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Highlights from Last Week's TJ23 Fundraiser!
Highlights from LAST WEEK’s TJ23 FUNDRAISER set up. Thanks for joining us and supporting out youth!
(Note the event is not tonight, as we understand there may be postings and mentions on CHVN that are incorrect)
Donations in (cash, cheque, transfer) in support of the Youth Mexico Trip are welcome! For e-transfers, email office@whyteridgebaptist.ca and indicate Mexico Fundraiser in the notes.
Thanks for your support!
4HG Youth May 26
Hey All!
I hope you all do well. We have some big things this week so it’s important to read the full email :D
This Friday we are meeting at LASERTOPIA @ Unit #5 – 1140 Waverley Street make sure you fill out their online waiver (found Here) otherwise you won’t be able to join us.
Cost is $15 a person.
On Saturday our Mexico Team is offering a Coffeehouse at the Church from 6pm to 9pm. Come, bring your friends, have some coffee, baked goods, and some Live Music.
Hope to see you all there!
4HG Youth May 19 UPDATE
Hey All,
Our plan for this Friday was to head to LaserTopia for some lasertag, this had to be changed on short notice. We will still be going, but NEXT FRIDAY (May 26th). There will be a form coming within the next few days for you to fill out.
This Friday (May 19) we will be at the Church! Please let other people know who might not see this email!
I’m sorry about any inconvenience this might incur.
Mexico Mission Fundraisers - Sunday, May 14 and Saturday May 27!
SAVE THE DATES: Sunday, May 14 and Saturday, May 27!
Mark your calendar and plan to join us as we support our youth as they prepare to go to Mexico in August!
See you there!
4HG Youth April 21st
Hey Peeps,
We’ve had a few weeks of craziness, and I’m so excited to see you all this Friday and just able to hang out and spend time together.
We will be meeting at 6:45pm for time with Jesus, each other, snacks, and games.
Next Week: Friday April 28th we have another guest Speaker: Amy Owzarek, who will be talking with us about dignity and sanctity of life.
Rudy.
4HG Youth April 14th
Hey Peeps!
Hope you had an introspective and celebratory Easter Weekend! Jesus has risen!
I can’t wait for Friday this week, we will have a guest-speaker named Dustin Martin. Dustin is involved with the admission process at a school called Providence University College, and he will talk to us about walking in the will of God and what that can look like.
I hope to see you Friday at 6:45pm!
We have another guest speaker coming up on the 28th of April, her name is Amy Owzarek and she works with an organization called ‘Life Culture’ and will help us step into a conversation about the sanctity and dignity of life!
4HG Youth April 7th
Good Friday - Jesus Sets the Captives Free
“Jesus Sets Captives the Captives Free”
Good Friday Service – April 7, 10:30am
Reminder: 4HG This Friday!
Hello all!
A reminder that we are getting together this Friday and that we have some exciting things coming up!
- This Friday (March 31st) – Movie Night (we’ll have popcorn)
- Good Friday (April 7th) – No Youth
- April 14th – Guest Speaker Dustin Martin (from Prov College)
Mark your calendars. See you Friday!
Rudy
4HG Youth March 31st
Hello People of 4HG Land!
We have some exciting things coming up starting this week so please pay close attention to this email.
- This Friday (March 31st) – Movie Night (we’ll have popcorn)
- Good Friday (April 7th) – No Youth
- April 14th – Guest Speaker Dustin Martin (from Prov College)
I hope you’ll all be there for these events!
Rudy
Reminder: 4HG - Friday, March 24
A reminder:
Tonight (Friday) we will be meeting at McDermot Avenue Baptist Church (821 McDermot Ave) at 645pm for a Camp Nutimik Worship Night! Please do not go to 2405 McGillivray.
Feel free to contact your friends to plan carpools and we’ll see you there!
Pick-up will be at 9:15pm, hope you can make it.
If you have any questions, concerns, comments, please contact me directly either over the phone or send me an email.
Rudy
Celebrating 20 Years in Brazil
CELEBRATING LESSONS LEARNED: 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING
As I have shared my missionary experiences, over the years I have had people tell me that I should write a book. If I did it would certainly be a humorous one. Not that I think serving the Lord is funny. I just know first-hand that it can be rather amusing to take someone away from everything they know and plop them into a place they are completely unfamiliar with! But besides the funny stories, I would write about how I have changed, and important lessons learned. And I would dedicate it to my four grandparents, whose frequent prayers paved the way for me to end up where I am today.
On this, my 20th anniversary in Brazil, I don’t have time to write a book. But I would like to share a couple of things I have learned to commemorate this day. Perhaps it will become the start of a couple of chapters in a book one day. Like the last 20 years, only the Lord knows.
Lesson #1: The depth of my faith in the Lord is equally measurable to my ability to trust Him. Because trust is the foundation and the starting place of faith. Before coming to the mission field, I had no need to trust in God. In fact, I put my trust in myself and my parents. If I couldn’t figure out how to solve a problem, Mom and Dad were always there. It wasn’t as though I didn’t dedicate time to the Lord and for serving Him. I did my daily devotions; I was active in my church and even my job was a ministry position. But I now recognize that my faith was shallow because I didn’t depend on God for anything. Life in Brazil changed that. When I arrived, all I had was God. I didn’t even have myself because I had no clue how to exist in this place and couldn’t speak the language. However, in the last 20 years I have learned to trust in the Lord even when I can figure things out myself. I experience that “peace that passeth all understanding.” And my faith is much deeper and richer because of it. Of course, at times I slip up. But even then, I always come back to the Lord because I know He has what I need.
Lesson #2: At the very core of love, is sacrifice. At the start of 2009 I was feeling extremely alone. While I felt fulfilled ministerially, I remember telling the Lord that I only had about one more year left to give as a missionary before the loneliness would be too much for me to bear. Enter an average height, dark and handsome man into my life! And that smile! Paulo Andre Requia melted my heart. Except there was one problem – HE WAS MY STUDENT! Oh, the scandal! But we were in love, and the Lord blessed our coming together through the Seminary director and our pastors. Before this, I had thought being a single missionary was a sacrifice, but now I was confronted with the reality that the greater sacrifice was getting married. Was I truly ready to give up my future for our future? Was I willing to spend the rest of my life in Brazil, far away from my family and culture? I loved my independence, but did I love Paulo Requia more? Well, I think we all know the answer to these questions! Marrying Paulo was about loving him, but it also became about loving Brazilians and accepting love from them. To love, we must start giving ourselves away, pieces at a time. And loving Jesus, means giving up my whole self to him.
Lesson #3: You never heal from the wound grief leaves on your heart. Many people have experience much more loss than I have, and I would never attempt to understand how deep their grief is. But I do know that grief leaves its mark on our hearts – a permanent scar. At times, the pain of my grief ebbs and flows like the waves in the ocean. At other times, it comes unexpectedly like a tidal wave and knocks me off my feet. But as Paulo said to me soon after losing my dad, “You will get through this. You will learn to live with the grief.” There are many moments I wish I could share with my dad, like today. He was even in Brazil for my first anniversary here. To be honest, I don’t want this pain to go away, because the more I feel the pain, the more it shows what my dad meant to me – what he still means to me. So, I cherish the scar on my heart because it represents the important place Dad had in my life.
I finish this reflection with a thankful heart to the Lord, to my family and friends, to my missionary partners who support me and the North American Baptist Conference, to my Brazilian church and the Seminary, and to my Paulo. Thank you for believing in me and the Lord’s calling on my life. Thank you for praying for me. Thank you for accepting me and loving me. And thank you for teaching me by living out what you believe and speak. I am forever grateful for all that you’ve done in my life!
Lyndell (March 15, 2023)
4HG Youth March 24
Hey peeps!
Hope you’re living in hope of Spring this week! The Sun is getting warmer, and I’m so excited that with the change in seasons there are awesome things coming for 4HG as well.
This coming Friday we will be meeting at McDermot Avenue Baptist Church (821 McDermot Ave) at 645pm for a Camp Nutimik Worship Night! We’ve had those before, and they’re incredibly uplifting and always gets me excited for the summer.
Feel free to contact your friends to plan carpools and we’ll see you there!
Pick-up will be at 9:15pm, hope you can make it.
More information on coming things will be showing up soon!
If you have any questions, concerns, comments, please contact me directly either over the phone or send me an email.
Rudy
4HG - March 17 and Retreat Day Registration
On March 18 is our Senior Retreat Day! If you are in Sr. High, make sure to fill out the form here!
The retreat day is from 9am to 5pm. If you have not registered, registration is now due as of last night if you have yet to register. We will be going bowling for part of the day. Contact me if questions.
Rudy
4HG Youth - March 17
4HG Youth - March 10
Hey Peeps!!!
I hope you’re all enjoying your week, and I hope that you’re excited to hang out on Friday! It will be a slightly different night as we will be playing Gorgon this Friday. Make sure you wear your stealthy clothes and come ready to sneak around the church!
We also have our retreat day coming up for the Sr. High Students. Important CORRECTION on that is that it is not this coming Saturday the 11th, but rather NEXT SATURDAY the 18th!
Rudy
Join us on Sunday, March 5, 2023 @ 10:30 am
Plan now to join us in person at 2405 McGillivray or online this Sunday at 10:30 am! Service resources are below…
This week’s message: The Training of the Twelve (Matthew 10:1-15) Sermon Notes March 5.23
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4HG Youth - March 3rd
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Hey Peeps! This week at 4HG, hold on to your hats for a great night at the church with games, snax, possibly even a guest speaker or two! Hope to see you all there at 6:45pm! Upcoming: On March 11th we are planning our Senior Retreat Day! If you are in Sr. High, make sure to fill out the form that will be sent out next week! Mexico Mission Trip, make sure you have filled out the application and gotten it back to me this week. Thank you, Rudy |
4HG - February 24
This week we are celebrating our Small Groups! You’ll be meeting in your Small groups and hanging out at someone’s house so make sure you know exactly where you have to be.
If you have any questions as to where or when you’ll meet, please contact your Small-group Leader, or as a last resort… me.
Junior Girls: Meeting at 6:45pm-9pm at Emma’s House for some deserved R&R
Junior Boys: Meeting at 6:45pm0pm at Colin and Sheilla Taylor’s for some games
Senior Boys: Meeting at 6:45pm-9pm at Michael’s house for Games and Snack
Senior Girls: Meeting at 6:45pm-9pm at Lauren Edel’s house for surprise activities!
See you tonight!
