For The Period Covering Thursday, Nov. 1st Wednesday, Nov. 7th 2018

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1 Westview Bible westviewlife.org Westview E-Life For The Period Covering Thursday, Nov. 1st Wednesday, Nov. 7th 2018 This Sunday, November 4th Communion Westview s Annual Craft Fair is this Friday & Saturday! westview bible church Preacher: Evange Destounis Topic: Competing Treasures Worship Leader: Stephane DeGrasse Craft Fair 65+ vendors November 2nd-3rd 2018 Friday 5-9pm // Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm Ministry Programs for children: Babies up to grade 6 Come join us at our annual sale for handmade goods, jewellery, sweets, and more! Free Parking! Pierrefonds Boulevard, Pierrefonds, Québec H9H 4T ext. 101 // office@westviewlife.org In The Lobby Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes BrightStart Cambodian Dinner Tickets To Subscribe to our E-Life mailing list, please send an to: office@westviewlife.org

2 Youth There is NO Friday night youth this week! Join us for the REBOOT conference on November 3rd from 9am - 4pm at Trinity Pentecostal Church. We ll be joining other youth and talking about tough questions about our faith. First Impressions Ministry Do you like meeting new people? Would you consider greeting people at our doors, being a part of a fun t e a m, g e t t i n g t o k n o w t h e congregation, giving high 5s to our youngest people? We are constant need of Greeters and Ushers, as our Sundays get busier we need more people. Contact Nita at : nita@westviewlife.org Caps for babies from Knit / Crochet Along The Lord is working in the lives of others through our Knit / Crochet Along Ministry. The group, led on Thursday evenings by Francesca Riley, recently completed many weeks of making caps for newborn babies; which they then donated to the Birthing Centre at the Lakeshore General Hospital, for their newborn babies. So exciting to see how the group is providing for such a need - how they are caring and sharing Jesus in many ways! 2 BrightStart Fundraiser You are invited to a CAMBODIAN DINNER in support of BrightStart Canada. Date: Saturday November 17 Time: 6:00 pm Cost: $30/person Location: Westview Bible Church RSVP: BrightStartcanada@gmail.com Call or text (514) More information at the lobby table this Sunday. Operation Christmas Child We are well into the Operation Christmas Child season as we fill shoeboxes with a variety of gifts to bless the lives of children living in desperate situations around the world. You can get your shoebox on a Sunday morning in the Lobby at Westview, or during the week through the church office. The return date for these boxes is Sunday morning November 11, 2018 ** We also need help - in the receiving of boxes: on Wednesday November 14 and Thursday November 15 from 5 pm - 9 pm or Friday November 16 from 9am to 9 pm - and we need strong people to assist in the loading of the truck on Saturday November 17 at 9:00 am To volunteer and for information contact: Lucy Alaimo: lucyalaimo@yahoo.com Chris Piazza chrispiazza2005@yahoo.ca Cristina Di Marco occshoeboxes.wbc@gmail.com Patricia Garcia NYAM BAI Apprentissage BrightStart Canada Inc. invites you to their first annual Cambodian dinner, a three course Cambodian dinner to raise money to help provide educational opportunities to children in Cambodia. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 6:00PM WESTVIEW BIBLE CHURCH PIERREFONDS BLVD COST: $30/PERSON TO RSVP OR ASK QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT US: BRIGHTSTARTCANADA@GMAIL.COM / (514) Apprentissage BrightStart Canada Inc. is a registered charity that provides educational opportunities and assistance to more than 500 children at ten different study centres throughout the province of Battambang, Cambodia. Our goal is to help these children reach their full potential; many of them are more than 3yearsbehindintheireducation.Withouthelp,theyrisk perpetuating the cycle of poverty and despair in Cambodia. We are there to make a difference. 2

3 English as a Second Language (ESL) - Teachers Needed We are hoping to launch our new season of classes, soon. However, we need more teachers in order to be ready then we can advertise to the community, and register students. The ESL ministry runs on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm. ESL provides a safe learning environment where students (many of whom have recently immigrated to Canada) can build English grammar and conversation skills, as well as the confidence to navigate everyday interactions. ESL thus enables them to have broader social interactions, to participate more confidently in the community around them, and equips them further for employment situations. We offer free classes at levels from beginning to advanced, in reading, writing. speaking and listening. Each class integrates Jesus and the Gospel into the lesson plan and conversations. At our Christmas and Easter parties we include the students' families; celebrating cultural diversity and further building relationships. Please contact Jeff Simunic to be an ESL teacher, or for more information: jeff@westviewlife.org / ext. 107 Parenting Seminar The Messy, Magnificent, Mysterious, Years Understanding What Makes Teens and Pre-teens Tick This seminar on November 8th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm is for parents of teens, pre-teens and children of all ages. It will focus on understanding the chaos of adolescence but will be very helpful for parents whose kids aren t there yet. Knowing what is coming and having the opportunity to interact intentionally in light of adolescence will be helpful for all parents, grandparents, youth workers and teachers. Hormones are raging. The ability to think in complete sentences seems to be lost forever. Emotions are riding a crazy rollercoaster. The kids we thought we knew when they were 10 have turned into a different people overnight! These formative adolescent years represent some of the greatest challenges and the best opportunities we have as parents and other adults who work with teenagers. In this seminar Marv will help us explore the often puzzling developmental journey that our kids find themselves on. We ll look at what s happening in their minds, their bodies, their spirits and their relationships. We ll try to sort out the way our parenting style plays out in the lives of children at various ages and most importantly we ll ask the so what questions. How do we respond proactively and intentionally to these developmental realities? How do we help our children sort out right from wrong in a world without a moral compass? Based on a growing understanding, we ll look at what we can do as adults in the lives of kids to help them make the most of these wonderful crazy years. It requires the very best of us courage, patience, perseverance, grace, and unconditional love but the dividends it pays in the lives of our kids makes it the best investment ever! 3

4 Immigrant Assistance Ministry T h e r e h a v e b e e n s o m e n e w developments We were recently put in contact with a family, by the Welcome Collective. This family consists of a single mother with a 14 year old daughter, 12 year old daughter, and 9 year old son. They had been in the US but have been granted asylum in Canada. We have organized a few people so far to find ways to initially meet their most pressing needs for food and clothing and some initial household furnishings, but there are still significant practical needs of items, as well as assisting them to navigate the culture, bureaucratic systems, and neighbourhood adjustments. Here is a link to a document that outlines some of the needs you can help with and sign up for. We will continue to update the document. Children s Ministry Volunteers Needed We are asking you to pray and consider if God is leading you to volunteer within one of our Sunday morning children s ministries. Our fall programs have started, yet there are many needs for leaders in our Nursery, Pre-School Connect 4, Mid Connect 4, Senior Connect 4 and Kingdom Seekers (grade 5 and 6). You can be a part of the Lord s work in these precious young lives, in many varied ways of serving. Please contact the Ministry Coordinator for each if you are feeling led to volunteer, or want to first get more information about the roles: Nursery: Laura Bryan: laura.m.bryan@hotmail.com Pre-School Connect 4: Randy Trimm: randy.trimm@gmail.com Mid Connect 4: Peter Neelin: peter.neelin@gmail.com Senior Connect 4: Tonja Waind: tmartinow@lbpearson.ca Kingdom Seekers: Cheryl Johnson: cheryl@westviewlife.org You can also read more about these ministries on our website d / 1CbH7M1QSS0qSYXBom1JKLbH_I83 CIgxN6dhuvNRoS0w/edit?usp=sharing For more information and to discuss how y o u c a n h e l p, c o n t a c t m e : randy.trimm@gmail.com Thank you. - Randy 4

5 Staff Jeff Simunic Pastor (Staff Lead) Ext. 107 Nita Kotiuga Pastor Ext. 102 Cheryl Johnson Pastor - Youth Ministries cheryl@westviewlife.org Ext. 103 Ryan Simunic Director of Worship & Tech ryan@westviewlife.org Ext. 106 Christina Slavin Ministry Administrator office@westviewlife.org Ext. 101 Maria Bejarano Meza Pastor - Spanish Ministries maria@westviewlife.org Ext. 108 Cassia Waind Youth Ministry Intern cassia@westviewlife.org Jonathan Richard Custodian jon@westviewlife.org Worship This past Sunday, we worshipped with the following songs: Jesus Messiah Reign In Us The Stand Here s My Heart How Great Thou Art I Will Go Weekly Offering General Offering for October 28th: $ 5, Offering for Spanish Ministry: $ Thank you to everyone who is giving regularly at Westview; whether via cash, cheque, P.A.D, or PushPay. If you are able, we greatly appreciate the P.A.D. donation approach, as it helps ensure regular cashflow for our church s ministry, despite attendance patterns - especially in the summer and during vacation times. Please know that regardless of donation method, your support of the Lord s work through Westview is deeply appreciated. Any questions or concerns regarding donations can be directed to: donations@westviewlife.org. For info on all of our weekly activities and special events, please consult our website. We welcome your submissions for e-life, please note the deadline for your requested inclusion is Tuesday at noon. Junan Song Bookkeeper accounting@westviewlife.org Ext. 105 Joaquin Becerra Weekend Custodian Contact Westview at: a 5