Join the Whyte Ridge Baptist family on Thursday, December 24th for a special Christmas Eve service, ‘Immanuel, Saviour to a Broken World’.
There will be two services – one at 4:30 pm, and another at 6:00 pm, at our church location at 201 Scurfield Blvd.
For additional information, email office@whyteridgebaptist.ca or call 204-489-3875.
There will be a single combined family worship service on Sunday, December 27 at 11:00 am. There will be no SONSeekers programming on this date, but nursery care will be available for children up to age 2.
Regular weekly service times resume Sunday, January 3 at 9:00 and 11:00 am.
The Board of Church Governance met on Tuesday, November 17th and reviewed our position on building based on the latest building plans. It was a good and fruitful discussion and also required some input from our committees. At the end, the Board felt we were in a position to start down the road to building, cautiously but optimistically. We reviewed our current financial position, our budget for 2016, the recommendations coming out of the Feasibility Study and looked at the impact of servicing the potential debt. While we still have many details to sort out and identify, we felt that it was time to put the question before our people. Therefore, the Board is putting forward the following motion (resolution) at the business meeting to be held this Sunday, November 22nd at 6:00 PM. “The Board resolves that WRBC should proceed with any necessary testing and architectural drawings at a cost of up to $350,000.00 as the first step of our building project on the McGillivray property.” We encourage you to pray about this decision and how you will support it. If you are able, please attend the business meeting on November 22nd to add your voice to the discussion. We will also be dealing with issues of membership, elections and the 2016 budget. If you are not able to attend, you can vote on this resolution by completing and signing the attached mail in ballot and returning to the church office in advance. However, please note that if the resolution is changed in any way, the mail in ballots become void. View and Print WRBC Mail Ballot Download and Print WRBC Mail Ballot
Whyte Ridge Baptist will be holding its annual fall meeting to deal with the proposed budget for 2016, membership and elections for terms that are expiring. Along with these normal items of business, there will be a presentation on the revised building plans and the potential for a vote to move ahead with building.
Building Plans
Chris Karam, Chair of the Building Committee, presented the revised plans to the members of Capital Funds Committee, Prayer Committee, the Board and the Pastors and staff at a meeting on November 3rd. The plans were well received and now come close to the target amount that was identified in the Feasibility Study that was conducted this past May.
The Board will be considering a resolution to bring to the church on moving forward with building.
Now is the time to Pray
As we move towards this important time in our church life, we need to ensure that we are all focused on the same thing – our ministry in serving God.
Building a new church is a big deal. There are dangers in committing to the cost which is significant. As we talk about the plans for the building, we will all see things differently and may think that things should be changed. But the building is not the goal, it is the means towards the goal which is to serve God.
If it is at all possible, please come to the meeting. Listen to the presentation on the building plans and join in making those plans possible. But for today, start or continue to pray for the wisdom and discernment to make choices that honor God. Pray for Chris Karam and the Building Team, John Wiltshire and the Capital Funds Team, Tim Hague and the Prayer Team who have been holding all of us up to God over these many months. Pray for Pastor Terry and the pastoral staff and pray for the Board as they now must decide how to move forward.
Who can attend
At WRBC our business meetings are open to everyone including non-members. The only condition within the meeting is that only members can vote on business matters. However, questions and discussion are open to everyone. Come and be a part of a very important and exciting time in the life of our church.
Mail Ballot—The Board has decided on a motion to take forward to the church to start us moving forward in our building plans. A mail ballot is available for those who cannot make it to the meeting on November 22. WRBC Mail Ballot
