Friday, December 26th, 2014

Well after that first Christmas was over it wasn't the end of the celebration and time to put everything away but it was the beginning.  Our Savior had arrived and for the next few years He would grow up really unnoticed by the world butHe grew up in wisdom and found favor with God and man.  It was a time of training and preparing to be ready for the next great event.  It seems with life we want to go from one high to the next high but in God He uses all of our low times to prepare us for the next high time.  If all the time was a high time we would wear out but thanks be to God for it's in the valley that He restores my soul.  Harvest time is a high time but there must have been a planting time, a weeding time, a watering time, and a waiting time before there was a harvest time.  Every day is precious in the eyes of the Lord as we declare that this is the day that the Lord has made (and once I see that truth,) I will rejoice and be glad in it.  Enjoy your day and be blessed for you are highly favored.

This is the last Sunday on 2014.  We have the ability to reflect back over the years and reflect ahead into the future with great hope for what's ahead.  Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'What Do You Expect?'   The Holy Spirit has been sharing with me some insight into how He heals our mind and emotions.  Come expecting to receive a fresh revelation from the Word of the Lord.  Sunday evening Pastor Mark will be leading and having a time of testimonies.  Come and share something that the Lord has done for you and something that you believe He'll be doing for you in the future. 

Continue to pray for all those in need.  I'm really looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice   

Friday, December 19th, 2014

This time next week Christmas 2014 will be over.  There is a lot of planning that goes into Christmas and very well there should be as we celebrate the birth of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.  The question is not should we celebrate but it's more how should we celebrate?  For us who believe the focus needs to be on Christ.  The community as a whole keeps baby Jesus in Christmas but He is no longer the main event.  As you listen to music on the radio or attend school concerts Jesus is somewhere in it if you listen closely.  Don't get me wrong who doesn't love, White Christmas and Frosty The Snowman.  There is nothing wrong with anything other but it takes a little work to keep our focus on Christ as we take in what's going on around us.  Lets us who believe celebrate Jesus and allow our face to reveal that Christ is alive and well in our heart.  

This Sunday is always an exciting Sunday as in the morning we are having our annual Sunday School Christmas concert.  Practice is on Saturday so get ready, get ready, get ready for a wonderful time Sunday morning.  In the evening we are having music and readings from our church with special music being provided by the Victoria Regional School Ukulele group.  We will have a time of fellowship to end the evening.  If anyone wants to bring some sweets along for the evening it will be greatly enjoyed by everyone. 

I was talking to the director of Loaves and Fishes and they are looking forward to us coming to sing there onWednesday morning (Christmas Eve.)  We sing from 10:30 to 11:30.  If you are going to sing with us try to be there around 10 for set up and sound check.

Also we have several CBU international students who attend our church and they stay at the CBU over the holidays.  It is our goal to have all of these students enjoy a Christmas meal with one of the families in our church.  No one needs to take all of them but if we had several homes that could take two.  What it means for your family is the time of your Christmas meal you would arrange picking up your students, taking them to your home for the meal, and then taking them back to the CBU.  All you need to do is talk to Pastor Bruce to set it up.

Continue to pray for all those in need.  Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, from our home to yours, lots of love, Merry Christmas Pastor Kevin and Alice   

Friday, December 12th, 2014

Here's a thought for you; Christmas is all around us and yet you have to stop and consider what Christmas is really about.  It you don't focus on the real meaning of our Savior being born, you may become lost in the world's wrapping paper.  I think we can apply this truth to most things in life.  You can be married and yet there are times when you need to consider what marriage is all about.  You can be a parent and stray from the purpose of why God gave you your children. You can be a Christian and get lost in the doing of things that need to get done rather than understanding who you are, you are a child of the King.  I know that you know the real meaning of Christmas so keep that in mind as you lift up your head, smile, and rejoice.

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on 'Simeon The Prophet.'  Mary and Joseph took baby Jesus to the temple to be dedicated when Simeon arrived and asked to hold the child.  Simeon said some profound things about who Jesus was and who He would be to the world. 

I want to thank all the volunteers who made our banquet last weekend a great success and I know that next weekend there will be a lot of volunteering to make things work.  God has been so good to our church to give us a membership that is full of such wondering willing believers.  In light of all this activity there will be no evening service this Sunday,rest up as we prepare for the busy days ahead.

Next Saturday Dec. 20th is a practice for the Sunday School Christmas presentation.  On Sunday morning the 21st is the Christmas Concert and Sunday evening there will be a night of special music, word, and fellowship.  On Wednesday Dec. 24th 10:30 am we sing about our Savior's Birth at Loaves and Fishes.  Come at 10 if you would like to help out with the singing.  

Continue to pray for all those in need.  Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice      

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Jesus said in Luke 6:45 "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks."  Jesus is saying, good or bad, what's on the inside comes out.  Sometimes it runs out, pours out, or spills out but all of it affects the world around us.  Even things we don't want out will somehow leaks out when we open our mouth.  For me it's not a matter of keeping what's inside locked up so it can't get out but it's a matter of me and Jesus working on the inside to have a pure heart.  When you have a pure heart you don't mind anyone looking at you because you have nothing to hide.  By walking in the light as He is in the light we can be honest and open for all to see.  Jesus has come with a Salvation that starts on the inside and changes everything as old things pass away and behold all things have become new.  Lift your head up for you are a child of the King. 

Tomorrow night is our Annual Christmas Banquet 6 pm @ the church.  There are only a few seats left so we hope to see you there.  The guest speaker Glen Tedford will also be ministering in our Sunday morning service.  There will be no evening service Sunday night.

Continue to pray for all those in need.  Lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice   

Friday, November 28th, 2014

In the Old Testament it says, "Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!" 1st Chronicles 16:8  Jesus said in the New Testament, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15  There are many jobs to be done for Christ in this world and God does call some to sacrifice more to do a certain job.  As a Christian you can wonder what job does God have for you?  In the above verses we are all given the job of telling others the Good News about God and the works that He's done in our lives.  Don't look at what you could be doing until you are doing what you should be doing.  I have discovered when I am doing what I should be doing He leads me to do things that I thought that I could never do.  Make it a point today to tell someone that God has been good to you.

This is the last Sunday of November and in the morning service I'll be sharing on, 'What's The Deal?'  When we are asked to buy into something new we like to know, what's the deal.  Give us the details so we can say yes or no.  The trouble is when God asks us to take on something new He expects us to add some of our faith rather than us knowing all the facts.  In the pm service I'll be sharing, "Doers Of His Will."  There is much to be done in the Kingdom so we must be about our Father's business. 

Our Christmas banquet is coming up on Saturday Dec. 6th 6 pm.  Tickets are $15.00 and we have limited space so sign up early.  Glen Tedford who was with us last year is our speaker for the banquet and he will also be speaking in the following Sunday morning service.

There will be no Bible Study for the month of December.  I do want to thank everyone who helps to make our church fit and flow to make a difference in Cape Breton.   

Over the Christmas Holidays many of our CBU foreign students have no family here and miss out on sharing a Christmas meal.  The last few years there have been around 10 or 12 students and this year we are hoping to have 5 or 6 families from our church to invite 2 students into their home to share with them their Christmas meal.  If your family would like to be a part of this very important ministry you can sign up with Pastor Bruce and we will pair you up with 2 students.

Continue to pray for those in need, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice         

Friday, November 21st, 2014

God is good and when we pray we are asked to ask for those things that we have need of that our joy might be full. Matthew 21:21 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done."  We are not to tell God to remove the mountains that stand against us but we are to speak directly to the mountains and tell them to move.  We are to say to those things that stand against us or we are to speak to them and tell them to go because we have been given the authority to move them.  I think there are times when our prayers sound like we are telling God to remove stuff, 'God do this and God please to that.'  The power of our salvation or our authority is to use Jesus' name and to know that no weapon formed against us can prosper.  Say to your mountains to go for they are not allowed to stay.  James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."

Tomorrow morning 8:30 there is a Men's Breakfast at the Sydney Pentecostal Church in Sydney with Bishop Don Carpenter  and on Sunday Bishop Don will be ministering in both of our services.

Christmas banquet is coming up on Saturday Dec. 6th 6 pm.  Tickets are $15.00 and we have limited space so sign up early.  Glen Tedford who was with us last year is our speaker for the banquet and he will also be speaking in the following Sunday morning service.

For Christmas many of our CBU foreign students stay at the college and miss out on sharing a Christmas meal.  The last few years there have been around 10 or 12 students and this year we are hoping that 5 or 6 families from our church would be willing to invite 2 students into their home to share with them their Christmas meal.  If your family would like to be a part of this ministry you can sign up with Pastor Bruce and we will pair you up with 2 students as we get closer to Christmas.       

Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice    

Friday, November 14th, 2014

What a great day to feel the love and kindness of the Holy Spirit.  There is something about the Holy Spirit who lives in us that reveals to us the goodness of God in the land of the living.  Without the Holy Spirit this world feels lost and hopeless but for those who know our God, He never runs out of hope, and He fills us with faith to believe that we can press onward and upward and move forward.  The Bible tells us not to be downcast or looking down about everything but we are to look up.  Our God is up.  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills.  Talk to God today and look up as you pray. 

Christmas shoe boxes are to be returned this Sunday.  Bob and Lin are ready to receive them. 

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'Rebuilding With Fruit.'  It's in the fruit on the spirit that we are able to restore our soul.  We live in days where we must know the difference between good and evil.  How do we tell?  In the evening service we will have with us Major Kent from the Salvation Army here in Sydney.  His personal story in one of being a total introvert where he wouldn't leave his house to finding the Lord Jesus and being called into the ministry.  His story is a modern day miracle of how far you can be mentally and emotionally trapped by the enemy to finding total freedom in Christ.

Next  Saturday Nov. 22nd there is a Men's Breakfast 8:30 am at the Sydney Pentecostal Church in Sydney.  Bishop Don Carpenter will be the guest speaker for the breakfast and then on Sunday Nov. 23rd Bishop Don will be ministering in both of our services.

Christmas banquet is coming up on Saturday Dec. 6th 6 pm.  Tickets are $15.00 and we have limited space so sign up early.  Glen Tedford who was with us last year is our speaker for the banquet and he will also be speaking in the following Sunday morning service.

For Christmas many of our CBU foreign students stay at the college and miss out on sharing a Christmas meal.  The last few years there have been around 10 or 12 students and this year we are hoping that 5 or 6 families from our church would be willing to invite 2 students into their home to share with them their Christmas meal.  If your family would like to be a part of this ministry you can sign up with Pastor Bruce and we will pair you up with 2 students as we get closer to Christmas.       

Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice