PEOPLE & EVENTS. July 31, ANNOUNCEMENTS. 10:00 am Sunday Worship Service. 11:00 am

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1 July 31, PEOPLE & EVENTS Care Givers of the Week: Martha Pauls Missionary of the Week: Jen Schmidt Custodian of the Week: Ernie Neufeld New Address for the Directory Alexander & Svetlana Bogomol Children: Polina and Jakov (not provided for the web site) 10:00 am Sunday Worship Service 11:00 am Speaker: Pastor Jedidiah Carpentier Sermon: The Cornerstone Scripture Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 the Everyone is invited downstairs following the worship service for coffee, treats and fellowship. Financial Position as at June 30, 2016 Income $194, Expenses 198, Deficit ($ 4,144.92) Please note that the above figures do not include Capital Expenditures Missionary Support MB Mission Pledge $34, Rec d to date 14, Still Required $20, LBE Staff Support Pledge $8, Rec d to date 4, Still Required $4, Rec d Other Missions $45,525.00

2 Please pray for Martha Hildebrandt who is in the Grace Hospital. Please continue to pray for Annie Schmidt, Bert Bell, Ferd Pauls and Randi Neufeld that God will meet their every need and bring continued strength and healing. Remember to pray for our shut-ins who are unable to attend regularly. At Home Peter Brown, Katherine Enns, Martha Hildebrand, Elvira Loewen, Peter & Erna Friesen, Rudy & Susanne Thiessen Bethania Elly Penner, John and Mary Unger Bethel Place George Petkau and Anne Rempel Concordia Place John E. Friesen Concordia Village Katherine (Kay) Klassen Donwood Manor Apartments Elsa Klassen, Peter Klassen, and Arnold Teichrieb Donwood Personal Care Elsie Froese and Margaret Derksen Hospital in Quebec Walter Voth Poseidon Care Center Laura Gould Riverwood Square John W. Sawatzky Sharon Home Herman Rempel West Park Manor Kay Froese MB Missions prayer request: G & G ~ MB Mission (Restricted) Pray for G as he teaches at an institute for Christian studies in South Asia. Pray for this couple as they seek to resource the local body of believers to effectively minister in Muslim contexts. Square One World Media Prayer Request (S1WM): Pray for Square One World Media s Russian partners as they look for volunteers to be voice actors for a filming session beginning in August. PAC Prayer Project Romans, Chapter 8 talks about the power of God s Spirit in our lives carrying us through our time of waiting for the Lord s return: v26-28: By our faith the Holy Spirit helps us with our daily problems and in our praying. For we don t even know what we should pray for nor how to pray as we should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that it cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows, of course, what the Spirit is saying as he pleads for us in harmony with God s own will. And we know that all that happens to us is working for our good if we love God and are fitting into his plans. Let us praise and thank our God for the Holy Spirit s help in so many ways, keeping us from falling off the road even without our knowing, and let us ask him to guide us and renew our passion to do our outreach, individually and together as his church to reach the world around us for Jesus Christ. ~ Rita Schmidt

3 Building for the Kingdom July Update 1) Met weekly with Pastor Roger Salumu (of Christ Impacting Nations Ministries). We prayed together with the intention of working more closely together and moving towards a multi-ethnic church. 2) Met with the Slavic Evangelical Church congregation to elaborate on the vision and to answer questions/concerns. We are praying that they would have clarity in the future direction of their congregation and whether that would include working towards this multi-ethnic vision. 3) Met with Pastor Ed Buller with Heart of Worship International Church to review the vision and discuss their future with Portage Avenue Church. 4) July 6th-9th I was in Toronto with the Mennonite Brethren Conference, networking and discussing our future with leaders of the denomination. 5) Clarified the job description of the associate pastor role and had initial conversations with a few interested candidates. An urgent request from the MCC Thrift Shops supported by your congregation: Do you have 1-2 days to be a volunteer in July or August? The Sargent & Selkirk MCC Thrift Shop are urgently requesting volunteers and cashiers for relief work over the summer while some regular volunteers are away. Hours are 9:45-4:15 and split shifts would be considered if you recruit a partner to share the day with. Your call would be greatly appreciated by Laura or Wendy at at Sargent, and Marv at Selkirk As a church we are at a critical point in time, moving forward into a new vision of the church. We fully believe that we need to become very intentional in praying for our future, in order to build God's Kingdom at PAC. So, in order to commit this new vision to God and cover it in prayer, we will be meeting for prayer in the prayer room, on Sunday mornings from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. This will be a Spirit-led time of prayer in freedom. People are free to come and go as they please, and pray in any manner they prefer (e.g. spoken, read, written, or silent). We want to emphasize the urgency of the need for our prayers at this point. We hope to see you there. If you have any questions, please talk to Ann Hildebrand or Peggy Jensen. The CANADIAN FOODGRAINS BANK (CFGB) is cosponsoring an interesting event on July 31st at the Manitoba Threshermen s Reunion in AUSTIN, Manitoba. Special feature: See 125 antique threshing machines driven by antique tractors and over 600 pioneer farmers harvest a 75 acre wheat field in mere minutes and other events. Details can be found on posters in the church foyer, or by calling Tami Duff, CFGB, (204) ext. 222.

4 Sermon Notes e For Further Reflection Use these questions for personal reflection or with your small group 1. What stood out for you in the Sermon? 2. What is the significance of the blood of Christ? 3. How do we communicate its significance outside the church walls? PAC Weekly Information This Week Thurs. Aug. 4 4:30 pm Prayer Break Next Week Sun. Aug. 7 10:00 am Morning Worship Service Guest Speaker: Andrew Dyck Thurs. Aug. 11 4:30 pm Prayer Break Contact Us Jedidiah Carpentier - Pastor jedidiah@pachurch.ca Jeremy Penner - Director of Worship and Media jeremy@pachurch.ca Portage Avenue Church A Mennonite Brethren Church 1420 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB. R3G 0W2 Office: Fellowship Line (prayer requests and updates): office@pachurch.ca Web:

5 WELCOME TO PORTAGE AVENUE CHURCH 10:00 Worship Service July 31, 2016 Gathering & Encountering God Welcome Call to Worship Leader: Holy God, From everlasting to everlasting, you are Lord. Let the whole earth shout with joy before the Lord; Leader: Your judgments are true, and all of creation awaits your rightful rule; Leader: In righteousness will you judge the world and all the peoples, with equity; Scripture Reading: Psalm 28:1-2; 6-9 Be Strong in the Lord (WT 573) Gentle Shepherd (WT 134) Church Life Prayer Worship with Tithes and Offerings Offertory The River Sermon: The Cornerstone Speaker: Jedidiah Carpentier Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 Our Response Cornerstone / The Solid Rock Benediction Leader: Who is like our God, King over all the earth? Great Is the Lord (WT 22) The Solid Rock (WT 186)