oh my..

13 days til we leave..
i'm not ready.
packing wise or emotional wise or other wise.

sigh.

birthdays

hey everyone...

just thought i'd compile a list for birthdays...

jan

feb 12-nicole

mar 13 - hayley
16 - zaira
20 - scott

apr 26 - trace

may

june 18 - rosie
22 - darlene

july 1& 4 - meryl - she said we could celebrate on both cuz i can't even remember her birthday and said the wrong day.. sigh.

aug

sept 5 - brian
17 - lani
18 - jono

oct 16 - j

nov 11 - caleb
15 - megan
20 - erin

dec

missionburnaby.com emails

hey all..

if you are having any troubles with your new missionburnaby.com emails,
give me a holla... :)

trace

Book and Chapter Schedule

Here is the schedule for speaking and sharing your books and chapters.

Sunday February 4th- Chapter 6, Brian's book

Wednesday February 7th- Chapter 7, Darlene and Nicole's books

Sunday February11th- Chapter 8, Scott's book

Wednesday February 14th- Cancelled

Sunday February 18th- Chapter 9, Lani's book

Wednesday February 21th- Chapter 10, PJ and Trace's books

Sunday February 25th- Chapter 11, Meryl's book

Wednesday February 28th- Chapter 12, Erin and Jono's books

Sunday March 4th- Megan's book

Ministry and Spiritual Formation

Hey guys, I just read a great article about doing ministry, and if it helps or hinders our relationship with God. Because what we are doing in Burnaby is ‘coming out’ of who we are… Becoming unhealthy in order to do ministry is pretty opposite of what God is calling us to. Besides, I find it hard to actually pursue authentic relationships when I’m going crazy ‘making ministry happen’. I love the quote below… Ministry will be inconvenient and even dangerous, but it’s not about us- rather it’s the miracle of Jesus.

‘Ministry may be inconvenient, tiring, even dangerous. It will not necessarily make my life more manageable. When Paul speaks of beatings, stonings, shipwreck, nakedness, sleeplessness, and hunger, he is not describing a life that sounds particularly manageable...
But authentic ministry will never work in opposition to leading a life of increasing joy and love and gentleness. Ministry must never be separated from spiritual formation.’

Check out the whole article at: www.christianitytoday.com/leaders/newsletter/2007/cln70122.html

Lani