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Pastor Stephens created a stream of his inaugural service using his mobile. It is the goal to eventually make these streams of higher quality. We are pleased to announce that Springford Baptist Church has called Rev Craig Stephens of Ingersoll to become the pastor of Springford Baptist Church. He will begin his pastorate on January 1, 2025 and we will welcome Craig and Beth Anne, his wife to our midst at that time. A pot luck lunch after church will be held on January 19 , 2025 to welcome them both and to meet the church family. Springford Baptist held its annual Good Friday Breakfast today. Freshly made pancakes with homemade maple syrup, sausages and fruit cups were enjoyed by all who attended. A thank you to all who prepared the breakfast. Following the breakfast, Good Friday service was observed in the sanctuary.     Due to the icy and snowy weather conditions out there, and roads not being the best, the decision was made to postpone today’s service. We will hope for better weather conditions next Sunday! With Pastor Lola’s retirement as of Dec 31, 2023, Springford Baptist Church has welcomed interim pastor Rev. Andras Rameshwar. For now, we will be in a transitional phase. The Sunday video sermons and Wednesday Prayer Together postings will be suspended as of this time. Relevant announcements will continue to be posted here or at the church’s Facebook page. This will be our last WEDNESDAY PRAYER TOGETHER sent out, as I will conclude ministry with Springford Baptist Church on this coming Sunday December 31st. I am so grateful to God for all the ways that He has answered our prayers in these past 16 ½ years that I have been Pastor in Springford! It was during the pandemic that I began this WEDNESDAY PRAYER TOGETHER as a way of seeking God and trusting God in prayer when we could not be together in person. We have continued to share in this weekly opportunity to pray together, although apart. It is really helpful when we pray to remember what God has done and to give Him thanks. This inspires us to keep on trusting God and to expect that He will continue to move, sometimes in mysterious ways, to answer our prayers. This thanking God and trusting God in prayer is a pattern that builds a deeper relationship with our God, as we intentionally rely on Him. We have just celebrated again the miracle of the birth of God’s own Son Jesus. We read in Scripture of the reaction of the shepherds after they have gone to see Jesus in Bethlehem, “The shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen which were just as they had been told.” (Luke 2:20) We have experienced Jesus among us in these last several years and we, like the shepherds, have reason to glorify and praise God for all the things we have heard and seen. Our thanks to God for what He has done has a wide scope. There is also clear opportunity for us to continue to bring to God in prayer all the concerns and needs that arise and to trust Him for what He is yet to do. Thank You for joining with me in prayer and for your faithful prayers for me. I encourage that our prayers continue as we trust God for the future that is in His hands. Please pause to pray this prayer provided tomorrow Wednesday December 27th at 1 pm or whenever you are able. Thanking our God for His answers to our prayers and trusting Him going forward, Pastor Lola Our loving God Who continues to give us reason to thank You and to trust You, we come to you now in prayer and recognize that we are loved by You with an everlasting and unchanging love. Your love for us causes us to respond with deep and sincere thanks. We do glorify and praise You for all that we have seen and heard of Who You are. Faith in You and evidence of You hearing us and answering our prayers causes us to turn to You with thankful hearts. Our God, You have taught us to pray for Your will, so even when the answers have not come as we would prefer, we give our thanks to You. When our faith has been challenged, we thank you that You have shown us that it is still possible to believe and to surrender the details of our lives to You. The most difficult circumstances of our lives have compelled us ever closer to You and we thank You for our view of You when literally You have been all that we have had to hold. You our God have allowed us to experience how much we need You and to find that Your grace is available. When we could not imagine how we could take another step, You have made that possible. Our God, You have lifted from our shoulders the burdens that have been too heavy for us to carry and You have carried them for us. In the darkest of times, You have shone the eternal light of Your holy Presence. For all the times that You have given us patience when we have been restless and frustrated, we thank You. For all the times that You have revealed a way when we could not see a way, we thank You. For all the times that You have protected us and those we love, we thank You. For Your great compassion for every care that we bring to You, we thank You. The fact that You keep on guiding us and giving us strength to face each new day is another motivation to thank You. Knowing what we have seen and heard that has confirmed Your loving grace in our lives and in our world, we want to trust You for the days ahead. We believe that we will enter this new year before us with an ongoing assurance that You will never leave us or abandon us. We trust that our lives have purpose and that You will consistently reveal Your purpose as we maintain our trust in You. Thank You for what You have done and thank you for what You are yet to do in Springford and in all our communities. We do not pretend that we understand all the mysteries of Who You are. Still we choose to thank You and to trust You and to expect You to accompany us throughout our whole journey from here to our home in heaven. We pray that others will choose to trust You because they have seen what You have done in answer to our constant prayers. Until we see You face to face, may our lives always reflect Your grace. In the Name of Jesus Who entered our world to demonstrate that there is reason for faith in You and that You long for all of us to discover You and to be redeemed. AMEN. ADVENT CANDLE OF LOVE Sun. Dec. 24, 2023. 10:30 am 1st Reader: Today, on this Christmas Sunday morning and Christmas Eve, we want to thank God for LOVING our world so much that He sent Jesus to be our Saviour. In our world where everyone needs to be LOVED, Jesus is the One who LOVES us the most. When we realize that Jesus LOVES us, we can know LOVE in life changing ways. Jesus wants each person to know that they are LOVED. Jesus LOVES everyone without exception! We can ask Jesus to guide us to LOVE as He LOVES. 2nd Reader: Jesus knows everything about us and He still LOVES us. Jesus never stops LOVING us. This is real LOVE. When we discover how much Jesus LOVES us, we can begin to LOVE each other the way that God has always intended. We can see and know the greatest example of LOVE in Jesus Christ Who came to be our Saviour. 3rd Reader: We will pray together, “Thank You God for the LOVE we have discovered because Jesus has come into our lives to be our Saviour. Thank you that because of Jesus, we have You God with us always. We have needed to rely on You and the LOVE that You generously give us in this past year. We want to continue to rely on You and the power of Your LOVE in the year ahead. Thank You that the LOVE that Jesus gives is not just for Christmas, but for every day. Thank You that You are Someone we can trust to LOVE us forever. We pray that we will keep on discovering LOVE in Jesus and that others will encounter Jesus and know His LOVE through us. In Jesus’ Name. AMEN.” CHRISTMAS EVE 2023 December 24th 7 pm.1st Reader: As we have been lightingthe candles of HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE, we have waited for tonight, Christmas Eve. We have been wanting to know God and the HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE found in Jesus. We have been wanting to make room for Jesus. We have waited for tonight when together we will light this special candle at the center of the wreath, the CHRIST CANDLE. May Jesus be at the center of our lives. 3rd Reader: We will pray: “Thank You God that You love us so much that you have given us Your greatest gift. Thank You for the gift of Jesus. We know that Your HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE will bring us closer to You. We know that we need You. Thank You that You have given us Jesus to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life for us. Help us to make room for Jesus this Christmas. We pray to continue to make room for Jesus and to love You more each day. In Jesus’ Name. AMEN.” LUKE 2:8-11 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; He is Christ, the Lord. Luke 2:8-11 LOVE IS FOUND IN JESUS: “MY SAVIOUR”
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