Weekly Update – July 4, 2024

Plan now to join us in person at 2405 McGillivray or online this Sunday at 10:30 am!

Camp Nutimik WRBC Worship @ Camp Nutimik  THIS SUNDAY, July 7 , 11 am Camp Nutimik is a 2 hour drive from WRBC. Bring a Picnic Lunch & join the Campus Tours at 1 pm. 

June 23-28 Update Camp Nutimik: Last week we had our first program out at camp! We had our Step Out group, the oldest of our leadership camps, start this week. For the first week of their 3-week program, this group tackled their canoe trip and first aid, and had a great first week together. They are seizing every opportunity to grow as a team, and to deepen their faith and knowledge of God! Nutimik-July-7-12-2024

This week, our Step Out program continues for its second week, and we have our Staff Training, when all of our summer staff are onsite to prepare for the summer!

WRBC Financial Support for Camp Ministry – Christian-Camp-Support-Application-2024

VBS Volunteers Needed – Contact Sheilla if you want to join the VBS team July 22-26, 9 am to noon. 

Summer Children’s Programming for Sunday mornings

Preschool and kindergarten children will sit with their parents and be dismissed for programming after the Children’s Message.

Grades 1-6 sit with their parents. Activity & coloring pages are available on the Kids’ Craft Carts in the auditorium.

NABC Triennial—July 11-14,2024, St. Paul, Minnesota. Register: https://nabconference.org/triennial/

A friend of Tanya Giesbrecht has set up a GoFundMe fundraiser for Tanya for a power wheelchair. If you want to contribute, https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tanya-get-a-power-wheelchair?qid=b202a76f4727a06b5efe5975e4a0ad04

Solid Grounds Cafe – Meet a friend for coffee in the church foyer during office hours. (Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.)

Search Team Update: The Search Team has completed the draft Lead Pastor job description and forwarded it to the Board for their review and approval. Once the Board has approved the job description, a detailed job posting will be uploaded to select job posting sites. Please pray that this job description will accurately describe the type of Lead Pastor we need and that the job posting will draw in the man of God’s choosing to lead Whyte Ridge Baptist Church into the future that He has envisioned for us.

The Search Team are working on evaluation tools to assess candidates who apply for this position. They are also finalizing other work product, such as a community profile and congregation profile, that will be shared with selected candidates when we reach that stage of the process.

Thank you for your continued prayers: for wisdom and discernment within the Search Team, for an accurate job description to be posted, that the man of God’s choosing would be drawn to us, and that we would be patient in waiting for God’s timing in the provision of a new Lead Pastor.

Missions / Justice and Mercy Ministries (JAM)

Life Transformation Opportunity:  Looking for household items to help a newcomer family of four from Chile move to an apartment on July 1st.  They are in need of the following items: dining table, coffee table, sofa, kitchen utensils, kettle, microwave and vacuum. If you have items to donate, please contact Richard Salas 204-894-9217 or richardsalas894@gmail.com. 

NAB Missionaries Current Newsletters Available: Campbell-Requia-May-2024-Newsletter  Nick-Iris-Newsletter-–-May-2024

Harvest Manitoba—Check our Food Bank Wall to see what is needed and take a card for the item you want to donate. Food bank donations may be left in the box located in the foyer next to the mail folders.  Any non-perishables are appreciated, especially pancake mix and syrup, canned fruit/vegetables, canned meat/fish especially salmon. Please do not bring perishable items. Thank you! 

Family Support Centre needs Baby Formula and newborn clothing for Baby Layettes!  Use the bin in the foyer (next to the mail folders) at church to drop off your donations of baby formula (Enfamil is the most requested, but any brand is appreciated!).  Drop off any time. Contact: Debbie Neufeld.

Our Missionaries Andrew & Courtney Friesen are in need of accommodation during their stay in Winnipeg September 9-17. Please contact Emmie if you can be involved with financial support or accommodations. 

 Kids at the Ridge Programming

NORB-E VBS 2024 is full! Please keep the volunteers in your prayers as they prepare for a fun and meaningful program for the kids. 

A registration form must be completed for all children in Nursery up to grade six. This form is required by our insurance to be completed each year for each child attending our kids programming throughout the year:

Little Lambs Nursery – ages 6 months up to age 2
SONSeekers Preschool – Age 3 and 4
SONSeekers Elementary – Kindergarten to Grade 4
The Wave – Grade 5 and 6

Register Here: https://whyteridgebaptist.breezechms.com/form/childregistration2023-24

If you are interested in volunteering in our children’s ministries, please contact Sheilla Taylor for more information. Explore how you can be an important part of this ministry to children!

4HG – For His Glory (Youth Ministries)

We will have TWO EVENTS that You’re invited to even if you have already graduated or are just coming into youth this year!

          July 26th – Waterfight!!!                           August 16th –  Canoeing at Fort Whyte!

If you are interested in volunteering in our youth ministries, please contact Rudy Wall for more information. We’d love to hear from you!

Join us on Instagram (@4hgyouth) and on Facebook.  For details regarding 4HG, contact: Pastor Rudy Wall.

interacT meets on Monday nights at 7:00 pm at 2405 McGillivray. If you would like to receive our updates, contact Rudy Wall.  

Instagram: @wrbcyoungadults

Facebook: INTERACt: WRBC young adults

For more information contact Pastor Rudy

Ways to Give 

Ways to give at Whyte Ridge Baptist Church:  For those who are looking for a way to give to the mission of Whyte Ridge Baptist Church, options can be found at  whyteridgebaptist.ca/GIVE.  

To electronically transfer funds to WRBC please use the email: give@whyteridgebaptist.ca. No password required. Include in the message portion of your e-transfer the following information:

• Full name and address of the person to be receipted.
• Your preferred Fund: General Fund, Capital Asset Fund, Missions Trips Fund or Benevolent Fund.  If desiring more than one Fund please include dollar amount for each.  In the event that no Fund is chosen the full amount will go into the General Fund.  

To donate by text, Text GIVE to 833-717-0741 and further instructions will follow!  It’s easy!

If questions, email give@whyteridgebaptist.ca.

Additional Information

Baptism and Membership – If you are feeling led to become baptized or pursue membership at WRBC, or if you have any questions about these things, please feel free to contact the office.

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