News & Announcements on October 17th, 2021

Welcome All to Our Worship Service
Welcome back! We are happy you are joining our English Ministry Worship Service in person/on our church’s YouTube Channel LBC(Milliken).

Next Week’s EM/YM Joint Sunday Service ((in person and Livestream) starting at 11:00 AM.

Speaker: Julia Bowering
Logos 40th Anniversary

1. Blessed to Bless: with various activities to bless our communities and to proclaim Jesus. 
   

   We are hosting a Fall Fest on Sunday Oct 31^st
   4pm-6pm via zoom. We welcome children from JK to grade 6 to join the celebration. To register and further details, please refer to the bulletin insert and our church web site for more details.

   Dead line for registration: Sunday Oct 24^th.

2. Stronger Together: 40th anniversary album 
   Please email a clear and legible copy of your family photo to myphoto@logosbaptist.org. Please include in your email the full name (first, then last name) of all of your family members (in the order that they appear on the photo), which language congregation you belong to, and your contact phone number. Due date for photo submission is extended to  October 31, 2021.

   Each family who submits their photo will receive a copy of the church 40th anniversary album at the end of the year. Please refer to the bulletin insert and our church web site for more details.
   

Mission News

2021 Joint Mission Conference

English Joint Mission Conference:

Please click here to pre-register for in-person

You may join us online by click on the following YouTube link https://youtu.be/tgU3UVGEEEc

Child Mission Conference: please click here to join

Meeting ID: 844 2081 8109
Passcode: BearFruit

(Registration is required for new comer)
Please refer to the bulletin insert and our church web site for more details.

Operation Christmas Child

1.Our target is to bless 500 children with Operation Christmas Child (OCC) shoeboxes this year. Refer to the bulletin insert and our church website for more details.Let’s pray and support this effort to make these goals come true. There are two ways to participate:

a.Pack a shoebox by your self ($20 per box + $10 shipping)

• Picking up a shoebox and label at church
  ( Oct 13^th – Nov 14^th) Sunday 12-1pm, Monday & Wednesday 1-5pm
• Use your own shoebox

b.Make your contribution/donation through Fellowship/small group. A special team will pack on your behalf. Deadline for contribution: Oct 31^st.For further details, please contact Lydia Fung at lydia.f@gmail.com.

Return your shoebox

• Drop off at church: (Oct 17^th – Nov 14^th) Sunday 12-1pm, Monday & Wednesday 1-5pm
  Last day to drop off at church: Nov 14th
  For inquiries, please contact lbc.occ.shoebox@gmail.com

• At a Samaritan’s purse drop off centre
  Check out locations & hours at **https://www.samaritanspurse.ca/drop-off-locations

Please remember to include the shipping fee of $10 either in the shoebox or submit online**.

2.We will also be holding a special offering for The Greatest Journey Discipleship Class from October 10^th to October 31^st Sunday. This program allows children who received an OCC shoebox to continue to learn more about Jesus and become disciples.
a. For Tithe.ly and e-Transfer offering, please type “TGJ” in the message box.
b.  For those who wish to use offering envelopes, please write “Others (TGJ).

News from the Interim Board 
1.Foyer and AV Renewal Update:

We have received permit from the City and we have secured a contractor. Foyer renovation work has just started. AV upgrade is ongoing, with gym house lighting, chapel speakers and wiring installed. Thanks to the many brothers and sisters who have helped us to get to this stage. As we have started the renovation stage please be mindful going in and out of the church building, as some areas will be blocked off during the next 8 to 10 weeks.

2.Board Structure and Function Reform Update: We will be holding the following language specific town hall to share with members updates and answer any questions that members may have.
English: Sunday October 17^th, 2021, 1 to 3pm (via Zoom and in person)
Mandarin: October 17^th, 2021 Sunday 3 to 5pm (via Zoom)

Prayer Meeting/Mid-week Not on Sunday School at 8:00pm (starting the week of September 13^th)

• 1^st , 3^rd , & 5^th Wednesday of month will be prayer meeting
• 2^nd and 4^th will be a class on Hearing the Voice of God* with Rev. Scott.

So many desire to hear God’s voice but struggle to know if it is really Him.  We will discuss people who connected to God and the clues to hearing Him.  A.W. Tozer wrote “The voice of God is a friendly voice.  No one need fear to listen to it unless he has already made up his mind to resist it.”

Sunday School @9:00- 10:00am (starting September 19^th) will have two options

• Leading a Quiet Life – Cecilia Lam
  Paul urged the Thessalonians to make it their ambition to lead a quiet life; they should mind their own business and work with their hands (1 Thess. 4:11). When the norm is to strive for efficiency and a typical day is filled with endless interruptions and distractions, how do we lead a quiet life? Where do we draw the line of “my business”? Join us from Sep 19 to Dec 12 to explore how to unhurry, rhythms of daily office and sabbath, and boundaries.

  *to register:   https://forms.gle/Aq7oBVdMdFQqHbwt9

  

Children Ministry News
Children Ministry will join the Toronto Children Ministry Conference on November 6, 2021. 9:00am-4:30pm. Teachers, helpers and parents are invited to join us! For more information, go  tohttps://logosbaptist.ca/announcements/announcements/

Community Concern

The New Immigrant Task Force (NIT) is seeking participants to join the ministry. We believe brothers and sisters are interested in providing support to new Cantonese speaking immigrants in order to show Jesus’ love through actions.  If you are interested, please click here  toregister. For any questions, please contact Cantonese Congregation pastors.

News from Finance

1.Offering Report for September 2021

2.In order to help entering the offering information accurately, brothers and sisters are asked to provide clear personal information (names, offering number, contact number, offering amount… etc.). For any information update ,please inform the church office.

Others
1.Phase 2 of Church Reopening 

In-person worship– Click here to fill and submit the UPDATED registration form or scan the following QR code. (Please use one form for your family or your bubble.)

Room Booking (in-person gathering)

Click here to submit a room booking request

2.Church Office Hours
Church office hours are Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm (Saturday closed). To contact our pastors or staff, please call 905-305-6467, press “0” and leave a voicemail, or email office@logosbaptist.org.

3.Ways to Give
a.Interac e-Transfer — Brothers and sisters can give their offerings and tithes to the Church through Interac e-Transfers using the email address tithe@logosbaptist.org
b. Mail-in cheque offering
c. Cheque Offering Drop off to Church
d. On-line offering using Tithe.ly

4.News of Pastors

Pastors Priscilla Lee will be on leave from Oct 19^th to Oct 20^thand will be back to the office on Oct  21^st.