BC Yukon PAOC District

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this issue

Children & Preteen Ministry 1

BCYD Global Workers 2

BC Campus Ministries 2

Assistant Superintendent 3

District Secretary Treasurer 3

Aboriginal and Cultural Ministries 4

Youth, Young Adults, Family 4

District Superintendent 5

PAOC Priority One 5

Director of Crisis Intervention 6

Summit Pacific College 6

Happenings Around the District 7

District Calendar/Events 8

Children and Family

Caroline Durocher-Bergeron www.carolinebergeron.ca

SPARK 2014: ALIVE

Spark, our yearly provincial preteen conference was a

powerful and anointed weekend. On November 14-15,

nearly 700 people filled Abbotsford Pentecostal

Assembly. From worship (lead by City Youth from Victoria),

to the sermons (Laura Liira of Illuminate Conference, Evan

Allnutt from Victoria and Ben McGillevray from West

Kelowna), to the Boys and Girls Only engaging hubs

(featuring Jason Elliason and Laura Liira), every component

of the event reinforced our theme, “ALIVE”. In John

10:10, Jesus said, “I came so they can have real and eternal

life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of”. It is our

desire to see preteens embrace the presence and power

of the Spirit of God in their lives. We fostered service

and generosity by partnering with Samaritan’s Purse, who

led our “Reach Hub”. Each student built a stuffed turtle,

wrote a word of encouragement and prayed for children

in need around the world. The stuffed turtles and

messages were placed into the boxes that will be sent

out through Operation Christmas Child. We are so

blessed to hear testimonies of transformed and

empowered lives.

STRATEGIC CONVERSATION

On October 8th, we held a strategic conversation with 12

Children and Preteen pastors from various parts of our

province (Fort St-John, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Victoria,

Vancouver and Lower Mainland). We spent the day discussing how our three priorities are presently

expressed throughout our District and how we can

improve. From this conversation, we put into place a

Children and Preteen Pastor Facebook group, where

leaders from all contexts and demographics can be a part

of various conversations. This is also a place where

people can share prayer requests, exchange resources

and curriculum as well as seeking wisdom from other

children's pastors. This is an effective peer-mentoring

initiative.

ELEVATE 2015

Elevate, our provincial children, preteen and family

ministry leadership conference will take place April 10-11

at Christian Life Assembly in Langley. Last year 553

people attended this event, a growth of 75% compared

with 2013. We are praying and believing to see 700

leaders across BC join us next year. Our main speakers

will be David and Becci Wakerly from Hillsong Church,

Australia and Dr. Allan Nelson, Director of KidLead, and

a leadership development specialist. Come to Elevate

2015! We are believing for re-energized hearts and a

fresh vision for ministry.

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BC/Yukon District and our Global Workers and Mission Canada WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER!

John Engels | www.bccampusministries.com

The Miracle Started With Free Food!

A UBC student was invited to a free campus barbeque. The student had no

idea just how much God would satisfy her spiritual hunger. Here’s her

story.

“When I first came to UBC three years ago, I

went to the free barbeque. I went because of

the free food as I was enrolled in UBC’s Faulty

of Land and Food Systems and free food is always a bonus! I wasn’t a Christian nor did I

know anything about God, but someone

offered to pray for me and that impressed

me. After that I came to every Thursday night large group campus meetings.

I had no idea why I was drawn, but even after long stressful days, I still wanted to

come and worship with this awesome community you are leading.

The following year I went to the Winter Retreat (Emerge) and became a

Christian. At that time I was healed of chest pains that I had for years. It was a

miracle and my journey of faith all started with free food at the

barbeque and somebody taking the initiative to pray with me. He used YOU to

make this community a safe and enjoyable place where I could experience the

glorified Lord in ways that are unimaginable to most others. Overall, my

experience was incredible and most rewarding. Yes, it was God who did all the

work but He used all of YOU along the way to help me with my journey in ways

you can’t imagine.” This student was baptized last year!

"Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is

the one who takes refuge in Him." Psalm 34:8

Merry Christmas to our BCYD Global Workers and Mission Canada

“Tis the season to consider budgets...falalalalalala”

2015 Mission Budget Best Practices:

Pastors/Boards/Missions Committees invite Global Workers to submit 2015 budgets.

Global workers initiates contact with supporting churches sharing the vision for 2015.

“Be Holy, Be Still, Be Dangerous” is the theme Mark Buchanan will

be bringing at our annual campus ministries conference. Andy Steiger

from Apologetics Canada will be speaking on Zombie Culture, and

Kirsten Anonby will be talking on Gender & Leadership. Emerge is for all

post-secondary students. Early registration ends after January 11, 2015.

Kirsten Arding (Eurasia)

Sheldon & Anna Armitage (Europe)

Sergio & Nancy Bersaglio

(Zambia)

Phil & Judy Bowler (Senegal)

Steve & Kathy Bowler (Malawi)

Dave & Connie Buzikievich

(Kenya)

Dawn Ellwyn (Kenya)

Christo & Sarah Emmanuel (Indo-Asia)

Bapu Desai & Frank Juelich (Prem Sewa Shikshan Sanghsia)

Tom & Laura Fodor (Brazil)

Gerald & Pat Golbeck (Africa)

Racheal & Kodo Komant-Ngabane

(Rwanda)

Dan & Mardell MacTavish

(Romania / Spain)

Bill & Linda Mercer

(Mozambique)

Rainer & Elizabeth Mittelstaedt

(Sri Lanka)

Nelson & Lisa Monteiro (Brazil)

Peter & Arlene Paluch (Europe)

Joel & Avin Reimer (Cambodia)

Karen Reed (Vancouver)

Jeremy & Candace Postal

(Whistler)

Mission Canada

Peter & Cavelle D. (Thailand)

Kim Hodgkiss (Honduras)

Alexey & Tonia Pankov (Siberia)

Mark & Kim Steinfield (Armenia)

We also have restricted access workers who either consider BC their home

district or are connected to the district, including 11 families that minister in unspecified nations.

Jamie Rauch (Vancouver)

Brent & Carina Cantelon

(Vancouver)

Jeff & Danielle S. (Bangladesh)

Thomas & Lilianna Spiridigliozzi

(NLI Canada)

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Assistant Superintendent, Dave Solmes @solmes_

Give Your Best

There are many ways to describe what the church is, “The people of

God, the two or more gathered in His name, the Bride of Christ, the

Body, the household of believers, etc.” A publication will be presented

at our District Conference April 2015 to further discuss this.

What we do notice in Scripture is that the church’s responsibilities are

quite simple.

Discipleship: Matthew 28:19 says, “Therefore go and make disciples

of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.”

Relationship: Matthew 5:16 says, “In the same way, let your light

shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify

your Father in heaven.” Galatians 6:6 says, “Let us do good to all

people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”

Service: Titus 2:7 says, “In everything set them an example by doing

what is good.”

Followers of Christ, and therefore

churches, thrive when living in the

midst of the movement created by the

interplay of these three missional

priorities. Strategic leaders will work

hard to lead and keep those in their

care focused on these three

responsibilities. The effectiveness of

the church will be restricted if any of the circles is enlarged or shrunk.

Church health would address the concerns of seeing each circle given

the attention needed to enlarge.

Hugh Halter in his book “And”, challenges every Christian leader to be

prudent to give careful attention to “what they give their best to”.

It poses a great question as the year 2014 comes to end. What have

you given your best energy, thoughts, and prayers to this past year?

Think about it. What do you consider as your greatest leadership

accomplishment in 2014?

As the new year begins in just a few weeks, I invite you to carefully

consider what you will give your best to in 2015. There are lots of

options, and in some cases lots of distractions. A few strategic steps

for successful self leadership to create a “My Best List”:

1. Take a few minutes to write down three things that you will give

your best to in 2015.

2. Identify what will compete for your attention instead of what is on

your list.

3. How will you know you have done those three things by the end

of the year?

4. Finally, decide who you will be accountable to.

My prayer for 2015 is that we would give our best to leading God –

honouring and life changing multiplying ministries among the people

living all across this great District of British Columbia and the Yukon.

Churches that are fully alive, discipling, building intimate relationships,

and serving.

10:02 am

Luke 10:2 encourages us all to: “Pray to the

Lord of the Harvest that He would send

labourers into the harvest field.” Let us join

together to pray. Let us gather across the

towns, villages, and cities across our District

by setting your phone alarm clock to remind

you everyday at 10:02am to pray the prayer of

Luke 10:02. This is a screenshot from my

cellphone. One of the items on “my best list”

is to increase my prayer for church

multiplication. Join me!

Secretary-Treasurer, Darwin Pichette

We’ve crossed over from the overwhelming start of the Fall season

into our favorite month of December, marking our Lord’s coming.

From here, thoughts of the future as the New Year approaches. On a

business level, it also marks many upcoming adventures of year-end,

T3010’s, next year’s budgeting, upcoming AGM’s and more. As you

begin many of these undertakings, I invite you to send even the smallest

questions our way (dpichette@bc.paoc.org) as we endeavor to stand

together through ministry. To help with some of the coming

adventures, here are a few of “Darwin’s Did You Knows”.

T3010 Requirement: Please remember you have only six months

after your fiscal year-end to submit your T3010 or face a $500 fine and

possible revoking of your charity status number.

T3010 Trap Question - avoiding potential CRA concerns or

auditing: Section A: Identification A1 (Line 1510) “Was the charity in

a subordinate position to a parent organization?”. Please note that all

of our PAOC churches in BC/Yukon are to tick “NO” whether they

are incorporated or not incorporated. A church would only tick “yes”

if all their activities and documents were determined (or directed) by

another parent organization (none of our BC/Yukon churches would

fall in the “Yes" category).

Changing your church’s name and the TF725: If you have voted

to change the name of your church, it is vitally important that you first

register your new name with CRA before your fill out your TF725 with

the new name.

Christmas Love Offerings & Taxable Gifts: Non-cash gifts from

an employer with a market value of up to $500 per year are tax-free, as

well as long-service non-cash awards of $500 per every five years of

service (where non-cash does not mean gift cards). Please ensure that

Christmas bonuses and/or love offerings collected by or given by your

place of employment are taxed earnings.

Aboriginal and Cultural Ministries, Edgar Lapeciros

God’s Heart For All Nations…

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly

find out how far one can go.” TS Eliot

I find it very fascinating how God prepares people/leaders and ministry opportunities for all nations. After 14 years of working in the BC/Yukon

District for Aboriginal and Cultural Ministries, it has become very obvious

to me that God loves all kinds of people. For almost three decades now,

we have come alongside a diversity of people in our great District.

The newcomers, the original people, the strangers, the poor, the

marginalized; it’s almost like working for the United Nations.

According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, the top 20

countries with the fastest Christian growth rates are from eastern Asia,

western Africa and the Arabian peninsula.

The main ingredients for their growth are: high conversion, biological

growth and immigration, respectively. The question for us is, what about

North America, especially Canada - the true north, strong and free.

When will revival happen?

After much listening, praying and travelling in this vast area of our District,

I began to appreciate God’s heart for all kinds of people. Browsing and

reflecting the Good Book, it becomes easy to gather that starting post

Babel narratives (Genesis 12:1-3), God promises to bless all nations.

We need to proclaim Jesus to all nations (Luke 24:46-49) and if we remain

obedient and faithful, we will be a blessing to all nations.

In almost all of the books of the Bible, all nations are mentioned. In many

instances, terms like - all the people, families of the people, families of the nations, inhabitants of many cities - point to the fact that God loves all of

humanity. No wonder we were lead to call our school of ministry,

All Nations College Foundation (“ANCF”).

This year alone in Victoria on June 21st, 46 students graduated and on

November 29th in Delta, 36 graduated. Since the school began in 2006,

ANCF has produced 100’s of graduates and has assisted 30 church plants.

The remainder of our students are leaders and ministry heads in some ten

churches desiring to be multicultural/international places of worship.

For 2014, we identified ten church plants and will continue to train a

minimum of ten church planters each year by God’s grace.

Again, let us remind ourselves of the Great Commission. We have gone

this far because God is able and faithful. His grace is sufficient. The biblical

basis for missions is God’s heart for all nations.

We need to proclaim Jesus to all nations (Luke 24:46-49) and if we remain

obedient and faithful, we will be a blessing to all nations.

Youth, Young Adults & Family Ministries

Andy Gabruch

Discerning God’s very best…

For the last four months we have been in a process of discerning God’s very best for Next Generation Ministries. It has been a journey of MANY

personal prayer retreats, asking youth pastors to seek God and gather

together, and to meet with counterparts on how we can reach the

1.2 million people who will represent the next generation in BC & Yukon in

the next 10 years. Good thing we have a BIG God.

I am stoked to let you know that through this journey we feel God has

revealed His heart to us. This includes:

Developing Leaders with YOU: Our desire is to simply serve you to

help build the next generation of Church. We do this through regional

contextualized leadership clinics, one-on-one mentoring, once a month

Google chats with key leaders and topics, and partnering with the Canadian

Youth Workers Conference.

I encourage you to contact Caroline or myself as we desire to build a

network of leadership development avenues for you and your team.

We are here to serve YOU.

Taking care of YOU: The trenches of ministry usually have you serve

and pour into others ALL the time. You know the reality; late nights, a mid

-week crisis, program based ministry, financial hardship, bi-vocational

ministry, relationships, and creating space for God to continue to work in

you. We all wish we had MORE time in the week. Believe me…I have

been there.

One of the MOST important realities is having a relational network that

pours into you and your team as you pour into the next generation.

One of the ways we do this is through an annual rest and renewal retreat

called Timeout. In fact, we have already booked Timeout from April 25-27.

Please BOOK this off! We desire every next gen pastor and leader to

make it. All of the details are at www.nextgenbc.ca/events. This is MORE

than a conference or an event, it is an opportunity to find rest, build

templates of renewal, and connect with some of the legends of NGM.

For example, I am excited to announce that Marv Penner (from Youth

Specialties Canada, CWYC, and All About Youth) will be with us.

Multiplying what YOU do: Throughout Scripture, God continues to

encourage leaders to multiply themselves, AND release people into ministry. The heart of multiplication is to have an NGM expression of

ministry in every rural, suburban, and urban context. For this to happen,

we NEED ALL of US at the table.

Opportunities for youth ministry plants, short-term mission networks and

partnerships, and shared resourcing are all ideas coming forward for this to

materialize.

Imagine what we could do IF we all came to the table with the mission of

reaching 1.2 million people as the next generation? We believe, as we

serve one another BY developing leaders, caring for one another, and

having the heart to multiply ministries, we can reach a generation in the

next 10 years.

Imagine how fun ministry would be? NGM can be fun if we implement

God’s very best in a time and place today AND IF we serve another?

Want to join the adventure? Here are three ways I invite you to:

Stay CONNECTED: Once a month we send out newsletters with

highlights, news, notes, and more importantly prayer requests.

Stay connected! If you’re not receiving our updates, please contact me.

COMMUNICATE with me: My door – literally – is ALWAYS open.

I am only an email, text, or a phone call away. I would LOVE to get to

know you, come (for free by the way) to simply meet you and your team,

and serve you in any way possible.

CONSIDER a partnership: NGM has always been a relational network;

it is one of the strongest points of NGM. With that said, would you

consider a partnership? Could you financially give a donation, once a

month offering, send resources so that we can advance the Gospel of Jesus

to the 1.2 million together?

Let’s reach God’s VERY best together…for a generation.

@andy_gabruch

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District Superintendent, Ken Russell

Doing Ministry as a Team…

Healthy teams lead healthy churches. When a

congregation becomes fixated with one particular

personality, their church begins to take on “cult-like” tendencies.

The church that Jesus Christ called into existence was designed to

resemble a “body”, which was empowered by His Holy Spirit to function at

its best when ordinary people took active roles on leadership teams.

Those whom the Holy Spirit empowered to teach, taught with prophetic

excellence. Those, whom the Spirit empowered to give money, gave

generously. Those, whom the Spirit empowered to serve, worked

diligently as laborers and servants. When building a “leadership team” for

the local church, here is some valuable advice…

Those who have a “personal agenda” for the church, usually don't

make good members of a leadership team.

Jesus designed church leadership as a plurality of leaders, who were

accountable to their shepherd-leader.

People who have a personal (often hidden) agenda, usually sabotage the

corporate pursuit of God's agenda and perfect will for His Local Church.

Healthy teams value the diversity of opinions, while preserving the

singularity of God’s vision and mission.

Those who are “black and white”’ and “inflexible” usually don't

make good members of a leadership team.

While a church cannot be led by consensus, team leadership requires

flexibility toward the opinions of others and commitment toward the

ultimate decisions of their team. Those who draw fine lines on issues and

cannot be flexible with rules will find it difficult, if not impossible, to serve

well on a team. This includes legalists who draw fine distinctions with non-

Biblical traditions where there are legitimate reasons for variance.

Those who cannot deal with conflict constructively usually don't

make good members of a leadership team. People who have high mercy gifts are better off serving on care teams

rather than leadership teams, because every key ministry decision has the

potential to make someone unhappy. People who have the ability to

manage and resolve conflict positively can live with the fact that not

everyone will be happy with them.

Those who cannot think strategically usually don't make good

members of a leadership team.

Some people have the ability to only deal with minutiae and love to drill

down into the fine details of everything under discussion.

Leadership teams, however, are responsible for a higher level of discussion

and leaders must think conceptually, at a 30,000-foot level.

Concrete thinkers will always find it hard to do the higher level thinking

which is often required of a leadership team.

Those who have trouble with inter-personal relationships usually

don't make good members of a leadership team.

Healthy leadership teams are built upon healthy relationships. Anyone who

has a history of creating conflict or relational tension should not be invited

onto a leadership team where healthy relationships with God and one

another are the currency of trusted influence. Leadership has always been

about people - and helping people become what God wants them to

become. This is virtually impossible to accomplish if someone has a history

of conflict and relational dysfunction.

Those who crave power usually don't make good members of a

leadership team.

Power brokers are people with a personal need for control. They usually place a higher value on getting their way than supporting corporate

decision-making. Power brokers create factions for their side, which

creates division on the team and in the church.

Those who humbly pursue God’s will and purposes on earth,

usually make the best members of a leadership team.

Church leadership is about Jesus and where He wants to lead the church.

This requires a high degree of “followership” rather than “leadership”.

The best leaders are the best “first-followers” of Jesus Christ. People who

have a deep sensitivity to His direction and to His sovereign will.

Let’s build healthy teams throughout the BC & Yukon District Network.

Dear Friends,

As the PAOC family, we are committed to impacting our world by seeing

people’s lives transformed by the power of God, as they commit their lives

to Him. Each of our local PAOC churches recently received a copy

of the latest Priority One brochure. In it, we are excited to introduce

you to our newly released worker families who are heading out to places

where God is calling them, full of passion and vision to daily share Christ’s

love and be about His work. We invite you to partner with each of

them in prayer. The significance of a prayer covering can never fully be

measured but can many times be felt.

We also encourage you to visit www.paoc.org regularly to read the stories

of our workers both in Canada and internationally. There you can also

view their up-to-the-minute social media feeds with stories and pictures.

As you read, consider how you may want to partner with those in the

family who are positioned in unique places where God has called them.

To assist in promoting these workers, you can contact our order desk at

905-542-7400 ext. 3223 or orderdesk@paoc.org to receive additional

copies of the brochure for your congregation.

Please use the Priority One promotional tools during your services or on

your website, social media or other outlets as desired.

Thank you for upholding these new workers in your prayers and lending

your support.

David Wells

General Superintendent

Murray Cornelius

Assistant Superintendent for International Missions

Brian Egert

Director for Mission Canada

Summit Pacific College, Dave Demchuk

President

Over the last couple of weeks I have found myself

mentioning to colleagues and students alike how quickly

this year is passing! It has been (and continues to be) a

memorable semester here on the Summit hill. We have a talented cadre of

students studying with us this year. It’s encouraging to see them engaging

at the classroom level, encountering and being transformed by biblical truth.

I appreciate their unbounded energy when it comes to practical ministry

engagement. As I observe them in our chapel services, I am reminded of a

quote by Calvin Miller: “…an anointed man or woman is one…who adores

the indwelling Spirit and who is lost in the rich fortune of grace…”

Our mission here at Summit is to provide a uniquely Christian higher

education experience – one that blends together academics, practical

experience and spiritual development – you know – Educate, Equip and

Enrich. We seek to accomplish those goals in a student-focused

atmosphere; one where students feel supported, heard, and respected as

they work out the calling God has placed on their lives. Our ultimate goal

is the development of dynamic Christian leaders for our local congregations, marketplace, and global ministry.

This past season has been one of transition. We have welcomed new staff

members to our team – Kory Sorensen and Amber Price are providing

stellar leadership in the Not-for-Profit leadership and Omega Global

programs respectively.

Under the leadership of Mark Hawkes, and Clark and Kim Moran, we have

restructured our Student Life/Student Development areas. In Omega, Zach

and Amber continue to provide first class leadership mentoring to a team

of interns there.

This has led to an empowered student leadership team that is second to

none. SPC grads continue to find places of ministry in our PAOC

fellowship and are making great contributions in many churches.

Continue to pray for the ministry of Summit Pacific College – for the faculty

and staff, and the students who are pursuing God’s call on their lives today,

and for the days ahead.

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Coordinator of Counseling

and Director of Crisis Intervention

Jim Caruso

The Ginger Syndrome (Self Care Lessons from Man’s Best Friend)

Leaving the Yukon, we had made a promise to our daughter, that since she

had to give up her Alaskan Huskies when we moved to Saltspring Island

(the Huskies were not very domestic and loved to kill small things and the

island we were moving to had lots of small things like sheep and such), we

told her she could get herself a Cocker Spaniel, which are safe, loyal and

smart dogs. The deal we agreed upon was she would pay for it out of her

own money. With our daughter, being about 9 years old at the time, I

figured I was safe in not having to have a dog for about another 3 years.

Things don’t always go the way you plan and one Saturday morning we

were visiting the market on Saltspring Island, in the city of Ganges, when

she spotted a small patch advertising cocker spaniel puppies for sale. She

ran back to where we were and yelled loud enough for the entire world to

be aware, that these puppies were finally found by her. I smiled with that,

“I know she will be disappointed because they cost way too much smile.” It is a smile that dads have when they know without any doubt that the outcome

will be in their favour. She took me by the hand and led me to the patch of

puppies.

The sign read, “PUPPIES $75.” Our daughter announced to the same entire

world her whole financial portfolio, saying with confident assurance that she

had exactly $75 and that a deal is a deal. So we went home with Ginger.

We lived on the famous Saltspring Island funny farm, where animals were

never killed or eaten, but died due to old age and only after running up a

huge veterinarian bill. Ginger became our “sheep and chicken dog” as we

could get him to round up both the sheep and chickens. For the sheep, he

would run beside them, grab one of their ears and flip them onto their

backs, allowing us to catch them for the very rich veterinarian who would

come to our farm in his new SUV. Ginger would run down the chickens

and lick them until we came to their rescue. Soaking wet, with cocker

spaniel breath all over them, we could now place them into the chicken

coup for the night.

Ginger was a great watch dog was well. He watched people come in and

out of the farm, and would sneak into their cars, eventually being let out

down the driveway when the driver spotted him hiding on the floor.

One day a herd of cattle came running onto our farm, from where I do not

know, but Ginger, in his protective mode, had them running backwards

down the driveway and then turned around and chased them into the

neighbour’s property. But then Ginger stopped at their small orchard and

began to bark like crazy at a small metal statute of a boy. I introduced him

to the statue, he calmed down, and then took off after the cattle again,

which by this time had left the island and were probably swimming to

Victoria.

One day during the winter, Ginger didn’t come home and we were very

unhappy on our funny farm. We’d had lots of snow that year and we

figured his collar had gotten caught in a fence somewhere and he frozen to

death. The family was sad and tired after looking for him every night.

Our son was looking after the neighbour’s house while they were on

vacation and we learned that Ginger had snuck into their house, hid in the

workshop and when our son left, began his own little holiday. He ate

almost 20 kilograms of their dog’s food (their dog was in a kennel), slept on

every bed and every piece of furniture, and hid whenever our son came to

check the house. Finally he was found out; after all, 20 kilos of dog food

has to show up somewhere. Funny how our emotions are so unstable; first

we thought Ginger was dead and we were sad, now that we had found him

and discovered what he had accomplished on his little holiday, I wanted to

kill him.

Dogs can teach you a lot, like never leave home without a plastic bag.

They help set you free from materialism, especially boots, slippers, rugs,

wallets and other “chewables”. My doctor once used a dog as an example

in his diagnosis of my chest pain, which was caused by stress and overwork.

Of course I was still working when he said, “Jim, even a sick dog has the

sense to lie down.”

Ginger taught me something I will never forget; that is, if there is nothing

you can do about a situation, go to sleep. One day we left for town and

Ginger wanted to come with us. We said no and he went onto the porch

and curled up and went to sleep. When we drove into the driveway, he

woke up and carried on with his day. I call it the Ginger Syndrome.

God has another name for this - it is called trust. David the shepherd

writes in Psalm 37:5, “Commit your way to the Lord; trust also in Him and

He will do it.”

Many of us live very stressful lives; some of our stressors are in our control

and we may need to reduce these so that we can enjoy more peace.

Other stressors may be out of our control, however they are always in

God’s control, so we need to trust Him and enter into His rest. I have

come to realize (although I have not perfected this), that if I can’t get an

answer to something, or have a need met when I feel it should be met, I

sleep on it. After all, God is always awake and He is able to do something

about every situation, so there is no need for both of us to be awake.

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Happenings Around the District Rev. Ken Russell, District Superintendent

Sabbatical | January 1, 2015-April 6, 2015

We are delighted to report that our Superintendent Ken Russell will be taking a

well-deserved sabbatical from January 1, 2015 to April 6, 2015. During his

absence, Assistant Superintendent Dave Solmes, will receive and distribute all

inquiries sent to the Superintendent. To ensure Ken has the best sabbatical

possible, the District Leadership team asks that everyone respect the privacy

required by a good sabbatical and not contact Ken during its term.

Rev. Edgar Lapeciros, Director of Cultural & Aboriginal Ministries Sabbatical | January 1, 2015-March 31, 2015

Edgar Lapeciros will also be taking a well-deserved sabbatical from January 1 to March 31, 2015. During his absence, inquiries relating to Cultural Language Ministries should be sent to Rev. James Raman (jskraman65@gmail.com), inquires relating to Aboriginal Ministries should be sent to the Section Pastor, Rev. Patti Victor (pastorpatti@chilliwacknative.com), Ethnic International inquiries should be sent to Rev. Jaz Ghag (jazghag@gmail.com), and inquires related to the All Nations College Foundation should be sent to Pastor Lesi Korobasaga (lesi1968@yahoo.ca). To ensure that Edgar will receive the best sabbatical possible, we would ask you not to contact Edgar during its term.

Transitions: Eduardo Aristizabal: Concluded as Campus Lead Pastor of Christian Life

Assembly, Sooke Harbour.

Robert Bedard: Concluded as Lead Pastor of Bethel Tabernacle, Ladysmith and will be serving as the Community Life Pastor of Beulah Alliance Church, Edmonton, AB.

James Berkey: Concluded as Youth Pastor of Surrey Pentecostal Assembly and has been appointed as Youth/Young Adults Pastor of Colwood Pentecostal Church, Victoria.

Jim Caruso: Concluded as BCYD Coordinator of Counseling and Director of Crisis Intervention.

Marlies Cornock: Concluded as Pastor of Administration of Abbotsford Pentecostal Assembly and has been appointed as Small Groups Pastor at Mill Woods Assembly, Edmonton in the New Year.

David Funk: Concluded as Associate Pastor of Colwood Pentecostal Church, Victoria and his role as BCYD Section Pastor for South Vancouver Island. Dave has accepted the Call as Lead Pastor of Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle, Penticton.

Scott Gaglardi: Called as Lead Pastor of First Avenue Christian Assembly, Chilliwack

Jacob (Chungman) Lee: Concluded as Young Adults and Worship Pastor of Burnaby Vancouver Korean Full Gospel.

Shane McIntyre: Concluded as Lead Pastor of Gateway Christian Life Centre, Trail.

Martin Mittelstaedt: Concluded as Church Ministries Pastor of Abbotsford Pentecostal Assembly and has been appointed as Associate Pastor of Christian Life Assembly, Langley.

Craig Savage: Concluded as Lead Pastor of Saddleback Community Church, Nakusp.

Danielle Savage: Appointed as the Children’s Pastor of Central Christian Assembly, Burnaby.

Doug Smith: Concluded as our BCYD Missions Representative.

Rob Williamson: Accepted the Call as Lead Pastor of Trinity Pentecostal Church, Fernie.

Church Name Changes in 2014: Formerly Glad Tidings Pentecostal Church in Creston, now known as, Grace

Christian Fellowship.

Formerly Rutland Gospel Tabernacle in Kelowna, now known as, The Embassy Church.

Vernon Full Gospel Tabernacle in Vernon, doing business as, Okanagan Landing Community Church.

Churches in Pastoral Transition: Burnaby, Christian Pentecostal Church (Cantonese)

Ladysmith, Bethel Tabernacle

Madeira Park, Pender Harbour Community Church

Parksville, Oceanside Community Church

Richmond Pentecostal Church

Salt Spring Island, Bethel Pentecostal Assembly

Surrey, Revival Church (Korean)

Trail, Gateway Christian Life Centre

Tumbler Ridge, New Life Assembly

West Kelowna, Emmanuel Church

Williams Lake, Calvary Pentecostal Tabernacle

Regional Pastorates:

Anahim Lake Chapel & Bella Coola Pentecostal Assembly (Aboriginal) visit our website for other opportunities (www.bc.paoc.org)

Births: Brett & Natalie Donald: are happy to announce the birth of their daughter

Brielle Joy, born September 21, 2014.

Jared & Kaitlin Keber: are happy to announce the birth of their daughter Maeli Clara Lynn, born October 2, 2014.

Benjamin & Teresa McGillivray: are happy to announce the birth of their daughter Peyton Teresa born December 1, 2014.

Memorials:

Curley E. Fletcher (born on November 1, 1925) passed into the presence of his Lord on Monday, November 17. He attended Eastern Pentecostal Bible College. He received his Licensed Minister Credential in 1950 and was Ordained in 1956. Curley and Dorothy began ministry in 1950 in Ontario and over the years served congregations in Oakville, Bracebridge, Kincardine, and Harriston before moving to BC and serving in Prince Rupert and Golden. They settled in Radium Hot Springs in 1973 and spent many years in interim ministry in BC helping churches in Elkford, Princeton, Fraser Lake, Bella Coola, Bella Bella, and Anahim Lake. They were also involved in Taskforce and other ministries in Kenya. Curley is survived by his wife Dorothy, their children Wanda and Kevin, and six grandchildren. A Memorial service was held at Valley Christian Assembly, Windermere on November 29.

Reva J. Irvine (born August 2, 1916) passed into the presence of her Lord on November 21. Reva was the daughter of early Pioneer PAOC pastor John T. Ball, who pioneered several churches in the Ontario district, such as Markham and Oshawa. She graduated in 1942 from Eastern Pentecostal Bible College (Ontario) and received her Deaconess credentials in 1944. Reva married Wilfred C. Irvine in 1942 and together they pastored across Canada in Renfrew (ON), Greenfield Park (QC), Cornwall (ON), Penticton (BC), Nanaimo (BC), Brandon (MB) and Roseisle (MB). Reva was an accomplished musician; she led choirs, formed quartets and ladies trios, coached soloists, helped Dad with his radio broadcasts and worked side by side in the ministry. They retired from full time ministry in 1982. Reva is predeceased by her husband Wilfred, her brother Harold and sister Bernice. She is survived by her son Lorence (Beth), granddaughter Lorinda (Greg), grandsons Greg (Marina), Brendan (Amy) and Jeremiah, as well as 3 great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life was held at Christian Life Assembly, Langley on November 29.

Mildred Joan James: (born July 16, 1917) passed away into the presence of her Lord on October 29. She received her Deaconess credential in 1978. Joan experienced a full life as a registered nurse, Christian counselor, author of two books, and noted Christian women’s convention speaker. Joan and her husband Lloyd traveled to 11 different countries, sharing the message of hope and wholeness through a personal relationship with Jesus. She is survived by her husband of 72 years, Lloyd, son Doug (Barb), grandson Steven Inman (father Ron) and her brother Tommy Back. She is predeceased by sisters Winnie Curdie and Daisy McKenzie, daughter Joanne, and grandson Jeremy. A Memorial service was held at Broadway Church, Vancouver on November 3.

John A. (Jack) Keys: (born on May 22, 1935) passed into the presence of his Lord on October 23. He attended Canadian Northwest Bible Institute from 1953-1956 and received his Licensed Minister credentials. He was ordained in April 1958. Jack and his wife Daisy were involved in ministry at Idylwilde Pentecostal (Edmonton, AB), Lacombe Pentecostal (Lacombe, AB) and First Assembly (Calgary, AB); he was the founding pastor at Abundant Life Centre (Calgary, AB) and served as Interim Pastor and Mature Adults Ministry Pastor at Abbotsford Pentecostal Assembly. Jack and Daisy also planted churches in Antigua, Grenada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia. Jack served as the AB & NWT District Superintendent from 1985-1995 and was heavily involved in missions work. Jack is survived by his wife, Daisy, their children Karen (Rob) Schultz, Dan (Stephanie) Keys, Camella (Ken) Jasper, Calvin (Hazel) Keys and Kathy (Namunsa) Ahamed, 17 grand-children and 15 great-grandchildren. A Memorial service was held at Abbotsford Pentecostal Assembly on October 31.

Mary Ann York (born on July 13, 1920) passed into the presence of her Lord on November 6. She attended BC Bible Institute and received her Deaconess credential in 1953. Mary Ann and her husband Jack founded Evangel Pentecostal in Powell River (1950) and Squamish Pentecostal (1955). They pastored at Bethel (Victoria), Bethel Chapel (100 Mile House), Bethany Tabernacle (Whitehorse, Yukon) and Hiway Tabernacle (Fort Nelson). They also served as missionary evangelists at Pemberton Mission. Mary Ann served with her husband as the Managing Director at Camp Yukon, Director of Monashee Mountains Wilderness Camp & School and a Prayer & Missions Ministry. Mary Ann is predeceased by her husband Jack and is survived by their daughter, Nel Cartmell, grandsons Todd (Laura), and Rod, and three great-grandsons.

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District Calendar JANUARY 2015

Jan 16-18 BCCM: Emerge Retreat (Hope)

Jan 23-24 CYWC Regional Training (Abbotsford)

Jan 30-Feb1 Missions Fest (Vancouver)

FEBRUARY 2015

Feb 16-18 BCYD Minister Seminar: Cariboo/PG/NWest/ Far North/Yukon

Feb 23-25 BCYD: Minister Seminar: Kootenay/Thompson/Okanagan

MARCH 2015

Mar 2-4 BCYD: Minister Seminar: Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley/Van. Island (Langley) Mar 20-22 Summit Pacific College: More 15 (Abbotsford)

APRIL 2015 Apr 10-11 NGM: Elevate Conference (Langley) Apr 22-24 CASA International Leadership Conference (Calgary)

Apr 24 Summit Pacific College: Graduation Ceremony (Abbotsford)

APRIL 2015 (cont’d)

Apr 25-27 NGM: Timeout Retreat (Squamish) Apr 27-29 BC/Yukon District Conference (Vancouver)

MAY 2015 May 15-17 BCYD: Historymaker (Chilliwack)

JUNE 2015 Jun 12-13 BCYD Church Multipliers Retreat (Abbotsford) June 20 ANCF: Graduation (Victoria)

SEPTEMBER 2015 Sept 28-30 BCYD: Licensed Minister Network #1 (Stilwood)

OCTOBER 2015 Oct 5-7 BCYD: Cluster Leadership Retreat (Stilwood)

NOVEMBER 2015 Nov 21 ANCF: Graduation (Delta)

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