November 9th - 15th, This Sunday November 13th. Upcoming Events. westviewlife.org. Speaker: Matt Wilson. Topic: Entering The Promised Land

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1 Westview Bible westviewlife.org November 9th - 15th, 2016 This Sundy November 13th Speker: Mtt Wilson Topic: Entering The Promised Lnd Worship Leder: Chris McCooeye Upcoming Events Fridy, November 11th Westview Youth Tim Neufeld Concert More info on the website & pg 3. Sturdy, November 12th Sr Connect 4 & Kingdom Seekers Fmily Ice Crem Socil 6:30-8:30pm in Gym More info on pg 2. Mondy, November 14th Prise nd Worship 7:30-8:30pm in the Snctury Wednesdy, November 16th Women s Bll Hockey 6:30-7:30pm t Westview Thursdy, November 17th Westview At The Pub Ye Olde Orchrd, Solrium 7:30pm. More info on pg 4. WOW Women s Retret The 2017 Women s Retret is pproching fster thn we know! Mrch 17-19, 2017 is the weekend we will spend together t the NAV Centre. This yer we will be focusing on: The never ending story of God s love - The Pslms. We ll her from vriety of spekers throughout the weekend. Pick up your informtion & registrtion pmphlet t the Lobby tble on Sundy! The erly bird specil for Women Of Westview ends on December 1st, so mke sure you get the informtion you need now! OCC Shoeboxes This is the lst Sundy to drop off your shoe boxes! Plese drop off your shoeboxes t the front of the Snctury this Sundy! Volunteers still needed. To Subscribe to our E-Life miling list, plese send n e-mil to: office@westviewlife.org. 1

2 In the Lobby - Westview Cfe - WOW Women s Retret - Tickets For Fundrising Dinner RE: Medicl Clinic In Keny Stnding with the Persecuted Church There is something bout hrdship tht llows us to know God deeply. When times get relly tough, we discover more bout who God is nd how He works. Christins who hve endured persecution for their fith know this well. Let's look together t wht s t r e n g t h e n s p e r s e c u t e d Christins to stnd through the storm. We'll lso spend some time encourging ech other nd prying. All re welcome! Join us from 9-10m this Sundy, November 13th in room 103. Fmily Cht We hd gret time together on Sundy evening. Following reflection on portion of Scripture nd pryer to open, there ws n updte given on the process for the trnsition to new Chir of the Elders, nd there ws presenttion of both the purpose of the Ledership Advisory Tem nd of the specific LAT tsks they re working on. A time for questions ws opened up for both these res. Then the six questions tht hd been received, in response to the open invittion for dvnce questions for the Fmily Cht to be sent into the church office, were shred nd responded to. We then hd time for spontneous questions to be sked. We concluded our time together by breking into smll groups for pryer over our Westview Core Focuses. Thnk you to ll those who ttended. If you couldn t be there; we look forwrd nd encourge you to be t the next one. Sr Connect 4 & Kingdom Seekers You re invited to join us on November 12th from 6:30-8:30pm in the gym for our Fmily Ice Crem Socil nd Gme Night. We ll spend time connecting with one nother, eting ice crem, nd plying gmes! Bring your fmily, nd your running shoes! For more informtion nd to RSVP, plese contct Crin t: c_bldi@hotmil.com. 2

3 2016 Crft Fir The 4th Annul Westview Crft Fir ws huge success this yer with more thn 700+ people showing up for the event. The church ws very festive plce with free Christms concert given by the West Islnd Brss Ensemble, nd mny v e n d o r s s e l l i n g h o l i d y o r n m e n t s n d g i f t s f o r Christms. A totl of 63 vendors prticipted this yer! The kitchen ws in full swing, offering "Soup nd Sndwich" l u n c h s p e c i l n d m n y homemde bked goodies. If you missed our Crft Fir this yer, mke sure you come nd support it next yer. It's lots of fun. Mny thnks to the committee ( L u r L w s o n, R o s Richrdson, Ellen Dice nd Rose Friesen) who worked so hrd to orgnize this successful event n d t o l l o u r w o n d e r f u l volunteers who bked, helped set up, served lunches, greeted people s they entered our church, nd finlly helped with the clen up. A specil dontion jr ws set up for our Syrin Fmily nd $ ws rised through tht effort. Westview Youth This Fridy night Westview Youth will be tking trip to Trinity Pentecostl Church to see Tim Neufeld And The Glory Boys in concert! Buy your tickets online t: timmytour.com, nd emil Cheryl t: cheryl@westviewlife.org if you need ride! The concert strts t 7pm, nd the doors open t 6:30pm. All Bible studies re running this week: visit westviewlife.org/ youthbiblestudies for more informtion. Night of Prise nd Worship Westview fmily: you re invited to join in weekly time of prise nd worship on Mondy evenings 7:30pm - 8:30pm, in the church snctury. Join us in worshipping our Lord nd cretor. We hope to see mny of you this Mondy. Ministry Needs We re looking for few more volunteers in vrious Westview ministries. If you re looking to get involved somewhere, plese contct Jennifer in the min office for service opportunities t Westview. Send n emil to: office@westviewlife.org, or cll:

4 Bptism We rejoice with Mon Twdros on her bptism this pst Sundy morning t Westview. We s t v i e w At The Pub The next Westview t the Pub will be on: Thursdy, November 17th t 7:30pm. This Growth Group meets t Ye Olde Orchrd Pub, Solrium in the Pointe Clire Villge. Vern Mtheuszik will be shring some insights. Plese rsvp with Bsil t: bdfvis@hotmil.com. Seniors Alive Seniors Alive We would like to welcome you to our Seniors Alive group. Come enjoy time of fellowship, refreshments, ctivities nd devotionl. Anyone interested is welcome to join us. If you re interested in helping with this ministry, we welcome you! We re Locted in Room 100/102 t Westview Bible Church. Here re our upcoming dtes: November 15: 1-3pm [Activity: Crd Mking] December 6: 1-3pm [Activity: TBA] December 20: 12-3pm [Christms Potluck Lunch] For more informtion, plese contct Denise t: or Sophie t: You cn lso send n emil to: seniorslive@westviewlife.org. Remember Them, Stnd With Them Remember to pry for the persecuted church, 5 minutes t noon every dy this week! Check out ICommitToPry.com nd the VOM Pry Tody pp for specific p r y e r r e q u e s t s n d encourgement. Divorce Cre: Surviving The Holidys Surviving The Holidys is helpful, encourging seminr for people fcing the holidys fter seprtion or divorce. Plese join us on November 26th t Westview Bible Church. The cost is $6. Childcre is not vilble. To RSVP, plese contct Drlene t:

5 Online Directory For mny yers, Westview hs been sked if we would be creting new Directory. This pst yer, w e h v e c r e t e d n e s i l y ccessible Online Directory (online & mobile pp). In order to better connect with others in our church fmily, consider being dded to our Directory. A usernme nd pssword re required, so your informtion is k e p t w i t h i n t h e W e s t v i e w congregtion. To be dded to the directory, you will need to send n emil to office@westviewlife.org with your full nme included, nd the subject of the emil being Directory. We will then send you the Directory Consent emil which you must respond to before she cn crete your ccount in our Directory. We will send you informtion on how to ccess the Directory, with your usernme nd pssword. Kiros Mission Course The Kiros Mission Course is bibliclly bsed, evngelicl church inititive to engge the whole church in God s redemptive pln to rech the ntions of the world with the Good News of slvtion through fith in Jesus Christ. The Kiros Mission Course is ten-session, 40 hour interctive course on world Christin mission, designed to educte, inspire, nd chllenge Christins to ctive nd meningful prticiption. The course will be offered this fll t Firview Allince Church on the following dtes: Nov 3 & 5 (evenings), Nov 7 (ll dy), Nov 8 (fternoon), Nov 17 & 19 (evenings), Nov 21 (ll dy) nd Nov 22 (fternoon). Registrtion is $125. For more informtion on the course, plese visit: To register: pstorhck@gmil.com. Bible Study Growth Groups Not prt of Growth Group? Looking to connect with others? We invite you to join one of our Bible Study Growth Groups t Westview. Here re few gtherings to consider; we do hve others running s well. Contct our office for more informtion bout ll the Growth Groups offered t Westview! 5

6 Stff Jeff Simunic Pstor - Ministries nd Community Enggement (Stff Led) jeff@westviewlife.org ext. 107 Nit Kotiug Pstor - Cre Ministries nd Spiritul Formtion nit@westviewlife.org ext. 102 Mri Bejrno Mez Pstor - Spnish Ministries mri@westviewlife.org Cheryl Johnson Pstor - Youth Ministries cheryl@westviewlife.org ext. 103 Jennifer Hy Ministry Administrtor office@westviewlife.org jennifer@westviewlife.org ext. 101 Junn Song Bookkeeper ccounting@westviewlife.org ext. 105 Ryn Simunic Worship & Tech Intern ryn@westviewlife.org Jonthn Richrd Custodin jon@westviewlife.org Joquin Becerr Weekend Custodin Office hours: 8:30m-4:30pm, Tuesdy to Fridy. If you need to rech someone t Westview on Mondy, plese cll ext. 201 between 9m-4pm. Worship This pst Sundy, we worshipped with the following songs: g Only King Forever Unstoppble God Lion And The Lmb Good, Good Fther You Alone Christ Is Enough Offering For the week of November 6th: $9, Building Fund Collected to dte: $100, (Our trget gol is $300,000 in order to meet our building reprtion needs) To dte we hve spent $73, of those funds on the following building renovtions: Replcement of 3 Het Pumps - $24, towrds the totl cost of this need Snctury Projector & Screen - $25k Snctury Sound System - $12.5k Gym Lighting Fixtures - $10.5k New Bthroom Sinks & Toilets - $1k Syrin Fmily Resettlement Fund Collected to dte: $21, Thnk you to everyone who is giving regulrly t Westview whether vi csh, cheque, P.A.D, or PushPy. If you re ble, we gretly pprecite the P.A.D. dontion pproch, s it helps ensure regulr cshflow for our church s ministry, despite ttendnce ptterns - especilly in the summer nd during vction times. Plese know tht regrdless of dontion method, your support of the Lord s work through Westview is deeply pprecited. Any questions or concerns regrding dontions cn be directed to: dontions@westviewlife.org. 6