done. Of course, this time of year in the church we are reminded again of this very principal of delayed gratification from the life of Jesus. In one of his letters the apostle Paul describes it this way … “though he was in the form of God, (he) did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself …” (Philippians 2:6, 7a). The pain was real pain for him … a pain he would’ve been happy to avoid (see Luke 22:42). But because Jesus was faithful to the task the Father called him to do, we have the joy of seeing new ones experience the salvation that truly sets them free. Happy sprIng … and Easter … to you all! Devotedly, your pastor … Alex

NEWS TEAM MEMBERS Editor/Journalist: Jim Wheeler;

Journalists: Zelma Horvath & Donna Soper; Typist & Designer: Debbie Ebel;

Spiritual Leader: Pastor Alex Moir; Production Staff: Deborah Bevington