Services
- Communion: 9 a.m.
- Coffee & Fellowship in the Heritage Room from 10 to 10:25
- Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. The nursery is available for babies and toddlers to age 2 ½.
- Kinder Bible Time (2 1/2 to Senior Kindergarten: Kinder Bible Time Room).
- Prime Time 4 kids (Grades 1 to 4: Prime Time Room).
Speakers:
- January 15: Hugh Rodger – 1 Samuel 9-11 (Chair: Robert Miller)
- January 22: Carl Nash – 1 Samuel 13 (Chair: Robert Miller)
Events
LIFE 2012 – Greater Toronto Spiritual Life Convention
- Where: Peoples Church, 374 Sheppard Ave E
- Speaker: Ravi Zacharias Worship Leader: Kellen Jones
- Sunday Jan 15 – 6:30 pm Monday to Wednesday – 7:30 pm
Family Day Event – Camp Mini-Yo-We
- Feb 20th, 2012 – 9 am to 5 pm $15/person or $50/family*(HST Included).
- Children under 5 years old come for FREE!
- RSVP Today to secure your spot by calling the office at 1-888-226-7699!
- Family Day SOLD OUT in 2011 and we don’t want you to miss it this year.
“Day Apart” for women of all ages
- “Forgiveness… Yeah, right!. Sat, Feb 4 8:30-4 pm
- Grace Church, 447 Port Union Road, West.
- Speaker: Rev. Ruth Anne Breithaupt/Music: Hiram Joseph
- Cost: pre-registration $30 til Jan 22, $35 after includes lunch.
- See website: www.gracewesthill.ca or call Hill 416-284-8424 for more details.
Bendale Family Skate & Potluck. Sat. Feb. 18
- 3:15-4:15pm (skate) McGregor Arena , 2231 Lawrence Ave. East
- Children are required to wear a helmet.
- The potluck will start at 5 pm. Please bring a salad, main dish or dessert to serve 8.
- Please notify Tamara Hughes if you can help with set up or clean up tamara.allan@gmail.com or 647-343-7557
Fellowship
Tuesday Morning Home Bible Study
- Please join us for the Home Bible Study at Vi Hrivnak’s (107 Cedar Brae Blvd. – just south of the church at the corner of Bellamy & Cedar Brae) on Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
- We will be starting the Gospel of Mark on Tuesday, January 17.
- This would be a great time for newcomers to start!
- Study guides may be purchased for $2.00.
- Please contact: Cindy Westacott for details at 416-281-6853.
Membership
- Membership in the Bendale Family is a way to formally declare your commitment to the Bendale and to publicly stand with the Bendale Family.
- The membership material has recently been refreshed and the elders are looking forward to holding membership classes again.
- Membership classes will be held during the 10:30 a.m. service on Feb. 12th and Feb. 19th.
- Please contact Dave Robinson @ 416-276-8093 or daverobinson@bendale.com
Baptism
- Baptism is an opportunity to publicly proclaim your faith & trust in Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
- Classes for baptism will be held on Sundays, Jan 29th and February 5th during the 10:30 a.m. service.
- The baptism will be held on Sun, Feb 26th during the 10:30 a.m. service.
- Please contact Dean Westacott @ 416-281-6853 or deanwestacott@bendale.com
Praise & Prayer
- It is a privilege to pray & support each other on a daily basis.
- Please be reminded that prayer requests will only be put in the bulletin or on the prayer chains with the permission of the individual or their family.
- Please contact Dean Westacott if you have any further questions.
- Urgent needs always require immediate prayer. Therefore we would invite you to become a Bendale prayer partner by joining our email or phone prayer chains.
- To join the email prayer chain, please send your email address to deanwestacott@bendale.com.
- If you do not have email, please call Dean at 416-281-6853 to be added to the phone prayer chain.
Pray for Missionaries we support and know
Karin & Bernd Flock
- Pray that we get over jet-lag quickly.
- Pray for Heidi & the children during these last months before Jeff returns from Afghanistan. Being a Marine Wife and Mom is not an easy choice!
- Pray for Kati as she and the family cope with her illness.
- Pray as we go through the Alpha Marriage Course material (thanks Stellis!) to see if we could put it to use here. Our initial plan is to use it personally, in living rooms, so to speak. There are many couples who have asked us for follow-up on the marriage preparation we did with them.
- Pray for SALTS. We are offering a SALTS group starting within the next couple months. Bernd is going to do a major part of the Bible teaching in Plenum before we break up into 2 groups. Karin will co-lead a group. This is a new approach for us. We’re especially thankful that a TEAM of co-leaders, 3 men and 5 women, has developed over the past year!
- Student ministry: A first-year student was killed in a car crash just before Christmas. His sister & her husband were critically injured. Pray for the family & the student group. Pray that the Lord uses this reality of life to work in many young lives to bring about commitment to a life of obedience and service.
Susan Robinson
- Please continue to pray for Matt and Candace as their Mom went home to be with the Lord, the week before Christmas. Both of the kids love the Lord. Please pray for peace and comfort for them.
- Please pray also for Coleton and Broderick. These wee ones, learned that their parents are going through a separation. Pray that the kids would not be caught in the middle of this sad situation.
- Praise God for His faithfulness. I am so grateful for each of you and for all your love, encouragement and support. I had a good year end financially. God has continued to bless me through you.
Help Wanted
- Remember to be generous with your giving to those who have so little.
- Jesus said “For I was hungry and you fed me…” the righteous said “Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you…” and the king would tell them: When you did it to the one of the least of these, my brothers and sisters you were doing it to me”.
- Donations should be unwrapped.
- Please do not bring perishables or glass containers. Donation boxes are in the front lobby.
One Way Inn
- Thursday Drop-in (for grades 7 to 12) 3 to 9 p.m.
- Choose from the following activities:air hockey, pool, bumper pool, Ping Pong, foosball, table hockey, Computer Lab, PlayStation2 and X-box 360 on small screens, Wii on the large screen, help with Math, guitar, basketball and ball hockey.
- Snacks and meals available for purchase!
Juniors Only (“Juniors Only” is specially designed for students in grades 5-8.)
- January
Drop-in: Friday, January 27 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. - February – Juniors Only Event
» Glow Bowl at O’Connor Bowl: Saturday, February 4 from 6:00 – 10 p.m.
» Meet at the church at 6:00 p.m. Bowling from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
» Returning to the church for donuts and a devotional.
» Be picked up at 10:00 p.m. at the church.
» Remember to wear light clothing that will glow in the dark!
» Cost: $12 per person.
» You MUST sign up with Cindy by noon on Wednesday, Feb. 1 so enough lanes are reserved.
» Email cindywestacott@onewayinn.com or call 416-888-4907.
» Parents: Drivers are needed so please let me know if you can drive! - February
Drop-in: Friday, February 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. - Juniors Only Class
With Dave Robinson and Chuck Phillips in the attic.
Senior High
- February Event – Ten Pin Bowling at All Star Bowl Saturday, Feb. 11
- Meet at the church at 6:30 p.m. Going to All Star Bowl (2791 Eglinton Avenue East 416-261-5011)
- Bowling 2 games starting at 7:00 p.m. Returning to the church for snack and a devotional.
- Be picked up at 10:00 p.m. at the church. Cost: $16 per person.
- You MUST sign up and pay by Thursday, February 9.
- Email cindywestacott@onewayinn.com or call 416-888-4907.
Coming up April 13/14: World Vision 30 Hour Famine – details to follow.
Youth Class – Senior High Grade 9 to 12
With Matthew Westacott and Cindy Westacott in the attic.
Next Bulletin
All items for the January 22nd bulletin must be received by Candace by January 18th at candacebailie@yahoo.com or 416-792-1513 or 416-997-2553