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Last Sunday we had over 100 people in attendance, with several first-time visitors, and even a couple of regular families missing. We sang. Sam recounted how Christ radically transformed his life a couple of years ago. We looked at "The Secret Message...
The story of one girl: [a few months ago at "Le Lounge"] "I'm an atheist" , she said during her first visit to "Le Lounge". She had a couple of friends there and liked the atmosphere. The God part? Well, she was curious...
ROB: (born in 1977 and raised in the Pacific Northwest of the USA) studied theology at Davis college, met Martine in Paris on a mission trip, married Martine, moved to Quebec, learned French, had two children, and is now planting a new church in St-Jérôme...
About a year ago (as many know) my step-father underwent neurosurgery to remove a large tumor from the base of his brain (Read more here ). Though a dramatic success, the surgery also damaged several of Gerry's facial nerves, effectively paralyzing...
Attendance: about 95 people were present Atmosphere: Crowded and intimate simultaneously (both good things). Food: lot's and lot's. (If you'd like some leftovers, I think we still have some left) Baptism: our FIRST! (Samuel... in a portable...
Today (Palm Sunday) the room felt empty as we began, then, in typical baptist fashion, a mad rush of people began filling the back rows and then working their way toward the front. (Wish I had some photos to show you... maybe of our Easter service next...
For the three of you who care, this is blog post #100 on our World Venture blog (I ate a cookie in celebration). Two feet of snow in one night...I always dreamed of winters like this growing up in snow-poor western Oregon. We are now officially about...
"I believe in a god but not in miracles" she said. "So" I responded, "a god could be out there somewhere helping to direct this huge thing called the universe, but it isn't possible that it could ever intervene and do a little...
We had, by mistake, set out 100 chairs, so we took a few away, leaving about 60 chairs (too many extra chairs and everyone sits in the back stairing at the empty chairs in front of them). Well, as people arrived, we had to add chairs again. We've...
I recently dealt with something I should have dealt with a long time ago.. I know, I know, it is a weakness. It is something that has been impeding my growth here in Quebec and many people will fault me for it. That's okay, I'm a big boy now,...
About 10 minutes before the service began, as I looked at all of the empty seats, I mentioned that we may have set up too many chairs (we had set up 80), I was afraid that the place would look empty. My thinking at that moment was that it would have been...
“I was afraid of you » she (our neighbour) confessed, a little sheepishly. “when I heard that you were a pastor, honestly, is scared me. I didn’t know what kind of neighbors you would be, whether you belonged to some strange cult or something. But now...
April 5th we celebrated Passover in downtown St Jerome. Around 50 people; 15-20 that do not know Christ; fun; intense; salvation-oriented. To all who prayed, here's an opportunity to experience what we experienced that evening: "Passover" and "Easter...
Yesterday (Monday) Gerry got the go-ahead to skip out of the hospital and enjoy home-cooking from here on out. He proceeded to sleep for about 12 hours straight... the first time he's really slept since before the operation. To stay up to date you can...
HOME: Surgeons were able to remove 98% of the tumor. The other 2% will be attacked with radiation after Gerry recovers from the surgery. He spent two days in ICU, one day in a regular room, then, due to his rapid recovery, went home! Now he's resting...
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