Announcements for April 19
- Welcome to our English worship. If you are a visitor with us today or this is your first time at Jaffray Church, please take time to complete the new comers’ card and let us know about you.
- Today is the deadline for registration for this upcoming softball season. Cost is $50 per player, first come first serve. Please register at the west-foyer usher’s table after the service. If you have any questions, please contact Adrian Yu (softball@tjcac.org) or visit www.tjcac.org/english/softball.
- CTI Evangelical Weekend - On Friday April 24 at 8:00pm and Sunday April 26 at 9:00am, Carpenters Tools International will be coming to play at Jaffray. During those two days, Pastor Scott Bissell and Dan Trinh will be speaking about faith, sin, guilt and the cross. We highly encourage you to invite your non-Christian friends. Please fill out a prayer card and gve it to Catherine Ngai or Jessica Chin so the Outreach team can start praying for them. Prayer meeting for this event will happen on Wednesday at 8:00pm at the Church Office.
- Church Spring Clean-up Day, May 2 (Sat). There are sign up sheets at both entrances and it is only to help us to prepare cleaning supplies. Walk-ins are welcome too! Please set aside time to participate in keeping God’s house tidy.
- A 10:30am Joint Sunday Service will be held on May 3 to welcome Jaffray’s senior pastor, Rev. Paul Ting, and the English intern, Ricky Yu. Sunday School will be held at 9 AM. Pastor Ting’s official installation service will be held on June 28.
- Lunch program in May will be scheduled on the first Sunday, May 3. All brothers and sisters are invited to stay for lunch and greet Rev. Ting and his family. The congregation will have a chance to get to know him thru a short power point and a brief informal dialogue
- Trail Mix Children’s Day camp will be held from August 3-28 this year! Registration forms for campers and application forms for camp staff can be obtained outside the sanctuary and the office or online: www.tjcac.org/English/trailmix For more information, please contact Pastor Matthew or Kimberly Pak or trailmix@tjcac.org
- The Board of Elders have approved the hiring of Ricky Yu as a seminary intern for the English ministry starting in May. Ricky will be under the supervision of Pastor Arthur and will serve mainly in the children / youth ministries. Ricky is currently a student at Ambrose Seminary in Calgary. He will be with us from May to December 2009.
- Pastor Arthur will be on vacation from April 27 to May 19. He will return to the office by Wednesday May 20.
OTHERS:
- Alliance Women Ministry retreat will be held at the Ramada “Inn-on-the-Bay” in Belleville from May 1-3, featuring speakers Shelley Camagnola and Donna Dong. For registration, please contact Betty Chin or visit www.ecdawm.ca for more information.
- Alliance Joint Mission Conference, “All for Jesus, Jesus for All.” will be held on July 1-5 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Part-time registration is now available. Final deadline for registration is May 31. For more information or to register, please contact Betty Chin or Richard Poon.
- Tyndale Association of Spiritual Directors (TASD) presents the following events. “God-Image” by Dr. Duncan Westwood on April 25; “Larry Crabb Conference” from May 29-30; “Franciscan Spirituality in Spiritual Direction” by Wendy Passmore on September 19; and “Soul Art” by Cathy Nguen in late Fall 2009. For more information, please visit: www.tyndale.ca/seminary/tasd/ or contact Jody Chu.