ALERTS: Snowfall warning for Abbotsford, as well as a GREAT SUNDAY in church!

I’m excited for what’s coming up at church this weekend… snow, Pastor John, hugs, Lui Passaglia, laughter, etc…. how great is all of that!!!

We hope you’re planning on bringing a friend this weekend as we continue with our GAME PLAN series. Speaking of a GAME PLAN, its always good for us as a campus to take a moment and think about OUR game plan…. every single one of us has a part to play so close your eyes and see…. what does Relate East Campus look like TO YOU in 3 months… 6 months… next year… in 5 years??? Like Pastor Helen said last week,

1) SEE THE BIG PICTURE

What do you see for Relate East Campus? I believe we have a community (Abbotsford and beyond) that needs us. A community of people that need to meet Jesus, and need to connect with people who know Him! Its bigger than we know. Let’s keep that in front of us- take OWNERSHIP of the big picture.

2) SEE THE NEXT STEP

Break it down into bite-sized steps… maybe reaching our community TO YOU means inviting that annoying co-worker of yours to church with you on Sunday cause you know they’d love it, or even inviting your neighbour over for dinner, etc. This takes prayer- ask God what YOUR role is and what YOUR next step is!

3) DO THE WORK

Ask yourself- what do YOU need to do? It’s not Pastor John’s church, its not Koby’s church, its MY church. Its YOUR church. What do you need to do to see your part played out? EVERY TEAM MEMBER is valuable, makes a difference, and counts towards the big picture goal. That’s YOU. Yes YOU- reading this right now. Jesus said HE will build His church. We GET TO help in that. WE. Its not about the numbers of bodies in the seats each week, its about the lives, the hearts, the generations we get to impact with the love of Christ. But it starts with YOU.

I for one am so excited to see what will take place in and through Relate East Campus. Afterall, with God, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! Come on folks… we serve an AWESOME GOD!

Stay warm this week and make a snowman or two- its good for the heart! Drive safely, and come early Sunday morning… We’ll have some Hot Chocolate and Apple Cider brewing, so pack your car with your entire neighbourhood… you can do it… and we’ll see you there!

Jenna

PS… for those of you who haven’t yet heard the news, Koby and I found out on Monday that we are the proud parents of a baby BOY! The little buddy growing in me in definitely a boy and mama and daddie are so very excited Here’s a pic of our boy below for you to see!

GAME PLAN.

What a weekend we just had! Shaping Our Destiny is always my  favorite weekend of the year- it was a pleasure and a privilege to watch and pray alongside of many of you as you brought forth your ‘asks’ to God this past weekend.

Coming THIS WEEKEND, we’re so excited to introduce our new series- THE GAME PLAN. Pastor Helen will be with us this weekend and will be sharing insights and wisdom of healthy, strong teams, and will also be highlighting a few clips from Pastor John’s interview with LUI PASSAGLIA- you don’t want to miss what this CHAMPION has to share with us!

Remember- Jesus said HE WILL BUILD HIS CHURCH- now lets be His hands and feet and get INVITING for this weekend! Lets see some new faces get impacted by Him this Sunday.

Shaping Our Destiny This Weekend

Hello Relate Family!

I hope you are enjoying this wonderful day and are preparing your heart for a miraculous Shaping our Destinyweekend in Church.  Helen and I are believing for supernatural miracles and increase and are aligning our hearts and prayers with the prayer that Jabez prayed in 1 Chronicles 4:10, ‘Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!”

Shaping our Destiny is all about PREPARING our ASK and BRINGING our FAITH to God. God told us that ‘we have not because we ask not’ and that ‘without faith it is impossible to please God’. So this weekend is a time where we come as individuals, as families and as a community of faith with expectant and generous hearts to believe for and build what God has asked us to do.

Here are a few thoughts that I think may help you to focus as you prepare:

1. Pray and listen to God... ‘God will give you the desires of your heart.’

• Pay attention to what you crave…what are the dreams and desires that He has put into your heart to ask Him for?
• If this was your last month, week, or day on earth…what would your ASK be? Where is He asking you to increase your heart?
• GOD MUST BUILD INCREASE IN US BEFORE IT WILL COME TO US

2.  Put pen to paper and write out your ‘ASK’

• Heb 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for”
• What is the specific things that you have faith and need a miracle for?
• If you do not have a Shaping our Destiny card… We have attached a file which you may want to use.

3.  Prepare to sow a seed...’For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21

• You lead with your treasure:
• Our heart follows our treasure – where we put our treasure establishes our heart
• When God puts a desire in our heart (to win our neighborhood for Jesus) He then expects us to invest our life to bring it forth
• What leaves our hand enters our future = The substance we give toward the desires in our heart give the desires in our heart Substance

4. Position yourself in the House of God this weekend! Let’s build the House of God and believe for miracles together.

• We are believing for miracles, signs and wonders as we read about in  Acts 2:43-47

Helen and I have deep desires that we are bringing to God…. We are preparing our offering for Shaping our Destiny and are excited to pray with you this weekend.

We love and value you and are so grateful to have the privilege of doing life together with you.

Pastor John

Enjoying Life With Family

Beautiful fall this year!  When the sun shines, it’s hard to beat the Fraser Valley in the fall. The colours are gorgeous and I was just reflecting on how wonderful this season is.  Both physically and as a church.  We are loving the new venue and we’ve heard nothing but great reports back that you are too!  Just thought you’d enjoy a few more pictures of Relate life…East Campus style!

Don’t Forget!

…..to turn your clocks BACK one hour on Saturday night.  Enjoy an extra hour of sleep.  Then come on out on Sunday morning.  Pastor John will be back with us from his trip down under to share a message “Supernatural confidence for your financial future.” 

See you soon!