Welcome to our Service!

Thank you for worshiping with us

today. We trust you will be blessed

and encouraged by the Word of

God.

Please use the Connecting Card

attached to this Bulletin to share

any concerns or prayer requests

you may have.

Our Ministry Staff Contact Info:

Senior Pastor Bill Finch pastorbillfinch@gmail.com

Worship Director Alfredo Faundez alfredo@ westbourneministries.ca

Children’s Ministries Maria-Jose

Faundez maria-jose@westbourneministries.ca

Admin Assistant Bonnie Baldwin church.westbourne@gmail.com

Student Ministries Noah Costain noahcostain@gmail.com

823 – 64th

Ave NW, Calgary AB T2K 0M6

Offices located at: # 221Westbourne Place

403-274-1440

Today

Nursery: 0 - 3 years old

Children’s Church: 4 - 12 years old,

during the sermon.

Library: Open for ½ an hour both

before & after the service.

Upstairs, across from the

kitchen. Contact is Deb Finch

Spiritual Health How to Get Closer To God

Luke 15:11-24

Prayer Pt. 4

Philippians 1:9-11

Pastor Bill Finch

Aug. 23, 2015

The Promise of Hope

Jeremiah 33:14-15

Pastor Bill Finch

Nov. 29nd, 2015

God sent his only Son to

earth to save us, because he

loves us! “For God so loved

the world that he gave his

one and only Son, that

whoever believes in him

shall not perish but have

eternal life. For God did

not send his Son into the

world to condemn the

world, but to save the world

through him.”

The Promise of Love John 3:16-17 Pastor Bill Finch Dec. 20th, 2015

Missionary News Dec. 20th, 2015

Thanks, team, for praying. Mike completed writing paper and flew to Dallas to present it at the biennial Bible Translation conference. It was well received. Since it has been tagged for publication, he’s busy getting it into the proper format. Along with this he is teaching at CanIL. His responsibilities doubled recently, when one of the CanIL professors was denied his permanent resident status, and thus is not able to continue teaching. Please pray that CanIL administration will succeed with the re-application process. If that fails to happen in time for Spring semester, Mike has been asked to fill in again. We were hoping to get back to the Philippines to complete the project of the training center, maybe in February, for Ga’dang church leaders and staff. So, once again, we would value your prayers, as we wait to see how God will direct our paths in the next few months. Thanks so much for sharing with us on this journey. Wishing each of you a fulfilling season as you ponder the birth of Jesus. With thankful hearts --- Mike & Verna

Missionaries of the Week

Mike and Verna Walrod

working with Wycliffe Bible

Translators. Teacher,

advisor- CanIL program at

Trinity Western University

preparing young people to

do Bible translation

We warmly invite you, your family and friends to an amazing

presentation of carols and scripture readings by our Children’s

Ministry. Join us Thurs. Dec. 24th

in the sanctuary at Westbourne

Church from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Sunday Service on December 27th

will be at the regular

scheduled time of 10:30 am

The following item appeared in a church newsletter and contains

some good advice that will help us keep selfishness in check this

Christmas:

I. Thou shalt not leave "Christ" out of Christmas,

making it "Xmas." To some, "X" is unknown.

II. Thou shalt prepare thy soul for Christmas. Spend

not so much on gifts that thy soul is forgotten.

III. Thou shalt not let Santa Claus replace Christ, thus

robbing the day of its spiritual reality.

IV. Thou shalt not burden the shop girl, the mailman, and

the merchant with complaints and demands.

V. Thou shalt give thyself with thy gift. This will

increase its value a hundred fold, and he who receiveth it shall

treasure it forever.

VI. Thou shalt not value gifts received by their cost.

Even the least expensive may signify love, and that is more

priceless

than silver and gold.

VII. Thou shalt not neglect the needy. Share thy blessings

with many who will go hungry and cold unless thou are generous.

VIII. Thou shalt not neglect thy church. Its services highlight

the true meaning of the season.

IX. Thou shalt be as a little child. Not until thou has

become in spirit as a little one art thou ready to enter into the

kingdom of Heaven.

X. Thou shalt give thy heart to Christ. Let Him be at

the top of thy Christmas list.

Westbourne Baptist Church

THE CANDLE OF LOVE

The angels announced the good news of a Savior. “…I bring you good

news that will cause great joy for all the people.

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the

Messiah, the Lord” (Luke 2:10-11)

If You Ever Want to See Your Mother Again!

A small boy was writing a letter to God about the Christmas presents he

badly wanted. "I’ve been good for six months now." he wrote. But after

a moment’s reflection he crossed out "six months" and wrote "three

months." After a pause that was crossed out and he put "two weeks."

There was another pause and that was crossed out too. He got up from

the table and went over to the nativity scene that had the figures of

Mary and Joseph. He picked up the figure of Mary, wrapped it gently in

a cloth, and put it in a drawer in his room. He then went back to his

writing and started again: "Dear God, if ever you want to see your

mother again.!"

Continue to Pray for Emma & Arve- Pray for continued healing for

Emma and that she will be home for Christmas with her beloved

husband.

Pray God will give us opportunity to help those who are alone or

hurting during the Christmas season.

Pray for God’s peace and good health for those who are very busy

and feeling stress during this season

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