Thanks to everyone who put in such a lot of work making last Sunday happen, whether it was food, talent, or behind the scenes. It was a wonderful afternoon. Here are some photos of the event.

Sienna Grace and Geoff

The Skit Team

Pam’s song

Anne’s Banjo song

• Keith will be preaching this coming Sunday on the topic of whether it is arrogant to say Jesus is the only way? If you want a sneak preview of the kind of thing he’ll be discussing, have a look at this video: Would Christianity be more forgiving of Tiger Woods adultery than Bhudism

Thanksgiving Meal

Thirty two people came to our home for the thanksgiving meal last Sunday. There was plenty of food, thanks to so many people contributing, and we had a great time.

• Here are some pictures of the event:

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Fun in the food line. (It was worth the wait!)

• The Cabbagetown Festival event was a great success. A team met on Thursday evening to prepare for the event.
  • We labeled over 500 bottles of water with Newlife invitations.
  • Fifty literature packs were assembled involving laminating, folding and clipping
  • Four testimony posters were created to explain some of the myths about Christianity
  • A new design of Newlife T-shirts were prepared
  • Signs were constructed for the front yard

A team of workers labelled over 500 bottles with Newlife invitation tags

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Team of artists creating posters

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• Many people have the idea that the church is always trying to get money from people, so our intention was to show that God’s love is free by handing out free water.
• All 500 bottles quickly went, thanks to our great team of “hander-outers”
• We also wanted to dispel the myth that Christianity is boring by showing that Christians have fun
• A group of people hung out on the front lawn all morning, singing worship to God and just enjoying being together
• Many passers-by read our posters, and several engaged in conversation.
• Almost all our literature packs were taken by interested people

Worship led by Richard Bristow unplugged

Handing out free water and candies to passers by

Having fun

• We had a great picnic last Sunday, here are a couple of pics:

Trouble lighting the BBQ

It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day in the end

Here are some photos and a video from the baptism last Sunday:

Kerry giving her testimony

Stephanie singing with Dan

Tom being baptized

Here’s a photo from last Sunday:

Lineup for pancakes

Here are some photos from recent events:

Walk at the Toronto Brickworks

Our daring leader crosses alone over the bridge of death.

Face-off on the tracks.

There is a limit to how far we will follow you Paul.

The Five Languages of Love

The El Mocambo was a fun location and the food and atmosphere were great.

Thanks to Richard and Tricia for doing such a great job leading the sessions.

Last Sunday’s Christmas meal was an amazing time of everyone doing their part and sharing love. As we celebrated communion together I felt that we have something very precious in the community that God has given us. Here are some pictures:

Wow, what a feast!

A bit of a squeeze for seating

More than enough for seconds