WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
NOVEMBER 2014 NEWSLETTER
YOUR GENEROSITY MAKES A DIFFERENCE AS
we approach the end of this calendar year, I want to take a moment to thank all of you who consistently and sacrificially give to the ministry at Westside! By God's grace, and through your generous support, we have seen many lives changed for the Kingdom. Even within the past 2 months, we have seen at least 3 people surrender their lives to Jesus for the first time, 9 who have recommitted their lives to Christ and dozens join a Life Group for the first time. We are seeing God do some amazing things. When you give, you are supporting this kind of incredible life change! Thank you so much!
Each year at Westside we try to tackle a few exciting projects above and beyond our regular budget expenses. This year, we have some exciting opportunities for you to partner with us financially, in order to accomplish some of our ministry goals. We believe that these projects will help us to reach even more people as we continue to follow the path that we believe God has laid out for us. You can donate to any of these items, by using the white offering envelopes or your personal envelopes and indicating the project and amount that you would like to give. These designated funds will be available for donations until they are fully funded. So, would you consider going beyond your normal giving and helping us achieve these goals? We look forward to celebrating hitting our targets soon! Here's a description of the projects that you can give to: - Pastor Dave Stimers
LOV I N G G O D
LOV I N G OT H E R S
S E RV E T H E WO R L D
Tech Equipment:
Christianity 101:
Christmas & Easter Outreach:
We would like to purchase a video camera to enable us to add a video feed for our Sunday morning services to put on the WBC website and to record stories of changed lives to share with our community. Our goal: $3,000
We have a dynamic group of seekers and new believers who are investigating the basics of Christianity. We would love to support this group by providing curriculum and materials: Our goal: $500
Nursery Upgrades:
This course leads people through the process of membership and greater commitment at Westside. We hope to create a comprehensive booklet about WBC which new attendees will receive at this course, and be able to take home and study.
At Christmas time we go out of our way to let our community know that God loves them and that Westside is here to meet their spiritual and practical needs. We need your support to fund this Christmas dinner that we serve to many people who are less fortunate. Our goal: $2,000
We have a number of incoming babies and we have need to spruce up our nursery and nursing room to make it safe, functional and welcoming. Our goal: $1,100 Summer Camp: You can help sponsor our youth summer trip. This has been a retreat that God has used to increase the faith of those who attend! Our goal: $2,500
ANNUAL MEETING Thursday, November 20th - 7pm
Westside 101:
Our goal: $500
RESOURCE CENTRE As we continue our "Grow Up" series on Sundays, if you're looking for resources to help you grow in Christ, check out our Library for suggested books, including "Celebration of Discipline" by Richard Foster. This is a great book for anyone interested in spiritual disciplines!
October Unified Giving: $14,910.10
541 Eatery & Exchange: This is a new ministry in the heart of Hamilton that feeds many homeless and less fortunate people. At Westside we want to come along side 541 as a local partner and support them both financially and in service. They are currently raising money for a commercial oven that will allow the volunteers to bake bigger batches of food to meet the increased needs of the neighbourhood. Let’s help them meet this need and show them our support! Our goal: $500
Required Unified Giving: $16,826