CHILDREN IN WORSHIP

Well, our winter months as snowbirds in Florida has come to an end for another season. After being in the Fort Myers area for 13 years, we sold our home last year and this past winter rented a place in Adelaide Shores RV Resort located in the centre of Florida on the outskirts of a town named Avon Park. Avon Park is located just north of Sebring. During those Fort Myers years we attended Southwest Baptist Church. We chose this church because of the Biblical preaching. A couple of days after we

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION

Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. (2 Timothy 3:12) This is not a very uplifting text, but it is true as many  Christians can witness. Christian persecution is any hostility experienced from the world as a result of one’s identification as a Christian. It could be discrimination in education and employment because their views are different from the world view. Or it could be simply verbal harassment to more hostile feelings, attitudes and actions. In

Bluegrass Gospel

Each year I attend a number of Bluegrass festivals. Most of them are outdoor festivals. Last month on Saturday July 16th, I attended the Minden Hills Bluegrass Festival at the Minden Fairgrounds in Minden, Ontario. Minden is about a 3 ½ hour drive from Brantford. A friend of mine, Max Bovee, and I agreed to meet at the festival and spend the day enjoying some great Bluegrass music. Max lives in Watertown, NY and was the person who got me into Bluegrass. The first band took to the stage at 10

Live Streaming and Archived Worship Services

Hope Church Council has been receiving some pressure from members to archive our worship services. We used to do it. Why are we not doing it now? The main reason is that the way we have been archiving services is very labour intensive. It took hours to archive one service and we had to do two services every Sunday. It just was not feasible to archive services that way any longer. In doing some research recently, we found a site that, after the live broadcast is over, basically one click on the

DOES IT MATTER?

Several years ago, a cousin said to me rather emphatically, “You do NOT have to go to church to be a Christian.” I’m sure many of you have heard the same expression. Although this person was born, baptized and raised in the church, he came to the conclusion. “I do not have to go to church to be a Christian.” And he didn’t go. But I can’t help wondering, “What are you missing by purposely not going to church?” Well, chances are … You will not be a regular part of the fellowship of believers. You

40 Day New Christians Course

Welcome to this new Christians course which has been prepared for those new to the Christian faith. My name is Keith Wagnell and I am the author of this course.  I felt there was a need for a course which saw things from the new believers viewpoint rather from that of a mature Christian. We are very excited about the decision you have made to connect with God through Jesus. We understand that you will probably have a confusion of emotions and lots of questions at this moment in time. You are at