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The Five Most Important Questions
When Jesus formed the
church, he had at least two aims in
mind. Church would first of all be
about loving God with heart, soul,
mind and body (or strength) and,
secondly, that this group of people
would love their
neighbors as themselves
(Mark 12:28-34). While
“neighbor” might in-
clude other church
what is our mission?
members, Jesus nearly
always used the term to push us
toward those who are different from
us. Given the centrality of this teach-
ing for Jesus, it would be hard to
suggest that the church should be
doing something other than fulfilling
these commands.
Since Jesus says these are
the most important commands, any
other command we find in the Bible
must somehow fit under
these. Addition-
ally, any un-
derstanding of
any of the
lesser command
that ignores or bypasses
these two must be seen as an mis-
interpretation of the lesser com-
mand.
So, if these are the core
values of Jesus for the church,
how are we doing?
I have found Peter
Drucker, the well-known business
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ask if it wanted to remain true to its ers? Again, Jesus helps us here: God
mission. I think you might find them and “other” people. When the
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instructive as we seek God’s specific church views her members as the
p r i m a r y
Assembly Times:
“customers,” her
Sunday
mission will always
get redirected to
“our” perceived
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needs. Members
missional vocation for Tammany should see themselves more Full Family
Oaks. as customer service representatives Fellowship
1. What is our mission? who are eager to please God and 11:03am
serve others.
2. Who is our customer? The final two questions are Thursday Evening
3. What does the customer value? the hard ones, and as such, deserve Bible Study
more of our attention than I can give 7:00pm
4. What are our results?
here. However, we should be able to
5. What is our plan?* see that the answers lie near the two Life Groups
I have found these greatest commands. Alternating
questions very helpful in What are the markers of a Thursdays in various
thinking out where God
“successful” church? Two of the communities
might be leading us. While makers, of course, would be that a
the church is not a busi- successful church loves God and
ness, it is in the ***
other people.
business of So what is the church’s
plan? While the answer Leadership:
to this question needs to
have specifics based on Minister
where God has placed each
Rolland Bouchard
congregation, we can be sure the
announcing the kingdom of plan should be the outworking of
God and our “success” can loving God and others. Elders
be measured in how well __________ Jim Sedor
we are doing that and lives * Peter F. Drucker, The Five Most Important
that are transformed be- Questions You Will Ever Ask about Your Non- Cameron Husband
cause of it. profit Organization (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Dale King
1993).
So what is our Harold Floyd
mission? While each con- Stan Helton

specialist, to be helpful in this gregation needs a specific

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Announcements and Upcoming Events Ministries:

THRIFT STORE DAYS information talk to Pam today. Benevolence

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We will be working the thrift store Harold Floyd
November 30 & December 2 LADIE’S CHRISTMAS DINNER
December 28 & 30 On December 7 at 6:30pm all ladies are invited to
join the party. There will not be a gift exchange this Fellowship
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POTLUCK REQUEST year. However, we will be sending everyone home Monica McMillan
We want to thank you all for your generous dona- with a gift. We are asking the ladies of our congrega-
tions to our potluck lunches. Because of known aller- tion to donate $5.00 towards items that will be pur- Worship
gies within our congregation we ask that you do not chased. See Judith or Laurie. Cameron Husband
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bring any items containing pork. Thanks!
*** LADIE’S CHRISTMAS DINNER FOR MEN!
Education
HOMEMAKERS CIRCLE! Attention gentlemen, the ladies would love your help
Dec 7th - Ladies Christmas Dinner in the kitchen on the evening of the Christmas Laurie Bouchard
Jan 14th - Spa Night dinner. Please talk to Judith or Laurie to volunteer.
Feb 8th - Cake Decorating *** Outreach
Mar 19th - Ladies Day / Theme Supper CHRISTMAS PARTY Jim Sedor
April 8/9th - Mini Retreat There is a kids Christmas fun day in the works for
May 24th - Kennedy Memorial Gardens December. Volunteers are needed to make it work.
Missions
June 14th - Tea House, Fairlight A sign-up sheet will be posted when a date is solidi-
Owen King
*** fied. For more information talk to Judith or Laurie.
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IN HIS STEPS
John McMillan is teaching our adult Bible class for FUNERAL—KIPLING Maintenance
November using the book “In His Steps”. Please read Bill Roluf passed away on Thursday, November 11th. Garnet Goud
the book and be prepared for the series. Bill has been a friend and neighbour to the church
*** here for many years. His funeral will be at the Kipling
Finance
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD united church on Monday at 1:00pm.
Mark Olson
All contributions need to be in today. For more
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THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER...
 All of those walking through grief.
 Arnold Lawrence
 Marie McMillan
 Verna Reed
 Lanny Lawrence—is home from Hospital after
open heart surgery.
 Bernard and Alicia Krogsgaard - Missionaries in
Mexico
 Joe Fox—recovery from surgery.
 Verna’s Sister Linda was in a car accident is recov-
ering
 Chris Cornforth—continued health concerns.
 Joe Cornforth, continued emotional and health
issues.
 Catherine Taylor– seeing continued success and
healing after her surgery.
 Rolland’s Grandmother is recovering well from
surgery after being diagnosed with cancer.
 Nancy Martinson—(Heather Kings Sister-in-law)
Pray for success in cancer treatments.
 Candy Wise—undergoing another surgery for an
aneurism. Pray for success.
 Tammy Palmer—waiting on test results, feeling
better, medication is working.
 James and Shelly, Congratulations on the birth of
your new baby girl Jamie!
 Neil Palmer—Verna’s Cousin recovering from five
bypass surgery
 Pam’s Uncle, John Dyck had open heart surgery.
 Pam’s cousin Julie’s husband passed away from
cancer leaving behind 2 young sons and a widow.
 Bill Roluf—neighbour to the church passed away
on November 11th. Pray for his family
 Joe’s brother Dan was in a roll over with his
tanker truck. He sustained some neck and back
injuries and will be out of work for a while.
 Krista Dolphin’s arm is broken, pray for a speedy
recovery.
 Mary Elford—recently diagnosed with cancer.
She is trying to get in for surgery as soon as possi-
ble.
 Harold Floyd—was in Kipling hospital this week.
Having problems with his leg.
 Joe, travelling to Alberta to see his brother.
 Upcoming weddings: Trevor and Raysha, and
Abby Hannah (recently engaged).
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And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing
in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the
truth, they have received their reward in full.
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ITEMS FROM LAST SUNDAY...
Last Sunday during our congregational meeting the missions ministry presented
three proposals on mission works we wish to partner with. For those who could
not be present for the meeting I am including some brief information about each
couple and the work they are doing. One of our goals for 2011 is to develop a set
of criteria to use in the future for determining what mission works to partner
with. We have set a target of June 30th, 2011 to have this finished and at that
time we will review all mission works we currently are involved with. If you seek
more information, please contact any one of the members of the ministry - Owen,
Sandra, Margaret Husband, Rolland or John.
1. Aaron and Amy Etheridge, Vancouver, B.C. - we met the Etheridges through
John and Carolyn and they were out here to meet with some of the ministry team
during the week before Lectureship at WCC. They are Americans who have
committed to working in the inner city of Vancouver. Their shortfall for 2011 is
only $230 a month or $2760 for the year. They will be losing some support after
2011 so there is potential to partner with them in a greater way in the coming
years. We recommend sending them $2760 immediately to come out of the dis-
bursement fund.
2. Bernard and Alicia Krogsgaard, Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico - we all should be
familiar with the Krogsgaards as we have been giving their work $8000 a year for
the past two years. We recommend sending them $6000 this year and review
their work by June 2011. Once the review is done we will decide whether we will
be partnering with them after 2011.
3. Travis and Alicia Sass, Cuenca, Ecuador - the Sass family was recently here
so most of us should be quite familiar with them and their future plans. They
spent five years working in Salvador, Brazil and are now committing to at least
five years in Cuenca, Ecuador. They face rather significant initial costs to get
their family and possessions moved down to Ecuador and they are also in need
of about $700 a month above what they were receiving when they were in Bra-
zil. Therefore we are recommending to send them $5000 now from the disburse-
ment money and $700 a month for 2011. We are also recommending to increase
the monthly amount by $50 a month for every year past 2011 to help compensate
for inflation and other rising costs. We are encouraging anyone from the congre-
gation to consider going to Ecuador sometime during the year to go encourage
Travis and Alicia. A special collection would be done to cover costs for such a
trip.
Your input into our support of these missions is invited. We would like to respond
to each of these missionaries by the end of November, with the proceeds coming
from the disbursement fund. Please talk to Owen or any of the missions commit-
tee, or submit your response in writing before then. Thank you.
Matthew 6:5