Bowl Full of Dots

I have a bowl full of blue dots sitting on my desk. The blue dots are meant to serve as a reminder for people to be praying for - and exploring opportunities to chat with - a friend that they would like to see come to know the Lord. The bowl on my desk reminds me of all the blue dots that were taken by people on the weekend of September 4-5. I’m curious what stories are out there so far. Maybe you have kept your blue dot. Maybe you have already thrown your blue dot away. Whatever the case may be, it would be great if you could share your stories about what is going on with your blue dot friend.

So feel free to put a post below or email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and share your story.

I’ll start.

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Outside the Walls

It has been about two weeks since the documentary Outside the Walls was released. If you haven’t yet seen it, you can view the film, by going to http://www.outsidethewallsfilm.com, click the “Watch the Film” tab, and enter the password “OTW.”
The film has been shown two different ways – the first preview screening event and the weekend services at Northview Community Church.  One of the commonalities between both of these showings was without a doubt the great questions that were raised.  Unfortunately, we had a relatively short period of time available and as a result some very important questions were raised that we were not able to address at all.  I wanted to briefly respond to some of those questions here.  The following reflections are not necessarily definitive, in that they are absolutely true, nevertheless I will give my best effort to answer them.

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Cleaning the Sheets

Dear Friends,

I could hardly wait to attend the PNE this year. For those of you who don’t live in the Fraser Valley, PNE stands for Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver’s annual Fair. Like every fair there are rides and shows and food and marketplace booths. I was going for the marketplace booths.

You see, at last year’s fair I saw bedding sheets for sale. These were no ordinary bedding sheets; these were Egyptian cotton bedding sheets. And they weren’t just Egyptian cotton bedding sheets; they were 1200 count Egyptian cotton bedding sheets. As you can tell I love bedding, soft, luxurious, melt-into-the-bed, bedding, and these sheets promised that and more.

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She Loves Together

Dear Friends,

A new fall season has begun. The new theme for Women’s Ministries at Northview is she loves together.

We know that as men and women, the more we engage with each other around common interests and serving opportunities, the more God’s love is visible in us and through us to our world.

So why don’t we love our world more? I can name a few of my own reasons:

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Praise Him Anyway!

Today I awoke to yet another rainy day in a string of less‐than‐desirable June days, and right away my energy and outlook (not email!) seemed sapped. But hey…we should be used to it out here…and if not, well…the Lord has prepared this day for us, so let’s rejoice and celebrate Him in it! (Ps. 118:24).

    If you’re anything like me (which one of me is enough!), then your week can often start off by the tone set emotionally, physically and spiritually from within you. If you don’t believe me, then take a moment to ponder the events of your past week. Let’s say the weekend was sunny, warm and you got to hang out with friends/family…maybe had a nice bar‐b‐q…went for a run…played some golf…went on a hike. Your relationships seemed to go without incident, and you went to church, heard a good message, sang songs that really connected with you…and you even remember the kind words your employer gave you the previous week about a job/task done well, or your kids seemed particularly appreciative and respectful of your parenting. Your spouse pays extra attention, and perhaps surprises you with some extra love and kindness…what a great weekend.  Monday rolls around, it’s still sunny and you’re ready to get on with a “good” start to the week, and you find that little voice within saying; “Praise God…what a great life I’m blessed with!”

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